Equine and Pet Reiki
All animals large and small can receive and benefit from Reiki. I say animals, but I have also worked with sea anemones!!
The lovely thing about working with animals is they are so open to nature and the natural ways, and welcome the Reiki energy, sucking it up like a sponge. Most of our animals' problems are down to living with and around people, and the stress we sometimes put them under. Their surroundings are nothing like nature intended. Even though evolution has brought change, animals across the board hold onto their deep natural instincts. In the wild animals' prime objective is survival, to feed and reproduce.
Take a few moments to think about your own animals, and what life might have been like for them in the wild.
Now we ask them to perform, to be on their own, to wait for us to provide food and water, exercise and health care. Sometimes we even choose their mate. We then take away their off-spring. We love our animals dearly, and only ever want the best for them. All these things are against the natural way and not always, but sometimes can cause problems. Remember our loving animals can often pick up on our stress and upsets in our lives, this too can rub off on them.
Reiki can help with many different issues , some listed below.
Reiki can work well alongside conventional medicine and other therapies. I have also found Reiki to succeed when Vets have exhausted all avenues open to them.
When giving a Reiki treatment I like animals to be in their own surroundings, moving them to a strange place can often bring on stress and hinder any work done. Plus their home environment can sometimes hold the key to their problem. So a warm calm place between meal times is ideal. The owner should always be present for all treatments.
An animals' reaction during a treatment varies, some can take a little time to let the Reiki energy in as they have not felt it before and are a little wary, this is good as it is part of their natural instincts to question something new. As they relax some will start mouthing, the tummy may rumble, some may move away needing to go to the loo. Cats and Dogs nearly always flop down and go to sleep, horses tend to rest a back leg and their bottom lip goes floppy, I've even seen them dribble.
After a treatment it is always good to allow them to eat, drink, relax and sleep and have some downtime for the body settle.