Welcome! My name is April and I am a certified Reiki Master practitioner in the Pittsburgh area. In my early 20s, I heard the word heal rise up from a depth within me that actually startled my inner world. It was a directive from on high— a cosmic message that reverberated within me and has been guiding the direction of my life ever since. Over fifteen years have passed and the directive has morphed into a calling: facilitate this healing experience for others. I have explored various holistic healing practices and modalities such as inner work (mindfulness/self-awareness), shadow work, psychotherapy, naturopathy, EMDR, EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique), Reiki, Breathwork, energy work, prayer, meditation, and I’m now offering my experience to my clients on their healing journey. I am changing spiritually, psychologically, mentally, emotionally, relationally and physically. In my experience, healing is a way of life and change is constantly propelling our spiritual growth process and moving us forward. Healing is a daily practice of connection with myself and with God with the intention to be healthy, present, and enjoy life while participating fully in it.

My definition of healing is this: to be actively participating in and engaging oneself with the process of change (transformation). I believe that our active participation in this process will lead us one small step at a time to become whole in body, mind, and spirit. And I believe that Reiki is one of many pieces of the wellness puzzle that can assist us in this process. Cyndi Dale defines healing simply as becoming whole. It is this process of change over time that shows us that we are actively becoming more and more whole, and in my experience, becoming more whole means becoming more connected, integrated and aligned with our most authentic self-expression.

As a lover of both science and spirituality, my style is a blending of the two in my sessions. I blend my knowledge and continued learning of the main energy centers (the chakra centers), the auric field, and my connection with Divine energy to meet you exactly where you are on your journey. In collaboration with the high vibrational frequencies of Grace, Empathy, Compassion, and Peace, and with the spiritual guidance of The Buddha & Mother Teresa, I am building a framework that invites you to connect deeply with your inner truth and to respond in ways that serve your highest and greatest good.

My Reiki Story

In early 2020, right before the pandemic shut everything down, I met my Reiki practitioner. Reiki was not something I was looking for; it found me. I remember thinking “Reiki? What is that?” I was open to it, but didn’t know anything about it.

I took the opportunity to work with my practitioner that year doing mostly distant healing sessions (because it was still COVID and there were restrictions on gathering at that time that made it easier to receive distant treatments). The main purpose of my sessions in the beginning was to recover physically from a “long covid” type of illness I developed at the end of 2019. This illness led to being diagnosed with trigeminal neuralgia; my body needed to recover, and my mind and heart also needed to recover on the heels of 2019 being one of the most stressful years of my life. I learned a great deal about the effects of chronic stress on the immune system through this experience. I also learned through this process that I was susceptible to taking on the energy of other people and needed help learning about the energetics of relationship dynamics. Reiki was the only thing that helped my energy bodies work through these more complex issues.

With regular Reiki sessions, visits to the neurologist and chiropractor, holistic breathing techniques & yoga, I fully recovered my health. On a deeper level, Reiki helped me gain a deeper understanding of myself and the tendency I had to suppress emotional energy. This deeper self-awareness that resulted from receiving Reiki helped me connect to my inner truth and face a very deep core wound. Healing the core wound of suppression has drastically changed my life. This is healing work that is ongoing.

It was also my work with Reiki that helped me see fear in a new light. I still remember hearing my practitioner say life without fear is going to be different. Inwardly, I didn’t believe I could live without fear. But she was right; my life is a lot different now and my relationship with fear energy is much different.

I self-heal with Reiki every day now; it is my daily routine with Reiki healing that has changed so much in my life. Reiki is truly a way of life for me and I connect differently with it every day depending on what is needed. I am always learning new techniques that I test on myself before introducing them to clients.

Healing Affirmation for 2025

I believe that the Creator of life— that energy that sustains me— desires that I am cleansed, healed, and made whole. I now receive the fullness of healing that is available to me and I welcome it into every area of my existence, whether visible or invisible. I welcome the fullness of this healing into my body, mind, heart and soul. So be it, so be it done now, and so it is.