About Me
My name is Anna Rose (she/her). I’m a Queens, NY transplant who was born and raised in New Haven, CT. I’m an Usui-Tibetan Reiki Master, a yin and restorative yoga teacher, and a writer, personally and professionally. I’m also an avid bookworm and a seasoned home chef.
The name of my business comes from the astrological phenomenon where Saturn returns to the exact degree it was positioned in at the moment of your birth. This takes place approximately every twenty-nine years and is believed to be a period of great upheaval. A “tower moment” for my tarot lovers. Or more aptly, a “tower era.”
Like most, my first Saturn Return was ripe with the requisite components. I lost the soul-crushing job I’d devoted myself to for years. I got sick. A cruel intimate betrayal and abandonment wounded me so deeply that it traveled through space and time, forever altering every version of me. It was all so gut-wrenching, so disorienting, so layered. Oh, and it was right on the heels of a global pandemic. You plan, God laughs.
There was nothing left to do but sink into a deep depression as I floated somewhere in the smoky remains of all that I had worked so tirelessly to cultivate. The labor of rebuilding was excruciating. My assignment from the universe was blatant: start over, brick by brick. But how?
Slowly, I returned to the nourishing practices I’d lost touch with in the years I’d given all my life force away. I rediscovered the life-altering power of Reiki, this time as a practitioner. I went through 500 hours of yoga teacher training and sobbed onto my mat more times than I can count. I took pottery classes. Poetry workshops. Memoir-writing classes. I began solo traveling all over the world. (Next stop, Costa Rica!)
I dove into my shadow work. I sat in the sacred circles of cacao ceremonies and poured my heart out to strangers. I discovered the power of my breath in pranayama workshops. I went to more sound baths than I can count, forever soothed by the melodic vibrations. I stepped away from draining relationships. Slowly but surely, the color came back into my cheeks. I had found community. I had found my calling. For the first time in a decade, I was proud of myself.
It’s my mission to ensure that my Reiki clients and yoga students know that everything they need to heal is already within them. I want to foster experiences of deep healing, spiritual growth, community-building, and expression. I want to pass on the immeasurably valuable gifts I’ve been blessed with in this lifetime.
Saturn may have returned, but so have I.