On a dare, Suzanne Parnell learned to meditate in 1961 in an ashram in Dallas, Texas. But what began as a college prank whetted her curiosity about the knowledge in Eastern cultures and sent her on a lifelong journey of discovery. In the next ten years she explored several forms of meditation, spent time in a Zendo learning about Zen Buddhism, made a journey to India to see first hand the practices of yogis, then met and studied with a Tibetan lama. In 1972 she learned Transcendental Meditation (TM^®), the form of meditation that has received the most widespread scientific recognition for its beneficial effects on the body, and a form that continues to be part of her personal practice.

Over the last forty-five years, Suzanne has studied more than fifteen forms of meditation in multiple cultures and become a serious student of Eastern and indigenous mysticism. She has learned methods of chi healing as well as other forms of energy healing, has studied the emerging fields of subtle energy science and mind body medicine, and been trained in some of the uniquely western technologies developed to help people realize more quickly the ancient goals of calm centeredness and health. As a scholar and teacher she works to merge her knowledge of the most powerful healing skills from across the world into a usable synthesis that can be accessed by anyone no matter their belief system.

Suzanne has been a Reiki practitioner since 1992, a Reiki Master since 1996, a Johrei Pracitioner since 1997, and a Certified DreamWeaver® Facilitator since 1998. She holds Reiki mastership from John Harvey Gray, one of the twenty-one masters trained by Hawayo Takata, the woman who brought Reiki from Japan to the West. She has made Qigong part of her personal practice for twenty-three years and since 1997 has worked with Indigenous Elders to combine Reiki with shamanic wisdom to develop more effective tools for helping people and the Earth.

Suzannne Parnell holds a Ph.D. in Medieval Literature from Tulane University with specialization in palæography (the study of handwritten manuscripts), in particular medieval scientific and medical manuscripts. She has written and taught extensively on aspects of healing with subtle energy and in the last ten years has worked with Vietnam and Gulf War Veterans using Reiki, Meditation, Johrei, and the DreamWeaver. She teaches classes in Traditional Reiki, Meditation, and aspects of advanced energy healing, and offers individual Reiki and DreamWeaver sessions by appointment at the Ajna Center in Fayetteville, AR, and soon at StoneWind Institute for Mind Body Medicine in Chester, AR. She has trained several Masters in different parts of the country and is the founder of Warrior's Way Foundation at Chester, Arkansas.

Suzanne can be reached at
P. O. Box 4741
Fayetteville, AR 72702

479-443-1671
or by email at
Suzanne@WarriorsWay.org