UPCOMING CLASSES
Unveiling Excellence: SARA – The Leading Animal Reiki School with Dual Certification from CPD Standards
We're thrilled to announce our dual accreditation by CPD Standards! As an accredited Continuing Professional Development (CPD) provider and a distinguished Trainer of Excellence, SARA offers you the ultimate competitive edge. This prestigious recognition makes SARA an elite educator, ensuring you receive the highest-quality Animal Reiki and meditation training available.
Maximize your impact and career with CPD-approved courses designed to elevate your skills and enhance your career prospects. Stand out from the crowd – enroll today! (U.S. note: CPD = CEUs)
Let Animals Lead® Animal Reiki for Reiki Practitioners – On-Demand Audio Course
Taught by SARA VP Leah D’Ambrosio
Date: Each Monday for 8 weeks. Students will receive a weekly email every Monday and will be required to submit homework weekly
Price: US$375 with 25% donation of the class fee donated to the CARE Foundation
Prerequisite: Level II Reiki in any lineage.
This on-demand self-study certification course is for all Reiki practitioners who are interested in bringing animals into their Reiki practice!
What you will learn:
- How the Let Animals Lead® method of Animal Reiki is different from traditional human Reiki and other Animal Reiki methods and why these differences make it the best and most ethical practice Animal Reiki method in existence.
- Traditional Shoden (Level 1) and Okuden (Level 2) Japanese Reiki practices.
- Guidelines and techniques for sharing Animal Reiki with animals including when and how to use physical contact ethically during an Animal Reiki session, as well as a simple hands-on treatment for humans.
- An overview of the Animal Reiki Practitioner Code of Ethics and why these ethics are a crucial foundation to your practice.
- How to support ANY animal under ANY condition!
Mindfulness with Horses: Discover the Secret to Deeper Connection
Taught by SARA VP Leah D’Ambrosio
Lean how meditation can be used to deepen your connection with horses. Whether you are an experienced equestrian or someone who loves horses and wants to learn how to connect with them, this special workshop is for you! You will learn valuable techniques for having a horse lovingly respond to your presence.
Introduction: We believe in the power of connection between humans and horses. We’ve witnessed firsthand the incredible impact that mindfulness and presence can have on these magnificent creatures. That’s why we’re excited to invite you to the replay of our special workshop, “Mindfulness with Horses: Discover the Secret to Deeper Connection,” led by SARA Co-Founder and renowned Animal Reiki expert Leah D’Ambrosio.
Price: US$59
What you will receive:
Included in your purchase is a recording of the two and a half hour workshop of Mindfulness with Horses and a beautiful 32 page manual in PDF to help guide you in your connections with horses.
Please note: No prior horse or meditation experience required.
Let Animals Lead® Level 1 Animal Reiki In Person Certification Class at the Tulsa SPCA
Taught by Karren O’Sullivan
Dates/Times: Saturday, April 26 and Sunday, April 27, 2025 at 9:00 to 2:30pm Central Standard Time each day at the Tulsa SPCA
Price: $385 includes 250 page manual with 25% donation of the class fee donated to TULSA SPCA.
Shelter Staff or Volunteer? Contact Karren for a discounted fee.
What You’ll Learn:
All the foundational teachings for the Let Animals Lead® method, including:
- The traditional Japanese meaning of Reiki and how it relates to the healing of self and others
- Traditional practice of Joshin Kokyu Ho and Seishin Toitsu and how to use them with animals
- The Reiki Precepts and meditations for working with them with animals
- Hands-on Reiki self-treatment and how to include animals into these sessions
- Best ethics for sharing Reiki with animals
- Reiki chair sessions for people
- Techniques for grounding, expansion and connection to help you become an animal magnet to even the most sensitive animals!
- A philosophy of “being” Reiki “with” your animals, rather than “doing” Reiki “to” them.
What You’ll Receive:
- A life-changing 2-day class with inspirational shelter animal teachers
- An incredible 250-page manual/workbook by Kathleen Prasad, Animal Reiki Source® designed to engage interactive learning and sustain your practice
- A beautiful certificate to show your professional training
- An invitation to join SARA (Shelter Animal Reiki Association) as a Practitioner member
Let Animals Lead® Level 1 Animal Reiki In Person Certification Class at the Welland (Niagara region)
Taught by Teresa Montalbo
Dates/Times: Saturday, April 26, May 3, 10, 17 to 12:00pm EDT each day at the Welland (Niagara region), 60 Provincial St
Welland Ontario
Price: $499 CDN (special pricing for regular pricing or payment plans, please contact Teresa [email protected] for details) with 25% donation of the class fee donated to Niagara SPCA
Hey Ontario, Canada! Ready to learn Let Animals Lead® Method Animal Reiki Level 1 in person? YES! Join Teresa Montalbo, SARA Teacher and long-time Reiki Teacher, in Welland (Niagara region) for 4 Saturday morning sessions this spring! This in-person learning opportunity with shelter animals is not to be missed! Whether you are new to reiki or ready to learn reiki with animals, this class has the embedded practice with shelter animals to prepare you. You’ll feel confident to emBARK on your healing journey, deepen your connection with animals, and learn the foundations of the practice.
Let Animals Lead® Level 1 Animal Reiki In Person Certification Class at the Rein in a Dream Therapeutic Horsemanship Center, Lancaster, MA
Taught by Linda Crabtree
Dates/Times: Sunday, April 27 and Sunday, May 4, 2025 at 9:30 to 5:00pm Eastern Standard Time each day at the Rein in a Dream Therapeutic Horsemanship Center, Lancaster, MA
Price: $325 includes manual and certificate with 25% donation of the class fee donated to Rein in a Dream Therapeutic Horsemanship Center
Payment in full is due upon registration. For anyone who would like to resit this class, Linda offers a discounted fee. Contact Linda to discuss.
Bancroft school of Massage Therapy/Doggone U is the co-host. This class, a NBCAAM recognized course for continuing education, is approved for 14 skills hours.
This two-day class is for individuals who want to bring peace, balance and ease to their mind, body and spirit and to the animals in their circle of life at home, a shelter or rescue and/or work. This class is the beginner teachings of the traditional Japanese system of Reiki and the Let Animals Lead® method of Animal Reiki created by Kathleen Prasad.
You will learn and practice the tools of the traditional Japanese system of Reiki and how they will support your well-being: the Reiki precepts, techniques and meditations, and hand positions for self-treatment and for family and friends. You will learn about the ethics and protocol for offering Reiki to animals.
There will be lots of practice time on both days giving you the opportunity to feel and experience the Reiki energy, and to gain the confidence to offer Reiki to animals, and friends and family. A manual is provided and a certificate will be given upon completion of the class.
In between classes, students will be assigned homework and asked to practice with their animals at home or at a rescue/shelter/friend’s home using the methods learned in class.
Maximum number of students is eight (8).
Let Animals Lead® Level 2 Animal Reiki In Person Certification Class at the Rein in a Dream Therapeutic Horsemanship Center, Lancaster, MA
Taught by Linda Crabtree
Dates/Times: Sunday, May 25 and Sunday, June 1, 2025 at 9:30 to 5:00pm Eastern Standard Time each day at the Rein in a Dream Therapeutic Horsemanship Center, Lancaster, MA
Price: $390 includes manual and certificate with 25% donation of the class fee donated to Rein in a Dream Therapeutic Horsemanship Center
Payment in full is due upon registration. For anyone who would like to resit this class, Linda offers a discounted fee. Contact Linda to discuss.
Prerequisite: Completion of Level 1 Let Animals Lead® Animal Reiki training
Bancroft school of Massage Therapy/Doggone U is the co-host. This class, a NBCAAM recognized course for continuing education, is approved for 14 skills hours.
This two-day class builds on the groundwork of Shoden + Animal Reiki Level 1. It’s for individuals who want to expand and deepen their personal spiritual practice and connection with animals, who want to be able to offer Reiki at a distance, and/or who want to professionally offer Reiki to animals.
You will learn and practice traditional Okuden (Level 2) Japanese practices: meditations, the first three symbols and mantras for your self-development and a method for healing for those not within physical reach.
There will be lots of practice time on both days giving you the confidence to offer Reiki to any animal and to offer Reiki professionally. A manual is provided and a certificate will be given upon completion of the class.
Four weeks (once a week) of assignments will be given before the first day of class. In between classes, students will be assigned homework and asked to practice Reiki with their own animals or animals at a rescue/shelter/friend’s home using the methods learned in class.
Maximum number of students is eight (8).