Amplify your Reiki Practice
You can create an artistic, symmetrical and colorful mandala to use as your foundation for your grid.
Creating a Crystal Grid with Reiki
Creating a crystal reiki grid is easy and fun! Creating a grid is empowering, healing and allows for Reiki energy to be sent continuously even while you are not physically sending.
Whether you are working on a personal goal like changing your nutritional habits, or empowering a business idea, like a thriving Reiki practice or supporting the healing process of another person---whatever you are seeking to support, a grid will assist you and you will see and experience transformative shifts in the process.
There are many ways to approach the creation of a grid.
Questions to ask and set:
What is your intention for the grid?
Is it for a situation, individual, other, for many people/animals/situations at the same time?
Are you seeking abundance, prosperity, creativity, inspiration, optimal health?
The cool thing with a grid is it can be for all these things and more. I have one general healing grid—my reiki peace grid that I use as a base for everything else I want to do. Sometimes, I create a grid for one specific person or situation. These can be personalized for a specific client or issue you may be dealing with that needs especially charged and focused healing energy.
Setting the intention or placing a purpose for the grid is the first step in creating it.
What do you want to use it for?
Once you have an intention, let the energy guide you to connect with the energetically appropriate items for your grid.
What tools do you need to create a Crystal Grid?
Foundation: A piece of paper is the simplest-OR, you can color/create a mandala and use that as your foundation. I like to use the flower of life or similar circular and symmetrical shapes for the foundation of the grid. Anything works really, just follow your inner guidance. You can make your own or print some from online. I also like to use the Reiki Peace Grid as a foundation so I connect with the Reiki Peace Grids physically located around the globe. I have also enjoyed using this FREE crystal grid template.
. Crystal(s) or Stone(s) or a Rock(s)-_You can use as little as 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 13 or 15 to place on your grid, whatever calls you for the specific purpose. If you choose more than 1 crystal, make sure that all your chosen stones/crystals energetically feel in balance with each other. In order to know if they are, just place them in your hands or place your hands over them, and ask if they want to work together, if you sense one doesn’t belong with the bunch—it might naturally pop out or will feel unbalanced. Trust your intuition and inner guidance. Ask yes or no questions until you find the harmonious resonance that matches your initial intention. Make sure your crystals are cleared before use and designate them for your healing crystal grid.
Make an affirmation for added Reiki flow. When I create grids, I like to create affirmation(s)/prayers and place those affirmations under the grid so I can empower the specific goals and intentions. I also like to write the names of specific persons either on the grid or on a paper under the grid or I place a cup/bowl with names on top of the grid.
I pray for all beings to receive healing light energy, Reiki and unconditional divine love, in alignment with their highest spiritual wisdom and the greater good of the collective.
May divine light and wisdom permeate in and around all beings on this Reiki grid for the highest good of all and in alignment with their highest spiritual wisdom and for the greater good and wisdom of the collective.
I invite the spiritual guidance of Reiki to illuminate the necessary healing for each of the beings on this Reiki grid. May each being receive healing in alignment with the highest good of all.
Once you have your intention, affirmations, names, foundational grid, and the crystlas or objects you will use, you are ready to put it together. I often add names or affirmations as I go along too. Don’t worry—you can change, take off, add, shift any parts of the grid as you feel inclined.
Spend a few minutes at your Reiki grid daily. Enjoy the amazing healing beneifts and the amplication your grid provides.
You may take a photo of your grid and send Reiki hwile you are away from your grid or as you feel called to empower and energize your grid with Reiki. You may wish to set it for 3 days, 10 days, 30 days or more (until that intention has completed). I often have a stable Reiki Grid that I use for multi-purposes. When I feel it’s time, I will shift or remove crystals, take it apart and start over—let your intuition flow.
Love and Light,
Ana
When the veil thins.
When the Veil Thins
When the veil thins, we begin to sense what lies just beyond our ordinary sight — the pulse of other realms, the whispers between worlds. It can feel both sacred and unsettling, especially on a night like Hallow’s Eve.
That (last) night, my dog Maya killed a mouse.
I tried to stop her, heart torn between instinct and tenderness. I didn’t want the mouse to die. But I also knew this was not random — it was medicine.
In animal teachings, Mouse represents scrutiny, hyper-awareness — the tendency to dissect, inspect, and control. Mouse energy sees every crumb, every shadow, every tiny detail.
So I asked myself: Is this the energy that needs to die in me?
My husky — a guardian between worlds — seemed to know. What she enacted was not just instinct, but a clearing.
Sometimes, life delivers the ceremony we didn’t plan.
As I buried the mouse and laid down cedar, I honored both lives — the one that ended and the one within me that’s ready to release its grip on constant vigilance.
This season invites us to do the same: to let what’s small and anxious fall away, to trust the greater rhythm of life and death. Día de los Muertos reminds us that endings are never just endings — they’re transformations, returns, renewals.
Mouse energy has crossed over, making space for something larger: trust, intuition, and faith in what’s unseen.
May we all loosen our hold on what we can’t control — and allow the mystery to guide us home.
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When Women Weep
It’s not just about Reiki, or about this or that… it’s not just about another class, it’s about embodying and experiencing an energy that brings us immediate peace. We are the temples. We are the sacred spaces. We are the spaces that need healing. We are the healers. Why? Because the world is so utterly out of balance. That’s why we need healers. For generations in my family, the women have always been the ones to care for the children, the sick and the mothers giving birth. We are the wisdom keepers. The brujas they say, but we say curanderas, we say las que saben curar y sobar…the ones who know about healing ways. While women weep, there has always been another woman to care for her, hold her, give her space, bring her teas, but today, we are so removed from our communities. We are afraid of each other. We can’t trust—because someone might call la migra on you, someone might say you can’t exist in this space.
In my most innocent heart, it doesn’t make sense. It is in unity, in commUNITY that we will rise. It is supporting each other in love. I don’t mean to ignore the pain, witness and honor it, and offer it love and compassion from the deepest part of my being.
"If we penetrate deeply into all aspects and all areas of life, we will find that hidden behind everything is love." — Amma
Woman Weeping
Sisters Becoming
In the glow of ceremony and the hush of dawn…
We gathered — souls remembering who we are beneath the noise of the world. Two nights of medicine, music, and celestial balance. This is a story of healing, of opening the heart, of sun meeting moon, and of strangers becoming sisters beneath the watchful eyes of Orion.
The First Night: Remembering from Within
It was two days of pure bliss. The healing that unfolded was beyond words — deep, ancient, and intimate. I sat between my husband and my dearest sacred sister, held in the gentle embrace of medicine that invited us to expand our consciousness and remember who we truly are.
Within the circle — a sacred container of light and intention — we unraveled the hidden layers within ourselves. The sounds of the instruments moved through us, each vibration reshaping our very cells. Healing began from the inside out, like waves of light reorganizing our being.
That first night was an inward journey — not before the fire, but within the quiet warmth of collective presence. Men and women alike, we sat in the medicine, remembering our shared essence beyond form and name.
The Second Night: Fire, Stars, and the Dance of Becoming
On the second night, we gathered again — this time to honor the fire. We stayed awake beneath the vast sky, our hearts open to the rhythm of the flames and the wisdom of the stars. Orion stood tall with his arrow poised, lighting the heavens as the sisters moved and the men held sacred space beside us.
In the soft light of early morning, we shared a cup of sacred cacao and gathered in stillness. The circle was quiet yet alive — our voices weaving prayers into the dawn. Sacred women. Sisters becoming.
In that moment, I turned to a woman I had just met the night before — a stranger, yet not a stranger — and invited her into my heart as a sister. I allowed myself to be seen, to be vulnerable, to say: I love you. I support you. I honor you. I care for you.
Tears of joy streamed down my face as I witnessed my own openness — the fire reflecting our collective healing, the divine masculine honoring our conversation in silence. We were healing from the outside in, the sacred balance of energies holding us steady as love flowed freely through every soul in the circle.
Integration: Carrying the Light Forward
As I return from the ceremonies, I carry the light of those two nights within me — the dance of sun and moon now pulsing through my breath, my words, my walk in the world. The medicine continues to move, reminding me that healing is not a single moment but a continuous unfolding.
I feel softer and stronger all at once — grounded in the earth, yet connected to the stars. The balance we cultivated in those sacred circles lives on in the way I listen, in how I love, in how I honor both the divine feminine and masculine within and around me.
Every sunrise feels like a blessing, every encounter a chance to remember: we are all walking each other home, one open heart at a time.
Author’s Note
This reflection comes from my personal journey — two ceremonies that opened my heart and reminded me of the sacred balance we all hold within. Every path of healing looks different, and what I share here is simply my experience of remembering and becoming.
May these words serve as an offering of light, not as guidance but as a mirror — a reminder that love, presence, and connection are always available, in whatever form your own medicine takes. 🌙 For inner work with me, please book a free consultation HERE or send me a message via EMAIL.
Earth Body + Sacred 108
“All our actions & duties should be filled with the sweetness of Love.”
Our sacred invitation to Earth Body- a space to anchor light, recharge your spirit and share collective energy with the planet.
From Student to Sister in the Light: The Birth of Earth Body
One of the greatest joys of teaching Reiki is witnessing students step fully into their power—expanding their lives in service as they expand their light.
When I was a psychology professor and mental health specialist at the university, I often wondered if my work truly touched a life. In that setting, we rarely see the ripples we create. I had to learn to trust in the unseen impact.
But now, as a Reiki Master and guide, I get to see transformation unfold. I get to feel it.
Today I’m honored to share a story that fills my heart. In 2018, I met a bright soul who came to me for her first Reiki initiation. Her healing journey had already begun long before that day—and now, in 2025, she stands as a radiant astrologer and ceremonialist, weaving together Mayan and North American traditions with such grace and devotion.
We recently reconnected through the Reiki shares I’ve been hosting every 2nd and 4th Tuesday for the past five years. Something powerful sparked between us—an alignment that felt destined. To see her now, standing in her strength and sacred service, brings me profound joy. I feel blessed to have been one small spark on her path of awakening.
Through deep conversations about grounding, ancestral wisdom, and the need for collective peace, a new offering was born between us. We call it Earth Body.
We created Earth Body as a medicine for these times—a reminder that even as humanity struggles, we have a choice. We can either sink into grief and fear… or rise in love, community, and devotion to the goodness that still lives in this world.
As we move into the darker season in the Northern Hemisphere, we are choosing to hold up the light. Beginning this November and continuing through winter and beyond, Earth Body will offer spaces of deep peace and remembrance—where Reiki practitioners can gather in circle to anchor light, love, and the sweetness of life back into the Earth.
If you feel called to join us, you can learn more about Samantha (my former Reiki student and now an extraordinary astrologer) and myself, Dr. Ana Luna (Reiki Master, Life Coach & Founder of Luna y Sol Sanctuary) [HERE].
And if you are feeling the call to begin your Reiki journey, I invite you to my upcoming Level One & Two Reiki Training on October 25 & 26. For those ready to step into mastery, I’ll be offering the Reiki Master training in November. You are welcome to reach out with any questions or to reserve your space.
Together, may we remember that every act of healing—no matter how small—creates ripples of light across the world. 🌕✨
Entering the Sacred: 108
“You stand on tierra sagrada (holy ground)…
— nature is alive and conscious; the world is ensouled…. With awe and wonder you look around, recognizing the preciousness of the earth, the sanctity of every human being on the planet, the ultimate unity and interdependence of all beings … This conocimiento motivates you … to take up spiritual activism and the work of healing.”
— Gloria E. Anzaldúa (via “This Bridge We Call Home”)
Entering the Sacred: 108
Years ago, I began a path of devotion.
Not because I considered myself devout or holy, but because I wanted to make an effort to do well and be well.
I wanted to offer energy to the grand design — the cosmic universe.
Sure, a part of me thought I might receive something in return for my efforts, but deep down, what I really wanted was to move my body in sacred action — to live what I call my own form of spiritual activism.
I’ve spent days waving signs on the street — protesting for peace, against wars.
I’ve stood on the frontlines, fighting for water, for land, for the simple right to exist.
My spiritual activism was born from feeling, over and over again, how rights are wronged.
Being brown, being born with a culture outside the standard “American” story, speaking Spanish or a Native language — these truths shaped me.
I remember my mother arguing with a school principal, fighting against a ticket for parking in an emergency red zone.
I remember how that moment felt in my body — visceral, sharp, unforgettable.
For so long, the urge to fight lived in my breath. Every day. Every moment.
And yet, the only thing I want now is peace.
Not the peace that comes from winning an argument or a protest,
but the peace that quiets the war inside of me.
Because maybe, through that peace — I can generate more peace:
in my home, my community, the planet, the universe.
Every single act is valuable.
Every small choice ripples outward.
These days, my spiritual activism looks different.
I take walks in the mornings — or sleep, if my body asks me to.
I pause often, just to feel the ground beneath me.
Sometimes, I sit with the deer who come to visit, breathing with them in the stillness.
I let my heart resonate in peace so I can share that peace.
And yet, there is still so much chaos.
It’s often labeled anxiety, but why shouldn’t I be anxious?
The world suffers — and I feel it.
So I return, again and again, to my practice:
“Peace looks like slowing my breath before I speak.
It looks like tending to my own roots before trying to heal the forest.”
This is what devotion means to me now —
not a grand gesture, but a quiet, steady offering.
A way of saying to the universe:
I am here. I am listening. I am learning how to love in peace.
✦Entering the Sacred: 108
This fall, I begin a movement —
a stirring within me that asks to be shared.
A devotion to peace.
An offering of Reiki to 108,000 souls by the year 2028.
Perhaps it’s a wild goal.
Or perhaps it’s still too small.
If each of us moved toward what truly inspires the heart —
in service of the collective good — imagine what balance we could restore.
Why not try?
Dreams are meant to be dreamed.
Until one day, we are living them.
And then, we learn to let them go.
These reflections are part of my ongoing practice — learning to embody peace from the inside out. Through my Reiki trainings and healing programs, I invite others to find that same sacred stillness within themselves. Together, may we continue rippling peace across the world.
✨ Gentle Call to Action
If this message resonates with you, I invite you to deepen your own sacred practice.
🌸 Reiki I & II Class — Begin your healing journey
🌕 Master 3-Day Course — Embody the energy of mastery
🌺 6-Month Practitioner Program — Awaken your devotion in serviceJoin me in this movement of peace — 108,000 souls by 2028.
Where is your North Star?
If you don’t know where you are headed, it’s possible you don’t know where you’ve been. This is a teaching from my elders about understanding ourselves and what we have been through so that we can move forward into our purpose in this life. It’s about knowing where we came from, where our ancestors were and how we honor them by walking softly on this Earth. It’s a long journey to get here when we are further removed from our Indignity but it’s not impossible to connect.
I was talking to a dear friend, sister and Reiki Master and she reminded me of the power of sharing our vulnerabilities. It wasn’t long ago that I felt lost too. I was not quite sure where I was headed even though I was about to enter my doctorate program—academically I was doing great, but emotionally, I was bursting with emotion. My sensitivities were so palpable that I would easily go into overwhelm and experience emotional outbursts. I felt as though the world was a loud place and it was hard for me to manage my emotions. My healing journey took me through lessons that helped me to understand myself and why I was so overwhelmed by the world. Some of us are sensitive to energy—why? Probably because we are healers and are meant to learn how to manage our energy—which is driven by our emotions. When our emotions are off kilter, our whole energy system and life—as well as our mind, spirit and body also go out of balance. When I started to follow that thread, following the energy of initiations, courses, experiences, work with plant medicines, meditation and mindfulness practices, yoga—everything I could get myself into that would help calm my nervous system. I realized it wasn’t just about the next thing, it was about embodying the life and the rhythms that honored my body, my spirit and soul and my mind in a harmonious way.
It starts with us! If you want to get on that path to following your North Star, join me on Sunday at 11am Pacific for a New Moon Meditation and Reiki Session on zoom. If you want to go deeper, join me for the 5 day challenge starting on Monday! If you want to truly connect with your North Star, sign up for the Keepers of The Fire Membership and get on the waitlist for an upcoming 4 week Reiki series. This is a powerful time to anchor into your light and stay under the guidance of your North Star.
Register for the New Moon Meditation Here on Eventbrite or email me for more information at lunasolreiki@gmail.com
🔥 Fire Keepers: Holding the Flame in Uncertain Times
Help me keep the fire alive!
Join my 5 Day Fall Equinox Challenge or sign up for the Keepers of the Fire Membership! Or Retreat with Reiki!
A message from Dra Luna
The other day, I went to Carnelian Bay to wash my face in the lake.
My Washoe sister and now young elder once taught me this ritual and practice–face to water, heart to land. It’s not just a cleansing. It’s a remembering. A way of touching the sacred before stepping into the unknown. Of clearing the body of old stories and old patterns. It’s a reset with the sacred.
In this new space, I am present. The weather is turning. Nights are colder. Shadows longer. The season is shifting, and so am I.
Because I’ve stepped into something new.
A dream realized. A sanctuary claimed. A creation manifested.
And yet, fear still follows. Time to unravel and keep allowing the universe to flow in me and through me.
Building the Life I Prayed For (And Still Feeling Scared)
I asked for this space.
I called it in. I did the work. I honored the land and continue to honor with every step.
And now I’m here—surrounded by trees, sky, and silence. With wood to haul, wildlife to respect, and uncertainty rising like steam from the cold earth.
Some days I feel strong. Other days, the old fear creeps in:
Will I be warm enough?
Am I strong enough to do this alone?
What if I can’t keep up?
Can I really do this?
But even deeper:
What if I manifested everything I wanted—and still don’t feel safe?
That’s the question no one talks about. But I will.
My People Are Hurting—and I Feel It All
Because it’s not just about my sanctuary.
It’s about my people. My Mexican relatives. My family. The Indigenous nations. The communities in Gaza. The mothers, the children, the warriors, the elders suffering from war, from displacement, from hunger, from silence.
And I feel it in my bones.
This grief is not abstract. It’s ancestral. It’s mine. It’s here and undeniable. We cannot ignore the pain and suffering that we are going through as a two-legged nation.
But instead of letting it crush me, I ask it to teach me how to hold more love.
How to hold more fire. Be present. Breathe and Sigh.
How to be a space where others can come to breathe.
We Are the Fire Keepers
This is what I mean when I say Fire Keeper.
It’s not a title.
It’s a way of being.
A Fire Keeper learns how to tend the flame in the dark.
To care for what warms us. To protect the sacred.
To stay, even when the fear says run.
And in a world that wants us numb, disconnected, exhausted—keeping the fire is revolutionary.
🕯 What I’m Offering From the Fire
Everything I teach, hold, and create now comes from this knowing:
That our energy is sacred.
That our bodies are altars.
That we need each other more than ever.
These are the spaces I’m tending:
🛄🏼 Fire Keepers Membership: A private sanctuary for those walking the spiritual path with tenderness and power. Monthly energy rituals, seasonal practices, live calls, and a community of others keeping their own flame alive.
🔥 5-Day Fire Keeper Challenge (Pay What You Can): This is a sacred container for energy clearing, spiritual reset, and nervous system nourishment. It’s open to everyone—pay what you can, or join for free if that’s what you need right now. The fire is for all of us.
🌿 Reiki Retreat: Space to rest, release, and remember who you are. Whether you’re new to Reiki or deep on your path, this is sacred time to recharge.
✨ Reiki Trainings (Level I, II & Master): This path gave me my life back. If you’re ready to learn how to channel healing energy, hold space, and awaken your gifts, I’d be honored to initiate you.
🔀 Sacred Energy Management Coaching: We go beyond Reiki—into nervous system wisdom, energetic protection, spiritual structure, and sustainable magic.
🪘 6-Phase Meditation Guidance (Mindvalley Certified): Learn the method that helped me transform my mornings and master my mental clarity. Simple. Powerful. Consistent.
🌱 Ayurvedic Counseling: True healing honors the whole you—body, mind, spirit, season. Together, we’ll restore balance and ritual through ancient wisdom.
I’m no longer shrinking what I offer.
This isn’t ego—it’s devotion.
Because people are hurting. And we need more spaces where we can soften, heal, and vision something better. We need all of us to step it up. Are you ready to step into your gifts? Are you already there? Let’s go then!
🌙 The Sacred Invitation
If you’re in the in-between—of healing, of identity, of grief, of purpose—come sit by this fire.
You don’t have to be fearless.
You don’t have to be “ready.”
You just have to be willing to stay with yourself.
The Fire Keepers are gathering.
The world is still hurting.
But here, in this small corner, we are tending something sacred.
Come be part of it.
🕯 Join the 5-Day Fire Keeper Challenge
🪔 Step into the Fire Keepers Membership
🌿 Reserve your space for Reiki trainings, sacred coaching, or Ayurvedic counseling
📩 Email me at lunasolreiki@gmail.com to claim your space or ask any questions.
I’ll reply with love, details, and open arms.
We’re not meant to hold it all alone.
But we are meant to keep the fire.
With grief, with power,
and with so much love—
Dra Luna
The Sanctuary is Born: A Sacred Invitation
I came here with an open heart. On my very first day, I was greeted by deer on the land—gentle messengers reminding me that Spirit is always near. After over a decade of dreaming of sanctuary and spaces of healing, I have finally arrived.
Though this place may not yet be permanent, it feels deeply alive: trees rising toward the sky, sweat lodge stones resting in the earth, and rose quartz lining the walls and stairways like veins of light. Each day I can hardly believe my eyes as I uncover stones, as I clear the weeds that have been holding the beauty of the stones back—I am in awe. The land is calling to be tended, and I am here for it—with hands, with heart, with prayer.
I am filled with gratitude. This weekend we are holding sacred space for an honoring of the land, the waters that flow beneath my feet, and the spirits that have guided me here—for the people who walked this land since time immemorial, the animals who continue to reside in this land and the plant life that is abundant in nourishment and beauty. This is the beginning of a new chapter—a home for ceremony, for healing, for all who are called to walk in beauty and truth. 🌿✨
This is a sacred invitation to join me in prayer. I know some of you would like to be here in person but can’t—I invite you to light a candle for us, to offer us a good thought and prayer—for the healing that will happen on this sacred land—for more abundance to rise and to remember that all land is sacred and that every life matters. If you would like to support my work with a donation—please visit here. Thank you!
Fruit Tree on the Sanctuary Land
The Magic of the Blue Deer: A Sacred Invitation to Retreat & Renew
Deer couple in Northern California near the New Sanctuary space
✨ The Magic of the Blue Deer ✨
There is an ancient story from the desert lands of Wirikuta, a place I have been blessed to walk in recent months. It tells of a time when the people were suffering — famine and hardship had left them without food, without hope.
In that time of great need, it was the grandmothers, the elders, who led the people in prayer. With empty hands and full hearts, they went out searching for sustenance for their families. They prayed with devotion, carrying the grief and hope of their people.
And it was in answer to these prayers that the Blue Deer appeared—el Venadito Azul.
The Blue Deer is known as the first shaman, the first master healer for the Wixarika people. It came to teach the people how to live again: leaving medicine, guiding them to water, and ultimately giving its very body so that the people could survive. From its sacrifice, they were nourished. From its teachings, they were guided. And from its presence, they came to know that they were not alone — that help, healing, and medicine are always available when the spirit is open to receive.
For me, the Blue Deer is a living symbol of the path of healing. It reminds me that there is always a way forward, even through hardship. And it whispers that we are never alone — we are accompanied by allies in the unseen world, by medicine that arrives at the right time, by the generosity of Spirit itself. It is when our heart is pure, that our prayer is heard. The grandmothers in their deep sorrow, ventured out to seek sustenance and nourishment and the healer revealed itself to the them.
This is also the path of Reiki. Reiki is a return to this flow of medicine — a current of light and love that nourishes body, mind, and soul. Like the Blue Deer, Reiki meets us in our moments of hunger, longing, and exhaustion. It feeds us. It waters us. It shows us how to keep walking, how to keep flourishing, even in times of turmoil.
✨ An Invitation ✨
This is the heart of the retreat I am offering: a circle where we walk with the guidance of the Blue Deer, stepping into the healing current of Reiki. A time to rest, to receive, and to remember the path that leads us back to wholeness and joy.
If your spirit feels the call of this medicine — if you are ready to open yourself to the allies of light, to the gentle current of healing, to the nourishment that comes when we say “yes” to ourselves — I welcome you to join us.
Let us walk together on this sacred path.
Let us follow the footprints of the Blue Deer.
If you feel this call for deep healing and renewal, I invite you to join me from September 25th to September 29th for retreat with Reiki, food as medicine, gentle nature walks and meditative connections. Follow this link to register and learn about the event. If you have questions, please contact me at ana@lunaysolsanctuary.org or call/text me at 909-648-8407.
with love and gratitude,
Moon Woman