 Reiki
Myra Reichel received her first Reiki Healing during a massage in the early 1990's. Because Myra's hands and feet were always cold, the masseuse suggested that she receive a Reiki Session every day for 10 days. The Reiki energy improved her circulation.
Before Myra was attuned to Reiki Healing, her puppy was attacked by a pit pull. The puppy's leg was damaged. After several months, the puppy was still not using that leg and the infection was not healing. The Vet said that the leg would have to be removed. The puppy received a Reiki Healing and the puppy’s whole little body got hot. The next day she was walking on the leg and the infection had cleared up.
In 1998, Myra received her Level I attunement from Marion Yaglinski, RN Reiki Master. The next year she received her Level II attunement and ahe expanded her involvent with Reiki by providing Reiki Healings for free at Reiki Shares and Healing Circles. A year later she received her Advanced Practice attunement that increases the Reiki Healing Energy transfer through the practitioner to a client and permits a practitioner to charge for a session. The year after that, she was attuned to Karuna R Reiki. In February of 2004, Myra was attuned as a Reiki Master. Myra can now offer all levels of Reiki attunements to those taking her Reiki Classes and Workshops. Karuna Classes and Workshops will be available starting in 2005.
As Myra started to become attuned to Reiki Healing Energy herself, she discovered that the Reiki Energy makes her hands hot. With each successive attunement, her hands became hotter. Now she says that she can go outside in the winter without gloves and the heat from the Reiki Energy keeps her hands warm. Myra has a practice in Media, PA , as well as offices in Philadelphia and Norristown, PA. She is willing to travel for an additional fee per session or workshop.
Weaving
Myra Reichel wove her first tapestry in 1971 while a Fiber Arts Major at The Philadelphia College of Art, now the University of the Arts, studying under Ruben Eskanian. Later that same year, she learned to weave in the Navajo style from Tina Kane while a student of the teachings of G.I. Gurdjieff at the Institute for Religious Development in New York. Gurdjieff’s teachings are composed of Eastern and Western spiritual practices combined in an esoteric Christianity. Spiritual development is undertaken while performing physical work; therefore the lengthy weaving process provides ample opportunities. This combination of Gurdjieff work on Myra's inner life and her hand weaving has continued over thirty years.
At Myra Reichel’s studio, you can see her contemporary hand woven tapestries. She has work available from her "Night Tales", “Law of Three”, and “Prehistoric” Series. Her next series of work will depict, somewhat abstractly, the causes of homelessness and international urban problems in both two and three dimensional tapestries. Myra has a BA Degree in Growth and Structure of the City: Urban Public Policy from Bryn Mawr College. She has been employed as a Habitat Construction Supervisor, a Section 8 Housing Quality Standards Inspector, an Assistant Director of Municipal Planning, and a Grant Writer for Dignity Housing, a non-profit that works intensely to transition the homeless to employment with a livable wage and permanent living arrangements.
Myra also weaves commissioned tapestries; see the section on commissions for further information on technique and possibilities. She offers weaving and weaving meditation classes and workshops. She offers apprenticeships in weaving to those wishing to work in a studio setting while learning to weave. Myra has been Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Artist in Residence and has exhibited in major museums, galleries, and craft shows.
Myra Reichel
Reiki Healing Center
20 South Olive Street, Suite 305
Media, PA 19063
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