Reiki Master and Sound Healing Practitioner

Alison Crocetta has been a student and practitioner of the healing arts, yoga, and meditation for many years. In 2001, while living in New York, she was first offered Reiki energy in the aftermath of 9/11. Moved by the experience, she has benefited from the support of Reiki sessions since that time.

Alison became a Reiki Master in the Usui Shiki Ryoho tradition in 2024. She began her formal study of Reiki in 2017 and became a certified Level II Reiki practitioner in 2019. Alison received all her Reiki training under the loving guidance of her teacher, Reiki Master, Susan DeLor Baas. Alison completed her studies with Susan to become a certified Level I Soma Energetics sound healing practitioner.

Alison considers herself to be incredibly fortunate to study Tibetan Buddhist meditation practices with instruction from her teachers, Lama Lodrö Tulku Rinpoche and Zürich-trained Jungian analyst and psychologist, Rachael Wooten, PhD. She completed a 200-hour level yoga teaching certification in 2014 with the mentorship of yogini Janice George at the Samyoga Institute in Columbus, Ohio. Alison was first introduced to Buddhism and mindfulness techniques during a silent retreat in 2000 with the late Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh.

In other aspects of her work-life, Alison is an artist and Associate Professor in the Department of Art at The Ohio State University (OSU) where she has taught a wide range of courses including a freshman seminar called Yoga and the Quest for Creative Freedom. Her interest in mindful approaches to life, work, and leadership led Alison to participate in the 2020-2021 Inner MBA program through New York University’s Mindful NYU. In 2020, Alison served as Director of the Lawrence and Isabel Barnett Center for Integrated Arts and Enterprise at OSU.

Alison currently lives in Columbus, Ohio. Her son, Louis is studying Organ Performance at McGill University in Montréal, Canada. More information about Alison’s art practice can be found at this website.