The Secret Garden Healing & Teaching Center is located in the
beautiful Catskill Mountains of New York. The air here is fresh and
invigorating and our mountains are wondrous to behold.
We offer Reiki First Degree and Second Degree
certification classes and have private treatment rooms
that give you the feeling that you are visiting a spa.
The Reiki treatments and teachings do not use
or include other alternative methods... merely Reiki in
it's purest and simplest form as originally taught and
passed on through our direct traditional lineage
of Usui, Hayashi, Takata, Gray, Rosenthal.
Jeanne M. Sands is a Reiki Master and teaches the
Usui Shiki Ryoho Method and is a member of The Reiki Alliance.
James E. Sands is a Certified Reiki II Practitioner.
Jeanne and her husband Jim, originated in MA and have been
married for over 48 yrs. and have 4 married sons and 9 amazing
grandchildren.
She was an executive secretary for an advertising firm in Hartford
CT and, having studied music (piano) since the age of 5, began
teaching once the children came along. They moved to NJ and
Jeanne opened a piano studio and was named President of the
Northern NJ branch of The National Guild of Piano Teachers.
After several years, James was transferred to Toronto, Canada
and Jeanne attended The Royal Conservatory of Music at the
University of Toronto to further her studies.
While in Toronto she began study at Sheridan College of Applied
Arts & Technology, majoring in Interior Design, worked for a design
firm there, and continued her education upon returning to the US.
After 5 years of study, she received her degree.
Jeanne opened her own design business and became president
of The Accent Gallery in Wyckoff, NJ. She also owned and operated
Jeanne M,. Sands Interior Design in Bergen County NJ and taught
piano on a part-time basis.
Jeanne & Jim purchased land in the mountains of upstate NY
and built a second home to get away to on the weekends. It has
acreage, pond, organic gardens (including flowers... 160 lavender
plants), and the Honest Brook crossing the length of the property,
requiring a bridge to access the house.
Always interested in spirituality and self-improvement, Jeanne
pursued many avenues... meditation, yoga, Shakti Healing, and
researched metaphysical and spiritual realms.
She studied Aromatherapy and became certified with The
Institute for Aromatherapy & Herbal Studies in NYC as well as with
The New England Center for Aromatherapy. She is a professional
member of the National Association for Hoistic Aromatherapy.
Jeanne was then led to the study of Reiki. She was certified in
First Degree and then Second Degree (Jim is also certified).
After extensive practice, study and training, she was awarded
the honor of becoming a Reiki Master and was then accepted as a
member of The Reiki Alliance which is a prestigious international
organization for Reiki Masters of the traditional lineage.
Having worked with children and learning challenged through the
years (teaching and ARC volunteer in music and art) and knowing
how Reiki could help, she decided to write a book in a simple and
sweet manner with cartoonlike images. Reiki Pure and Simple can
be understood by everyone. This book is available through this
site as well as on Amazon.com in the US, UK, Canada, and
can be found internationally as well as in bookstores.
Jeanne and Jim retired from their original professions... Jeanne
as an Interior Designer/Piano Teacher, and James as International
Vice President of Human Resources for a large pharmaceutical firm.
They are now involved in causes and organizations that are truly
meaningful and rewarding to them and reside full time at The Secret
Garden country home.
Reiki and Aromatherapy have become Jeanne's passion (along
with the grandchildren of course) and spends much of her time with
teaching, study, practice and, along with Jim's help, holds regular
Reiki training classes as well as giving private treatments. They
hold clinics for folks who need the help and work with many who are
ill, handicapped, or challenged.
