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Heartscapes I help you, when in significant life transition, to move from fear and uncertainty to intuitive clar

"The mind, body and spirit are hardwired together, and to operate as if they are not is to not operate at your full potential." --Norma Wong

My name is Michaela Daystar, and my work in this world supports people and organizations in integrating mind, body and spirit so that they may operate at their full potential. I am an accredited Values Coach, Reiki practitioner and SoulCollage® Facilitator

in Davis, CA, working at the intersection of creativity and transformational leadership. Drawn to methods that uncover our innate wisdom and creative nature, I design experiences that help people connect more deeply with their identity and purpose. I have ten years of experience in social justice leadership development through colleges, community organizations, high schools and empowerment circles, and I hold a Master’s of Leadership for Social Justice from Saint Mary’s College of California. Examples of Past Clients:
• California State Department of Social Services
• Saint Mary’s College of California Leadership Center and the Women’s Resource Center
• Davis Community Church
• MISSSEY (Motivating, Inspiring, Supporting & Serving Sexually Exploited Youth) of Oakland
• Mills College Student Leadership Conference

In October I'll be presenting a talk at the Imagining America: Tides of Transition Gathering at UC Davis. I'm excited t...
08/27/2026

In October I'll be presenting a talk at the Imagining America: Tides of Transition Gathering at UC Davis. I'm excited to share a process for focusing our attention, imagination and actions towards a radically different, more just, sustainable and beautiful future than the one we are currently heading towards. I developed The Story-Caster's Loom years ago while working at Mills College, and refined in my work with HeartScapes. The description is below, and link to join us at the Gathering is in the comments!

✨The Story-Caster's Loom: Weaving Our Stories of the *Far Horizon

Significant parts of our society are crumbling, preparing to compost. It's easy to focus attention on the chaos and fear thrown at us to distract us from the fact that the patriarchal, colonial culture that we’ve known is in its death throes. Something new will be born from this, a new world built. What form it takes depends on where we focus our attention, how we communicate our visions, and the steady actions we take over time.

What if we chose to focus on openings in the chaos? Everything humanity created was first birthed into someone’s imagination and then manifested through the choices and actions of people moving within their own spheres of influence.

In this session we'll present The Story-Casters’ Loom (SCL), a process specifically designed to guide individuals or groups focus their attention, imagination and action on specific aspects of a more sustainable, just, equitable and joyful world. SCL creates a structure for intentionally aligning our actions to this future through joy rather than fear.

Parallel work is underway across the world, and gatherings like IA enable us to share and celebrate it, so we feel less alone as we make the transformational journey together.

Participants will leave with access to a demonstration of the SCL process and instructions for facilitating the process themselves, along with other resources.

*The term Far Horizon is central to the work indigenous strategist, and Zen priest Norma Wong. It refers to a time just past our ability to predict outcomes, when our descendants will live in the world we’re creating right now. Wong's work helped to inform the development of this practice.

HeartScapes’ Early Bird Discount is expiring in 5 days! Join our 9-Month Program, starting October 3rd, with $300 off a...
08/27/2026

HeartScapes’ Early Bird Discount is expiring in 5 days! Join our 9-Month Program, starting October 3rd, with $300 off and flexible pricing/payment options :)

Summer is winding down, you’re back from vacation, (or if you’re lucky, have one more planned for Labor Day). You are wrangling your goats - I meant “kids” - back to school. You know there’s an amazing journey into Reiki waiting for you this Fall, but registering for it hasn’t hit the top of your To Do List. Just for this moment, take a breath and give yourself the space to consider and commit to the journey.

You’ll look forward to an inspiring time of retreat and preparation getting to know your teacher and fellow travelers. Then you’ll take your first steps on the path of Reiki, provided with a sacred space in your week for healing experiences and practices, heartfelt support, and eye-opening lessons. Before you know it, Reiki, and your fellow travelers, will be an integral part of what keeps you going day to day.

HeartScapes strives to make Reiki training and education accessible, so don’t pay more than you have to. Register now, feel good about being budget conscious, and you’ll have a whole month to settle into Fall before embarking!
Click the link in the comments below.

**If you have looked over our pricing and know that this opportunity is still not financially accessible for you, please reach out to me for a free conversation (see comments for link), and additional solutions.

*How the discount works:
Check the EARLYBIRD box when you register for the Reiki Academy OR our just-announced Reiki Teacher Training Program!
When you register for the program, you'll pay a deposit, after which the remainder of the total cost is invoiced as your choice of either one payment, or split into monthly payments. When you enroll by August 31, the Early Bird Discount will be applied by taking $300 off the remainder. The discount applies regardless of which price point you decide is right for you.

Hi all! I am very proud to make public not just a new offering, but an expanded vision for HeartScapes Studios. After t...
08/21/2026

Hi all! I am very proud to make public not just a new offering, but an expanded vision for HeartScapes Studios. After two decades of teaching and curriculum design experience, I am convinced that the light of Reiki penetrates most deeply in our world when it is transmitted with consistency and integrity. And that teaching the system of Reiki requires an entirely different set of skills than practicing the system of Reiki. I have been incubating an original curriculum with a few students privately, and now, I'm ready to offer it publicly!

💎Welcome to the HEARTSCAPES REIKI TEACHER TRAINING experience, where we are Cultivating World-Class Reiki Teachers!💎

This learning journey prepares you to teach Reiki at all levels from the perspective of its Japanese origins, and is embedded within our Reiki Academy 9-month program. Trainees explore our unique pedagogy for teaching Reiki, while observing it in action in the Academy classes.

All experience levels and lineages are welcome! If your heart is calling you this way, our flexible program track can meet you where you are, integrating Reiki practice and teaching skills simultaneously. This container allows you to deepen your own Reiki practice, learn at your own pace, and begin practicing teaching in the Academy when you feel ready.

You’ll receive continuing support after Academy graduation to create your own Reiki-based classes, practice circles, and experiences. We work with your unique matrix of core values to help you develop a workable path from your dreams to your destination.

Teaching is sacred work. Reiki is sacred work. Take this journey with us, and see how pairing the two will take your vocation to new heights. Take the first step at the link in the comments below!

HeartScapes Reiki Academy (HRA) is already one of the highest quality Reiki trainings out there. And between now and Au...
08/18/2026

HeartScapes Reiki Academy (HRA) is already one of the highest quality Reiki trainings out there. And between now and August 31, you can register for the lowest tuition cost of the year! The HRA is a luxurious 9-month frolic through all three degrees of Reiki and is already priced for flexibility and accessibility.

If you have been interested in learning Reiki from its Japanese roots, but have been on the fence, this is your opportunity to get even more value for your investment!
(See the comments for the Early Bird Discount code and the link to register.)

It’s also the perfect time to pass on these savings to folks in your circle whom you care about. We all know people who are fighting, and sometimes losing, their battles with stress, chronic illness, or the heartless systems we live under.

You can be confident that Heartscapes is a safe, nurturing community of learning and practice. The Reiki Academy is designed to equip us for life, no matter where we are in it.

Photo credit: Elisa Stone Photography

08/15/2026

How do we know anything? Where does the information come from to make the maps, the compass, and the light sources we use as we navigate the path through life?

For those raised in Western cultures, our minds are the #1, if not the only, source of the information we use. When there is a question, a stressor, or an important decision, we rack our brains to find the answer. We know because we think…or so we think!

This video calls out two myths in our way of living:

💎Finding the “answer” is the most important goal in the face of uncertainty.

💎Our minds are the only tool we have to look for answers.

We take finding answers seriously. We can live for a long time in the anxiety of indecision because the information we need to decide just isn’t there.

What if, instead, there is a way to steady ourselves in times of waiting that also gives us access to new sources of information? What if your body knows things your mind doesn’t have direct access to?

Take the time to immerse yourself in this Reiki lesson and practice video. You may not find the answers you seek, but you’ll find the resources to live the questions. (Link to full video in Comments)

Do you trust yourself? Is your inner world a welcoming place in which to take refuge and take stock? Or does focusing in...
08/13/2026

Do you trust yourself? Is your inner world a welcoming place in which to take refuge and take stock? Or does focusing inward create doubt, discomfort or even fear? If you're like me, you’ve probably experienced both feelings at different seasons of life.
Reiki, as developed in Japan by Mikao Usui, unequivocally names your true self as a place of light, of healing, and of a compassionate connection with all things.
It can be hard to fully embrace this when influences around us call into question our inherent personal worth, our original goodness, and even our values. Is anyone fighting this battle right now in their life? Has anyone come out the other side? (Build our community by sharing your story below!)

It takes more than just agreeing with an idea to make our inner world a place we can rely on. In fact, it is the PRACTICE of Reiki that reveals the most trustworthy, authentic, and welcoming versions of ourselves that we can be! In Shoden (Reiki First Degree) practicing a simple breathing visualization called Joshin Ko Kyu Ho, reintroduces us to our inner world gently, helping us cultivate that peace and trust once more.

If, for whatever reason, you need to be reintroduced to the self you trust, consider Reiki education as your starting point. The inclusive and supportive community of practice at Heartscapes is committed to meeting you wherever you are on your Reiki journey. See the comments for how to take the first step.

When I first encountered the system of Reiki I, like most folks who discover this path, was told it is a healing practic...
08/10/2026

When I first encountered the system of Reiki I, like most folks who discover this path, was told it is a healing practice, focused on healing others, the world, and perhaps ourselves. Now, 13 years into my devotion to the practice of Reiki, and 10 years as a teacher from the Japanese roots of Reiki, I see the purpose of this system differently.

Yes, practicing and receiving Reiki can bring with it many layers and forms of healing. But rather than the purpose of the practice, healing is a delightful side-effect of the true and deeper purpose:

✨To align more effectively with Life--within, among and around us--by remembering that we have actually never been separated from Life, and nothing can take our wholeness from us. Ever.✨

From this consistently centered place, our lives become:

✨More stable & resilient
✨Less frightening
✨Deeply resourced
✨More joyful & insightful
✨Enriched by our sacred relationship with ourselves, each other and the Earth

Learn more about this elegant, accessible, flexible and transformative practice at the link in comments, and the beautiful program we have created over the past five years to lead you through training in one or all three levels of the system of Reiki.

The Portal Is Open.....Western Reiki is, in many ways, a different system than the original system of Reiki. But will th...
08/02/2026

The Portal Is Open.....
Western Reiki is, in many ways, a different system than the original system of Reiki. But will this really impact how we practice day to day? Absolutely!

Here are just a few ways that Japanese Reiki was originally conceived that contrast with how it is currently taught in the West:

✨All Reiki is Self-Reiki:

In Japanese Reiki, all Reiki practice begins and remains inside ourselves, even when practicing healing with others. Mikao Usui’s system is a pathway of self-development, removing the muck that dims the light of our true selves. From this foundation, we build techniques for sharing Reiki with others as an extension of the strength of our self-practice.

✨Healing is for the Whole Person:

Healing is conceived as the process of remembering our true selves, our connections to others, and to the natural world, and feeling them alive in our lives. Physical healing of ailments may indeed come as a result that follows from the restoration of our inner balance, and the embodied sense that nothing can separate us from life, regardless of what we are experiencing in our bodies.

✨Hands-on Healing is Just the Beginning:

Japanese Reiki equally emphasizes the 5 Elements of Reiki as vital for our practice. During the long journey to the West the essential meaning and function of these elements changed significantly. Rediscovering their primary intent can deepen our understanding and effectiveness of our work with Reiki energy and even the nature of the universe.

✨Reiki for All:

The Japanese perspective on Reiki dismantles Western practices that create barriers and power structures to guard it. Mikao Usui intended for Reiki to be simple and accessible. Reiki energy is available to us, and used by us whether we have formal training or not.

The birth and development of Reiki is steeped in mystery - its true meaning and purpose were cloaked to protect it from an oppressive government, and its Japanese origins were cloaked again to protect it from war during its fascinating and unlikely pathway to the West. Emphasizing Japanese Reiki is not a way to compete with Western Reiki. It is an ongoing process of awakening for all practitioners that will result in a joyful rediscovery and reconnection with Reiki’s deepest spiritual truths, and integration of those truths with our own lineages, passions and the long journey of our lives.

If you connect with these ideas, it may be time to begin or reengage your Reiki education! Our next cohort launches in October, and ENROLLMENT IS OPEN NOW! Learn more in the link in the comments below.

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