Distance Reiki, held for you.
No call to join. Nobody to meet. Nothing to attend.
I am Damian Carli, an AuDHD father and distance Reiki practitioner in Melbourne. I work at a distance because for some of us the appointment is the hardest part.
No gurus here and no pedestals. Start with a free session and feel whether it does anything for you.
Reiki. Gentle, traditional Japanese Reiki, offered at a distance.
Start with a free session.
The Conscious Architect. Notes from my own path, offered in case they are useful.
Separate from the Reiki work.
Feel it for yourself
No force. No performance. Just presence.
This is not a guided meditation. It is a short stretch of stillness, offered for anyone who wants to see for themselves whether presence can be felt.
Take a slow breath, and notice, without expectation, whether anything settles.
No anticipation, no expectation. Nothing you notice is more valid than anything else. What you feel is yours.
A short clip. No music, no guided imagery, no suggestion of what to feel. Just a stretch of silence held with quiet intent, with a simple instruction at each end. These are people's own words about what they noticed.
If something settled in those few minutes, that is yours.
A free session offers the same kind of stillness, held for longer, with you in mind.
Results may vary.
Reiki
Offered simply and traditionally, at a distance.
Reiki is a gentle Japanese practice. I hold a calm, clear presence and offer Reiki, and your own system takes from it what it will. I do not direct it and I do not promise a particular result.
I work at a distance. Distance Reiki is a long-standing part of the tradition, so you do not need to be in a room, on a call, or anywhere in particular. There is nothing to attend and nobody to meet.
How a session works. You book a time. At that time I sit with your name in mind, open, offer Reiki in silence for the length of the session, and close. That window is yours and I am not doing anything else with it. Sit quietly for it if you wish, or carry on with your day. Neither is more correct.
Within 48 hours I send you the recording of that session, unedited, yours to keep. To be clear about what it is: the Reiki happens in the time I hold. The recording is the record of it, not a store of Reiki that re-delivers on each play.
There is no music and no guided imagery, so whatever you notice is yours and not a suggestion.
What I promise is the window, my full attention for it, and honesty about what this is and is not.
If you would like the longer version, I have written more about what actually happens in a distance Reiki session and whether distance Reiki is traditional.
If appointments are the hard part for you, or you are wondering what the Reiki training levels actually mean, I have written about those too.
Reiki is not a substitute for medical or psychological care.
"Buenas noches acá. Buenos días allá.
Sentí una sensación de tranquilidad, mucha tranquilidad hoy al levantarme a la mañana. Me tomé tiempo para hacer mis cosas. Sin apuro. Cosa que no me sucedía hace un tiempo. Muchas gracias Damian."
"Good evening here. Good morning there.
I felt a sense of calm, a deep calm, this morning when I woke up. I took my time with my things. No rushing. Something that hadn't happened to me in a while.
Thank you so much, Damian."
Vanessa, Argentina
In her own words, after a session.
Results may vary.
Free Session
Around fifteen minutes. No cost.
Before you consider anything else here, you deserve to feel whether this does anything for you.
It is not a consultation, a diagnosis, or a lead-in to a sales call. It is a Reiki session, held exactly as any other. I send one email a week later, and nothing after that unless you write back.
There are four each week. That is what I can hold alongside the paid work, so if they are taken, the following week opens again.
Beyond that, sessions are paid. This is how I make a living, and being able to earn from the work is part of being able to hold it clearly.
Short Session
Around thirty minutes. $60.
A step up from the free session, and a reasonable place to start if the full hour feels like more than you want to commit to.
The same practice and the same honesty, with more time than the free session. Whatever you notice is yours, whether that arrives during the session or over the days that follow.
Cancel at least 12 hours before for a full refund, and reschedule at any time at no cost. If I cannot hold your session for any reason, you receive a full refund.
Full Session
Around an hour. $100.
For a time when things are loud and you would value a longer window held for you.
The same practice and the same honesty, with more time. Whatever you notice is yours, whether that arrives during the session or over the days that follow.
Cancel at least 12 hours before for a full refund, and reschedule at any time at no cost. If I cannot hold your session for any reason, you receive a full refund.
The Presence Library.
Longer presence sessions to sit or rest with, free to press play any time, on YouTube.
The Conscious Architect.
A living map, not a doctrine.
This is not a religion and it is not a finished system. It is a frame of reference from one mind to another, a way of looking at how you perceive and meet your life so you can do it more deliberately.
It is provisional by design. It came out of my own burnout and a stretch of isolation in April 2025, and it is still unfolding as I keep walking. What is here is what I have brought back so far, shared so you can navigate your own path rather than follow mine. I am a fellow traveller a few steps along, not a guide who has reached the end.
This is separate from the Reiki work. It makes no claim to treat anything.
Below it is in plain language, in print, in sound, and in image. Start wherever you like, take what is useful, and leave the rest.
A Guided Meditation
Free. Part of the framework, not the Reiki work.
Start here. This is a guided meditation for settling back into your own body, and for practising a simple distinction: what is actually yours, and what is just passing through.
There is nothing to force and nothing to fix. It helps you listen, notice where you are holding tension, and let it soften if it wants to.
Made for the middle of a real day. No quiet room required, no experience needed.
Enter your email and I will send it to you. You will also get occasional notes from me, and you can unsubscribe at any time.
If bringing attention to your body tends to be difficult for you, go gently or give this one a miss. Stopping partway through is a reasonable thing to do.
Enter your email and I will send it to you. One note when something is worth sharing. No schedule, no noise, leave any time.
"There was some initial stickiness as I settled in, but the voice soon became really natural and easy to focus on. The feeling was really good. Super easy to listen to and relaxing, with a few tingling sensations highlighted by the music. I felt really grounded afterwards, and more present with myself. It was a reminder that I am not just the thoughts circling in my head."
Anon.
In their own words, after the guided meditation.
Results may vary.
The Manifesto
Collective
The studio extended into sound.
Visual Works
The framework rendered without words.
Notes
Honest observations from inside the journey.
The Manifesto
Collective
The studio extended into sound.
Visual Works
The framework rendered without words.
Field Notes
Honest observations from inside the journey.
No mountaintop. No robes. Just this.
I could put a photo here of me meditating on a clifftop. It would not be the truth.
The truth: a father of two young boys, a partner, an AuDHD mind that spent years trying to meet demands it was never built for. I worked in banking. I burned out so completely my hands shook answering a phone. I numbed it for years before I realised it was trying to tell me something.
In April 2025 I stepped into ten days of isolation. What came out was not a polished spiritual identity. It was an honest, lived-in account of what happens when a person runs too hot.
I am not a guru and I am not anyone's teacher. What I offer in a session is a held window, my full attention for it, and honesty about what this is and is not.
Read the FULL STORY
"The energy I received after our first session was so unique to me. I felt such a strong sense of warmth and internal peace that I hadn't felt in a long time. It reminded me that by shifting my focus, I can find my own peace."
Anon.
In their own words, after a session.
Results may vary.