A Reiki Master’s 26-Year Journey, From a Street Fair to StaarCon 6
Today we’re turning the spotlight on a first-time StaarCon presenter: Teri Rosario. Teri comes to StaarCon 6 as a Reiki Master Teacher with 26 years of experience. She’ll be leading a live Reiki Share in the Mindful Room in Palm Beach Gardens, and for those of you joining us virtually, StaarCast will bring you right into the conversation.
What is she bringing to StaarCon 6 Virtual?
The Mindful Room isn’t part of our livestreamed Live Track, so StaarCon 6 Virtual attendees won’t be in the room for Teri’s Reiki Share on Friday, October 2nd. Instead, at that same time, StaarCast will release a recorded conversation between Teri and Christiana Gaudet that goes deep into what Reiki actually is and how Teri came to practice it. It’s your alternative to the unstreamed, in-person session.
The conversation opens with the basics: Reiki as universal life-force energy, channeled rather than directed, with the practitioner serving as a conduit rather than a healer imposing an outcome. From there, Teri and Christiana trace the history of the practice, from Dr. Mikao Usui’s healing center in early 19th-century Japan through Dr. Hayashi and Madame Takata, who carried Reiki to Hawaii and the United States and trained the first generation of Reiki masters.
The conversation then turns to some genuinely thoughtful debates that will sound familiar to any tarot reader. Should Reiki’s sacred symbols be closely guarded, the way Teri’s own master teacher required, or published for anyone to learn, as some authors have done? Is it appropriate to add your own spin and brand a personalized style of Reiki? Should Reiki have a place in hospitals despite the absence of scientific proof that it works? And can Reiki attunements happen at a distance, the way Teri already practices distance healing? It’s a rich, unhurried conversation, and it’s the next best thing to being in the room.
A journey that began at a street fair
Teri’s path to Reiki started almost by accident. In 1998, she was wandering a street fair in Yellow Springs, Ohio (a self-described hippie town and home to Antioch College) when she stepped into a shop called Angelic Divas and stumbled on a Reiki demonstration. She had never heard the word before, but the calm she saw on people’s faces pulled her in. She said yes to a demo, and the profound relaxation she felt convinced her she needed to know more.
That fall she began Reiki 1, followed later the same year by Reiki 2, both taught by shop owner Terry Benning Coleman. Applied Reiki came the following spring, and by the start of 2000 Teri had enrolled in her Reiki Master Teacher training. She graduated on July 6th of that year, marking 26 years of practice as of this summer.
About Teri
Teri Rosario is a Reiki Master Teacher with 26 years of experience, trained by Terry Benning Coleman starting in 1998. She has spent decades bringing energy work to Reiki circles, friends, and clients, both in person and at a distance. Find her on Instagram at Tranquil Timeout.
StaarCon 6 runs October 2 through 4, 2026, in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. Teri presents Experience a Reiki Share live in the Mindful Room on Friday, October 2nd at 2:00 pm, with her recorded conversation released to StaarCast Virtual attendees at the same time. Tickets are available at staarcon.com/tickets.
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