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Reiki and the Aggressive Dog: Creating Healing Connections
Reiki is a Japanese system of energy healing that utilizes specific breathing and meditation techniques to help the practitioner create inner conditions of peace and relaxation that stimulate...
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Openness, Receptivity and Cultivating a "Beginner's Mind"
Photo © Kendra LuckWhen we are open, healing becomes at once effortless and powerful. Being open is not always easy, but when I look back over my life, I can easily see the healing I have received from...
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Reiki and Courage: Supporting the Fearful Dog
When we work with Reiki and our dog, we are in essence working with energy connections: our own energy, our dog’s energy and the energy that exists in the relationship between us. If there are more...
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Reiki and Canine Transitions
Patty was panting, clearly anxious and uncomfortable. The German shepherd mix, who had been rescued by BrightHaven sanctuary several months earlier, was getting closer to death. BrightHaven supports...
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Reiki and Riding: Connections and Reflections
Kathleen & KodiakRecently, my riding instructor wanted to learn Reiki for herself and asked, "But I don't have any special talents for healing. Will I be able to do Reiki?" So I asked her,...
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Energy Healing For Dogs
Dr. Juday's dog, JD, was helped with homeopathy © 2011HomeopathyAccording to the National Institutes of Health, “Homeopathy seeks to stimulate the body’s ability to heal itself by giving very small...
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Visiting the Vet With Your Dog: Using Reiki to Create a Calm, Successful...
Photo © 2011 Kathleen PrasadAlthough these days Reiki is often seen solely as a healing system to help others, its original foundation was as a spiritual system of self-development. In developing and...
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Benefits of Learning Animal Reiki - for Vet Techs
© 2011 Kathleen PrasadAs a result of Reiki’s increasing popularity, many holistic veterinarians now offer Reiki and other energy healing options in the clinic environment. Even many conventional...
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Reiki for Dogs: Chapter 2 Excerpt: The Spiritual Wisdom of Dogs
Photo: Courtesy Lexie CataldoThe most compassionate, forgiving, and loving beings I have known have been dogs. Dogs live selflessly and generously, with faithful, loyal, and trusting hearts. They...
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Tess Tells Me What Hurts
Because she remained standing close to me, I tried hands-on positions in various parts of her body to see if I could feel any energetic changes in my hands that might correspond with her lameness...
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Mind, Speech and Body and the System of Reiki
Photo © Lexie CataldoShingon Buddhist and Mikkyo practices teach that the ancient wisdom of the Mind, Speech and Body (also known as The Three Secrets) are present everywhere and in all things. It is...
View ArticleThe SARA Philosophy: Support Your Local Shelter, Sanctuary or Rescue
It’s a secret long known by uber-successful corporations—from American Express to Zappos.com. Companies such as these make corporate social responsibility a priority, lending a hand to the communities...
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Meditating with Your Horse for Healing
Photo © Lexie CataldoSharing a Healing SpaceI think the simplest answer is that we are all, in essence, made up of energy. And when we tap into this deeper energetic space there can be a shifting and...
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Healing from Cancer with Reiki, Dragons and Snakes
As a child, something about the snakes and dragons in this story fascinated me. I would look at the photos again and again, and still the artwork is imprinted on my memory. Little did I know that...
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Three Lessons from the Horses of Remus Memorial Horse Sanctuary
Photo © 2012 Lesson 1 from the horses: Let Go …When offering Reiki to animals, the more that we can let go – of our species differences and ego, of our need to “do” or “fix”, of our expectations...
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Reiju and Animals: When, How, and Most Importantly, Why?
Photo © 2013 This quote by Henry Beston illustrates an important point about animals which should be considered when discussing Reiki initiations/attunements/Reiju. (For the purposes of this article,...
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Lessons from the Trees
Photo © 2011Hope, 2011Last October, in 2011, when I participated in the retreat, I was only a couple of months out of a major surgery, still feeling quite weak, suffering from some pain, and not having...
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State of Mind and the Animal Reiki Treatment
As much as possible, if we can stabilize our inner being, finding a quiet, grounded and peaceful place within ourselves, it will create ideal conditions for animals to say yes to Reiki and connecting...
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New Beginnings: 3 Reiki Techniques to Help A New Dog Join the Family
Photo credit: Kathleen Prasad Technique 1: Finding the Perfect Dog: Be mindful of past blessings and future possibilities.By opening our hearts to new beginnings, we can remember the past with...
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Lessons from Swiss Chocolate on Animal Reiki
To me, a delicious Swiss chocolate bar is the perfect metaphor for how we can deepen our animal Reiki practice. How? Well there are many aspects to our enjoyment of an excellent chocolate bar that can...
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Reiki is Wisdom and Compassion
Photo credit: Lexie Cataldo © 2013 I guess Albert Einstein, even though he was a scientist, ruminated on this spiritual truth a lot in his life:A hundred times a day I remind myself that my inner and...
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Healing Beyond Words with Animal Reiki
Photo credit: Lexie Cataldo © 2013 Healing Beyond LanguageWhen I started doing Reiki, I was very interested in animal communication, and it was a big piece of what I wanted to do. I think you can...
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The Reiki Gifts of Healing: Earth and Sky
© 2014 Kathleen Prasad The meditative gifts of animal Reiki practice are many, however I'd like to focus on the gifts of healing brought by connecting to the earth and sky. For me, the earth and sky...
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3 Reasons Animal Reiki Rocks!
Photo © Lexie Cataldo In a nutshell, Animal Reiki Rocks because … 1. It’s about Healing TouchAccording to the University of Minnesota, research indicates that touch has the power to relieve pain,...
View Article8 Questions to Ask Before Hiring an Animal Reiki Practitioner or Teacher
2) Do you have a personal meditation practice?Although this question is a bit personal, since the foundation of our work as animal practitioners and teachers is our own meditation practice, it is an...
View Article5 Things You Need to Know About Animal Reiki Today
It is at these moments when we realize there is no giver and no receiver, just a beautiful, shared healing space. I love this quote by Lama Zopa: “The most powerful healing comes from developing...
View Article4 Ways That Reiki Can Help Shelter Animals
Meditation brings you to a peaceful, balanced state, mentally, emotionally and physically, and this peacefulness will ripple out! We call this the "Reiki ripple effect" -- when we find peace of mind...
View ArticleCompassion Fatigue and Animal Rescue: How Reiki Can Help
As Reiki practitioners who work with rescued animals, we may often find ourselves spending time with the animals having the most severe issues. In addition, we may be asked by shelter/sanctuary staff...
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