I moved to Los Angeles two years ago, and since then, I’ve done a lot of “LA” things. I shop at Erewhon, drink the Hailey Bieber smoothie, go to acupuncture once a week, see two therapists, and date guys with Peter Pan syndrome. You know, the usual LA sh*t. However, this past week, I may have done the single most LA thing ever. I got a reiki haircut.
If you have no idea what reiki is, let me give you a little background. It’s a Japanese healing technique that promotes balanced energy and relaxation through touch. Practitioners either place their hands on their client’s body or just near it for a few minutes at a time, and the goal is to guide healing energy throughout the body.
I’m not completely new to reiki – I used to get hypnotherapy back in the day, and occasionally, my hypnotherapist would perform it during or at the end of my sessions. But a reiki haircut? Now, that was definitely new for me.
To try it, I visited Freija Collective in Silverlake, Los Angeles, and met with hairstylist Jo Marie.
