Mike Brabant's Biography

Education

B.A. in Psychology from the University of Redlands

Doctoral student of Clinical Psychology
from John F. Kennedy University

Training

My Reiki Lineage:

Mikao Usui

Dr. Chujiro Hayashi

Hawayo Takata

Iris Ishikuro

Paul Mitchell

Gil Chasin

Sabina Wyss

Marta Hall

Mike Brabant

Yoga

I recently began teaching a FREE all-levels class at this studio on Sunday evenings from 5-6:15. This is a great class to bring friends you think would benefit from yoga or take for yourselves to ease into your week. It is challenging but accessible to all as I provide many modifications for the poses. Visit the website for directions.

My home practice is developing and I cannot imagine life without my daily round of headstands and spinal twists. Yoga has taught me so much about my body and has created strength and flexibility where there was previously weakness and tightness.

My personal practice includes various types of yoga including; Kundalini, Ashtanga, and Hatha. Yoga has given me a profound awareness of my body, mental clarity, and internal peace that I am able to share with others.

I recently finished my clinical internship at The Wellness Community in Walnut Creek,CA. This non-profit organization offers free support and education services to cancer patients and their families. I was co-facilitating support groups and conducting individual therapy. Currently I am teaching a weekly gentle yoga class and holding monthly Reiki I workshops.

Please visit the website if you have cancer or are supporting a loved one with cancer. All the programs are completely free and if cancer has touched you in your life, you can attend my next Reiki I workshop for free. The workshop is a two part series on 8/4/09 from 5-6pm and 8/11/09 from 5-7. Call to solidify your spot as space is limited.

How I got into Reiki

Reiki was introduced to me by a certified Reiki Master who also happened to be my mother's co-worker. All I wanted was mental peace and therefore I believed that I had nothing to lose.

After my first Reiki treatment I felt my first sense of hope that I could live without constant worry, over-analyzing, debilitating sadness, and anxiety. The clarity and relief I received from Reiki changed my life.

I needed to learn how to channel Reiki to myself on a daily basis to help sustain my balance. I worked on myself daily for a month and felt compelled to take the second degree training.

I began sending distant healing as soon as I became a Reiki II and have continued with daily self-treatments.

After attending my first quarter of graduate school, I felt that it was my path to work with others to spread the healing power of Reiki. There was such an obvious parallel with Reiki and psychotherapy and I saw the potential for integrating the two practices.

I have been leading Reiki workshops since April at The Wellness Community. I have held five workshops over the course of several months and have spread Reiki to over 50 people with cancer and their loved ones.

This experience has confirmed my path of integrating complimentary forms of healing into the Western conceptualization of treating illness both physical, psychological, and spiritual.

One of my goals is to continue to work with individuals facing illness, life-threatening and/or chronic. If you are a health care provider or work in some capacity with illness and want a Reiki workshop for your patients and/or staff, please visit the "Contact Us" tab and send me an email with your contact information.

I have since been offering Reiki sessions out of my home in the San Francisco Bay Area and in the client's home. I have also been invited to begin holding sessions at The Yoga Company . I am open to offering my services at either the studio, my home, or your home. Please let me know when you contact me, what environment you would prefer.

I hope I get a chance to work with you in the near future and share the benefits of Reiki healing. I hope this site provides you with tools to live a more peaceful life filled with awareness and joy.

In peace,

Mike