Untangled Roots :: Reiki & Beyond

05/15/2026

✨🪄 The magic returns this Saturday! 🪄✨

Join us for our second Sparkle & Create: Mommy & Me Magic Tea Party on Saturday, May 16th from 12–2 PM at Coffee & Crochet | Untangled Roots 💕

Bring your little one for an enchanting afternoon of:

✨ Spellbound Strands hair tinsel
🪄 DIY magic wand crafting
🫖 Whimsical tea party vibes + magical drinks

This special event is designed to give moms and their littles a chance to slow down, connect, and make memories together in a cozy, creative space.

Our first Sparkle & Create was absolutely magical, and we can’t wait to do it all again! Spots are limited and this event is recommended for ages 5+.

Reserve your spot now and come sip, sparkle, and create with us ✨

🎟️ One ticket covers one parent + one child. One additional parent or child can be added for an additional $5. Maximum of 3 people per ticket.

Get your tickets here ➡️ https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sparkle-create-tickets-1987629966736?aff=oddtdtcreator

05/15/2026

Something really interesting has happened recently.

Three different women I worked with started their menstrual cycle the day after their Reiki session. Two of them had actually been hoping their cycle would start soon, which made the timing feel even more incredible to witness.

And honestly… experiences like this are part of why I personally believe Reiki can have a real impact on the body’s ability to come back into balance, including hormonally.

Now, I’m not saying Reiki is a miracle cure or that one session automatically “fixes” hormones. But I do think the body responds powerfully when the nervous system is finally given space to regulate, soften, release stress, and come out of survival mode.

So many people are carrying chronic tension, emotional overwhelm, burnout, grief, and stress in their bodies every single day, and all of those things can affect us physically in more ways than we realize.

Reiki works gently, but deeply.

Sometimes people leave feeling lighter emotionally. Sometimes they sleep better. Sometimes long-held emotions rise to the surface. And sometimes the body seems to naturally begin recalibrating and returning to rhythm.

The mind and body are not separate. The emotional and physical are not separate. Everything is connected. 💚

05/01/2026

May is your invitation to slow down, reconnect, and come home to yourself.

I’ll be partnering with incredible local practitioners and spaces to bring you a series of deeply restorative experiences:
✨ Mini Biofield Tuning Sessions
✨ Breathwork + Tuning Forks
✨ Reiki + Biofield Tuning Experience

Each collaboration is intentionally designed to support your nervous system, release stored tension, and help you realign, physically, emotionally, and energetically.

Healing doesn’t happen in isolation… it happens in community 🤍

📍 Buffalo + surrounding areas
📲 Scan the QR code or reserve your spot through the link in my bio.

05/01/2026

A lot of people think Reiki training is only for people who want to start a business.

It’s not.

Many people take Reiki training to support themselves through stress, feel more grounded, deepen their personal path, help loved ones, and learn a meaningful tool they can use in everyday life.

My upcoming Reiki I & II class is beginner-friendly, grounded, and supportive — with hands-on practice and space for real questions along the way.

If you’ve been curious, this may be your time 💚

If you'd like to learn more, tap the link below:
https://untanglingroots.weebly.com/reiki-training.html

04/25/2026

This feels like one of those full-circle moments where personal experience, professional background, and the work I care most about all meet in one space.

So much of my path has centered around understanding people more deeply, supporting nervous systems with compassion, and recognizing that many struggles aren’t about laziness, defiance, or “not trying hard enough.” Often, people need understanding, the right tools, and environments that actually support them.
I’m grateful for the opportunity to be part of a conversation that helps create more inclusive and affirming spaces in our community.

Excited, thankful, and ready to present at this event hosted by Neurodiversity Network of WNY. 💚

Are you tired of coping skills that feel like they were made for someone else? You’ve tried the standard suggestions, but you’re still looking for something that actually works in the heat of the moment. If traditional tools aren't cutting it, it’s likely because you need a strategy that provides the specific sensory input your body is looking for.

Come hang out with Evlena and join us as we work together to make WNY more neurodiversity-affirming. Let’s move beyond the basics and explore tools that respect our biology and support our sensory needs.

Link to register: https://www.neurodiversitynetworkofwny.org/event-details/beyond-awareness-creating-neurodiversity-affirming-spaces

04/25/2026

A little truth: I haven’t always been some super spiritual person.

I’ve had messy moments, disconnected times, stressed periods, skeptical phases, and times when I was simply trying to get through life like anyone else.

Reiki met me there.

It didn’t require me to become someone else or have everything figured out. It became a tool that helped me slow down, reconnect, and come back to myself.

That’s one reason I want people to know you do not need to be “super spiritual” to learn Reiki.

You don’t need all the answers or a mystical background.

You do not need to follow any certain belief system. Reiki is not a religion and can complement many different personal faiths and belief systems.

You just need curiosity, openness, and a willingness to learn.

My June Reiki I & II training is beginner friendly, grounded, and designed for real people living real lives.

If you’ve been curious but unsure whether you’d fit in, this may be for you 💚

04/25/2026

Some moments stay with you.

Today I experienced one of those reminders of why I do this work.

During a client appointment, layers of grief, heaviness, and held emotion began to move. I was guided to use the Ocean of Holy Love Healing Experience, and the energy came through as powerful, cleansing, and deeply supportive. It felt like breath returning where there had been heaviness for a long time.

As the work unfolded, more themes surfaced around feeling bound, silenced, unable to breathe, and carrying fear that didn’t fully make sense on the surface. Some of what arose felt older than this lifetime, which can happen when healing reaches deeper layers of the soul.

When we reflected afterward, so much of what came through resonated deeply for this sweet soul. Interestingly, many of the themes being cleared also mirrored places within me that were ready for healing, too.

This is the part of energy work that can be hard to explain unless you’ve experienced it.

Sometimes the body holds stories the mind cannot name.
Sometimes healing comes through symbols, sensations, emotion, and release.
Sometimes what’s ready to leave has been carried far longer than we realize.

Today was powerful. Today was sacred. Today reminded me that healing often moves in more than one direction.

And sometimes, the very thing we’ve struggled to understand is simply asking to be witnessed, supported, and released.

If something feels heavy, stuck, or hard to name, you don’t need to have it all figured out before beginning.

Sometimes you just need a safe space to start.

💚 Evlena
Untangled Roots :: Reiki & Beyond

04/24/2026

𝑱𝒖𝒏𝒆 𝑹𝒆𝒊𝒌𝒊 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒖𝒑 𝒔𝒐𝒐𝒏, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰’𝒎 𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑺𝑼𝑷𝑬𝑹 𝒆𝒙𝒄𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒏𝒆!

Teaching Reiki feels deeply meaningful to me because this practice has supported me in so many ways, and I love helping others discover their own connection to it.

𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒃𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒔, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑹𝒆𝒊𝒌𝒊-𝒄𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒐𝒓 𝒅𝒆𝒆𝒑𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒆.

Over two immersive days, we’ll cover Reiki Levels I & II in a supportive small-group setting with hands-on practice, real conversation, and space to learn in a way that actually lands.

𝑵𝒐 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 “𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍.” 𝑵𝒐 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒇𝒊𝒈𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒖𝒕.

Just come curious.

𝑱𝒖𝒏𝒆 6–7 𝒊𝒏 𝑺𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒉 𝑩𝒖𝒇𝒇𝒂𝒍𝒐
𝑺𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒑 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒌𝒆𝒑𝒕 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆.

A deposit is required to hold your seat.
𝑹𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒔 𝑴𝒂𝒚 𝟏𝟕𝐭𝐡 so I have time to order manuals and prepare materials with care.

𝑰𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖’𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑹𝒆𝒊𝒌𝒊, 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒃𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒏.

Message me anytime with questions 💚

👇𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐛𝐲 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐰:
https://untanglingroots.weebly.com/reiki-training.html

04/24/2026

Really excited to share that I’ll be presenting this October at Beyond Awareness: Creating Neurodiversity Affirming Spaces with the Neurodiversity Network of WNY 💚

I’ll be speaking on Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT Tapping) and how body-based regulation tools can support stress, overwhelm, emotional regulation, and creating a greater sense of safety in the nervous system.

This topic is especially meaningful to me because EFT is something that has helped me personally. As someone who navigates ADHD, anxiety, and shutdown states at times, having a simple tool to help me regulate and come back to center has made a real difference.

Getting to share something that has supported me in my own life, while also helping others discover supportive tools, feels really special.

If you’re a parent, caregiver, educator, helping professional, or someone wanting more compassionate approaches, I’d love to see you there.

Link to register in the original post. 💚

We’ve all heard it: "Just teach them to breathe" or "tell them to use their words," but when someone is in a state of sensory overwhelm, the logical brain has left the building. You can’t reason with a nervous system that doesn't feel safe.

Join Evlena at Beyond Awareness: Creating Neurodiversity Affirming Spaces (October 19th) to explore a different way to settle your system through Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) Tapping. EFT Tapping is an evidence-supported, sensory practice that uses bilateral stimulation to help your brain & body feel grounded and secure.

Stop trying to "think" your way through a meltdown. When the logical brain goes offline, the body needs a physical signal of safety. EFT Tapping is that signal. Use it to ground yourself in the heat of the moment, then share the tool to help others find their way back. Don't just manage the behavior, regulate the system.

Here’s the link to register: https://www.neurodiversitynetworkofwny.org/event-details/beyond-awareness-creating-neurodiversity-affirming-spaces

04/24/2026

𝑱𝒖𝒏𝒆 𝑹𝒆𝒊𝒌𝒊 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒖𝒑 𝒔𝒐𝒐𝒏, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰’𝒎 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒆𝒙𝒄𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈!

Teaching Reiki means a lot to me because this practice has supported me through many seasons of life, and I love helping others build their own relationship with it.

𝑰𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖’𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒄𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝑹𝒆𝒊𝒌𝒊, 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒅𝒆𝒆𝒑𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇-𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒐𝒍𝒔, 𝒐𝒓 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒐 𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓 𝑹𝒆𝒊𝒌𝒊 𝒕𝒐 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔, 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒂𝒚 𝒃𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖.

Over two immersive days, we’ll cover Reiki Levels I & II in a supportive small-group setting with hands-on practice, meaningful discussion, and space to learn in a grounded way.

No need to be an expert. No need to be “super spiritual.”

Just come curious.

𝑱𝒖𝒏𝒆 6–7 𝒊𝒏 𝑺𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒉 𝑩𝒖𝒇𝒇𝒂𝒍𝒐 𝑺𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒑.

A deposit reserves your seat. 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟕 so manuals and materials can be prepared with care.

𝑰𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒐𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕, 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒎𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔.

👇𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬, 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐰:
https://untanglingroots.weebly.com/reiki-training.html

04/09/2026

You are invited!

To pause for a moment and explore something many of us feel but don’t always have language for—the subtle energetic shifts that happen as the moon moves through its cycle.

Every month, the moon moves through phases of beginning, growth, release, and renewal. Many people notice these shifts emotionally, energetically, or intuitively, even if they’re not always sure why.

Astrology offers a language for understanding those rhythms.

In this upcoming workshop, astrologer Jeci Sky Walker of Green Witch Inspirations will guide participants through the Aries New Moon on April 17, helping translate what’s happening in the sky into something meaningful and applicable in everyday life.

Together, we’ll explore the energy of this new moon and how it may be showing up both collectively and personally. Participants will also learn how to locate where this new moon falls within their own birth chart, offering insight into the area of life where this cycle may be activating growth, change, or new beginnings.

Through guided reflection and journaling, the class is designed to help participants connect what’s happening above with what may already be shifting within their own lives.

To close the evening, Evlena Lutton of Untangled Roots :: Reiki & Beyond will be offering an Ocean of Holy Love® Reiki experience to help integrate the insights of the workshop and support a deeper sense of clarity and alignment moving forward through this lunar cycle.

Come explore the rhythms of the moon and what they may be illuminating within your own life.

If you'd like to join us, you can reserve your seat below 👇

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lunar-work-real-astrology-real-life-application-new-moon-in-aries-tickets-1986591803562

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