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Kathleen Prasad
Reiki Master Teacher
Founder and Director, Animal Reiki Source

Kathleen Prasad has been a life-long animal lover and an educator for over ten years. After receiving her California Teaching Credential in 1993, Kathleen went on to teach History, Social Studies, English, and Drama in the San Francisco public schools for nine years. In the course of these years, she designed curriculum and community projects for her students in animal kindness, encouraging volunteer work in animal shelters. In 1998 she learned Reiki and began regularly volunteering Reiki with local shelter animals.

Inspired by her volunteer experiences, Kathleen decided to dedicate her teaching career to animal Reiki full-time in 2002. Since then, she has co-authored the book Animal Reiki: Using Energy to Heal the Animals in Your Life and written many educational articles on animals and Reiki for holistic publications around the world. Her work has been featured in publications such as Entrepreneur Magazine, Dog Fancy, Animal Wellness Magazine, and Natural Horse Talk Magazine. As Founder and Director of Animal Reiki Source®, Kathleen combines her experience in working with Reiki and animals with her expertise as a teacher to provide students with a one-of-a-kind educational experience. She has taught Reiki to the staff of organizations such as BrightHaven Healing Arts Center for Animals, Guide Dogs for the Blind, and The Elephant Sanctuary. She also offers a directory of Animal Reiki Practitioners and self-publishes an informational e-newsletter on Reiki and animals. Click here to read her mission statement.

In her spare time, Kathleen enjoys hiking with her husband and dog, horseback riding, and practicing kung fu, tennis, and fencing.

Assistant Instructors

Together since 1992, Dakota enjoys assisting Kathleen in teaching students the best ways to give Reiki treatments. He has been happily receiving Reiki nearly every day from Kathleen since 1998.

When he's not helping teach Reiki classes, Dakota's favorite hobby is playing at the beach.

Remembering Godiva

Shawnee enjoys assisting Kathleen's students practice Reiki with horses in the internship program. Kathleen and Shawnee found each other in 2002 and have deepened their bond with each other through Reiki.

When not helping internship students, Shawnee especially enjoys attention and love from children and also eating carrots.

In 2004, Kathleen participated in a study sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (conducted jointly by the University of Arizona, Phoenix, AZ and the Institute of Frontier Science, Emeryville, CA) on the effects of Reiki treatments on bacterial cultures. Click here for an abstract of this study.

Kathleen is a registered Reiki Master Teacher with the International Association of Reiki Professionals, an organization which adheres to a strict Code of Ethics.

Kathleen has studied with:

www.reiki.net.au
The International House of Reiki. Most recently, Kathleen has studied with Frans Stiene, a leading researcher on the Japanese origins of the system of Reiki. Kathleen has completed training and initiation in Shinpiden, or Level III Reiki, with Frans. She now enthusiastically incorporates the Japanese techniques for spiritual development and self-healing that she has learned from Frans into her classes.

www.acupuncturewoman.com
The Colorado Center for of Traditional Medicine. This is the site of Martha Lucas, Ph.D., L.Ac., who specializes in teaching people about the energetic connections between their physical health, their emotions or mental state, their history, and their Spirit. Martha initiated Kathleen in Level 1 and Master Level Reiki.

www.reikicentereastbay.com
The Reiki Center of the East Bay. This is the site for Meg Siddheshwari Sullivan, RN, MSN, and offers a wide variety of experiences in Reiki for humans, including Reiki classes, private Reiki treatments, and a low-cost Reiki Clinic. Siddheshwari initiated Kathleen in Level 2 Reiki.

www.toshasilver.com
A professional psychic and astrologer with an international clientele, Tosha offers seminars, teleclasses and CD's to guide people to develop the skills they need in order to trust their own answers from the inside, rather than relying on external sources.