Testimonials
Dear Doug:
I'd love to share a few examples of how your work and instruction has helped me and my loved ones over the past few years. Please feel free to share these, that they might inspire people to find you and your work!
The scare I had a few years ago with breast cancer has had such a happy ending. Every day for weeks you performed distance treatments on me, between New York and Wisconsin, and the spot in question went from small to large to small again. The pain went from constant the first week, to intermittent, to none! The first diagnosis was to have surgery - which never had to happen. I am always sharing how powerful Reiki can be - from personal experience.
Let me briefly recall how you helped my little dog last fall, when you came out to teach Reiki here in the Milwaukee area. Sierra had been on months of drug therapy for her canine ACL tear. The night before you were to leave, she started to hemorrhage from both nostrils - there was blood everywhere! We sat together on the kitchen floor, sending her Reiki, and three times we got the blood flow to stop! Even after we decided to take her to an overnight emergency clinic, Sierra NEVER suffered from the same bleeding instance again. Even the emergency clinic couldn't find the reason why she had been bleeding. These days she's every bit the border collie she was born to be.
You are a brilliant Reiki teacher and coach. Your class instruction is detailed, precise, and thorough. I love the Reiki manual you wrote - it assists your students will illustrations and explanations that leave no question on how to discover, practice and most importantly, why Reiki is both a healing power and a spiritual lifestyle. I worked for many years as a healer before I received my practitioner certificates through your school. I often worked with others that were already certified Reiki practitioners with other schools. There is such a difference when you are taught the CORRECT way! What I have learned through your instruction has changed the kind of healer I am today.
Thank you once again, Doug, for all you have done - and thank you, Doug, for all the support and friendship you give me! I hope you will be available for others to learn and share with for years to come!
Rev. Robin Salerno
Director of the Innersong-Consortium of Intuition and Metaphysics
Mukwanago, WI
I'd love to share a few examples of how your work and instruction has helped me and my loved ones over the past few years. Please feel free to share these, that they might inspire people to find you and your work!
The scare I had a few years ago with breast cancer has had such a happy ending. Every day for weeks you performed distance treatments on me, between New York and Wisconsin, and the spot in question went from small to large to small again. The pain went from constant the first week, to intermittent, to none! The first diagnosis was to have surgery - which never had to happen. I am always sharing how powerful Reiki can be - from personal experience.
Let me briefly recall how you helped my little dog last fall, when you came out to teach Reiki here in the Milwaukee area. Sierra had been on months of drug therapy for her canine ACL tear. The night before you were to leave, she started to hemorrhage from both nostrils - there was blood everywhere! We sat together on the kitchen floor, sending her Reiki, and three times we got the blood flow to stop! Even after we decided to take her to an overnight emergency clinic, Sierra NEVER suffered from the same bleeding instance again. Even the emergency clinic couldn't find the reason why she had been bleeding. These days she's every bit the border collie she was born to be.
You are a brilliant Reiki teacher and coach. Your class instruction is detailed, precise, and thorough. I love the Reiki manual you wrote - it assists your students will illustrations and explanations that leave no question on how to discover, practice and most importantly, why Reiki is both a healing power and a spiritual lifestyle. I worked for many years as a healer before I received my practitioner certificates through your school. I often worked with others that were already certified Reiki practitioners with other schools. There is such a difference when you are taught the CORRECT way! What I have learned through your instruction has changed the kind of healer I am today.
Thank you once again, Doug, for all you have done - and thank you, Doug, for all the support and friendship you give me! I hope you will be available for others to learn and share with for years to come!
Rev. Robin Salerno
Director of the Innersong-Consortium of Intuition and Metaphysics
Mukwanago, WI
Since doing Reiki, I have found some amazing changes have
occurred. First, I have always been a “night owl”. Even though my job requires
an early start, I have never liked early risings. Now, after about seven hours
of sleep (the amount seems right for my body), I’m up at the crack of dawn and
feeling great with energy (even on my days off when I could sleep in).
My life seems to have more balance. Situations with family, friends and others where they were out of balance or where I was being taken advantage of, no longer confuse me. It seems I couldn’t help but balance out these areas, and it’s almost like not even trying. And when I say balanced out, it is always for the betterment of all concerned.
My perceptions are much clearer and accurate. My ability to feel emotions (which has always been very sensitive) is much keener, but with an added ability to not be drawn into and engulfed in the emotions of others. This has always been a downfall for me and has usually been an area of self-flagellation. I would feel all this was mine, whereas now I’m more able to be objective, but still perceive and feel.
I look forward to Reiki II with such an excellent and able instructor as Doug. Thank you sincerely for showing me this knowledge which I know will help me help myself and others in all aspects of my life.
Sincerely, Shirely Tutuska
My life seems to have more balance. Situations with family, friends and others where they were out of balance or where I was being taken advantage of, no longer confuse me. It seems I couldn’t help but balance out these areas, and it’s almost like not even trying. And when I say balanced out, it is always for the betterment of all concerned.
My perceptions are much clearer and accurate. My ability to feel emotions (which has always been very sensitive) is much keener, but with an added ability to not be drawn into and engulfed in the emotions of others. This has always been a downfall for me and has usually been an area of self-flagellation. I would feel all this was mine, whereas now I’m more able to be objective, but still perceive and feel.
I look forward to Reiki II with such an excellent and able instructor as Doug. Thank you sincerely for showing me this knowledge which I know will help me help myself and others in all aspects of my life.
Sincerely, Shirely Tutuska
In August of 1998, my husband incurred a serious back injury at work. After receiving all of the traditional treatments and medications, he was still in a great deal of pain. I was beside myself because there was no way I could help him. Seeing him in such excruciating pain, and feeling helpless was the worst thing for me.
We have both since taken Reiki I and Reiki II and the change is already unbelievable. In one weekend, he has gone from taking 14 pain pills a day to a fraction of that. He is sleeping much better and we are both able to help control the pain. He will still go for back surgery, and we have in no way substituted traditional methods for Reiki. We are working with the knowledge we have received, and being able to help alleviate some of the pain is the best gift I could receive and give.
Debi Guindon
We have both since taken Reiki I and Reiki II and the change is already unbelievable. In one weekend, he has gone from taking 14 pain pills a day to a fraction of that. He is sleeping much better and we are both able to help control the pain. He will still go for back surgery, and we have in no way substituted traditional methods for Reiki. We are working with the knowledge we have received, and being able to help alleviate some of the pain is the best gift I could receive and give.
Debi Guindon
This past weekend (Feb. 26 - 28, 1999), my wife and I took a weekend class of Reiki I and Reiki II. We took this class for two reasons. The first reason is that I had injured my back in August of 1998. I had gone through physical therapy, cortisone shots and various chiropractic methods. None have worked. A friend of ours said that we should try Reiki.
Before taking the class, Doug started to work on me that Friday evening, which alleviated the pain that I was in. Doug did a second treatment on Saturday during the class when I could not stand the pain any more. With the second treatment it took the pain almost completely away. By Sunday I didn’t have to take but three pain pills. Between the anti-inflammatory, anti-depressants, muscle relaxer, and pain pills, I was taking fourteen pills each day. On Monday, I have taken only two pills and can tolerate the pain and with my wife doing the Reiki treatments in between, I’ll be a lot better until I have my surgery. Reiki is not an alternative to medical treatment, but it is helping in the healing process.
Ben Guindon
Before taking the class, Doug started to work on me that Friday evening, which alleviated the pain that I was in. Doug did a second treatment on Saturday during the class when I could not stand the pain any more. With the second treatment it took the pain almost completely away. By Sunday I didn’t have to take but three pain pills. Between the anti-inflammatory, anti-depressants, muscle relaxer, and pain pills, I was taking fourteen pills each day. On Monday, I have taken only two pills and can tolerate the pain and with my wife doing the Reiki treatments in between, I’ll be a lot better until I have my surgery. Reiki is not an alternative to medical treatment, but it is helping in the healing process.
Ben Guindon
Last summer, at the end of June, a dear friend of mine severely sprained his ankle. He could barely walk on it. It was black along the side of his ankle and foot, and was swollen up to his knee. I gave him Reiki treatments once a day for five days.
After treatment the first day, the pain subsided (almost too much, it was hard to keep him sitting down with his foot up!). After the second day of treatment, the black discoloration started to fade and the swelling started to come down. During the following three days, the bruising disappeared completely and the leg and ankle returned to their normal size.
The treatments lasted about an hour each for the five days of treatment. As you know, a badly sprained ankle normally takes four to six weeks to heal; my friend’s ankle was back to normal inside of a week! Other than some weakness in the ankle, after a week there was no evidence of it ever having been sprained.
This happened at Lily Dale, New York; many people were witness to this healing. I felt very blessed to have been able to demonstrate the power of Reiki healing through God’s love.
Pastor Cheryl Miner
Plymouth Spiritualist Church
Rochester, NY
After treatment the first day, the pain subsided (almost too much, it was hard to keep him sitting down with his foot up!). After the second day of treatment, the black discoloration started to fade and the swelling started to come down. During the following three days, the bruising disappeared completely and the leg and ankle returned to their normal size.
The treatments lasted about an hour each for the five days of treatment. As you know, a badly sprained ankle normally takes four to six weeks to heal; my friend’s ankle was back to normal inside of a week! Other than some weakness in the ankle, after a week there was no evidence of it ever having been sprained.
This happened at Lily Dale, New York; many people were witness to this healing. I felt very blessed to have been able to demonstrate the power of Reiki healing through God’s love.
Pastor Cheryl Miner
Plymouth Spiritualist Church
Rochester, NY
Since taking Reiki, I have found that when I do a healing, the energy flow begins sooner and is stronger than it used to be. In the past, people would only sometimes comment on the heat my hands generated, but now they nearly always comment on the heat.
I find that healing is more effortless and that when the flow has started, I don’t have to focus on it to keep it going. I really like how learning Reiki has balanced and improved and increased my healing abilities.
Gretchen Lazarony
Certified medium and healer
Lily Dale, NY
I find that healing is more effortless and that when the flow has started, I don’t have to focus on it to keep it going. I really like how learning Reiki has balanced and improved and increased my healing abilities.
Gretchen Lazarony
Certified medium and healer
Lily Dale, NY
I used Reiki successfully to help control some periodontal problems and pain. I also used it to help heal my daughters bruised and aching shins and to help my husband's lower back problems. I even used it to speed up a tortuously slow ATM machine!
Jean Franklin
Jean Franklin