Shoshana Shay

Shoshana Shay was born in Pennsylvania and is the proud oldest child of four. She grew up with Saint Bernards, which forever warped her perception of what the correct size of a dog is. However, she now shares living space with a few Tonkinese and Siamese cats, who occupy much less space than Saints and don't drool nearly as much.

At Bryn Mawr College, Shoshana studied both music and history (not music history). For eighteen years she made her living as a classical singer, including opera. She is also a consultant in computer interfaces and stress management. She currently expresses her creativity in a variety of ways, including book design, e-book coding, information systems creation, and music-making of many kinds. Shoshana's earlier research publications were annotated editions of the collected songs of Bettine von Arnim and Clara Schumann as well as plainchant by Hildegard von Bingen. She enjoyed bringing her history training to bear in the extensive research for her first full-length book, "Reiki History: Real Reiki® from Japan to the Western World".