Growing up in a small town in rural Victoria, I was surrounded by animals and majestic gum trees and found peace in the tranquility of nature...

 

Moving to the big smoke (Melbourne) to pursue an art dream, I spent over 3 decades working in the commercial art and design industry, finally quitting my day job to explore life as a fine artist. All the while my interest in a different kind of art, the ancient art of eastern philosophy and it's practices, was growing.

 

One day a friend offered me a reiki session. I knew very little about it and was both intrigued and sceptical, so went in with a ‘let’s see’ attitude. What I found was the kind of peace I had spent years searching for but never able to find in city life. It felt like a complete escape from everything. At one point during the session my stomach felt incredibly warm, as though someone had placed a heat pack on it, yet to my surprise when I opened my eyes for a peek, their hands were hovering high above my stomach. I could not believe what I was seeing and decided there and then to sign up for reiki training, and the rest as they say, is history...