I’m Liz.

Reiki Master Teacher,
Home Herbalist, and
Beekeeper.

REIKI MASTER TEACHER / PRACTITIONER

I’ve found Reiki to be a journey of self-discovery with the potential to transform lives.

For me, it’s been a way to self-healing and has opened my heart, mind and soul to a fuller, happier, healthier life. I am so grateful for my Reiki journey, which is never-ending.

Read more about my Reiki experience here.

I am a Reiki Practitioner and Master Teacher, in the traditional Japanese system of Usui Reiki. I teach all 3 levels of the System - Shoden, Okuden and Shinpiden.

I have been practicing Reiki for 8 years, and my personal practice is to weave together:

Usui Reiki Ryoho meditations, mantra and tenohira,
Holistic herbalism,
Mindful nature connection and healing,
Mindfulness meditation.

Maija Kovalevska of Healing Hands Edinburgh the Reiki School is my Reiki Master Teacher, and my lineage to Usui sensei is:

Usui Mikao
Kanishi Taketomi
Kimiko Kojama
Doi Hiroshi
Richard Rivard
Natalija Balanovskaja
Michail Moshenkov
Maija Kovalevska

Liz Thomas Reiki practitioner The Honeybee Sanctuary

HOME HERBALIST

I think preparing herbal remedies, growing healing plants, and creating my medicinal garden is a love language - for myself and in service to others.

I had been looking for a more hands-on, purposeful outlet for my work. For 20 years I was a Landscape Architect - I’ve always had an interest in ‘plants with purpose’, and I realised I wanted a deeper way of working with plants:

In 2019 I undertook a ‘Herbs for Healing’ course at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, and in 2023 I expanded this with the Scottish School of Herbal Medicine’s correspondence course in Herbal Medicine.

Herbalists are students for life: I enjoy online courses, have come to know some precious mentors, and I am guided by my relationships with plants as teachers too.

I’m not a medical herbalist: I am a home / folk herbalist, and I love sharing experiences and practices with others - to make people see that this is theirs - the plants and natural ingredients we can turn to to keep us healthy and whole. My work is about empowering and encouraging you to make your own, not diagnosing or using herbs ‘this for that’.

BEEKEEPER

We’ve had 2-3 colonies of honeybees in our garden for the last 6 years. We love having them close; to really see and feel them. In the summer months there’s a thrum of activity and buzz in the air, it’s mesmerising, inspiring, and therapeutic.

I don’t keep bees primarily for their honey or wax - although I do take a small harvest of their surplus. My passion is for connection with nature and the cycle of the seasons.

Close-up of a sunflower with three bees collecting nectar on its large yellow petals and seed head.

Practitioner

I’m Liz, and I love playing with plants!… and honeybees, the sea, my dogs and my children. Quality time for me is spent getting hands-on in the natural world, creating and connecting, and following the flow of the seasons.

If I were a plant I would be Hawthorn, I am here to heal hearts and balance emotions; I’m a little scruffy, I’m humble and down-to-earth.

A natural teacher and intuitive healer, I am passionate about the benefits of connecting with useful plants (herbs) and Reiki.

Connection

I share my woven practices in Reiki and home herbal Remedies to support people of all ages look after their mind, body and soul. My relationship with plants and life energy has pointed the way towards a role as a teacher, facilitator, collaborator and guide.

Learn alongside me: