About Dana
Since founding Dragonfly Reiki in Atlanta, GA in 2008, my work has focused on helping women* connect with the deeper well-being, peace and wholeness they are seeking in their daily lives through Reiki healing, spiritual life coaching and personal development.
Empowerment, abundance, and meaningful life transformation is possible when we remember our connection to the Divine and our own innate healing ability.
In my Reiki healing and coaching sessions, I focus on how energy directly influences our emotional, physical and spiritual well-being, helping clients to restore well-being and clarity. I have a highly intuitive style and my ability to tune in to a person’s energy can reveal many things about the physical, emotional and spiritual work needed to bring about deep healing and change.
Read MoreI received energy healing during a business trip to India in early 2006 that brought about immediate relief of neck and back pain. I’d suffered from chronic and sometimes debilitating cervical spine pain for two decades. To be completely pain-free in a few hours was an experience that changed my perception of “healing” from being something that others managed for me (often, with limited results) to something my body was fully capable of initiating and sustaining on its own by reconnecting with the abundant energy of the universe. It was life-changing.
I know, it sounds like such a cliché to have a spiritual awakening in India, but that’s exactly what happened. It was a very ordinary morning, before heading out for another day at the office, when I had a brief encounter with an energy healer who gave me a glimpse into what was possible with healing – and what my future was going to be – simply by asking, “Is there something paining you?”
I returned to the U.S. with the intention of learning a self-healing practice to help take better care of myself. I had a stressful job as a manager for a global professional services firm. The long hours, travel, and time spent on the computer made me more susceptible to chronic pain and other stress-related issues.
What happened in India was a wake-up call, even though I didn’t fully know it at the time. It was an urgent message that I needed to take care of myself differently, and tap into my own innate healing ability so that my other gifts could shine.
Soon, I found Reiki Ryoho, which has been instrumental in bringing about greater physical health, balance, emotional clarity, and spiritual growth into my life. Reiki brings me home to myself, every day. I can’t imagine my life without this beautiful spiritual healing art. Reiki has been a gift that continues to inspire me with what is possible when we trust the healing presence and guidance of the life-sustaining, transformational energy of the universe.
In time – and with encouragement from others – I realized my calling was to be a companion to those embarking on their healing journey and support their spiritual and personal growth. I am grateful for the opportunity to help others recognize and live from their own inner divine light.
*My pronouns are she/her. Are you a woman? A womyn? Or a womxn? You – and your pronouns – are welcome and honored here.
My training
I am a certified Reiki pracitioner and teacher (Shihan) of Komyo ReikiDo, and a direct student of Hyakuten Inamoto, a Japanese Buddhist monk and the founder of this system of traditional Japanese Reiki. I am also certified as a Reiki Master Teacher in the Usui System for Natural Healing. I’m also trained in or have working knowledge of other energy healing modalities and may incorporate them as needed.
As a certified life coach, with additional seminary-level training in spiritual formation and spiritual direction, my focus is on helping clients explore and discern how the Spirit accompanies and guides them, discovering their life purpose, and to assist them in deepening and trusting that relationship. In the corporate world, I have also trained and mentored team and staff members to develop their skill sets and support career goals. My coaching work is offered through one-on-one sessions or group workshops and retreats.
Certifications
- Komyo ReikiDo Teacher (Shihan): Instructor – Hyakuten Inamoto (Komyo ReikiDo)
- Usui Reiki Master Teacher: Instructor – Brad Dixon (Wellspring Reiki)
- Basic Pranic Healing: Instructor – Elizabeth Sedeno (Pranic Healing Chicago)
- Life Skills Coaching: Instructor – Dr. Carolyn Porter (Where Miracles Happen)
- Foot, Hand & Ear Reflexology: Instructor – Ko Tan (Academy of Radiant Health)
- Member, Spiritual Directors International
Other Coursework
- Practicing Reiki in Health Care: Instructor – Pamela Miles (Reiki, Medicine and Self Care)
- Harvard Management Essentials – online certificate course – Harvard Business School
- Spiritual Direction and Spiritual Formation courses at Columbia Theological Seminary
- The Spiral Way: Celtic Spirituality and the Creative Imagination: Instructor – Christine Valters Paintner
- Celtic Shamanism: Rituals, Myths & Journeys for Reclaiming Your Sovereignty: Instructor – Jane Burns
Interviews and News Features
- Life and Work with Dana Young; VoyageATL (May 2018)
- Do Alternative Therapies Really Work? Atlanta Magazine (January 2017)
- Into the Mystic; Best Self Atlanta magazine (January 2016)
- Spiritual Practice of Gratitude; Atlanta Interfaith Broadcasters (November 2015)
- 8 Ways to Find More Time in Your Day; U.S. News & World Report (August 2012)
- The Economy of You: Discover Your Inner Entrepreneur and Recession-Proof Your Life; Kimberly Palmer (January 2014)
Awards
- Winner, Best of 2013, 2014 & 2015 in Alternative Medicine on Kudzu.com
- Finalist for “Favorite Reiki Teacher” in About.com’s 2013 Readers’ Choice Awards in Holistic Healing
- Finalist for “Best Reiki Facebook Page” in About.com’s 2012 Readers’ Choice Awards in Holistic Healing