My Story
Hi, I'm Melissa
I am an Intuitive Reiki Master Practitioner & Teacher, Meditation Coach and Life Coach. I have been on my own self-healing journey and I have been blessed to learn from a variety of healing modalities. I continue to delve deeper into the spiritual realm and strive to live from an authentic heart-centered space. I have always felt the call to assist others on their healing journey so that they can see their true essence and discover their fullest potential.
I have practiced alternative healing for a combination of 20+ years. I specialize in Reiki, Jin Shin Jytsu, Cranial Sacral Therapeutic Bodywork, Meditation and Life Coaching. I am also trauma informed helping people struggling with stress, illness, or chronic pain to release blocked emotions, dissolve tension, and tune their energies toward a more positive state of well-being. I work with people facing a range of health challenges including trauma, PTSD, addiction, hormonal imbalance including perimenopause to post menopause, and terminal illnesses. Together, we untangle the threads of their suppressed emotions and pinpoint, then release blocked energy in the body to uncover their inner healing potential. We dig deep to uncover the root causes (both physical and emotional). Then devise a custom healing protocol to restore balance in their lives.
I have seen the medicine of Reiki work for myself, my family and my clients. Reiki goes to the root of the issue and gently releases old wounds from the energy center guiding us back to wholeness. I am truly inspired to share Reiki medicine with all who are interested in healing or learning. My healing is your healing and your healing is my healing.
Power to the Healing!
Photo by Hagit Caspi
Experience, Education & Courses
1996 - Massage Therapy & Acupressure - School of Intuitive Massage & Healing Santa Barbara, Ca (112 hours)
1996 - Aromatherapy - School of Intuitive Massage & Healing Santa Barbara, Ca
1996 - Jin Shin Jyutsu (energy healing) Certification Santa Barbara, Ca
1997 - Therapeutic Massage & Reflexology Center for Body Harmonics Santa Clara, Ca (100 hrs)
2000 - Estheticians License Paris Beauty College Concord, Ca
2003 - Massage Therapy Wood Hygienic Institute, Inc Kissimmee, FL (500hrs)
2004 - Cranial Sacral Therapy, Orlando, Fl
2004 - Completion of Hospice Volunteer Training Vitas, Kissimmee, Fl
2010 - B.S. Business Administration UCSF - San Francisco, Ca
2016 - Mindful Communication and Mindfulness with Difficult Emotions Certification, Mindful School, Emeryville, Ca
2020 - Reiki Master/Teacher Certification - Cybele Sherman and Danielle Mai, Walnut Creek, Ca
2021- Peri to Post Menopause Certification Burrell Education - Online
2022 - Holy Fire Certification Reiki William Lee Rand - Online
2022 - Shamanic Journeying Sacred Stream - Berkeley, Ca
2024 - Kriya Yoga Initiation Yogiraj Gurunath Siddhanath, Mt. Shasta, Ca
2024 - Cupping Cait McWhir, Oakland, Ca