Reiki: What You Need to Know

Alexandra Perron reveals everything you need to know about Reiki.

When I signed up for my first reiki session, I had no idea what to expect. Visions of crystals, incense, and white robes danced in my head, but I wasn’t sure if that would be the reality. After a 60-minute session (that felt more like a meditation than anything else) with Shannon O’Neill-Loyola, a reiki master who runs a private practice (Radical Reiki) and also performs sessions at Great Jones Spa in New York City, I left feeling more in tune with my emotions — and my energy — than ever before, but also with about a million questions for her about the world of reiki. Read more