Animals have Chakras in need of balancing too!
Give them the gift of energy and love through Reiki therapy.
Animals have Chakras in need of balancing too!
Give them the gift of energy and love through Reiki therapy.
Reiki is a Japanese spiritual practice based in meditation that also has therapeutic purposes. Daily Reiki meditation practice for the practitioner helps him/her to let go of anger, worry, fear, and stress to uncover his/her best inner qualities of peace, gratitude, and compassion. The goal of Reiki self-practice is to live a happier, healthier life. Daily Reiki practice also increases the practitioner’s ability to support others with peace and compassion, even in the cases of serious health issues or difficult situations. Sharing Reiki with others involves touch therapy in the case of humans and sharing meditation in the case of animals. The goal of offering Reiki to others is to promote relaxation and stress-relief, which in turn promotes self-healing of body, mind, and spirit.
When Reiki is given to animals, they receive a similar sense of well-being and peace. In loud and chaotic environments such as kennels, sharing Reiki creates peace and relaxation, often for the entire kennel, not just for the dog receiving the treatment.
One of the wonderful aspects of the gentle, meditative approach of Reiki is that it can be shared with any animal, no matter what their level of trust for humans is. Reiki can help even the most traumatized animals relax and feel a strong sense of well-being. This is important in creating not only healing of body, mind, and spirit but also Reiki creates the first step in healing the animal/human relationship.
Reiki can be shared successfully with domesticated animals like dogs, cats, rabbits, guinea pigs, birds, squirrels, and horses as well as exotic and wild animals like tigers, monkeys, bears, deer, elephants, leopards, and alligators, etc.
The most important component in an effective animal Reiki session is that the animal feels safe to connect with the practitioner. Reiki is most effective for animals when they are not approached in the same manner as we approach human Reiki.
When sharing Reiki with humans, the person lays down on a massage table and the practitioner does a series of light hand positions on the head and torso of the person. The client will sometimes have a headache or other issue and ask the practitioner to place their hands on the painful area. The client relaxes and the practitioner does a session using physical touch. This approach for humans works well and is extremely relaxing and peaceful.
For animals the Reiki approach is almost the opposite as it is with humans. It could be because animals seem more sensitive to our state of mind and emotions and are not dependent on touch to feel connected. When approaching animals, it is best to focus inward on the Reiki meditation and let go of “doing” or “fixing.” If the animal has physical or emotional issues, the practitioner should not meditate on these, but instead should look more deeply into the heart and spirit of the animal – that part of the animal that is always perfect and has infinite healing potential. In other words, we must keep our minds open and positive, and we must not force physical contact with the animal.
Animals respond to Reiki more like human children do – in that they move around, connect often from a distance, and prefer a more flexible and open approach.
Reiki brings peach and comfort to animals who are in physical pain, it lessens and relieves emotional stress, and it even brings peace to the transitioning and dying process.
Reiki brings healing in the form of peace and balance, it is not a “cure” for this or that problem. Reiki practitioners do not diagnose issues and do not even need to know what the problem is because the approach and purpose are always the same. This is because healing is about becoming whole, and this is something that we all can do – even in the presence of disease. It is this wholeness and harmony of the entire being that Reiki uncovers, and that makes our self-healing abilities shine. In this way, it also makes any and every condition more manageable.
Animals are also affected by their people’s health issues and sometimes an animal’s issue is really their person’s issue. By sharing Reiki with animals' people, we can help create a healing possibility between the person and their animal, deepen their bond and nurture their heart-to-heart connection. When an owner or caregiver is present with their animals, with an open heart and mind, this is the ideal space for them to nurture healthy relationships, to learn from one another, and to support each other to live a happier and healthier life.