Bio

Jeanne Shanin is a Teaching Reiki Master whose primary focus is on Integrative Reiki as a complete method of energy healing for mind-body-spirit health and wellness. She specializes in helping people in stressful life circumstances to balance and harmonize their energy and open to compassion, gratitude, and an open heart.

Jeanne also teaches Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan and finds it helps her clients manage stress, increase health and vitality, support healing and promote joyfulness and increased awareness. She teaches at Golden Temple Yoga in Katonah, NY, Move2Wellness in Ridgefield, CT, and at Northern Westchester Hospital in Mt. Kisco, NY.

Practicing Reiki since 1988 when she was initiated by the first non-Asian to become a Reiki Master in this Japanese healing system, Jeanne has been a Certified Reiki Master/Teacher since 2004 and a certified Karuna Reiki® Master since 2007. She is knowledgeable in chakra balancing, aromatherapy, shamanic work and crystal and gemstone healing.  Jeanne studied and practiced meditation under the Siddha master Gurumayi Chidvilasananda for 20 years. In 2008 she completed a one year professional training in Integrating Spirituality, Psychotherapy and Healing. And in 2009 she become a Certified Kundalini Yoga Teacher, having studied with the esteemed teachers, Sat Jivan Kaur and Sat Jivan Singh, senior teachers in the Kundalini Yoga Tradition, as taught by Yogi Bhajan. They had been living, breathing and serving the teachings of Kundalini Yoga since Yogi Bhajan himself asked them to start teaching in New York City in 1971.

Reiki has been used by Jeanne bedside for clients at Northern Westchester Hospital, Mt. Kisco, NY and at Maitri Center, a Yonkers, NY State licensed adult day health care program for individuals living with HIV/AIDS.  She has been a Reiki Circle facilitator at Sunburst Oasis, Mt. Kisco, Pymander, Norwalk CT, and in South Salem, NY. She is a member of the International Association of Reiki Professionals and the Westchester Holistic Practitioners Network. She is founder of the Touch of Reiki, a tranquil South Salem NY Reiki studio and retreat, and is associated with Total Life Care Center in Norwalk, CT.

Jeanne teaches Reiki and uses energetic healing to help individuals experience deep relaxation, increased joy, energy and vitality, improved health and emotional balance. She also coaches individuals in connecting with and expressing their spiritual essence and teaches meditation for reduction of stress and anxiety. She offers private and absentee healing, workshops, Reiki certifications, spiritual growth counseling, and Reiki share groups. Jeanne’s approach acknowledges the inner wisdom and self awareness within each of us. In addition to individual consultations, her workshops offer simple yet profound teachings that create a solid foundation for self practice and personal development.