The Rev. Lindsay Bates, D.Min. is a Level III Reiki Master Teacher. She provides energy healing and balancing services. Reiki is a technique of healing that strengthens the body's natural ability to heal itself in the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual domains.

She holds her Bachelor's Degree from Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa. She received her Master's Degree from the University of Chicago, and her Doctor of Ministry Degree from Meadville/Lombard Theological School at the University of Chicago, With Distinction. 

Dr. Bates was trained in hypnosis at the Mindsight Institute in Michigan City, Indiana and is a Board Certified Consulting Hypnotist with the National Guild of Hypnotists. She is also a member of the Advisory Board of the National Guild of Hypnotists and the Order of Braid, an international honor society for hypnotism. 

She received her Reiki training, attunement and Master Teacher Certification through the Leidecker Institute in Elgin, Illinois. Both the Mindsight Institute and the Leidecker Institute were state-approved post-secondary educational institutions.

Dr. Bates is a Professional Member of the International Association of Reiki Professionals.