Reiki

-Reiki is an alternative form of healing/medicine using energy administered through a Reiki practitioner's hands. If broken down Rei translates to Universal (esoterically) and Ki means life energy that any one living plant, animal or tree exudes.
Reiki was discovered in Japan by Dr. Miako Usui, in the early 1900's. Dr. Usui passed Reiki on to 3 people who became Reiki masters themselves who were then able to continue passing Reiki along. Reiki is taught in a series of attunements. There are three levels of Reiki attunements; Reiki Level I, Reiki Level 2 and Reiki Master. Only Reiki Masters have the ability to pass Reiki along to others. Reiki Level 1 is the most basic form of Reiki where Reiki Levels 2 and Reiki Masters have greater intensity in the energy they can give and focus more with Reiki symbols to better direct the energy to where it is needed.

In the beginning, Reiki was only used on human beings but more recently practitioners have been using it on animals with similar success. Reiki can be used to treat or promote healing of any ailment ranging from cancer to pain or other diseases more specific to body systems. There is no limit to the amount of Reiki any one animal or human being can receive. Reiki is a great addition to any treatment plan because there are no possibilities for drug interactions and no level of toxicity.

Things your pet may feel during a Reiki treatment

As with humans, there is a range of feelings emotionally and physically that an animal may experience while receiving a Reiki treatment. It is in my opinion that animals feel healing energies like Reiki a bit stronger than humans do because there is no element of disbelief or preconceived notions of how a Reiki treatment will feel. Most animals enjoy touch wether or not you are giving them Reiki. Reiki is just an added bonus to them.

Animals may become a bit confused at first if they have never had a chance to feel Reiki before but will soon calm down after they realize that they are not going to be hurt. Generally, after a few minutes of Reiki an animal will feel intense relaxation and then usually fall asleep. Reiki can be felt physically in many ways. Some of these ways include tingling sensations, extreme but pleasurable heat, vibrations and full body calming sensations.