I had a natural interest in the mysterious and unexplained from an early age and initially pursued studies in Environmental Engineering and Science, however I found that this did not answer all of the questions I had in relation to phenomena that simply could not be explained by science.
Following a healing treatment, I received for myself in London when conventional medicine failed, I changed direction to follow the path of complementary holistic therapy and natural healing.
I am a Gokuikaiden (Reiki Master) of the Japanese Lineage, as well as a Reiki Master/Teacher of the Usui/Tibetan, the Usui/Holy Fire® and the Holy Fire® Karuna Reiki® Western Lineages of Reiki. I am also an accredited Spiritual Healer and a Past Life and Regression Therapist.
My training in healing and therapy work includes Past Life Therapy training with Brian Weiss at the Omega Institute for Holistic Studies (New York, US – 2023), Special Master training with Hiroshi Doi (Osaka, Japan – 2023), two years of study at the College of Psychic Studies (London – 2011-2013), two years of Past Life and Regression Therapy training at the Past Life Regression Academy (England – 2012-2014), one year of Spiritual Counselling training at the School of Intuition and Healing (London – 2015-2016) as well as further training in Practical Spirituality and Wellness with William Bloom (London – 2017-2018), Usui/Holy Fire® Reiki (Kurama, Japan – 2018) and Holy Fire® Karuna Reiki® with William Lee Rand (Jerusalem, Israel – 2019) and Usui/Tibetan Training with Doug Buckingham (London – 2012-2014).
I use metaphysical and esoteric knowledge, healing tools, Reiki teachings and transformational work to channel the purity of the True Self and facilitate you in remembering Who You Really Are. Once the illusion of separation dissolves by remembering Who You Are, you can start living your life as a Spark of the Divine experiencing infinite potential.
I am a consultant and a trainer of the College of Psychic Studies in London and also run a private practice in London. I teach Reiki classes and workshops internationally.
The Lineage
Practitioners often choose to study with several different masters over time, and also add different types and styles of Reiki into their toolbox of healing techniques. The number of different Reiki styles is probably over 70 and will keep growing and this can be a bit confusing. However, this diversity does give each practitioner the choice to go to whatever system or style resonates with them at the time.
The significance of the lineage is far more than just the information about the parts of the genealogical tree. The lineage is a transpersonal pool of power that we can call upon to help us and tap into whenever we decide or want to.
The deeper meaning of lineage transcends time and space. It is a profound energetic connection, not just to the people in one’s own Reiki lineage, but to all the teachers and practitioners of all lineages, past present and future.
These below are my own lineages for the different Reiki styles I have studied.
Gendai Reiki Ho
- Usui Mikao (founder of the system)
- Kanichi Taketomi (3rd President of the Usui Reiki Ryoho Gakkai)
- Kimiko Koyama (6th President of the Usui Reiki Ryoho Gakkai)
- Doi Hiroshi (current member of the Usui Reiki Ryoho Gakkai)
- Giancarlo Serra
Usui/Tibetan Reiki
- Mikao Usui (founder of the system)
- Chujiro Hayashi
- Hawayo Takata
- Phyllis Lei Furumoto
- Carrell Ann Farmer
- Leah Smith
- William Lee Rand
- Elizabeth Gilberg
- William S. Tupkal
- Lynne Blanchard
- Lindy Barron
- Jollean Matsen
- Stephanie Rink
- Michael Kaufmann
- Doug Buckingham
- Giancarlo Serra
Usui/Holy Fire® Reiki
- William Lee Rand (founder of the system)
- Giancarlo Serra
Karuna Reiki®
- William Lee Rand (founder of the system)
- Doug Buckingham
- Giancarlo Serra
Holy Fire® Karuna Reiki®
- William Lee Rand (founder of the system)
- Giancarlo Serra
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Past Life Therapy - New York, United States of America
Teacher: Brian Weiss
Year: 2023
Brian Weiss, MD, a graduate of Columbia University and Yale Medical School, and founding chairman and chairman emeritus of the department of psychiatry at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami, is America’s leading authority in past-life regression therapy.
He is the author of many books, including Many Lives, Many Masters, Through Time into Healing, Same Soul, Many Bodies, and Miracles Happen. His writings include reincarnation, past life regression, future life progression, and survival of the soul after death.
Weiss has been featured in numerous magazines, newspapers, and television shows, including the Oprah Winfrey Show, Larry King Live, 20/20, 48 Hours, and on the Discovery Channel and CNN.
Usui Reiki Ryoho to a New Century of Reiki -The Legacy of Mikao Usui - Osaka, Japan
Teacher: Various Teachers and Speakers
Year: 2023
In April 2023 we celebrated the first centenary of the creation of Usui Reiki Ryoho, the great legacy of Mikao Usui. A historic, unique, global event, very close to Mt Kurama, where the master reached the state of Anshin Ritsumei. This 3-day event gathered over 300 Reiki masters and people linked to the life of Mikao Usui and Reiki from all over the world. (In the photo with Sensei Hyakuten Inamoto).
Holy Fire® III Karuna Reiki® Class - Jerusalem, Israel
Teacher: William Lee Rand – Founder and President of the International Center for Reiki Training
Year: 2019 – Duration: 3 days
Jerusalem is one of the holiest cities in the world. The most sacred sites for Christianity, and Judism and the third most sacred site of Islam are located within the walls of this 3000 year old city. The Holy Fire® Karuna Reiki® class is the next step after Reiki Master and is both a practitioner and a Master class.
William Lee Rand is the founder and president of the International Center for Reiki Training (ICRT), the Reiki Membership Association and also the founder of the Center for Reiki Reseach. He has written several books on Reiki, including The Healing Touch, The Reiki Touch Kit, Reiki for a New Millennium, The Spirit of Reiki and over 100 articles on the history, philosophy and practice of Reiki. William Lee Rand has extensively researched the origins and nature of Reiki, which resulted in the work An Evidence Based History of Reiki. In 1995, with the help of some of his best students, he developed Karuna Reiki® which, in a few years, has spread all over the world. In January 2014, William created a new evolutionary form of Reiki Usui, which he called Holy Fire® Reiki.
Usui/Holy Fire® III ART/Master Class - Kurama, Japan
Teacher: William Lee Rand – Founder and President of the International Center for Reiki Training
Year: 2018 – Duration: 7 days
Kurama Yama is the sacred mountain in Japan, where in 1922, Dr. Mikao Usui received the gift of Reiki after 21 days of meditation, prayer and fasting.
William Lee Rand is the founder and president of the International Center for Reiki Training (ICRT), the Reiki Membership Association and also the founder of the Center for Reiki Reseach. He has written several books on Reiki, including The Healing Touch, The Reiki Touch Kit, Reiki for a New Millennium, The Spirit of Reiki and over 100 articles on the history, philosophy and practice of Reiki. William Lee Rand has extensively researched the origins and nature of Reiki, which resulted in the work An Evidence Based History of Reiki. In 1995, with the help of some of his best students, he developed Karuna Reiki® which, in a few years, has spread all over the world. In January 2014, William created a new evolutionary form of Reiki Usui, which he called Holy Fire® Reiki.
Diploma in Spiritual Counselling
Teacher: Sue Allen – Founder and President of the School of Intuition and Healing, London, UK
Year: 2016 – Duration: 14 months
Certified course combining classic therapeutic approaches such as counselling and psychotherapy, with more holistic and energetic approaches such as spiritual healing, family constellations, work on the inner child, regressive hypnosis, etc.
Sue is a natural psychic/medium, an accredited healer with the NFSH/Healing Trust and the College of Psychic Studies, a medical intuitive, psychotherapist and teacher. She specialises in spirit release and psychic attack and is accredited with the Spirit Release Foundation. Sue is the author of the popular book, Spirit Release: A Practical Handbook. She is the founder of the School of Intuition and Healing.
Karuna Reiki® Master & Teacher
Teacher: Doug Buckingham – Solutions for the Mind, Body and Soul
Year: 2013 – Duration: 3 days
Karuna Reiki® is an evolution of Reiki brought to light in 1994 by William Lee Rand, founder of the International Center for Reiki Training (ICRT). Courses created by the ICRT take the registered name Karuna Reiki®.
Doug Buckingham is an expert in Past Life Regression Therapy and an International Trainer.
Foundation Certificate in Hypnosis
Teacher: Janet Treloar – Past Life Regression Academy
Year: 2012 – Duration: 4 days
The Academy training is validated by the General Hypnotherapy Register and the follow on training includes Past Life Regression, Regression Therapy and Between Lives Spiritual Regression.
Janet Treloar is a Teacher of the Past Life Regression Academy, a Regression Therapist and and a Spiritual Healer of the Spiritualist Association of Great Britain
Gendai Reiki Master Special Course - Osaka, Japan
Teacher: Hiroshi Doi – Founder of Gendai Reiki Ho
Year: 2023
Hiroshi Doi Sensei is the founder of Gendai Reiki Ho.
Born in Okayama, Japan in 1935. After learning countless healing modalities, he learned the Western Reiki and the original Japanese Usui Reiki systems. He deepened his study and practice of both Reiki methods, and developed Gendai Reiki Ho, which combines the techniques from Western Reiki and the deep spiritual aspects and the truth of life from Japanese Usui Reiki. Hiroshi Doi is the president of Gendai Reiki Healing Association (GRHA).
Hiroshi Doi is a member of the Usui Reiki Ryoho Gakkai, the original Association started by the founder of Usui Reiki, Usui Sensei. The first four presidents of the Gakkai after Usui Sensei were trained by him and the last of the four was president through 1975, making the training and the information taught to Gakkai members and contained in their archives the most authentic available today.
Diploma in Practical Spirituality and Wellness - St James's Church, London
Teacher: William Bloom – Founder of the Spiritual Companions Trust, United Kingdom
Year: 2018 – Duration: 14 months
The first course in the United Kingdom, whose qualification was recognized by the OFQUAL Government Department, the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation, which regulates the certifications, examinations and tests in England and professional certifications in Northern Ireland.
William Bloom was in the Watkins ranking of the 100 most influential living people in the spiritual world. He spent 30 years at the Findhorn Foundation and is a co-founder of the London International Program. His books include ‘The Endorphin Effect’ and ‘The Power of Modern Spirituality’.
Diploma in Regression Therapy
Teacher: Andy Tomlinson – Founder and President of the Past Life Regression Academy
Year: 2014 – Duration: 2 years
This Diploma is accredited by the IBRT (International Board of Regression Therapy) which is the main international organ of study and training of regressive hypnosis. The Diploma also meets the requirements to become an EARTh member (Earth Association of Regression Therapy) that includes professionals accredited by the main European schools.
Andy is a psychology graduate, Psychotherapist, EARTh certified Regression Therapist and MNI certified Life Between Lives Therapist. He has had a private practice dedicated to Regression Therapy since 1996.
Andy is the founder of the Spiritual Regression Therapy Association, Norsk forbund for Regresjonsterapi in Scandinavia, and the Earth Association of Regression Therapy. He is the author of the book Healing the Eternal Soul which is recognized as an extremely valuable contribution and advancement to the field of Regression Therapy, and Exploring the Eternal Soul. He is also the editor of Transformation of the Eternal Soul which covers advanced techniques to use with regression therapy.
Spiritual Healing Integrated Diploma
College of Psychic Studies, London, UK
Year: 2013 – Duration: 2 years
The College was founded in 1884 by a group of scientists, with the aim of encouraging research in the field of psychic and mediumistic phenomena typical of the Victorian era. It is one of the oldest organizations in the world in this field, and the nature of the work done today includes the exploration of awareness beyond matter, mediumistic development, psychic abilities, healing and much more.
Usui Reiki Level 1, Level 2 & Master/ Teacher
Teacher: Doug Buckingham – Solutions for the Mind, Body and Soul
Year: 2012-2013 – Duration: 2-years
Reiki is a Japanese technique for relaxation, stress release that also promotes healing. It was developed by Mikao Usui in 1922.
Doug Buckingham is a Reiki Master and Teacher, an expert in Past Life Regression Therapy and an International Trainer.
Spirit Release Practitioner Training Course
Teacher: David Furlong – Founder and President of The Spirit Release Forum
Year: 2013 – Duration: 1 year
The Spirit Release Forum was founded in June 2011 by David Furlong as part of the SRF (Universal) Ltd. The Forum has allowed to connect numerous therapists and doctors dedicated to helping and supporting those who need it.
David has been a therapist and teacher for more than 45 years and is the author of six books including ‘Illuminating the Shadow: Transmuting the Dark Side of the Psyche’, “The Healer Within” and “Working with Earth Energies.” He runs course in the UK and abroad.
Past Life Therapy - New York, United States of America
Teacher: Brian Weiss
Year: 2023
Brian Weiss, MD, a graduate of Columbia University and Yale Medical School, and founding chairman and chairman emeritus of the department of psychiatry at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami, is America’s leading authority in past-life regression therapy.
He is the author of many books, including Many Lives, Many Masters, Through Time into Healing, Same Soul, Many Bodies, and Miracles Happen. His writings include reincarnation, past life regression, future life progression, and survival of the soul after death.
Weiss has been featured in numerous magazines, newspapers, and television shows, including the Oprah Winfrey Show, Larry King Live, 20/20, 48 Hours, and on the Discovery Channel and CNN.
Usui Reiki Ryoho to a New Century of Reiki -The Legacy of Mikao Usui - Osaka, Japan
Teacher: Various Teachers and Speakers
Year: 2023
In April 2023 we celebrated the first centenary of the creation of Usui Reiki Ryoho, the great legacy of Mikao Usui. A historic, unique, global event, very close to Mt Kurama, where the master reached the state of Anshin Ritsumei. This 3-day event gathered over 300 Reiki masters and people linked to the life of Mikao Usui and Reiki from all over the world. (In the photo with Sensei Hyakuten Inamoto).
Gendai Reiki Master Special Course - Osaka, Japan
Teacher: Hiroshi Doi – Founder of Gendai Reiki Ho
Year: 2023
Hiroshi Doi Sensei is a founder of Gendai Reiki Ho.
Born in Okayama, Japan in 1935. After learning countless healing modalities, he learned the Western Reiki and the original Japanese Usui Reiki systems. He deepened his study and practice of both Reiki methods, and developed Gendai Reiki Ho, which combines the techniques from Western Reiki and the deep spiritual aspects and the truth of life from Japanese Usui Reiki. Hiroshi Doi is the president of Gendai Reiki Healing Association (GRHA).
Hiroshi Doi is a member of the Usui Reiki Ryoho Gakkai, the original Association started by the founder of Usui Reiki, Usui Sensei. The first four presidents of the Gakkai after Usui Sensei were trained by him and the last of the four was president through 1975, making the training and the information taught to Gakkai members and contained in their archives the most authentic available today.
Holy Fire® III Karuna Reiki® Class - Jerusalem, Israel
Teacher: William Lee Rand – Founder and President of the International Center for Reiki Training
Year: 2019 – Duration: 3 days
Jerusalem is one of the holiest cities in the world. The most sacred sites for Christianity, and Judism and the third most sacred site of Islam are located within the walls of this 3000 year old city. The Holy Fire® Karuna Reiki® class is the next step after Reiki Master and is both a practitioner and a Master class.
William Lee Rand is the founder and president of the International Center for Reiki Training (ICRT), the Reiki Membership Association and also the founder of the Center for Reiki Reseach. He has written several books on Reiki, including The Healing Touch, The Reiki Touch Kit, Reiki for a New Millennium, The Spirit of Reiki and over 100 articles on the history, philosophy and practice of Reiki. William Lee Rand has extensively researched the origins and nature of Reiki, which resulted in the work An Evidence Based History of Reiki. In 1995, with the help of some of his best students, he developed Karuna Reiki® which, in a few years, has spread all over the world. In January 2014, William created a new evolutionary form of Reiki Usui, which he called Holy Fire Reiki.
Usui/Holy Fire III ART/Master Class - Kurama, Japan
Teacher: William Lee Rand – Founder and President of the International Center for Reiki Training
Year: 2018 – Duration: 7 days
Kurama Yama is the sacred mountain in Japan, where in 1922, Dr. Mikao Usui received the gift of Reiki after 21 days of meditation, prayer and fasting.
William Lee Rand is the founder and president of the International Center for Reiki Training (ICRT), the Reiki Membership Association and also the founder of the Center for Reiki Reseach. He has written several books on Reiki, including The Healing Touch, The Reiki Touch Kit, Reiki for a New Millennium, The Spirit of Reiki and over 100 articles on the history, philosophy and practice of Reiki. William Lee Rand has extensively researched the origins and nature of Reiki, which resulted in the work An Evidence Based History of Reiki. In 1995, with the help of some of his best students, he developed Karuna Reiki® which, in a few years, has spread all over the world. In January 2014, William created a new evolutionary form of Reiki Usui, which he called Holy Fire Reiki.
Diploma in Practical Spirituality and Wellness - St James's Church, London
Teacher: William Bloom – Founder of the Spiritual Companions Trust, United Kingdom
Year: 2018 – Duration: 14 months
The first course in the United Kingdom, whose qualification was recognized by the OFQUAL Government Department, the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation, which regulates the certifications, examinations and tests in England and professional certifications in Northern Ireland.
William Bloom was in the Watkins ranking of the 100 most influential living people in the spiritual world. He spent 30 years at the Findhorn Foundation and is a co-founder of the London International Program. His books include ‘The Endorphin Effect’ and ‘The Power of Modern Spirituality’.
Diploma in Spiritual Counselling
Teacher: Sue Allen – Founder and President of the School of Intuition and Healing, London, UK
Year: 2016 – Duration: 14 months
Certified course combining classic therapeutic approaches such as counselling and psychotherapy, with more holistic and energetic approaches such as spiritual healing, family constellations, work on the inner child, regressive hypnosis, etc.
Sue is a natural psychic/medium, an accredited healer with the NFSH/Healing Trust and the College of Psychic Studies, a medical intuitive, psychotherapist and teacher. She specialises in spirit release and psychic attack and is accredited with the Spirit Release Foundation. Sue is the author of the popular book, Spirit Release: A Practical Handbook. She is the founder of the School of Intuition and Healing.
Diploma in Regression Therapy
Teacher: Andy Tomlinson – Founder and President of the Past Life Regression Academy
Year: 2014 – Duration: 2 years
This Diploma is accredited by the IBRT (International Board of Regression Therapy) which is the main international organ of study and training of regressive hypnosis. The Diploma also meets the requirements to become an EARTh member (Earth Association of Regression Therapy) that includes professionals accredited by the main European schools.
Andy is a psychology graduate, Psychotherapist, EARTh certified Regression Therapist and MNI certified Life Between Lives Therapist. He has had a private practice dedicated to Regression Therapy since 1996.
Andy is the founder of the Spiritual Regression Therapy Association, Norsk forbund for Regresjonsterapi in Scandinavia, and the Earth Association of Regression Therapy. He is the author of the book Healing the Eternal Soul which is recognized as an extremely valuable contribution and advancement to the field of Regression Therapy, and Exploring the Eternal Soul. He is also the editor of Transformation the Eternal Soul which covers advanced techniques to use with regression therapy.
Karuna Reiki® Master & Teacher
Teacher: Doug Buckingham – Solutions for the Mind, Body and Soul
Year: 2013 – Duration: 3 days
Karuna Reiki® is an evolution of Reiki brought to light in 1994 by William Lee Rand, founder of the International Center for Reiki Training (ICRT). Courses created by the ICRT take the registered name Karuna Reiki®.
Doug Buckingham is an expert in Past Life Regression Therapy and an International Trainer.
Spiritual Healing Integrated Diploma
College of Psychic Studies, London, UK
Year: 2013 – Duration: 2 years
The College was founded in 1884 by a group of scientists, with the aim of encouraging research in the field of psychic and mediumistic phenomena typical of the Victorian era. It is one of the oldest organizations in the world in this field, and the nature of the work done today includes the exploration of awareness beyond matter, mediumistic development, psychic abilities, healing and much more.
Spirit Release Practitioner Training Course
Teacher: David Furlong – Founder and President of The Spirit Release Forum
Year: 2013 – Duration: 1 year
The Spirit Release Forum was founded in June 2011 by David Furlong as part of the SRF (Universal) Ltd. The Forum has allowed numerous therapists and doctors to connect who are dedicated to helping and supporting those who need it.
David has been a therapist and teacher for more than 45 years and is the author of six books including ‘Illuminating the Shadow: Transmuting the Dark Side of the Psyche’, “The Healer Within” and “Working with Earth Energies.” He runs course in the UK and abroad.
Usui Reiki Level 1, Level 2 & Master/ Teacher
Teacher: Doug Buckingham – Solutions for the Mind, Body and Soul
Year: 2012-2013 – Duration: 2-years
Reiki is a Japanese technique for relaxation, stress release that also promotes healing. It was developed by Mikao Usui in 1922.
Doug Buckingham is a Reiki Master and Teacher, an expert in Past Life Regression Therapy and an International Trainer.
Foundation Certificate in Hypnosis
Teacher: Janet Treloar – Past Life Regression Academy
Year: 2012 – Duration: 4 days
The Academy training is validated by the General Hypnotherapy Register and the follow on training includes Past Life Regression, Regression Therapy and Between Lives Spiritual Regression.
Janet Treloar is a Teacher of the Past Life Regression Academy, a Regression Therapist and a Spiritual Healer of the Spiritualist Association of Great Britain
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I recently took my Usui Holy Fire III Reiki Master course with Giancarlo. During the class I received much healing and during one of the ignitions I even went back to a past life to heal something! Giancarlo is a very knowledgeable teacher and very patient. His delivery of the course materials made it very easy to understand and he even touched on things that were not in the course material, but that he thought would be very helpful in my Reiki practice. Take your Reiki practice to the next level and take a class from Giancarlo!
Tammy Miller
Tarpon Springs, Florida -
Giancarlo Serra has the ability to teach energy work in a way that adds a lot of information, supports the integration of that incoming information, makes it fun and adds the opportunity to begin to collaborate with others in the classes. I took the class on Chakras and I have taken in information that definitely adds to what I am able to add to my therapy work with clients. It added a very useful lens. I highly recommend giving yourself a chance to experience all that Giancarlo’s wisdom and kindness has to offer. I personally look forward to more. Thank you Giancarlo.
Michael Colberg
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Giancarlo is one of a kind! He is so inspiring, professional, pleasant, knowledgeable, kind and compassionate. I feel so blessed to have had the opportunity to train with him, I have grown as a practitioner and person. They way he shares his profound knowledge and wisdom gained from extensive training and experience, is so inspiring and engaging. For me he is the embodiment of a true Master and teacher. I am very proud to have taken my (Usui/Holy Fire III Reiki Master) class with him and I feel ready and empowered to share what I have learned.
Anne Kim Thordsen
Attended Usui/Holy Fire III Reiki Master -
I had never attended a course anything like this before, I was worried I may not feel anything, but how wrong I was. I have been overwhelmed with the feelings of energy passing through me. Giancarlo is very knowledgeable, calm and caring - making everything simple to understand. I would recommend this course unreservedly and in particular Giancarlo.
Shirley Clements
Attended Usui/Holy Fire Reiki Fire III, I & II course on Feb 2020 -
Giancarlo is a beacon of light in an ocean of darkness. At some time, we all need to find a beacon of light to help us on the way. The beacon shines bright because it is lit by the love in his heart. If you work with people who come from such a place of love, then you cannot fail to find the path.
David Ashworth
the Original Channel of the Emerald Heart Light and Founder of the Emerald Heart School of Enlightenment, Creator of the Keys of Transformation Essences, Author of 6 books -
Il corso e’ stato eccellente. Giancarlo e’ un fantastico insegnante che con professionalità, calma e serenità ci ha assistito durante questi due giorni meravigliosi. Non vedo l’ora di partecipare al corso di Reiki Secondo Livello. Il corso di Reiki 1 e’ stata un’esperienza meravigliosa che mi aiuterà nel mio cammino spirituale.
Nevin Rupear
Corso Reiki Primo Livello, Londra, UK -
I believe the universe guided me to Giancarlo to fulfill my passion to learn Reiki. He is a patient and kind Master and an excellent host and teacher of this wonderful therapy. I am looking forward to completing my Reiki 2 with him.
Helen Louise David
Reiki Level 2 course, London UK