Hypnosis and Reiki Workshops

in New York City

Hypnosis sounds dramatic until you experience it. Then it sounds obvious.

Whether you are here to shift a pattern that talk therapy has not reached or to develop a skill you can use on your own, Self Empowered Minds is where both happen. The center runs hypnosis and reiki workshops and certificate trainings on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, in two formats: guided experiences that reset your internal state, and hands-on training where you learn a technique and practice it before you leave.

Mind and Energy Reset Experiences

These are guided group sessions built around a single outcome: change how you feel before you leave the room.

Saba Hocek, the center’s founder and a practitioner holding six accredited certifications, leads participants through a structured process that draws on hypnosis, breathwork, visualization, sound, and energy work. Each session targets a specific internal pattern, whether that is your relationship with money, igniting your intuition, experiencing past life regression, stress responses you carry without realizing, or emotional weight from earlier chapters of your life. The techniques work beneath the surface, which is why participants often notice shifts they did not plan or expect.

With the Mind and Energy Reset Experiences, you do not learn a technique nor is any prior experience needed. You go through one. Here’s a few of the experiences:

Abundance Activation

Targets limiting beliefs around money, earning, and self-worth. The session uses guided visualization and subconscious pattern work to interrupt cycles that keep financial stress on repeat.

Past Life Regression

Uses deep hypnotic trance to access memories and emotional imprints stored below conscious awareness. The emotional release and clarity tend to be noticeable and often immediate.

Additional Experiences

Group sound healing events, Reiki energy circles, and seasonal workshops focused on releasing old patterns. Small group, guided process, no background required.

One participant came in carrying generations of anger from family trauma. She would be triggered under certain circumstances that she could not understand the foundation to. After a single session, she found herself feeling calmer, no longer triggered, and feeling in control of her life and actions.

The calendar rotates throughout the year. Previous sessions have included group sound healing events, Reiki energy circles, and seasonal workshops focused on releasing old patterns. The format stays consistent: small group, guided process, no background required. Most experiences run 90 minutes to 2 hours, with pricing starting at $97.

Who attends experiences:

People curious about subconscious work but not ready for a multi-session commitment. Professionals looking for something deeper than meditation. Couples exploring shared wellness.

Hypnosis and Reiki Skill Workshops and Trainings

Workshops and Trainings are built differently. You learn a technique. You practice it during the session with guided feedback. You walk out able to use it.

Hypnosis Workshops

Your unconscious mind drives many of your daily decisions, habits, and emotional reactions without you noticing. Hypnosis gives you a method to communicate with that part of your mind directly, bypassing the internal critic that usually runs interference.

The hypnosis workshops at Self Empowered Minds teach as a practical skill. The training covers how to induce a relaxed, focused trance state on your own, how to construct suggestions your subconscious mind will accept, and how to apply self-hypnosis to specific goals: breaking habits andbuilding confidence. You practice during the session with guided feedback. The learning is experiential, not theoretical. Self Empowered Minds also offers more in-depth training in self-hypnosis for those who would prefer private training sessions.

Sound Healing Workshops

Sound has been used as a healing modality since the start of time. In this workshop a practical understanding of crystal singing bowls, Tibetan bowls, tuning forks, gongs, ocean drums and rainsticks is gained.

You learn the science of vibration & the energetic language of sound as well as how to work intuitively with each instrument and heal chakras through tone, frequency, and flow.

Reiki Certificate Training

Reiki works through touch. You learn to sense and channel healing energy through your hands, first for yourself, then for others. The practice, rooted in the Japanese system formalized by Mikao Usui, is quiet, physical, and surprisingly concrete for something that sounds abstract on paper.

Self Empowered Minds integrates Usui/Holy Fire Reiki. These multi-day trainings covers hand placements for self-healing, sensing and reading energy in your own body and others, the five Reiki precepts as daily practice, and guided energy work with feedback up through master level certifying you as a teacher. All levels have extensive practice built-in ensuring that each student leaves with confidence. Additionally, the student may join a weekly mentoring session with other certified practitioners to practice and grow their skills with the first three months being free.

Training	What You Learn	Format
Reiki I and II Certification	Hands-on healing, hand positions, distance Reiki, Reiki symbols, attunement	Multi-day training
Reiki Master Certification	Advanced practice, teaching methodology, business guidance	Extended program
Biological Intuitive Master	Energy field mapping, organ-level pattern identification, intuitive reading	Certification training

Additional Skill Workshops

Workshop	What You Learn	Format
Intuition Unlocked	How to recognize, trust, and act on your own intuitive signals	Group workshop
Intuitive Handwriting Analysis	Reading personality traits, emotional patterns, and subconscious tendencies through handwriting	Group workshop
Sound Healing	How sound frequencies affect the nervous system, and how to use singing bowls, tuning forks, and voice for healing	Group workshop
Secret to Speaking Confidently	Managing performance anxiety, projecting presence, and speaking without second-guessing	Group workshop

Schedules change. Check the events calendar for current dates and registration.

Who attends skill workshops

People who want to practice, not just experience. The room typically includes professionals adding stress management tools to their daily routine, yoga teachers and massage therapists building energy healing into their practice, therapists and coaches expanding their methods, and complete beginners who decided it was time to learn.

Already certified? Continue developing through dedicated practice workshops and the weekly Reiki and Energy Healing Circle.

Why Combine Hypnosis and Reiki

Most wellness centers in New York offer one or the other. Self Empowered Minds offers both under one roof because the two practices address different layers of the same problem.

Hypnosis works through language and the unconscious mind. Reiki works through the body’s energy system. When the root cause of a pattern is unclear, the Biological Intuitive Technique paired with reiki can decode where that pattern is stored physically, which then accelerates the hypnosis process.

This integrated approach is why Saba Hocek built her practice across modalities rather than within one. She holds six certifications accredited by BANHS, is certified in NLP and Ericksonian Hypnosis, EMDR, and Biofeedback, serves as a Brain Coach for Amen Clinics, and is a Usui/Holy Fire Reiki Master. She has worked with clients as young as three and as experienced as 89.

Attending workshops in both disciplines gives you two distinct sets of tools. Some participants start with whichever practice feels more familiar, then add the second after a few sessions. Others begin with both. There is no required sequence.

One client who completed Reiki certification described it as a transformational experience that changed her daily life. She had been skeptical walking in. Another reported that chronic shoulder and knee pain she had carried for years resolved the morning after a single Reiki session with LED therapy. When hypnosis addresses the belief layer and reiki addresses the body layer, results that seem unlikely from either practice alone become more common than most people expect.

The Workshop Experience

Private Sessions

420 E 81st Street, Suite 1, New York, NY 10028

On the Upper East Side of Manhattan, a short walk from the Q, 4, 5, and 6 subway lines. Morning, afternoon, evening, and weekend times are available, built around the schedule of working New Yorkers.

Group Sessions

1521 York Avenue — just around the corner from the private office

Group sizes are kept small enough that every participant receives individual attention and guided practice time.

Beyond hypnosis and reiki, the center’s calendar includes breathwork and sound bath sessions, meditation, yoga, and a full range of group wellness classes. For individual work, private hypnosis sessions and private reiki and energy healing sessions are available by appointment, both in NYC and remotely.

How to Get Started

New to This Work?

An experience session like Abundance Activation is the lowest-commitment entry point. No preparation, no follow-up required.

Ready to Build a Skill?

Self-Hypnosis Training or Reiki I and II Certification are direct starting points.

Ready to get started?

Schedule a free consultation or call (917) 658-1660

Private hypnosis and reiki sessions available in person and remotely.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do I need experience to attend a workshop or event?

No. Both the mindset reset experiences and the skill-based workshops are designed for beginners. You will receive guidance throughout, and all techniques are practiced during the session with support.

What is the difference between an experience and a workshop?

Experiences are guided sessions where Saba leads you through a process designed to shift your internal state. You participate but do not need to learn or practice a technique. Workshops are structured training sessions where you learn a specific skill and practice it in real time so you can use it independently afterward. Many of the workshops provide a certificate upon completion.

Can I attend both hypnosis and reiki sessions?

Yes, and many participants do. The two practices work on different layers and complement each other. There is no required order. Start with whichever one feels right.

How large are the groups?

Groups are kept intentionally small so every participant gets individual attention. Exact size varies by session type, but the goal is always interactive, personalized, and practical.

Where are sessions held?

All private sessions take place at Self Empowered Minds, 420 E 81st Street, Suite 1, New York, NY 10028, on the Upper East Side. All group sessions take place a few feet away at 1521 York Avenue. The office and studio are a short walk from the Q, 4, 5, and 6 subway lines. Remote sessions are also available.

How do I register?

Visit the workshop and events calendar for upcoming dates and register online. You can also call (917) 658-1660 to register by phone or ask which session is right for you.

How much do workshops and experiences cost?

Pricing varies by session type. Experience sessions like Abundance Activation start at $97. Self Hypnosis Training is $280. Reiki certification pricing and schedules are available on the training page or by calling (917) 658-1660.