HEATHER SCHULTZ GITTENS (She/Her)
is the Founder and Owner of Huh Healing Hub LLC, a Certified Usui Reiki Master, and Adjunct Lecturer in the Department of Communication Studies at Baruch College.
After starting her Reiki Master certification training under Lily Rubinstein (Founder of the Center of Inner Wisdom) in 2018, she started to remove her negative self-talk, nurture her inner child and listen to her higher path. After experiencing the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual benefits of Reiki, she vowed to help others begin their healing journey.
In 2019, Heather launched her Reiki business (Huh Healing Hub) in New York City. Heather included her Korean surname (“Huh”) into the company name because Reiki helped her heal wounds from her adoption. Huh Healing Hub provides virtual Reiki treatments that are tailored to each client’s intentions.
At Huh Healing Hub, we envision a universe where individuals transform old thought patterns, lean into their discomfort, heal their emotional wounds, find their authentic voices, expand their consciousness, and approach life with ease, gratitude and grace.
Meet the Founder and OWNER
Reiki Squad Goals (Left to Right): Heather Schultz Gittens, Bebe Fischer, Rosa Ventura, Lily Rubinstein and Laura Cerrano
After experiencing the healing properties of Reiki from my spiritual teacher, Lily Rubinstein, during her monthly healing circles in 2012 and 2013, I started to explore buried feelings of loss, grief and anger from my experiences as a transracial adoptee and motherless daughter. My identity was defined and shaped by trauma. I didn’t know my identity behind a mask of pain.
Since Lily saw my spiritual potential as a leader and practitioner, she encouraged me to start my Reiki training. I started this journey to help me address the fear of abandonment from my adoption and reparent my 10-year-old self who was still grieving from
the loss of my mother to multiple sclerosis in 1995.
In 2016, I received my Reiki 1 certification from Lily’s Center of Inner Wisdom in Long Island, NY. One year later, I received my Reiki 2 certification. After I finished the second level, resistance and self-doubt prevented me from continuing my training. Once I acknowledged and released my discomfort and fear, I decided to become a Reiki Master in 2018. When the training ended, I questioned my readiness to form my own Reiki practice.
After reflecting on my commitment to help others liberate themselves from emotional scars, I started to reprogram my initial thoughts about opening a Reiki company. Once I acknowledged and released my negative self-talk and self-sabotaging behavior, the energy shifted throughout the pathways of my mind, body, soul and spirit. I transformed my thinking, embraced entrepreneurship, and created Huh Healing Hub LLC in 2019.
Our founder enjoying the summer in Astoria Park.
(Photo Credit: Victor Chu Photography)
Heather with students from the “Start Your Self-Love Journey with Reiki” workshop at Baruch College.