What is Reiki for animals?

 

Reiki (pronounced ray-key) translates as "universal life energy" and is an amazing energy based healing method that originated in Japan. Reiki for animals is offered as an alternative compliment to traditional Veterinary Medicine.  It is not meant as a substitute for veterinary care. Always consult your veterinarian about the best course of medical treatment for your animal and continue with current therapies recommended by your Veterinarian.​

 

It is also holistic: it can be used for physical, mental/emotional, and spiritual healing. As the nature of Reiki supports energetic balance and harmony, it always finds the origin of the problem (since all health problems are “dis-ease” or imbalance) and works for the highest good (rebalancing and clearing the energy “flow”).

 

Reiki is ideal for use with animals because it is gentle, noninvasive and doesn't require physical contact. It doesn't cause stress, discomfort, or pain, and yet yields powerful results. Animals respond intuitively to Reiki's power to support the healing of emotional, behavioral, and physical illnesses and injuries. 

 

For animals who are healthy, Reiki helps to maintain their health, enhances relaxation and provides an emotional sense of peace and contentment.  

For animals who are ill, Reiki is a wonderful healing method as well as a safe complement to Western Medicine, Chinese Medicine, homeopathy, flower essences, and all other forms of healing. For example, Reiki can reduce the side effects of chemotherapy, support an acupuncture treatment, and complement the effects of flower essences. 

 

For dying animals, Reiki is a powerful yet gentle way to provide comfort, relief from pain, fear, and anxiety, and to ease the transition to death. Reiki is also a wonderful way to support a dying animal's family. 

 

How Reiki is learned: 

• The healing energy is inside all of us. It is just a matter of bringing it forward.

• Once you learn it, you have it for life.

• Reiki is taught by passing on attunements that have been passed down over the years.

• Reiki I allows you to do reiki on yourself, others, and animals. Level I is also about self-healing - you may be healed physically, mentally, emotionally, or spiritually.

• Reiki II increases your ability and allows you to do reiki at a distance.

 

• Reiki III furthers your ability and allows you to teach others.

 

Yvonne Steeves has received her first level of Reiki for Animals Attunements on September 21, 2013 from Reiki Master Practitioner/Teacher Pam Boudreau RP/RT-CRA and is pleased to introduce the practice of Reiki to her clients. She will continue her Reiki Training after the recommended transition period.

 

 

What are the benefits of reiki for pets?

 

• Because reiki is healing energy, it will never harm you or your pet.

• It can be given to any type of animal.

• If your pet has emotional problems due to a traumatic situation such as abuse, neglect, or being hit by a car, reiki can help release and heal those emotions.

• For behavioral issues such as nervousness or hyperactivity, reiki can help your pet relax and reduce their stress and anxiety.

• If your pet is sick or injured, reiki can help your pet heal more quickly. If your pet is facing a serious illness, reiki can help bring comfort and be a great compliment to conventional treatment.

• If your beloved pet is dying, reiki for animals can help bring peace and comfort to you and your pet during this difficult time. It really seems to help them relax so they are not afraid and struggling to stay a part of our lives.

 

 

​Treatmet with Reiki

 

Although sometimes healing can be seen in one or two treatments, for continued health and well-being, all animals benefit most from a regularly scheduled program of Reiki. The following are recommended treatment schedules that have been found to be most beneficial

 

Equine, Canine and Feline Reiki:

• For horses in full training (endurance, dressage, etc.), working, agility, or show dogs, and show cats: Begin with a series of four treatments on consecutive days, then once a week or every other week for maintenance. Daily treatments suggested on the most demanding of days.

• For horses in rehab and dogs and cats recovering from injury/illness: Begin with a series of at least four treatments on consecutive days, followed by once or twice a week until recovery.

• For horses in retirement, and senior dogs and cats: Begin with a series of four treatments on consecutive days, followed by once a week or every other week for maintenance.

• For horses, dogs, and cats nearing their transition: Begin with a series of treatments on consecutive days, followed by a few times a week or as needed for support in this process.

 

Small Animal/Avian Reiki:

• Health Maintenance: Begin with a series of four treatments on consecutive days, followed by once a week or every other week for maintenance.

• Recovery from illness/injury: Daily treatment or as often as needed until recovery.

• Senior animals: Begin with a series of four treatments on consecutive days, followed by once a week or as needed for maintenance.

• Nearing their transition: Daily treatments or as needed for support with this process.

 

 

 

 

Misconceptions About Reiki

 

Misconception 1: When giving Reiki treatment to an animal, the practitioner manipulates energy flow through the animal.Practitioners do not consider themselves vets, so would never call the animals "patients" and try to diagnose the health problem. Second, Reiki people are not "healers," but rather, "practitioners". This is an important distinction. Practitioners first ask permission of the "client" or animal, asking if he or she would like to participate in a Reiki session. Then practitioners set their intention that they are open to facilitate the flow of energy for the highest good of the animal, for whatever the animal is open to receive, or nothing at all (it is completely up to the animal to receive the energy). The healing process is completely up to the animal and Reiki, the practitioner simply facilitates the energy flow.Practitioners, as mentioned above, do not diagnose, and in fact, do not need to know what the health issue is. The nature of the energy is that it creates and supports energetic balance as a whole for the animal (in other words, on all levels: physical, mental, emotional, spiritual). In a sick animal, the illness would be considered, energetically, to be an imbalance of some kind. By setting one's intention and then sitting in a meditative Reiki space, the practitioner simply creates a possibility of "rebalancing", that the animal then either chooses or doesn't choose to take part in.There is no manipulation of energy beyond setting the mental intention to become an empty vessel through which Reiki can flow to the animal, if the animal is accepting. A practitioner don't "send" the energy here or there, or "heal" this or that problem. We simply create a space where healing possibilities exist.

 

Misconception 2: Sessions should not last longer than 20 minutes, as it might exhaust the animal or cause lethargy, vomiting or other harm.The animal is always in charge of the length of treatment, and will tell the practitioner when they are finished by moving away and becoming active again after a restful state. This being said, for most animals, the average length of treatment is 30 - 60 minutes. The energy cannot exhaust the animal, as you can't "overdo" Reiki: once again, Reiki works only to support energetic balance within the animal, in whatever amount each unique animal is open to. Reiki is nothing you can force on the animal. Reiki can never do harm, including causing something like lethargy and/or vomiting.

 

 

 

If you feel that your pet could benefit from the powerful healing of Reiki

Contact us at (506) 633-7729 to set up a consultation.