Hello, I'm Deb

Hi, it's great to digitally meet you. My name is Deb Stainer (officially Deborah), my background bridges both science and somatic practices. I hold a BA and an MSc in psychology, and I am also a qualified Yoga teacher and Reiki Practitioner. I have spent years studying exactly how the mind, the brain, and the body interact, and how Yoga and Reiki can help restore balance to almost any system.

I intimately understand what it feels like to live with an overstimulated, exhausted system. I was originally guided to Reiki and Yoga during a very dark period in my life. I describe myself as being 'broken' at that time—physically, mentally, emotionally, and in spirit. Having experienced severe burnout, I understand what it's like when your system can't keep up with the world around you. Reiki and Yoga helped me heal, transform, and rebuild from the inside out and today they form the absolute foundation of my daily life and sit at the very heart of my work.

While my psychology background explains the science of stress, it was energy healing that truly reached the parts of me that words couldn't touch. When I was at my lowest, standard therapies felt like too much effort for an already exhausted system. Reiki became my ultimate sanctuary because it demanded absolutely nothing from me—I just had to show up and let my system be held.

Experiencing that profound energetic relief is exactly why I became an Usui Reiki practitioner. I wanted to offer that same effortless, restorative space to others.

Later on, my own path as a woman led me to Womb Reiki. I realized how much stress, trauma, and societal pressure women hold specifically in their sacral centers, and how deeply this affects our health and emotional boundaries. Training in Womb Reiki allowed me to bring a deeply focused nurturing of women to my practice. Helping women who, just like I did, need a safe space to re/connect with their bodies for whatever reason.

Because of my own path, I am passionate about sharing the deeply healing and transformative benefits of these practices and try to spread the word that yoga can be practiced by practically anyone, and everyone can gain from Reiki in some way.

In my classes and other offerings I aim to intentionally create spaces to be gentle, low-demand, and completely zero-pressure. Many of my retreats and sessions are built to be friendly to introverted, highly sensitive, stressed, overwhelmed, and neurodivergent women (including autistic and AuDHD individuals).

Combining my education in psychology, yoga and Reiki along with my own lived experience of burnout and recovery, I provide a safe, quiet container for you to pause, breathe, and find what you need in the classes, retreats and healing sessions.

I would love to show you the life-improving benefits of practicing yoga and receiving Reiki. I hope you will allow me to support you as you journey along your own path of healing, self-empowerment, and reconnection.