Reiki
Carla Gaskins-Nathan practices Reiki, a Japanese energy healing technique in the New Windsor, NY.
What is Reiki?
Reiki is a sacred system of elements that include Reiki energy. Reiki is a Japanese healing technique that can support stress reduction and relaxation.
One translation of the word Reiki, is “rei,” meaning spiritual/universal, and “ki,” meaning vital life force energy.
Reiki is practiced, studied and is a way of life for many throughout the world today with various forms and branches. Reiki has evolved as part of culture and has a rich history—and continues to evolve.
Carla was introduced to Reiki along their own healing journey over twenty years ago and they began studying with Reiki masters in 2017. Learn more about Carla’s Reiki lineage.
Experience Reiki with Zelah Healing Arts
Intuitive Reiki sessions are provided in healing centered space and individually tailored to support the client’s mind, body and spirit. Clients are invited into this safer and brave space to deepen and support their wellbeing with curiosity with the guidance of Zelah Healing Arts.
Reiki sessions are non-invasive and can be conducted with hands hovering slightly over the body, with gentle hands-on placement or virtually via distance Reiki (some offerings).
Sessions are suited for those navigating stress, transitions, or spiritual growth, as well as anyone seeking grounded support for their overall wellbeing. While Reiki is not a substitute for medical or mental health care, it can be a meaningful complement to other healing and wellness practices.
Reiki Offerings
Reiki Session
Reiki sessions are individually tailored to support the client’s mind, body and spirit. This time is for you to draw on the Reiki energy allowing it to go where it is needed to support your wellbeing. You’ll lie fully clothed on a massage table. This offering can be provided with hands hovering over the body or with gentle, hands-on placement.
Reiki
Healing Attunement
A Reiki Healing Attunement session connects with your energy as a tool for accompaniment to help illuminate your goals or release unaligned energies. This session is designed to help you focus as you navigate your wellbeing journey.
This session can be booked alone or in combination with another Reiki session. When booking with another Reiki treatment it is recommended to book the Reiki Healing Attunement first followed by the desired Reiki session.
You’ll be fully clothed, seated in a chair or lying on a massage table. This offering can be provided with hands hovering over the body or with gentle, hands-on placement.
*Please note that this does not initiate the client into Reiki as no symbols are placed into the hands. This session is to support healing only.
Holy Fire® III Session
A Holy Fire® III Reiki Session is a powerful energy treatment that includes guided meditation, clearing and coaching. Following the meditation, Holy Fire® III Reiki healing is offered in this closed eyed session. This session is designed to bring awareness to patterns and practices impacting personal well-being. The client may choose to include visualization and journaling techniques to support clarity, relax, and achieve an energetic reset. This offering is for individuals interested in deepening Reiki’s restorative effects. This offering can be provided with hands hovering over the body or with gentle, hands-on placement.
Group Reiki Offerings
Zelah Healing Arts
has experience working with, supporting, and collaborating with mission-driven organizations, businesses and groups through embodied wellness offerings. Reiki is a wonderful offering for your group to experience together to support both individuals and collective wellbeing. Explore the offerings and book a call to create a unique experience for your group.
Group Reiki offerings are available for in-person or virtual events. The benefits of Reiki experiences and treatment are felt wherever a person is.
Reiki Talk
Reiki Talk provides an educational and reflective space to learn about/discuss the Usui Reiki system and its support of mind, body and spirit in a group setting. Through open conversation participants will learn about the benefits of Reiki, gain insight into how energy and nervous system patterns interact, and how Reiki can complement other well-being practices.
This offering can be part of a group meeting or a wellness day.
Reiki Talk + Experience
A Reiki Talk provides an educational and reflective space to learn about/discuss the Usui Reiki system and its support of mind, body and spirit in a group setting. Through open conversation participants will learn about the benefits of Reiki, gain insight into how energy and nervous system patterns interact, and how Reiki can complement other well-being practices.
This combined session includes a group discussion and transitions into a Reiki Healing Experience, allowing participants to experience one of the elements of the Reiki system that were discussed. It’s a balanced option for clients who value both education and embodied experience in their healing process.
This offering can be part of a group meeting, a wellness day or a healing circle.
Reiki Experience with Reiki Session
This extended offering blends the meditative calm of a Reiki Healing Experience with the deeper energetic realignment of a Reiki Session. The first portion focuses on grounding and guided energy awareness, preparing the participants' system for the Reiki session work that supports integration across physical and emotional layers. It’s great for groups seeking a comprehensive, restorative treatment that bridges understanding and embodied healing.
This offering can be part of a group meeting, a wellness day or a healing circle.
All bodies welcome.
Zelah Healing Arts invites you and loves to collaborate with people who are interested in care through liberation.
You belong here where bodily autonomy is honored, sacred space is co-created for healing and healing centered engagement is valued.
About Zelah Healing Arts
About
Zelah Healing Arts is a Black Queer owned practice on Lenape land in the Hudson Valley area of New York.
Location
Zelah Healing Arts is located at:
Fire and Spirit
673 Little Britain Road, Unit # 1
New Windsor, NY 12553
Accessibility
The space is on the ground level and has a private gender neutral ADA restroom. There are accessible parking spots in the lot and no stairs to enter the space. There is a curb cut in the lot.
Hours
All services and offerings are by appointment only. Zelah Healing Arts does not not have a receptionist, as our space includes only a lovely treatment space, so please be aware (as advised in your booking confirmation email) to arrive no more than 10 minutes early for your appointment, or you may interrupt the session before yours.
Products
To create a safer, more inclusive and therapeutic environment for clients and practitioners Zelah Healing Arts works to reduce exposure to sythethic fragrances. Hypoallergenic lotions are used and a nut-free oil option is made available for bodywork sessions. Fragrance-free/unscented products are used for laundry at Zelah Healing Arts.
Contact
Call or text Carla at 347-815-4568
Reiki FAQs
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Reiki is based on the idea that we each have a natural life-force energy. In a Reiki session, the practitioner acts as a channel for “universal” life-force energy, placing their hands lightly on or just above specific areas of the body to support the free flow of this energy. Reiki can take place above the body or with gentle, hands-on placement.
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Reiki is a gentle, noninvasive energy therapy with no serious side effects—it's safe for most people when received from a trained qualified practitioner. Some clients have had mild, temporary responses like slight fatigue, a mild headache, or emotional release (such as light tears or unexpected calm) as the body relaxes deeply and processes stored tension. These typically pass within a day and signal natural integration.
Reiki complements, it does not replace nor is it a substitute for medical care. Clients can consult their doctor if pregnant, epileptic, or managing serious health conditions for further guidance or concerns.
Clients often find most mind, body and/or spiritual shifts affirming, confirming their session intentions and goals at work.
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No. Reiki energy is spiritual in nature but Reiki is not a religion.
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No. Holy Fire® Reiki is not spiritual energy that works with all religions or no religion. The word holy is used in Holy Fire® refers to the root meaning to be whole and complete and this is how it is used in Holy Fire.®
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In Reiki, lineage refers to the direct teacher-student chain tracing a practitioner's training back to Mikao Usui, the founder of the Usui Reiki system in early 20th-century Japan.
Meet Carla
Hi, I'm Carla Gaskins-Nathan, healing arts practitioner based in Newburgh, NY.
Over twenty years ago I was introduced to Reiki along my own healing journey. I’ve studied with two Reiki Masters, received attunements and training for Usui Reiki 1 & 2 with Reiki Master Teacher Geordie Numata. I earned ART & Master level certifications in Usui Reiki Ryoho/Tibetan Reiki and Holy Fire® III with Reiki Master Teacher Ana Mendez.
I invite anyone in Newburgh, New Windsor, and across the Hudson Valley who needs energetic support or a space to safely land to reach out or book a Reiki session with me.
Acknowledgement
Upon booking any Reiki session or Holy Fire® Healing Experience with Zelah Healing Arts, the client acknowledges their active role in the healing and coaching process and assumes responsibility for their personal outcomes, integration, and any actions they choose to take following their session. Zelah Healing Arts provides a safer space, massage therapy, Reiki experiences and sessions and supportive insight may be offered to help clients increase self-awareness, clarify goals, and integrate their experience; however, lasting change depends on the client’s willingness to engage with the process and apply what is revealed.