Interview with Christopher Tellez

SF REIKI CENTER is located in the Mission at 3150 18th Street Suite 243 San Francisco CA. SF REIKI CENTER offers private Reiki Sessions, Reiki Classes, and Community Reiki Clinics.

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Christopher Tellez is the owner of SF REIKI CENTER. He started practicing Reiki in 2010. Christopher became a Reiki Master Teacher in 2016 after studying under Brian Brunius of NYC REIKI CENTER and completing a rigorous two-years Master Apprenticeship, 2000 hours of client sessions, and presentation of his thesis on *Needs Assessment of the Bay Area Reiki Community*. He is a traditional Reiki Master following the standards of Hawayo Takata, who introduced the West to Reiki, and the discipline of Usui Shiki Ryoho. Christopher is an LCSW and has worked in the social work profession for over two decades. He holds a master’s degree from Columbia University School of Social Work.
Christopher sees clients who are experiencing trauma, grief, anxiety and depression, those going through surgery, members of the LGBT community, people with cancer and HIV, children, people working on changing negative thoughts and belief patterns, and on occasion animals.
Christopher has been featured in Dot429 and *Seven Ponds* magazine. Christopher also volunteers with *Shanti’s Breast Cancer Program* and has been funded by *The U'ilani Fund* to give Reiki to Breast Cancer survivors.
Christopher is a member of Reiki Centers of America a Not- For Profit, committed to training and empowering Reiki Practitioners and Reiki Masters to develop successful Reiki Centers and thriving Reiki communities in North America. He serves on the board of Northwest Reiki Gathering, a not-for-profit which hosts an annual Reiki gathering since 1985. He volunteers with Reiki Home, an International Reiki organization building a global Reiki community, and is also a member of the Reiki Alliance, *an international community of Reiki Masters dedicated to the practice of Usui Shiki Ryoho, the Usui System of Natural Healing.*
Christopher sees clients privately, teaches classes at SF REIKI CENTER, and develops all SF REIKI CENTER projects.

Testimonials

“Christopher is a kind soul and intuitive healer. I have been working with Christopher for nearly a year and the difference has been amazing. Christopher has helped me to mend my mental health well-being. He has and continues to compassionately and intelligently lead me to find my own way forward.”

— JS., San Francisco, CA

“Several years ago, I had a bad fall and hurt my knee. Nothing was helping. A friend suggested I contact Christopher, and I had my first session with him. His calm presence and soothing energy were immensely relaxing, right away. I highly recommend Christoper as a gentle healing force in the world. On his table, you feel like everything is going to be alright.”

— Jay M, San Francisco, CA

“I have had private Reiki sessions with Christopher and I just completed Reiki 1 this weekend. Christopher is incredibly professional, kind, and understanding. I have found a great amount of success with Reiki over the past year at the SF Reiki Center, as well as working with Christopher.”

— Caroline L, San Francisco, CA

“Christopher has the kind, humane, gentle energy where his care and genuine concern to alleviate you of your tension touches your entire being with compassion. When I go to SF Reiki and see Christopher I am filled with gratitude for his touch, an all-encompassing touch that heals your soul, your spirit, and your heart. I always leave lifted and enlightened.”

— Ritu, New York, NY

“I started going to SF REIKI CENTER when I felt a bit stuck in my life. Since receiving Reiki, it really helped me to move past a few personal things and I really was able to release. I started going through major changes that I had been working towards and was able to achieve certain goals because I wasn't as phased by the level of frustration, stress, and anxiety that I have previously coped with my entire life. I started learning Reiki as a result, primarily because I don't think I fully understood it. Christopher is both practical and spiritual, his treatment has strong impact. He is very precise, considerate and sensitive to new clients.”

— Vanessa H, San Francisco, CA

“I am so glad I chose this specific center and teacher, Christopher is very tuned in to the history of Reiki and his Reiki lineage. Learning the history and the masters before him was so vital.

His work is very authentic to the tradition and I appreciate that under this lineage, it takes years of training to become a Master.”

-Kendall F, Berkeley, CA