Elaine Andres
Executive Director of Reiki Home, USA
I met Reiki in 1980, while serving as co-minister of an interfaith house church. A friend placed her hands on my painful shoulder. Within minutes I was pain free and instantly drawn to Reiki.
Shortly after, I took first degree from Ethel Lombardi, Takata’s master; the class was life changing. Five months later, she taught me second degree and another life-altering experience. In October 1984, Phyllis Lei Furumoto initiated me as a Reiki Master.
In my life Reiki and God are experienced as one. Reiki, for me, is an ever-deepening journey, a journey of my faith. My church members were excited to receive Reiki resulting in many weekly sessions. After I was ordained, I began teaching Reiki in interfaith communities as one form of hands-on healing prayer. In 2005, I received a Graduate Diploma in the Art of Spiritual Direction from San Francisco Theological Seminary. This blended with Reiki as I support those seeking spiritual guidance and healing.
Reiki invited me to enter a new path while attending the first OGM Retreat. This path led me to the experience of the word “home” and later to my involvement with Reiki Home. Currently, I serve as part time Executive Director. In 2016, Phyllis, the Reiki Home Board and witnesses recognized me as Source of Reiki Home. With that recognition, Reiki Home began to grow and serve the global community in new ways. This energetic experience of Reiki unfolds within my path and invites me to deeper
understandings of life.
My family includes my three children, three grandchildren, our four cats and my sister-in-law. My church involvement opens doors to serve my local community. I enjoy visiting with my neighbors and my international friends, listening to music, and reading. International travel was fun before COVID. Now local trips to the beach, mountains, ballet and concerts are enjoyed on weekends. Long walks invite me to listen to the silence and enjoy the visits from robins, bluebirds, or the red dragonfly that seeks my attention.
Reiki is as real and present in my life as breathing is in my body. In walking my spiritual path, I journey to the mountaintops of joy and wander into the vast deserts of the unknown. By opening to life in all its forms, I discover a deep presence of love and compassion. For me, this is the essence of God and Reiki.
With Reiki as my guide, I am a student of my own life – noticing and wondering as I observe life around and within myself. Reiki continues to call and invite me to step off the edge of my life to experience its support as I fly into a new way of living.
