Our Instructors

Janet C. Soldon, MA, RLSW, RM/T
Founding Partner, Instructor

Jan is a Reiki Master and Teacher of the Usui Shiki Rhoyo method and an Intuitive Energy Practitioner and Life Coach. She has been practicing in the Reiki field for 25 years and maintains a small private practice at her Mequon office.

Before working as an Energy Practitioner, Jan worked tirelessly as a Social Worker, Supervisor, and trainer in a county-run Child Welfare and Protective Services, as well as other agencies. This provided her with a strong foundation for energy healing and helped her establish and engage in good self-care. Her unique perspective allows her clients to work towards their health and happiness goals. 

Jan is culturally competent and can help people from all walks of life. In 2004, Jan and her husband moved to Tucson, Arizona, where she worked as a Reiki Practitioner and Teacher in private practice. During that time, Jan was a key member in developing and implementing, as well as teaching in, the “Wellness Education” component of the Therapeutic Massage Program at a local community college.

Fr. Kenneth J Nelan, MS, LPC, NCC

Founding Partner, Instructor

Fr. Kenn received his undergraduate degree in Latin American, Caribbean, and U.S. Latino Studies with a minor in Community Engagement and Education and a certificate in Latin American and Caribbean Studies from the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee. He was also awarded a Master of Science in Educational Psychology with an emphasis on Community Counseling and Multicultural certification; he currently works with the marginalized and fringes of society.

In 2004, Fr. Kenn and his wife Jan taught in the Wellness Education department of a community college in Arizona.  He developed and taught Business Management for Massage Professionals, co-developed and taught various complementary and alternative healing courses, and assisted with professionalism and ethics courses. 

In 2011, he and his wife returned to Wisconsin, where Fr. Ken works with the impoverished and other communities as a nationally certified and licensed professional counselor in private practice. He hopes to one day open a whole-life wellness and retreat center, emphasizing reaching out to all levels of society as equals.