About the Author

M. Lori Torok

Publications

  • Reiki in Integrative Medicine, Eighth Ray Publishing, 2025
  • “The Reiki Sound Bath,” Reiki News Magazine, Fall 2023
  • “Michaelmas: Light on the Archangels,” New Earth Consciousness, 2023
  • Forgiveness: Journey to a Clear Place, Eighth Ray Publishing, 2023
  • “Forgiveness and the Etheric Body,” Know Thyself, Heal Thyself, 2022
  • “Being in Service to Reiki,” Reiki News Magazine, Fall 2022
  • “Peace: A Poem in One Sip,” Know Thyself, Heal Thyself, 2022
  • “The Voice of Peace,” Know Thyself, Heal Thyself, 2022
  • “Here & Now: Reiki, Grounding, and the Earth Star Chakra,” Reiki News Magazine, Winter 2021
  • Owner, Eloia Healing Arts | Temecula Reiki & Sound Therapy
  • Reiki & Sound Healing Therapist
  • Certified Medical Reiki Master
  • Bach Foundation Registered Practitioner
  • Certified End-of-Life Doula
  • Expressive Arts Facilitator
  • Ordained minister, Universal Life Church (2011)

Degrees & Certificates

B.A. – English Education – Theatre Arts, minor (1990)

M.A. – Dance – Training in Somatics and Composition (1992)

EOLD – End-of-Life Doula Professional Certificate – University of Vermont (2024)

CMRM – Certified Medical Reiki Master , Raven Keyes Medical Reiki International (2023)

RMT – Reiki Master Teacher (Usui, Karuna Reiki® and Holy Fire® Traditions)

BFRP – Bach Foundation Registered Practitioner (2020)

Sound Healing Practitioner (2014)

Other Work

Mt. San Jacinto College, Professor of Theatre Arts & Dance (2000 – 2014)

University of Alabama at Birmingham, Associate Professor of Theatre Arts (1996 – 1999)

Radio City Music Hall, Rockette (1993 – 1996)

Freelance Director/Choreographer, SDC member, (1986 – 2020)

Dance Theatre Collective of Southern California, non-profit 501(c)3, President (2010 – 2020)

M. Lori Torok – Biography

M. Lori Torok, MA, is an integrative healthcare practitioner, Reiki Master Teacher, and founder of Eloia Healing Arts | Temecula Reiki & Sound Therapy, a thriving healing center in Southern California. She has helped thousands of clients since 2014 through Reiki, sound therapy, and high-vibrational wellness practices focused on restoring balance in body, mind, and spirit.

Lori is a Certified Medical Reiki Master (CMRM) through Raven Keyes Medical Reiki International, specializing in Energy Medicine and Integrative Medicine in clinical environments. She is a Reiki Master Teacher (RMT) in the Usui tradition and a Holy Fire® Karuna Reiki® Master. She also holds certifications in Oncology Reiki, Shamanic Reiki, and Sound Healing, and is a Bach Foundation Registered Practitioner (BFRP), certified through the Bach Centre in Wallingford, England.

She is also a certified End-of-Life Doula through the University of Vermont Osher Center for Integrative Health and an ordained minister and celebrant through the Universal Life Church, supporting personal rites and ceremonies with Divine Presence.

Lori is the author of FORGIVENESS: Journey to a Clear Place (2023), an Amazon #1 bestseller in Mysticism & Spirituality, and Reiki in Integrative Medicine (2025), a research-informed guide exploring Reiki’s relevance in today’s healthcare. Her work has appeared in Reiki News Magazine, New Earth Consciousness, and Know Thyself; Heal Thyself.  She has been an invited teacher for The Shift Network and has been featured in VoyageLA and CanvasRebel.

Lori was a graduate of Niagara University (BA) in English Education and State University of New York at Brockport (MA) in Dance and Composition. Earlier in her career, Lori performed as a professional dancer, singer, and actress, including a celebrated tenure as a Radio City Rockette in New York City. She later taught and directed in higher education, serving as Director of Musical Theatre at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and as Chair of Theatre Arts and Dance at Mt. San Jacinto College in California. She was the Artistic Director and choreographer of Avocado Dance Theatre and President of Dance Theatre Collective of Southern California, a nonprofit arts organization.

Guided by heart and Spirit, Lori now devotes her life to supporting others on their healing journeys through energy medicine, sacred ceremony, and conscious community.