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EPISODE 31: KELLY McDERMOTT
Based in Vermont, Kelly has been bringing heart-centered healing to people and animals in Vermont since 2006. Kelly trained in the Let Animals Lead® Method of Animal Reiki with Kathleen Prasad, with Frans Stiene of the International House of Reiki and Hyakuten Inamoto of Komyo Reiki Do. She is a certified Meditation and Mindfulness Teacher and End of Life Care for Companion Animals Doula. She is also the East Coast Director and Ethics Officer for the Shelter Animal Reiki Association and is on the board of Tree of Life for Animals in the US.
When it comes to humans, Kelly was instrumental in creating the Reiki program at the Rutland Regional Medical Center and helped develop the Hospice Reiki program in Rutland as a trainer and volunteer, among other achievements.
You can find more about Kelly at: https://heartsongreiki.com/
Nathalie Jaspar, founder of Dive Into Reiki, is a Reiki master with over a decade of experience. She’s a graduate teacher from the International House of Reiki, led by world-renowned Reiki master Frans Stiene. She also trained with the Center for True Health and the International Center for Reiki. To gain an even deeper understanding of Reiki practice, Nathalie went to Japan to practice Zen Buddhism at the Chokai-san International Zendo. She is the author of Reiki as a Spiritual Practice: an Illustrated Guide and the Reiki Healing Handbook (Rockridge Press).