The following interview appeared in the November/December, 1998 issue of INSYNC, a former Chattanooga, TN publication. Our thanks to the editor for permission to use this article.

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INSYNC INTERVIEWS MARGARET DEXTER, Ph.D. Reiki Master, Teacher & Entrepreneur

Margaret Dexter is an interesting and multi-faceted person. She is originally from Atlanta, Georgia, and has resided in Chattanooga since 1994.

Ms. Dexter, appropriately Dr. Dexter, received her undergraduate degree, an A.B. in mathematics, from Agnes Scott College. She subsequently worked in computer programming long before the advent of such things as Apple®;, the PC, Microsoft®;, and the Internet. After her programming stint she returned to school. She received a Master of Science in Information Systems and in 1972 a Ph.D. from the School of Information and Computer Science, both degrees from Georgia Tech.

Dr. Dexter taught for five years at Augusta College and then moved to Washington, D.C., working under government contract. She then returned to Georgia to teach an additional five years at August College. At this point she decided to leave academia and she moved to the state of Washington.

In Washington, Ms. Dexter and a partner began a computer business. A year later she moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, and quit her business partnership to begin the process of following her spiritual path. This initially began with an eighteen month program of breath work training and then led into Reiki training.

For those unfamiliar with Reiki (pronounced “Ray - key”), it is a Japanese healing technique for stress reduction, relaxation and healing on multiple levels. Rei means “God’s Wisdom or the Higher Power” and Ki means “life force energy”. Hence, Reiki, which fits under the rubric of energy healing, means “spiritually guided life force energy."

Ms. Dexter took Reiki-I level training in 1987 and subsequently studied and trained with five Reiki Masters. She is now a certified Reiki Master and Teacher. She offers Reiki treatments as well as classes to instruct and certify new practitioners.

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Please contact Margaret for additional information.