Welcome to yoyoREIKI
WELCOME TO YOUR REIKI JOURNEY
Reiki is a gentle yet powerful healing technique.
The Reiki practitioner lightly places their hands on your body, thereby transmitting, balancing, and releasing energy.
Allow your stress to melt away, as Reiki's soothing touch helps dissolve physical and emotional issues. Reiki is an excellent complement to traditional medicine or therapy. ​​​
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RECEIVE IN-PERSON OR DISTANCE REIKI SESSIONS
Book in-person sessions in Washington Heights (Manhattan) or Distance Reiki from anywhere.​
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LEARN TO GIVE REIKI and FEEL BETTER
REIKI 1 CERTIFICATE in the Usui Tradition
SAT/SUN, 10:00 AM - 5 PM
$ 400 per person, small groups
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June 28/29
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September 13/14
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Nov 1/2
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REIKI 2 CERTIFICATE in the Usui Tradition
$450 per person, small groups
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December 13/14
why REIKI
What is Reiki?
Rei ki is a Japanese term that means universal life force energy. Reiki practitioners transmit energy that's all around us and thereby help balance the client's energy fields. Like other holistic treatments, Reiki can improve your physical, spiritual, and emotional well-being.
Taking multiple sessions is recommended.
Read more:
* how Reiki works link
* hospitals using Reiki link
What's a session like?
Before the Reiki session, we talk about what's going on and if there's anything you'd like help with. During the session, you lie fully clothed on a massage table, first on your back, then on your belly while the practitioner gently places their hands on your body. You can relax and let the energy do its magic. YoyoREIKI sessions are in the tradition of Dr. Usui's original Reiki. If you like, we can add guided meditation, healing stones, a sound bath and more.
SERVICES
IN PERSON REIKI
SESSION
Arrive in a beautiful room overlooking the Hudson River. After an initial conversation, you relax on a comfortable massage table, as Elke gives you a customized Reiki session.
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OPTIONAL ADD-ONS:
music, sound healing, essential oils, gemstones, meditation.
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COMING SOON:
Combined Reiki and AYURVEDA MARMA THERAPY session
DISTANCE REIKI
SESSION
Just like a Reiki session,
but done distantly, through space and time.
We have a pre-Reiki conversation, on the phone, Zoom,
or in-person.
You will get the approximate time when Elke will do your distance Reiki - with the same love and care she puts into an in-person session.
PET REIKI
SESSION
In-person Pet Reiki at your home. Your pet leads the way and the session, as Elke slowly gets to know them.
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She uses hand positions that your pet is comfortable with on that day and may add a few distance positions. Just as for people, Reiki can help alleviate physical issues and help animals with stress and anxiety.
REIKI ONE BEGINNER WORKSHOPS 2025 (Sat + Sun, 10 am - 5 pm)
June 28/29 OR September 13/14 OR November 1/2​
REIKI TWO BEGINNER WORKSHOPS 2025 (Sat + Sun, 10 am - 6 pm)
December 13/14
RATES
IN PERSON REIKI
DISTANCE REIKI
PET REIKI
One 60-minute session $95
Three 60-minute sessions $225
One 90-minute session $140
Three 90-minute sessions $395​
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at Riverside Drive / W 155 Street
Subway 1 to 157 St (or C to 155 St)
Please wear comfortable clothes
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One 90-min session at your home $250
Three 90-min sessions at your home $700
includes transportation in Manhattan: Inwood to Upper West Side - limited availability
One 30-minute session $40
Five 30-minute sessions $150
pre-Reiki phone consultation and post-Reiki Email included
for people anywhere in the world
REIKI workshops
Reiki 1 Sat/Sun Workshop $400
June 28/29 OR Sep 13/14 OR Nov 1/2
Reiki 2 Sat/Sun Workshop $450
Dec 13/14
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at Riverside Drive / W 155 Street
Subway 1 to 157 St (or C to 155 St)
60 min at your home $125
Manhattan: Inwood to Upper West Side - Limited availability
3 pet sessions $325
free phone consultation
combining in person and distance will be best for most animals
Rates are subject to change. Can't afford it?
Email about special rates in select cases.
about ELKE
Elke Stappert
Reiki Master, certified in the Usui Shiki Ryoho Tradition in direct lineage from Dr. Usui:
Dr. Mikao Usui - Chujiro Hayashi - Hawayo Takata - John Harvey Gray - Elaine Abrams - Nana Deleplanque - Elke Stappert
Elke earned her Reiki Master at New York City Reiki Institute.
She enjoys helping people by practicing this peaceful yet powerful method of healing.
A New Yorker with close ties to Germany, she's also a language teacher. Her language website is Englishyoyo.com.
Why Yoyo? It reminds her that everything in life needs energy and takes patience and practice. Regular Reiki and meditation practice help Elke balance her everyday routine. She loves passing these gifts on to others.
What Clients Say
TESTIMONIALS
Elke masterfully applies her skills creating a totally safe space for mind and body. It is my experience that she operates intuitively, balancing gentleness with the ability to accompany the client through a restorative letting go.
After the session, I was relaxed and peaceful.
I recommend a Reiki session with Elke as a generous gift to yourself.
Nicola M (CT-NYC)
"Distance Reiki sounds like magic... but it works for me! After a few sessions, my symptoms improved and I slept better, too."
Daniela P
(Dortmund, Germany)
"So relaxing!"
Andrei K(NYC)
