Rio de Ki · Montréal
Reiki in Montréal
Energy healing that brings the nervous system back to stillness — so the body can do what it already knows how to do.
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Reiki is most helpful when something feels stuck — in the body, the nervous system, or the energy that runs underneath both.
"If you want to find the secrets of the universe,
think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration."
— Nikola Tesla
What is reiki?
"Reiki is love, love is wholeness, wholeness is balance, balance is wellbeing, wellbeing is freedom from disease."
Reiki is a Japanese energy healing practice developed by Mikao Usui in the early twentieth century. The word combines rei (universal) and ki (life force energy) — the same energy known as chi in Chinese medicine and prana in Ayurvedic tradition.
A reiki session works with the body's subtle energy system — supporting the nervous system in shifting out of stress and survival, and into rest, repair, and receptivity. It doesn't require belief to work. It simply requires presence.
In Montréal, reiki is increasingly recognized alongside therapy, somatic work, physiotherapy, and other body-based approaches. Many clients find it deepens other treatments by bringing the system into a more open, receptive state.
Rio's approach to reiki in Montréal is ceremonial, intuitive, and informed by 17+ years in bioenergetic healing — woven through craniosacral therapy, Quantum Touch, and somatic naturotherapy.
Hello — I'm Rio
Reiki Practitioner · Somatic Naturotherapist · Montréal
I began integrating reiki into my practice in 2019 — and it has woven itself into everything since. Each session draws on reiki alongside Quantum Touch, bioenergetic and craniosacral work, so the energy follows what the body is ready for, not a fixed protocol.
My approach has a ceremonial quality to it. Sessions are held with intention and presence — more ritual than routine. I'm able to perceive the subtle energy field, which means I'm actively reading what's present in the body and the space, and letting that guide the work.
During the integration phase, I often share what came through — impressions, images, or messages from the session. Clients frequently say this is where the deepest recognition happens. I work with a trauma-informed, non-pathologizing lens and specialize in highly sensitive people, neurodivergent individuals, and the LGBTQIA+ community.
"The future of medicine will be the medicine of frequencies."
— Albert Einstein
What to expect in a reiki session
You arrive, you rest, you receive. There's nothing to do — just presence, warmth, and the gradual release of what the body has been holding.
Arrival & settling
You arrive, we talk briefly. You lie fully clothed on a massage table. Nothing is required of you except to rest.
Energy work
Hands are gently placed on or just above the body — head, shoulders, chest, abdomen, legs. The work follows the energy, not a rigid sequence.
What you may feel
Warmth, tingling, deep calm, emotional release, or simply heaviness turning into rest. Some fall asleep. All of it is welcome.
Integration & transmission
We return slowly. I share what came through during the work — impressions, images, or messages from the subtle field. This is often where the deepest recognition lands. Drink water, move gently.
What reiki supports
Regulation
Reiki invites the nervous system out of fight-or-flight and into rest — the state where healing actually happens.
Release
Emotion, tension, and energy that has been held in the body begins to move — gently, without force or pressure.
Restoration
When the system is no longer spending its resources on survival, it returns to its natural capacity for repair and renewal.
Learn Reiki
Ready to carry this practice yourself?
Rio also teaches reiki through Inner Alchemy Academy — an online school for energy healing, somatic practices, and the subtle arts. Courses are available for beginners through advanced practitioners.
Visit Inner Alchemy Academy →
Reiki as a living practice
Reiki doesn't begin and end on the table. For me, it extends into the rhythms of daily life — including, perhaps most naturally, into the act of eating.
Before each meal, I take a moment to activate my food with reiki and gratitude. Gratitude for the soil, the growers, the hands that prepared it. I speak it aloud — a small, consistent signal to the nervous system that this moment is safe, and that receiving is possible.
When we enter a state of genuine gratitude before eating, the gut absorbs nutrients more effectively — and the body's relationship to nourishment fundamentally changes.
Research from the HeartMath Institute shows that the heart generates an electromagnetic field up to 5,000 times stronger than the brain's — one that extends several feet beyond the body and is measurable by those around you. When you shift into genuine gratitude or heart coherence, this field becomes more ordered, more rhythmic. That shift is felt by the food, the space, and everyone nearby.
Joe Dispenza's work takes this further: a heart-coherent gratitude practice of as little as ten minutes daily has been shown to increase immune function by over 50% in just four days. Gratitude isn't only emotionally restorative — it's biochemically and energetically regenerative.
Contrast this with eating in stress: in fight-or-flight, the body deprioritizes digestion, redirecting energy toward survival. The result is malabsorption and the downstream symptoms that follow. In the parasympathetic state — rest and digest — the body opens to what it's receiving.
This is what reiki before a meal draws on. Not ritual for ritual's sake, but a deliberate entry into coherence — so that the body receives nourishment from a state of openness rather than survival.
Session rates
Reiki sessions can be booked standalone or as part of a bioenergetic package. Insurance receipts available under naturopathy.
Single sessions
Packages · payable in instalments
Verify naturopathy coverage (ACNN) with your extended health plan. Receipts issued at every session.
What clients say
I always have incredible Reiki sessions with Rio! She has helped me learn so much and I feel completely renewed after every session. Her insight and messages are always on point!
I have had several reiki sessions with Rio and each is amazing. I am always feeling well rested, recharged and balanced. She supports you and allows you to feel seen and heard. A true earth angel.
I received an amazing distance reiki session from Rio — she has incredible intuitive abilities and our follow-up discussion gave me so much clarity. I was blown away by how powerful it was. I've felt so much more balanced and energised in the days since.
I've been getting reiki, reflexology & craniosacral from Rio for years — always very relaxing and informative. I experienced a deep release of emotions I didn't know were there. Unwinding the fascia was a highlight.
Rio introduced me to Reiki a couple of years ago. I immediately felt that I was in good hands of this intelligent and spiritual healer. She is compassionate and insightful. I would highly recommend her.
Had an amazing Reiki session with Rio — this was a great moment for myself and I felt so light after. She also gave me tips for continuing the work at home.
The mix of bioenergetics and Reiki was powerful — she creates such a calm, supportive space. I left feeling grounded and more connected to myself. Highly recommend!
I've been working with Rio on and off for many years and every session brings new insights. I always feel lighter after an energy healing session with her. She truly is gifted and committed to her practice.
I feel instantly in a trance when she works on me as if she has magic healing hands. Rio is a gifted healer and practises her craft with focus and intention. I recommend!
Rio's reiki is deeply intuitive — she shared insights at the end of the session that resonated completely with what I was going through. I left feeling seen, lighter, and more connected to myself.
Find me in Montréal
In-person reiki sessions at three locations across Montréal. Virtual sessions available worldwide.
Reiki is offered as part of bioenergetic therapy — book a standalone reiki session, or combine it with craniosacral work, reflexology, and myofascial release for a fully integrated session.
Registered Naturopathic Practitioner · ACNN #23-6826 · Insurance receipts at every session
Questions about reiki in Montréal
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In-person reiki in Montréal — Petite-Patrie, Villeray, or Mile End. Virtual sessions available worldwide.