Bonnie Tarantino, Tekla's Reiki and yoga teacher and mentor, shares her wisdom and experiences with living the practice of Reiki, and how she weaves Reiki into all aspects of her life, from parenting to teaching, writing, and creating art and music.

Bonnie has been practicing Reiki for over 20 years, and she has brought the practice of Reiki and yoga to over 1,000 students over her career. Bonnie created and directed Healing Pathways program at The University of Maryland School of Medicine Center for Integrative Medicine, which is where Tekla met Bonnie, as she was her student in the 200 hour yoga teacher training + Reiki training. Bonnie was the director of this program, which brought Reiki, yoga and meditation to doctors and nurses in the hospital system. Bonnie is a creative, teaching courses in Reiki, yoga, Tarot, meditation, and she is a writer, visual artist and musician. She enjoys mentoring one on one, both in person and over the phone. She holds small intimate trainings and has led spiritual trips to India, Hawaii, Peru, New Mexico, Ireland and Colorado. Recently she opened her own yoga/workshop studio on her property and is enjoying teaching in-person once again.

Tekla and Bonnie Discuss How they Live and Share the Practice of Reiki Including:

How Bonnie discovered Reiki over 20 years ago and how she started to teach it, along with the practice of yoga, and how she has seen the practices evolve over the past 24 years- it is hopeful!

Why Bonnie teaches Reiki in a 9-month program in community, which is what inspires Tekla to teach her 9-month Reiki program, Be Rooted, in the format she does, over 9 months in community.

The importance of daily practices being simple and something we want to do, and how practicing often brings ease to quickly grounding when the system gets disregulated.

Raising children with energy awareness and the practice of Reiki- Bonnie's children are adults now, and she shares how she sees the benefits and importance of being mindful and present parents. How our parenting and guidance will help them to do their best work in life.

Social media and how we can teach our kids to not be controlled by the algorithms, and to be mindful with social media.

Bonnie brings hope during this time of great destruction and change- and why this is the time when practicing Reiki and meditation is more important than ever.

Bonnie's journey with Tarot and how she teaches in interactive ways to teach others the power of the Tarot.

Intuition and telepathy- is there a difference?

Reiki and the connection with the cycles of the earth and the moon- including a fun story of the full moon in Ireland when Tekla was on pilgrimage with Bonnie in 2019.

Creativity and Reiki- Creativity and letting go of perfectionism- Bonnie shares how she dives into creative projects and how magic is created.

Quickly manifesting and when to say wait, not yet.

Connect with Bonnie:

Bonnie's ⁠website⁠

Bonnie on ⁠Facebook⁠

Bonnie on ⁠Instagram⁠

Check out Digital4Good and #icanhelp to learn more about educating kids and parents about safe and mindful social media use, with mindfulness around mental health (Bonnie's daughter is very involved in this and it is hopeful!)