

New Hampshire earned the name Granite State from its extensive granite formations and the quarries worked in them, and there is something fitting about learning a steady, grounded practice in a place built on stone. The Ascension School of Healing Arts brings Reiki and energy healing to New Hampshire through the live Zoom class and through self-study courses, so people from the Great North Woods down to the Seacoast can join from home.
Every live Zoom class is taught by Donna Lakes, teaching since 1999, with time for questions, practice and conversation as it happens. A person in Concord, the state capital, or in Manchester, its largest city, sees the same lesson and hears the same guidance as anyone else on the screen, with a warm, practical approach that keeps the focus on simple techniques you can use every day.
The year has a clear shape in New Hampshire. Sap houses hold sugaring-off open houses in spring, county fairs fill summer and early autumn, foliage peaks in mid-October and draws leaf peepers, and winter belongs to ski areas, snowmobile trails and frozen lakes dotted with ice fishing houses known locally as bobhouses. Self-study courses can bend around all of that, picking up when the season quiets down.
A student in New Hampshire might save the self-study lessons for long winter evenings, then join the live Zoom class in spring once the sugaring season begins. Another might keep a short daily practice going through the busy Lakes Region summer around Lake Winnipesaukee and return for deeper study once the October color has passed.
New Hampshire is organized into seven regions: the Great North Woods, the White Mountains, the Lakes Region, the Seacoast, the Merrimack Valley, the Monadnock Region and the Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee area. Those places feel very different from one another, yet the live Zoom class gives each of them the same seat, the same teacher and the same chance to ask a question and get a real answer.
People living near the White Mountains, whose range across the north-central part of the state gave New Hampshire its other nickname, the White Mountain State, can learn alongside people in the Merrimack Valley without anyone changing their routine. The self-study courses add a second option for anyone who prefers to move through the material alone at a pace that suits them.
New Hampshire carries the motto Live Free or Die, a phrase rooted in the state's part in the Revolutionary War, and plenty of people there like to choose their own way of learning. ASHA keeps both paths open: the live Zoom class for those who want a teacher and a group in real time, and self-study courses for those who would rather work quietly on their own schedule.
A student in New Hampshire might begin with a self-study course to learn the basic hand positions, then join a live Zoom class to practice with others and talk through what came up. Either way, the teaching stays warm, grounded and practical, aimed at building a simple Reiki and energy healing practice that fits ordinary life in the Granite State.
Self-Study Courses Reiki Certification
Yes. People anywhere in New Hampshire, from the Great North Woods to the Seacoast, can join the live Zoom class or work through the self-study courses from home.
Donna Lakes, teaching since 1999, leads the live Zoom class, with time for questions and practice as the lesson unfolds.
It can be. A student in New Hampshire might work through self-study lessons during quiet winter evenings and join the live Zoom class when the season allows, moving at whatever pace feels right.
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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