Animal Reiki is a widely recommended by alternative healers: "While there are many ways for us to teach and to heal other animal beings, this forward-looking book offers an often overlooked hands-on way for us to develop and maintain close social bonds with our animal kin. I learned a lot from reading Animal Reiki and highly recommend it to a wide audience."
--Marc Bekoff, University of Colorado
author of Minding Animals and Animal Passions
and Beastly Virtues: Reflections on Redecorating Nature,
and editor of the Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior
"How appropriate to offer Reiki to the animals in our lives! The cats in my life (and a few very sensitive dogs) have been performing Reiki on me for years. It's time to return the favor. Fulton and Prasad have created a much needed guide to a method of helping animals heal that is gentle, intuitive, safe, and powerful. Learn it . . . then use it."
--Susan Chernak McElroy author of All My Relations: Living with Animals as Teachers and Healers, Animals as Guides for the Soul, and Heart in the Wild
"Elizabeth Fulton and Kathleen Prasad inspire with their stories and impress with the breadth and depth of their experience. Animals and the people who love them will benefit from the wisdom in this insightful book."
--Allen and Linda Anderson founders of the Angel Animals Network and authors of Rainbows & Bridges: An Animal Companion Memorial Kit
"In this remarkable book, we can learn how to deepen our connection to all animals, as well as ourselves. With careful detail and inspiring examples, authors Elizabeth Fulton and Kathleen Prasad give us all the tools we need to try out this holistic healing system with the animals in our lives."
--Mary Lou Randour, PhD Director of Education for the Doris Day Animal Foundation and author of Animal Grace: Entering a Spiritual Relationship with our Fellow Creatures
"The authors of Animal Reiki have demystified their subject in an objective and clear way, rendering this much-neglected healing art more accessible to readers and, more importantly, to our wonderful animal friends."
--Christopher Day, MA, VetMB, VetFFHom, MRCVS author of Homoeopathic Treatment of Small Animals: Principles and Practice
"Animal Reiki is a great introduction to the growing field of energy medicine. Written in an easy-to-read style, this book will be enjoyed by animal guardians and veterinarians alike. Anyone who wants to learn about holistic therapy can now add another modality to the list of possible treatments.
--Shawn Messonnier, DVM host of Dr. Shawn--The Natural Vet on Martha Stewart Radio (Sirius) and author of the award-winning The Natural Health Bible for Dogs & Cats
"This beautiful introduction to healing animals with Reiki speaks a language of love and light that knows no species boundary. The format is thorough enough for the professional yet accessible to all. Compassion flows from every page."
--Sharon Callahan, Animal Communication Specialist author of Healing Animals Naturally
"What a wonderful gift Elizabeth Fulton and Kathleen Prasad have given to humans and in turn the animals of the world. This inspirational work takes the mystery out of Reiki, thereby empowering animal lovers to offer unconditional love, understanding and healing to the animals who have given us so much."
--Lisa Ross-Williams host of the If Your Horse Could Talk show
"Animal Reiki is an excellent resource for everyone interested in healing animals. This book is a powerful reminder of the wider uses of the system of Reiki and how humanity can be of purposeful benefit to all."
--Bronwen and Frans Stiene, International House of Reiki authors of A-Z of Reiki, The Japanese Art of Reiki and The Reiki Sourcebook
About the Author
Kathleen Prasad has been an educator since 1993, a Reiki practitioner since 1998 and a Reiki Master since 2001. Initially learning Reiki as a tool for self-healing, Kathleen rapidly discovered that animals of all species were drawn to the healing power of Reiki energy. She has done thousands of Reiki treatments on all kinds of animals, domestic and wild. Her lifelong love for animals inspired her to provide programs to empower people to help the animals in their lives.
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What is Reiki and What Does it Do?
The Japanese word "Reiki" is usually translated as "universal life energy." It is a holistic healing system, meaning that is treats the whole being, addressing problems and healing at all levels: physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual. Along with other therapies, such as acupuncture, homeopathy, Qi Gong, and flower essence therapy, Reiki is part of the emerging field of energetic healing, rediscovered from the wisdom and knowledge of ancient cultures for use in modern times.
Since everything in the universe is made up of and connected by energy, it is around us and available to us at all times. This pure, fundamental energy of the universe is by its very nature healing. The Reiki practitioner learns to allow the healing energy of the universe to flow along energetic pathways and through her hands to the client. In this way Reiki heals as deeply as needed to create a shift toward health within a being. A Reiki treatment can be given in person, with the hands of the practitioner placed on or at a short distance from the client; or, since Reiki is energetic in essence and energy pathways are all around us, it can be sent across a distance - across a room or to another geographic location. Some people feel the Reiki energy in their hands or other parts of their bodies immediately after receiving the attunements in a Reiki class. Others need some time and practice to begin to feel the subtle physical sensations of energy.
At the beginning of our basic classes we often ask people to list the challenges that animals can face, including particularly those that are of the most concern to the students themselves. We always hear about a wide array of concerns, from abused animals in rescue situation to animals recovering from surgery to wild animals trying to live on the edges of urban or suburban areas. The we discuss how Reiki can assist with each of these challenges.
Reiki an used to maintain health and energetic balance in a healthy being, to heal illness, injuries, emotional and spiritual problems, and to ease the transition between life and death. Reiki goes directly to the source of the problem, even if this is unknown to practitioner and client, and heals at the level and intensity that a being is open to receive. If the healing that is most necessary for a being involves some aspect of his situation, Reiki will go beyond the being's physical and emotional body and bring the healing that is needed to the situation.
Reiki will benefit not only the animals who are treated, but also the practitioner's own health. Every time a Reiki practitioner gives a treatment, the Reiki flows through the practitioner, healing her and the client simultaneously. The feeling of receiving a Reiki treatment is generally one of deep relaxation.
Over time Reiki deepens the intuition of both the practitioner and client, so that a deeper level of communication becomes possible. As you practice Reiki and receive Reiki treatments, it brings out who you are at the most authentic level, enhancing your innate gifts, talents, and potential. In practicing Reiki with animals, you will find that the more animals you treat, the more you will encounter animals who need healing. Animals understand Reiki's benefits and will begin to seek you out when they need healing. The beauty of Reiki as a healing system is its simple, gentle nature combined with its powerful and transformational results.
