

Hartsville/Trousdale County is a rural community that has shared a single consolidated government since a referendum carried in 2000, and Trousdale County is Tennessee's smallest county by area. The Ascension School of Healing Arts serves students here through the live Zoom class and through self-study courses, so you can learn Reiki from home anywhere in the county.
Our teacher, Donna Lakes, has been teaching since 1999. In the live Zoom class you see and hear her in real time, ask questions as they come up, and practice alongside other students. The self-study courses let you work at your own pace on the evenings and weekends that suit a Hartsville schedule.
Settlement in Hartsville began in 1797, when James Hart's family took the west bank of the West Fork of Goose Creek and Charles Donoho's family took the east bank, and the place first went by the name Donoho's Mill. The town won official recognition in 1817 and incorporated in 1840, when the east bank settlement, by then called Damascus, merged into it.
The Battle of Hartsville was fought here in 1862, and an obelisk on the Trousdale County Courthouse square still marks it, while the Battle of Hartsville Memorial Park preserves the battlefield. The Old Hartsville Depot stands as a historic railroad depot in the town center. A place that keeps its past this close at hand understands the value of quiet attention, which is the heart of steady Reiki practice.
In Hartsville/Trousdale County about 74.5% of occupied homes are owner-occupied, and roughly 70.1% of housing units are single-family detached homes. That usually means a spare room, a porch or a quiet corner where you can set up a laptop for the live Zoom class and keep a simple space for daily practice.
The business district sits along the West Fork of Goose Creek beneath a large hill that overlooks the eastern half of the county, and the creek runs south to the Old Hickory Lake impoundment of the Cumberland River. Many students like to pair a self-study lesson with an unhurried moment outdoors near home before settling in to practice Reiki on themselves or with family.
Trousdale County ranks fourth in Tennessee for TSSAA high school football championships, with titles in 1972, 1990, 1993, 1997, 1998, 2005, 2008, 2009 and 2013. In October 2013 the school district also took the SCORE prize as the district that had most sharply improved student achievement. People here know how steady effort adds up, and Reiki learning rewards that same patience.
Hartsville/Trousdale County has its own quirks too: it is one of only two Tennessee counties to legalize parimutuel betting on horse racing, though no track was ever built. The never-used cooling tower from the abandoned 1977 to 1984 TVA nuclear project dominated the southward view along State Route 25 until it was imploded in 2025. Whatever changes on the horizon, the live Zoom class and our self-study courses stay within reach from any home in the county.
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Yes. The Ascension School of Healing Arts teaches Hartsville/Trousdale County students through the live Zoom class and self-study courses, so all of your learning happens from home.
You join Donna Lakes, who has been teaching since 1999, in real time, follow guided practice with other students, and ask questions as you go.
Yes. Self-study courses let you move through lessons at your own pace, which suits families in Trousdale County who juggle school, work and football season.
Live 12-week courses, Reiki and Acu Aroma Reiki, and self-study courses you can take at your own pace.
Certification Program
A full year devoted to clearing your energy, strengthening your intuition, and learning to work with energy in a grounded, embodied way, for yourself and others.
Certification Program
Advanced tools and deeper confidence to hold space for others through complex emotional and energetic terrain.
12-Week Course
Learn energy anatomy, grounding and daily tools for strong energetic boundaries, especially helpful for empaths and highly sensitive people.
12-Week Course
A deep dive into shadow work and emotional release. Come home to yourself and let go of what has been holding you back.
12-Week Course
Strengthen your intuitive senses and learn your own language with the universe: mediumship, channeling, the Akashic records and spirit guides.
Live Class
Your personal attunement plus a live class in self-Reiki and distance Reiki, with monthly Reiki Shares. No experience needed.
Online Specialty
An online specialty blending Reiki, essential oils and skin-zone work, with one-on-one Zoom sessions and case studies.
Self-Study
Learn Reiki at your own pace with a clear, grounded introduction to energy work.
Self-Study
Discover your own potential through mindful self-discovery, at your own pace.
Self-Study
Understand, honor and care for your energetic body, at your own pace.
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