Online Reiki and Energy Healing Classes for New Orleans, Louisiana
Reiki on Zoom for the Crescent City
New Orleans was founded by the French in 1718 on a crescent bend of the Mississippi, and its nickname, the Crescent City, still points to that curve of river. The Ascension School of Healing Arts teaches Reiki and energy healing from Ferndale, Michigan, and people in New Orleans can join the live Zoom class from wherever they are in the city, uptown or downtown, lakeside or riverside.
Donna Lakes has been teaching since 1999. In the live Zoom class you see the teacher, ask questions out loud, and practice hand positions alongside others in the session. Self-study courses sit beside the live sessions for anyone in New Orleans who wants to move through the material at their own pace.
Planning Your Practice Around Carnival Season
Carnival in New Orleans runs from Epiphany on January 6 to Fat Tuesday, and the final stretch of the 2026 season is packed. The Krewe of Endymion and the Krewe of Tucks parade on Saturday, February 14, the Krewe of Bacchus on Sunday, February 15, and the Krewe of Rex and the Krewe of Zulu on Fat Tuesday, February 17.
A student in New Orleans might pick a self-study course for those busy weeks of costumes and parades, then join a live Zoom class once the parades are over. Since everything happens on a screen or at your own pace, the parade calendar and your Reiki practice do not have to compete for the same evening.
Quiet Practice in the City That Care Forgot
New Orleans has been called the Big Easy and the City That Care Forgot, names that fit a city known for its defiantly easygoing spirit. Reiki practice rests on a similar unhurried attention: learning to slow down, place your hands with intention, and notice what you feel in the moment.
New Orleans is widely recognized as the birthplace of jazz, home to Buddy Bolden, Jelly Roll Morton, Sidney Bechet, and Louis Armstrong, who was born in New Orleans in 1901. A student in New Orleans might keep a little of that rhythm in mind during self-practice, letting breath and hand positions settle into a steady tempo the way a second line finds its beat.
Joining from Any Part of New Orleans
Bulbancha, the indigenous Choctaw name for New Orleans, means land of many tongues, and the city still carries French, Spanish, West African, Creole, and Caribbean influences. The live Zoom class welcomes that same range, so people with different backgrounds and schedules can join one session and learn the same Reiki foundations together.
Whether your week revolves around the Port of New Orleans, the tourism trade of the French Quarter, or work tied to Jazz Fest each spring, self-study courses let you return to the material at night or on a slow Sunday. The live Zoom class then gives you a place to ask questions and practice with a teacher.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Can people in New Orleans join ASHA's Reiki classes?
Yes. People anywhere in New Orleans can join the live Zoom class or enroll in a self-study course, and both options work from home.
Is self-study a good fit during carnival season in New Orleans?
It can be. Carnival runs from January 6 to Fat Tuesday, which falls on February 17 in 2026, and a self-study course lets a student in New Orleans keep practicing at their own pace through the parade weeks.
Who teaches the live Zoom class?
Donna Lakes teaches with the Ascension School of Healing Arts and has been teaching since 1999. People in New Orleans can learn with her through the live Zoom class.
