Mark Kantner, the practitioner — outdoors in a chambray shirt and cap, gaze lifted toward an open sky.
About the practice

Hi — I'm Mark.

I run a small Reiki and breathwork practice on West Grace Street in Richmond, Virginia. Most of the people I work with don't arrive looking for a spiritual experience — they arrive tired.

My intention is simple: build a quiet hour where your nervous system can stop doing the work of holding everything together. No incense maximalism, no required belief system, no asking you to be more "open." Just a warm room, an unhurried pace, and a steady pair of hands.

If that's the kind of rest you've been missing, you're in the right place.

How I got here

A practice built on what I needed first.

For most of my working life I was the person who held the systems together — projects, plans, late-night calls, the works. The body kept the score, as it does. Reiki found me first as a client, on a table, because nothing else was reaching the place that needed reaching.

I trained slowly, on purpose. I wasn't interested in collecting modalities; I was interested in how this one specific thing could help an over-engineered nervous system finally land. Years later, this is the practice I would have wanted on the receiving end: clear, grounded, gently structured, free of magical thinking, and serious about your time.

If you've been told you should "just relax" by people who don't actually know what relaxing requires of you, this is for you.

Training & credentials

The technical bits.

Reiki
Reiki Master, Usui lineage
Breathwork
Trauma-aware foundations
Practice since
2010
Insurance
Liability covered

New, October 2026: Certified Medical Reiki Master (CMRM), awarded October 18, 2026 by Medical Reiki International. About Medical Reiki.

Research: In October 2026, Mark presented a proposed framework on Reiki, slow breathing, and autonomic balance at the virtual International Reiki Research Conference, hosted by the Center for Reiki Research, after the abstract was accepted by the conference's review committee. It is a framework to be tested, not a clinical finding; a reviewed follow-up study is in planning.

I do not diagnose, treat, or prescribe. Reiki and breathwork are complementary practices that work alongside — not in place of — medical and mental-health care.

How I work

Three quiet commitments.

Unhurried by design

Sessions run on a calm cadence, not a clock. You'll never be rushed off the table.

Trauma-aware

Touch is opt-in, named, and adjustable in real time. You stay in charge of your body, always.

Plain language

No mystical gatekeeping. I'll tell you what I'm doing and why, in regular English.

When you're ready

Come find a quieter hour.

If anything I've said sounds like the kind of rest you've been missing, I'd be glad to hold a session for you.

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