HIlary Rudenauer

Grant Team Liaison, USA

Hilary Rudenauer is an Usui and Holy Fire® III Karuna Reiki Master Teacher, Gendai Reiki Master, Postpartum Doula, 500-Hour Kripalu Yoga Teacher, and owner of The Mindful Mama. She has completed additional training and certifications in peer support, trauma-informed practices, spiritual counseling, lactation, perinatal mental health, birth support, prenatal yoga, sound healing, ayurveda, qigong, mindfulness, and breathwork. Currently, she is pursuing a three-year certification in Somatic Experiencing to support individuals healing from trauma.

Hilary worked at the intersection of mental health and holistic healing for over a decade. By She uses her lived experience as a trauma-survivor with her professional training and expertise to inform and enrich her sessions, classes, and trainings.

Since 2013, she has practiced Reiki and offered healing sessions in a variety of locations including wellness centers, yoga studios, retreats, conferences, psychiatric hospitals, outpatient treatment programs, and correctional facilities. Since stepping into the role of Reiki teacher in 2022, her relationship with the practice has deepened tremendously.

She is so grateful for Reiki and the many ways it supports, guides, and teaches her every day. She is overjoyed to have found the global Reiki Home community. She is passionate about supporting the work of the organization as a board member and as a member of the Grants Team.

Hilary is also a mother of two amazing kiddos, a wife, daughter, sister, gardener, hiker, and dog-mom. When she’s not working, she can usually be found in the woods, or laying on the floor with her kids piled on top of her.