Prepare for deep relaxation as this class combines restorative postures with instructor-given Reiki energy healing to aid in releasing physical, mental, and emotional stresses. Passive stretching with props allow your body to move beyond the muscular into the connective tissue and fascia where stagnant energy resides. Reiki Master and Yoga Teacher, KC Kent, PhD will add gentle hands-on Reiki to help you release stuck energy and return to feeling well-rested and refreshed.
Cost: $25
Date & Time:
- Friday, March 15, 2019
- 7:30 PM-8:45 PM
About the instructor: KC Kent
I began my study of yoga in 1998, when I was a senior in college and took yoga to fulfil a kinesiology requirement. I found myself looking forward to class each week and applying the breathing techniques outside of the classroom when stressful situations arose. I subsequently went on to participate in multiple work exchange programs within yoga studios to both act as a refuge from my western medical studies as well as to a way for me to develop a community as I have transplanted from one city to the next.
It was during these work exchanges when I was introduced to my first Reiki teacher, Brianna Bedigan. Wanting to know more, I continued my practice and completed my Reiki 2 training within the same week of defending my PhD thesis in 2011.
After graduation, I moved to Lake Tahoe, CA to take a break and reset from my lab lifestyle. I worked as a snowboard instructor at Squaw Valley and began attending a monthly Reiki Circle. I continued to explore this pathway and received my Reiki Master Training and Attunement from Evon Eisenberg in 2014. The previous week, I had a significant fall that left me with a concussion and dislodged my sacrum. I sought healing from yoga at the Wanderlust Squaw Valley Yoga Studio. It was slow going and frustrating to not operate at my high functioning hyper athletic self, but I was diligent about attending 3-4 classes per week. It was in that same studio that I sought by next direction and decided to move to Seattle.
In Seattle, I missed the levity of circles in Tahoe and out of that Reiki Play! was born. I think it is important to spread the understanding of Reiki beyond those “initiated” and to make the experience more an exploration so that we can learn from one another.
I returned to Tahoe to complete my training in Angelic Reiki as well as in 2017 I completed my 200 hr yoga teacher training at Wanderlust studio. My favorite class to teach mixes yin-based restorative poses while infusing reiki energy. I call this modality: Yinki and it’s an enthusiastic favorite of my students.
I have been drawn to more eastern practices as my career in Western medicine has developed. The more that I study both, the more I understand the interconnectivity of them. While sometimes it seems that I have stumbled upon this path, I understand that nothing happens by accident. I love the freedom that more Eastern practices gives me. It feels good to be led by intuition.