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Joanna Crespo, MBA, is a Director in International Commercial Banking and a leading instructor of Reiki. Topics of discussion will include reiki, practitioners, long distance healing, art and spirituality in mathematics, Makao Usui the founding master plus some student testimonials of Joanna's work, and her experiences in the world of healing. She will speak about how the younger generations today are changing their energetic frequencies through meditation and work of Reiki; how her students are evolving their intuition levels much more quickly with Reiki; and how she partners Reiki with Family Constellations therapy as a treatment. She also discusses the false and true history of Reiki before and after 2000; and how it came to the US; what is the base of Reiki; and how the healing component did not work in Japan until it reached the US. Also understanding how spiritual belief systems can block healing. and how Imagination is a necessary element for healing and for evolution. She hopes to give inspiration to her students so they can grow in their practice in her training program which attracts professionals and everyday people who are searching for a more meaningful way to work with Reiki as a career.

Guest Bio: Joanna Crespo, was born in Taiwan. Her family came to the US in 1977. She has BA in Applied Mathematics from SUNY Stonybrook, went on to become a Director in International Commercial Banking in a NYC bank. In 1999 she received her MBA at Fordham. Then she started training in Reiki in 2003 at the Kripalu Center. From there Joanna trained with Margaret Ann Case’s Reiki Arts Continuum program at the NY Open Center. which became The Reiki System of Natural Healing. It is a unique training that culminated in over 700 hours unlike the usual Reiki trainings. This Reiki is also dependent on the Lineage from the original Japanese master, Mikao Usui. Joanna became a Reiki instructor in 2006. In 2010 after Margaret Anne Case’s passing, Joanna took over Ms. Case’s signature training at the Open Center and went on to found her own company, Reiki Rhapsody, LLC. She became an approved provider by the national massage/bodyworkers association, NCBTMB. Other certifications she holds: instructor of Kundalini Yoga; Chinese Herbalism; a 1st Degree Black Belt in Twekwon=do, ordained as a Rev by The Sanctuary of the Beloved; and is certified in Family Constellation Therapy work, which is an effective therapeutic process that helps break destructive family patterns of unhappiness, illness, failure and addiction. Joanna is also a breast cancer survivor. Today Joanna continues in her career as a director in global investment banking but has also taken on new studies in theology at Naropa University. Joanna lives with in Montclair, New Jersey.

Guest Contact:
joanna@reikirhapsody.com

https://reikirhapsody.com

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