

Montreal began in May 1642 as Ville-Marie, a missionary settlement on an island in the St. Lawrence River at the foot of Mount Royal, and it still carries the nickname the city of a hundred steeples. People in Montreal who feel drawn to quiet, attentive practice can join the Ascension School of Healing Arts through the live Zoom class or our self-study courses, all from home.
Donna Lakes has been teaching since 1999, and she brings a warm, grounded, practical style to every session. Whether your home sits within sight of the inclined tower of Olympic Stadium or close to the green slopes of Mount Royal Park, the live Zoom class meets you right where you already are in Montreal.
Montreal winters are well known, so well known that the RESO underground network lets people cover tens of kilometers of shops, metro and offices without stepping outside. A live Zoom class follows the same sensible logic: you can learn Reiki from a warm chair in the 514, with a notebook and a cup of tea beside you.
Self-study courses suit Montreal schedules that already hold aerospace shifts, video-game deadlines, research and higher education, or a night at the Montreal International Jazz Festival. You can pause a lesson, return to it on a quiet evening, and bring your questions to the next live Zoom class.
Montreal is the largest primarily French-speaking city in the Americas, roughly 58.5% of its residents speak both French and English, and more than 120 ethnic communities call it home. In the live Zoom class that kind of variety is welcome: everyone arrives with their own background and leaves with the same simple hand positions and daily practice.
Montreal also has a long habit of gathering, from the Rotary Club of Montreal, founded in October 1913, to the Jeune Chambre de commerce de Montreal, the largest junior chamber in the world. Reiki study can be a gathering too, a small online circle where people in Montreal can join, ask questions and practice together on screen.
Each live Zoom class is taught in real time, so people in Montreal can speak up, watch demonstrations closely and practice self-Reiki alongside the group. Self-study courses give you lessons to revisit at your own pace, which helps in the city of festivals, where summer evenings fill quickly with Les Francos de Montreal and Just for Laughs.
Donna keeps the teaching practical: how to settle your attention, how to place your hands, and how to build a steady daily habit. Montreal gave the world Expo 67, Habitat 67 and the Biosphere geodesic dome, proof that good ideas reach far, and Reiki study can begin from any room in Montreal with a reliable internet connection.
Online Reiki classes across Canada
Self-Study Courses Reiki Certification
Yes. People anywhere in Montreal and greater Montreal can join the live Zoom class or begin a self-study course from home.
A computer, tablet or phone with a steady internet connection, a quiet spot and a comfortable chair. A Montreal winter evening indoors works nicely.
Donna Lakes, teaching since 1999, leads the classes with a warm, grounded, practical approach.
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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