House of Tender

reiki • rituals • gatherings

Come as you are, Leave a little more yourself

In a world that keeps asking you to speed up, House of Tender is an invitation to slow down.

this is a space for softness. for reflection. for being held without having to perform or explain yourself.

through reiki, ritual, and gathering — and the small act of making yourself a cup of tea — I create environments that invite you back tenderness to yourself. to the quiet wisdom your body has been holding all along.

House of Tender is here to help you tend to your inner landscape. gently and intentionally.

About me

i'm sophie, the founder of house of tender. at the heart of my work is a simple belief: your body already holds wisdom.

my curiosity drew me to reiki a few years back. i booked my first session on my birthday, not knowing what to expect, just feeling pulled. somewhere in that hour i had this sensation that my head was between magnets, waves physically moving through me. i left feeling like the colour gold. i didn't understand the magnitude of what i'd experienced, i just knew it was real, and i had to know more.

at the time i thought i was living a conscious life, but i was rushing, in survival mode, ticking boxes from yoga to sound baths to work, caught up in the cult of productivity. i was outsourcing my wellness instead of listening to my body. eventually my body started speaking louder, and i developed an autoimmune disease. it was screaming at me to slow down, so i finally did.

that's when i remembered how i felt on my birthday, and knew i had to follow it. i stripped everything back and retreated to nature, dedicating that time to understanding energy, the body, and what it means to truly slow down. i kept returning to reiki, working with different practitioners, and something genuinely shifted. i felt lighter, my body finally got the rest it had been asking for, and it was during this period that i discovered qigong and started to understand my own energy.

i've always felt a deep connection to nature and to the body's intelligence. slowing down isn't a luxury, it's how we come back to ourselves. reiki is that practice for me, the act of lying down, being held in pure and divine energy, simply receiving.

i've since attuned to reiki level 2, and continued to deepen my understanding through other energy workers, teachers and modalities. what i bring to a session isn't just a qualification, it's a lived, embodied understanding of what it means to come back to yourself.

i hadn't made space to listen to what my body was trying to tell me. house of tender is what that absence became, a place for stillness and reconnection with yourself, held through community gatherings, 1:1 reiki, and teas that encourage you to turn inward.

my role isn't to fix or heal you. it's to offer a calm, supported space where your body can relax, receive, and let reiki energy move through you.

My Offerings

1:1 Reiki

reiki is a gentle, non-invasive practice that supports relaxation, rest and connection. each session draws on Usui reiki, the lineage founded in Japan in the early 1900s by Mikao Usui, who described what he taught not as something new but as a remembering of older wisdom about the life force that moves through all of us. aura balancing is woven in too, and each session runs for around 70 minutes. it's an invitation to slow down and simply receive.

I offer this as a moment to step away from the noise of daily life and return to your inner landscape.

my work is rooted in the belief that your body already holds wisdom. when we create space for stillness, that inner knowing can rise to the surface.

Space Clearing

Space Clearing is a gentle energetic practice that supports the feeling and atmosphere of a home or environment. It works with the idea that spaces, like people, hold energy. Over time, emotions, experiences, and transitions can create a sense of stagnation and lack of flow.

The intention is not to “fix” the space but to reset the atmosphere so it feels more open, peaceful and supportive to the people within it.

This can especially be supportive during times of change or new beginnings.

Ritual teas

each tea is hand crafted and infused with reiki energy. the tea is just the beginning. it is the ritual, the pause, the moment of coming back to yourself that we are really here for.

designed not just to be drunk but to be felt.

at the beginning, middle, or end of your day these blends are an invitation to pause, to notice, to come back to the present moment and check in with how your body actually feels. each one is for a different state.

Rooted — for when you need a little extra grounding. when life feels scattered and you need to come back to earth.

Bloom — for when you are ready to open and extend. to take up space.

Melt — for when you want to unravel. to soften and let go.

each box comes with 12 tea bags, 4 of each blend, and every tea tag carries an affirmation and a journal reflection — a small prompt to help you listen a little more closely.

I also create bespoke blends specific to you and your current season of life. if you are going through something, moving through a transition, or simply want something made just for you — reach out. everything is made by hand with intention.

custom orders are also available for dinner parties and gatherings, centred around connection. get in touch to discuss

Client Love

“I'd never tried reiki before and wasn't sure what to expect, but I ended up crying and left feeling so much lighter." - M

“This was my first time meeting Sophie, she did reiki with a friend of mine and I was genuinely just intrigued. I'd never done anything like this before. I felt so relaxed, I fell asleep and woke up with so much clarity, exactly what I needed in the middle of a busy work week. Sophie has a great vibe and I felt really comfortable.” -j

“I've had reiki a few times, and a session with Sophie really stood out. She came to my home, and whether it's her warmth or her knowledge, something genuinely shifted inside me. She really knows what she's doing.” - B

“I've rarely met someone with so much presence. Sophie has a beautiful energy, I felt like I could trust her completely, like I was in safe hands” - A

Frequently asked questions

A gentle, non-invasive energy practice where I work with your body's own intelligence. You stay fully clothed, I use light touch or hands hovering, and most people leave feeling deeply settled.
whether you're skeptical or just a little curious, you don't need to fully understand it for it to work. everything is energy — your body already knows this. reiki simply creates the conditions for you to drop in, rest deeply, and let your body do what it does best.
nothing. You just show up and receive. wear something comfortable, maybe avoid a heavy meal beforehand, and if there's something specific you want to bring to the session you're welcome to share it. but you don't need to do, fix, or figure out anything. that's the whole point.
I come to you — your home, your space, wherever you feel most at ease. we start with a gentle check in — what you're carrying, what feels alive for you right now. then you lie down fully clothed and I work through a series of hand positions, either with light touch or hands hovering just above the body. most people drift into a deeply restful state. afterwards we take a moment to land before you head back out into the world. a session is usually around 60 minutes.
I currently work on a donation basis — give what feels right and what you can. as I move into full practice sessions will be priced at $90. if cost is a barrier, reach out — I'd rather find a way to make it work
Everyone experiences reiki differently. some people feel warmth, tingling, or a heaviness in the body. some cry — not from sadness necessarily, just a release. some go on a journey, some fall asleep. some feel very little in the moment and notice the shift afterwards.
what's consistent is the depth of rest. reiki brings you into a state your nervous system rarely gets to touch. and in that stillness, your body gets to do its thing — sometimes that looks like digestion moving, emotions surfacing, or simply an hour of genuine quiet.
it's a gentle practice. but gentle doesn't mean nothing is happening.