Reiki
HOW REIKI HEALS:
A HANDS ON APPROACH TO WELL-BEING
by Nicole
Dingwell
 Touch
is an important factor in the well being
of all living creatures, both human and
animal. A loving touch not only soothes
pain but also helps heal many injuries
and illnesses. We use our hands to touch
and soothe, while dogs, cats and horses
lick and nuzzle their injuries and those
of their companions. But that’s
just the beginning. Infused with the warm
energy of Reiki – the Universal
Life Force – touch enters a whole
new realm of healing and comfort.
WHAT IS REIKI
AND HOW DOES IT WORK?
Every organism has Universal Life Force
flowing through it to create a living,
functioning being. Reiki practitioners
are attuned to this energy on a level
that enables them to channel it through
their hands and facilitate healing. The
Universal Life Force flows more freely
through them and into and through the
patient, where it adjusts imbalances that
create disease, pain, emotional distress
and illness. The energy essentially reminds
the tissues and/or the emotions of their
purest state of health.
A Reiki treatment involves placing the
hands in strategic places on the body.
Some practitioners use a predetermined
pattern, while others let their intuition
guide them, using their hands to feel
energetic imbalances. As with many alternative
therapies, it is not unusual to find that
several layers must be treated and peeled
away to get to the true cause of symptoms.
ANIMALS
OFTEN HELP WITH THEIR TREATMENT
An animal’s reaction to Reiki can
vary from falling asleep to being fidgety
and restless, or getting up and moving
around. Some animals focus intently on
the practitioner’s hands and may
even lick them, trying to get the energy
out. Others will adjust their position
under the hands to better utilize the
treatment. Some will even learn to recognize
a Reiki practitioner and seek out treatments
from them.
“The animals always show their appreciation
to me in some way,” says Rhonda
Sherry, a Reiki practitioner based in
California. “It might be as simple
as a lick, or as sweet as a horse playing
with my hair while I treat his knee.”
Any response is the correct one for that
animal. The Reiki will go where it needs
to go.
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Published
in the August/September 2005 issue of
Animal Wellness
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