Heal & Thrive with the Reiki Healing Society

Fill your Cup to Overflowing with Nature’s Medicine.

Reignite your Spark.

Remember your Magic!

Redwoods & Waves is a unique, one-of-a-kind retreat lined up with nature based activities, yoga, Reiki, a relaxed, flexible agenda, gorgeous food + accommodations.

Come on this retreat to receive incredible healing energy, adventures on land and sea, nourishing food and experiences and genuine heart-to-heart connection with new friends and old.

Join us August 7-11, 2024 in Trinidad, California!

Carrie Varela wrapped in a native blanket on the beach

Meet Carrie Varela,
Founder of the Reiki Healing Society

“Hello & welcome! I am a Reiki practitioner and teacher, yoga instructor, yogini, Blissologist, mystic, lover, mom of toddlers and modern day healer. I inspire people to connect to Spirit, Nature and their truest essence through Reiki & Yoga.

The Reiki Healing Society is a safe space for Reiki practitioners and students of Reiki to learn, practice & teach Reiki with greater authenticity, integrity and respect for the culture and spirit of Reiki. I offer a decolonized, trauma informed approach to both in my teaching of Reiki and yoga, as well as the application of Reiki in 1:1 treatments.

Have you trained in Reiki but were discouraged the melding of many concepts and ideas that have nothing or little to do with Reiki or related Japanese spiritual traditions? Me too. That’s why I started the Reiki Healing Society community, a place where the you can explore the authentic path of Reiki and in the process feel more confident in your awareness and understanding of Reiki.

If you would like to learn more strategies to avoid cultural appropriation in your Reiki practice and life you can download this journal and self reflection worksheet.

The Reiki Healing Society helps you to get more connected to your truest essence, and feel empowered to live your life from that place.

Learn More About What Reiki Healing Society Offers

Rejuvenating Reiki Treatments

Reiki is a Japanese technique for stress reduction and relaxation that also promotes healing. Reiki can help provide healing energy for any injury or illness, improve your clarity, focus and mood, energize you when you are burnt out or feel depleted. Reiki can also be used to encourage balance, stimulate mindfulness, reduce anxiety, depression and help you find a greater sense of inner peace.

Enjoy the stress relieving benefits of Reiki and take your energy into a positive, healthy and peaceful space!

Make Your Reiki Gift a Career

Go Pro With Reiki is a program designed to help you transform from a student of Reiki into a Reiki practitioner. Journey with me for six modules as I lay out a roadmap for success in your Reiki career.

Learn how to truly place a value on your time, sharpen your skills as a practitioner, receive made-for-you spreadsheets to keep track of your business finances, create the interior structure of making a living from a spiritual discipline, and work through your blocks to build the business and lifestyle of your dreams.

Learn Reiki

Learning Reiki is a milestone on your journey toward a happier and healthier you. Reiki provides a complete system to understand how & why spiritual energy can support both your own healing and the healing of others.

My Reiki courses offer a traditional Japanese approach to learning and practicing Reiki. It’s great for beginners who want to learn how to practice Reiki, and it is also suitable for those who have taken a Western Reiki course before and want to understand Reiki as it was taught by Usui Sensei prior to Western influence.

Get More Yoga in Your Life

If you are an empath, sensitive to energy, or struggle in your daily life to get grounded, yoga can really help!

Using the timeless practices of yoga, my classes offer opportunities to balance your energy, release stagnation, and strengthen your connection to yourself and your body.

Join me for weekly in-person yoga classes and on-demand yoga classes that you can access anytime. Yoga private lessons for beginner yoga enthusiasts and #highlymodified therapeutic yoga classes are also available.

Jae Energy Coaching & Reiki

"I highly recommend Carrie Varela and the Reiki Healing Society! Her commitment to lineage, history, and authentic facilitation of the art of Reiki healing is profound. She is a self-professed Reiki nerd & I am all about it.

The tools of Reiki now come with me in all my coaching sessions, meditation and enhances clarity & trust my intuition. Reiki changed my life in profound ways. Reiki was the internal guidance & loving support I needed to heal, also to find the strength within to grow through my challenges."

Jae Energy Coaching & Reiki Sitting Meditation by pond

Join our Community

Reiki Temple Meditation

Wherever you are, right there is a door into your inmost being. Sacred spiritual connection isn't a far off, mystical concept. It can be found right inside, dwelling in your body, mind and heart. Journey with me through a temple visualization to find a peaceful & healing connection to your your true self.

This meditation will help you explore the inner spaces of your heart, nourish your mind and become more aware of the resources you have within you to support your highest and greatest good.


Reiki Trainings | Mentorship | Community | Collaboration

Reiki Healing Society Facebook Group

I have come to think of the Reiki Healing Society as a common bond that all of us who have been deeply moved & healed by the practice of Reiki can share.

If you are:

  • New to Reiki

  • Seeking to find the right Reiki teacher

  • A graduate of a Reiki course(s) and are trying to navigate what it might look like to offer Reiki as part of your career path

  • A seasoned Reiki practitioner

Consider joining the Reiki Healing Society community on Facebook. This group is a safe space within Reiki to connect with other Reiki practitioners, be in the know about upcoming Reiki courses and find mentorship and support from myself and many other career Reiki practitioners.

Featured on….

The Reiki Women Podcast

Carrie’s hand gently touching her Reiki client’s upper shoulder

“Heal yourself with the light of the sun and the rays of the moon. With the sound of the river and the waterfall. With the swaying of the sea and the fluttering of birds. Heal yourself with mint, neem, and eucalyptus. Sweeten with lavender, rosemary, and chamomile. Hug yourself with the cocoa bean and a hint of cinnamon. Put love in tea instead of sugar and drink it looking at the stars. Heal yourself with the kisses that the wind gives you and the hugs of the rain. Stand strong with your bare feet on the ground and with everything that comes from it. Be smarter every day by listening to your intuition, looking at the world with your forehead. Jump, dance, sing, so that you live happier. Heal yourself, with beautiful love, and always remember ... you are the medicine.”

— María Sabina, Mexican healer and poet