My name is Danielle, and I am the heart and soul behind Soul Embodied Reiki & Energy Healing. 

My personal journey has been wild, messy, beautiful, and magical – to say the least.

As a Reiki practitioner and intuitive energy healer, I have been dedicated to the path of healing and spiritual growth since 2017. After working a “normal” corporate job in my early and mid-twenties, I found myself at a crossroads, deep in introspection. My life seemed to be falling apart – I was in a toxic relationship, stuck in an unfulfilling career, and had struggled with a serious eating disorder and lack of self-love for over a decade.

In November 2017, I made a decision that changed everything: I quit my job, ended my relationship, sold most of my belongings, and left my hometown with a one-way ticket to Australia in search of meaning, healing, and authentic connection. Despite feeling lost and broken, this moment became the catalyst for my spiritual awakening.

Spiritual Awakening

My six-month escape plan turned into two years, during which I lived and worked at an ashram and yoga community. This experience ignited a desire to learn more about holistic healing, and I began traveling the world, exploring and studying various healing modalities, including yoga, meditation, energy healing, sound healing, vocal activation, conscious breathing, plant medicine, and physical embodiment/somatic practices.

In 2022, I lived and worked at an Ayahuasca retreat center in the Sacred Valley of Peru, where I deepened my understanding of shamanism and healing with plant medicine. My experience was life changing, and I wouldn’t trade it for the world. However, a particularly challenging journey left me in a state of fear and disconnection for years afterwards, as I struggled to fully integrate and regulate my nervous system.