I wish I had recorded it at the time. The details are vague now. I only know the treatment worked. One image I remember is of butterflies flying out of my mouth somehow signifying release and spirituality. I call this image to mind every so often. At one point Brenda said she could feel tremendous love shared in my family. We both had tears streaming down our faces. Brenda seemed to be in touch with what I was experiencing. I can’t seem to recall words exact enough to describe what took place. It was kind of like magic. I accepted it as a healing/a gift and went on with my life. I may not have appreciated the profoundness of the experience or the potential of Reiki. — Joanne Marquardt – Artist

When I was first given Reiki I was very skeptical as to it's healing abilities...but I can honestly say that since having received many Reiki treatments from Brenda it has accelerated healing for me on many levels.  Firstly, my physical body has changed in its energetic levels. I am able to tap into energy at a higher vibrational rate and I no longer feel the heaviness in my body.  On the emotional level, it helped to accelerate my healing after having gone through some pretty emotionally trying experiences in my life.  I am able to accept changes in my life in a more positive and relaxed state of being.  On the spiritual level it has helped to accelerate my spiritual growth and I feel the connection of spirit at a much deeper level.  Reiki has changed my life. I have been able to transcend my most inner limitations and fears and I experience living in a more peaceful, forgiving and compassionate manner.  Reiki will be with me for the rest of my life, the universal life force healing energy of Reiki has been a wonderful experience to receive as well as to give.— Pamela Boruff, CMT, Reiki Master Teacher & Herbalist

Brenda has a very positive and light energy and a very healing touch.  I always feel balanced and grounded after a session with her.  Reiki has been a blessing in my life.  I use Reiki almost every day in little ways.  It's comforting to know it is always available to me when I need it. —Joyce Wallach, Life Coach & NLP Practitioner

When I first felt what we call Reiki was when I was having a lot of problems with my neck and back, and a friend of mine just would put his hands around me and hold me in different places, his hands would work miracles it was then that I wanted to do something in healing with my hands.

When I met up with Brenda years later, I realized what I wanted to do, and having a bit of weakness in my wrists felt that Reiki was right up my alley.  I remember the very first time Brenda gave me Reiki. I was lying on her table and she told me that she spoke in tongues or other languages which felt odd at first but then I let my mind go and it was very soothing.  I remember the pull on my heart and the opening up of my soul which when she passed over certain areas made me cry immediately but then I could feel Brenda knowing this was causing me distress and she moved to another spot and it soothed my pain.  I remember seeing and feeling movement in parts of me that needed to move, I felt a rush of heat and flames come to my neck at one point, it was a realization of something in my past, I knew it had to do with my mother.  I was moved so much that day, and leaving the session, I felt things change and a knowing that I had not had before. My life would take a different turn after that day and I would persue a more direct route to healing, which is Reiki.  I have since then worked in many different places, and now taking a class here in England for Swedish massage, I hope to incorporate them into my healing when I am back in the states. —Virginia Vanfossen, Reiki Practitioner & Herbalist