Kirsten Smits

Her journey has been one of deep listening, to the body, spirit, and the unseen. After college, Kirsten traveled to Beijing, China to teach dance, where she was first introduced to traditional East Asian medicine and its philosophy of energetic balance and harmony with the natural world. That experience planted a seed that would later bloom into a full-blown spiritual awakening.

Upon arriving in New York City in her early twenties, Kirsten underwent a profound reckoning with unresolved trauma that had lived in her body for years. It was during this time that she met award-winning trauma therapist and Usui Reiki Master Dr. Vanessa Caskey, who became her mentor in energy medicine. Under Dr. Caskey’s guidance, Kirsten studied Reiki as a path of transmuting trauma and reconnecting to truth. She completed her Level I & II certifications before founding her private practice, offering energy work to creatives and entrepreneurs seeking to heal, transform, and embody their most authentic selves. In 2024, she became a certified Reiki Master.

A severe spinal injury in 2022 became another initiatory chapter in her healing path—this time calling her even deeper into her body. Acupuncture became a vital tool in her recovery, inspiring her to begin formal study of Chinese Medicine at Pacific College of Health and Science. She now incorporates acupressure, meridian theory, and the elemental wisdom of East Asian medicine into her energy healing sessions.

Kirsten is also a sound healer, weaving frequency and vibration into her work as another portal for emotional release and energetic restoration. Her signature approach bridges somatics, subtle body healing, and ritual: offered in both one-on-one sessions and group experiences. Her work has been shared across New York City in settings ranging from top hospitals to luxury fashion houses, marketing agencies, rooftops, and intimate studios.

At her core, Kirsten is an artist. She has been dancing since the age of five and sees movement as a sacred form of storytelling and soul expression. Her performance career spans immersive experiences, international campaigns, music videos, and charity concerts in Chicago and NYC. Her training in ballet, modern, jazz, contemporary, hip hop, and heels dance informs a style that is both rooted and electrifying, fusing the clarity of concert dance with the magnetism of commercial work.

After stepping away from the stage to heal her injury, Kirsten now finds herself in an artistic renaissance, reclaiming her voice as a performer and guiding others to do the same. Through classes and workshops, she teaches embodied movement, sensual aliveness, and nervous system regulation to help dancers and seekers reconnect to their creative essence.

Whether she’s channeling healing energy or commanding a stage, Kirsten’s work is an invitation, to come home to your body, remember your light, and move through the world as your fullest, truest self.

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