Michaela Daystar:

Drawn to methods that uncover our innate wisdom and creative nature, I design experiences that help individuals and groups connect more deeply with aspects of their identity and purpose, and that transform the barriers to living into that purpose.  I have particular interest in supporting those who are most directly impacted by the racism, patriarchy, heteronormativity and other forms of oppression at play in our lives.  I hold an MA in Social Justice Leadership from Saint Mary’s College of California, and study Reiki as a Shinpiden graduate with the International House of Reiki.

I live and work on traditional Patwin and Miwok land. This land has a deep history and a community of people who have lived here for thousands of years. I acknowledge this history and contribute to the indigenous community’s current work to create a vibrant future. Find out more here and here.

Joe Gee:

My Chinese name means ‘healthy country’. After 30 years helping organizations work well, I now focus my practice and teaching on the compassionate wisdom and integrated spirituality of awakening to our true nature and essence. My own balance comes from martial arts and music, which encourage integration of head and heart. I hold a degree in Human Relations and Organizational Behavior from University of San Francisco, and am an Executive Leadership alum from California State University Sacramento and University of California Davis. I’ve taught at UC Davis in Business and Leadership and for the California State Leadership Academy, and advised on some of California’s largest high-profile public sector and social service projects.

Blair Graves: Assistant Teacher 

I live in the Ozark Highlands of Arkansas. I acknowledge that Osage, Quapaw, and Caddo peoples were here before our government forcibly removed them to the state of Oklahoma and am currently exploring the ways I can best offer support to these communities.  My first reiki training was 24 years ago, and have most recently completed the HeartScapes Reiki Academy 9-Month Program. Passionate about sharing Reiki in my community, I have now also completed my Teacher Training Apprenticeship through HeartScapes, and now serve as Assistant Teacher.

I bring to HeartScapes my unique skills and outlook as an End of Life Doula. In this realm, I received training through the University of Vermont’s Larner College of Medicine, as well as End of Life Companion Animal Doula training in 2020. I believe that everyone needs a doula for many of life’s experiences, not only deaths and births. To that end, I am thinking about what it might look like to offer doula services for hospital stays, divorces, and other big challenges that life can present. 

Reiki has equipped me with tools that I use every day to navigate life more grounded and with more purpose. I weave it through many of my daily activities. It brings me joy to share this beautiful practice with others.

Our HeartScape is our inner terrain, the aspects of Self that make us who we are, and yet are often invisible to us.  Our beliefs about the world, the values we hold dear, our deepest fears, innate abilities, and dis-owned parts of ourselves are some of the important elements of our HeartScape.  Our  emotions are the paths through which we  experience our beliefs, values, fears and dis-owned parts, paths that lead in and out of our heart.  Aligning our goals, visions, and sense of self with our hearts' intuitive capacity is vital to living into our full selves.   

The HeartScape, therefore, is a powerful resource in our work together.  We'll explore practices that strengthen the heart's resilience; increase your relationship to the heart; deepen intuition; and increase integration of heart, mind, and body.