animal reiki

What can  Reiki do for my animal companion?
Unfortunately there aren't any scientifically proven cases of how Reiki can help your animal companion or horse, however, listed below are some of the problems or areas that I and others have found Reiki has helped with:
 - Sweet itch
- Tendon Injuries
- Ligament Injuries
- Laminitis
- Colic
- Loading problems
- Spooking
- Emotional issues
- Anxiety
- Appetite loss
- Weaving
- Wind sucking
- Cribbing
- Box walking
- Physical Injuries
- Pre-show nerves
- Competition stress (for horse and rider!)
- Performance
- Separation anxiety
- Catching up
- Groundwork
- Riding
- Owner horse relationship

What happens in a treatment?
Below is a link which takes you through to a horse receiving Reiki, we can see the effects on animals more clearly
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1wfqxOKamA 

How effective is Reiki?
It has been found by practitioners that Reiki is most effective when given as a series of treatments. A 'one off' treatment will still produce some effect and help your horse, however for longer lasting results, especially for the more severe cases, a series of Reiki treatments would be advised.

How many treatments?
Just having one Reiki treatment can bring great changes for the better for you and/or your animal companion, however, most Reiki Practitioners will recommend a series of treatments, say between four and six, to enable them to get deeper into the root of a problem.

What do I need to do before a treatment?
Before a Reiki Practitioner can carry out a Reiki treatment on your animal companion, you must first seek approval from your vet. This should consist of a simple phone call, to establish that your Vet is happy for your animal companion to receive Reiki. 
 
Reiki is a complementary therapy and is not intended to replace medical or veterinary care and advice. Persons or equines needing medical/veterinary attention should call their doctor/Veterinary Surgery.

What is Reiki?
Reiki is a simple yet effective oriental method of working with energy. It is non-invasive and holds no religious attachments. You can use it for your own benefit and for the benefit of other people. Reiki originally came from Japan , founded by Mikao Usui, and was very much about working on oneself it was a system that you could use for self-healing, self-development & spiritual development. Healing others was a minor aspect of the system; it was simply something you could do if you followed Usui’s system.

The word Reiki seems to mean ‘a system that has been arrived at through a moment of enlightenment’.
Reiki is now being classed as a complementary therapy, since the 1970’s when Reiki first came to the West, Reiki teaching has focused much more on Reiki as a treatment technique, the system appears to many people to be a sort of oriental spiritual healing, a hands-on treatment method that involves channeling energy. One of the most dramatic observations of Reiki is that the Reiki doesn't appear to run out. Reiki practitioners can continue treating people and animals all day and the Reiki will flow just as strongly as when they started at the beginning of the day. The Reiki practitioner will also have received Reiki through treating clients, which means they may often finish the day stronger and with more vitality than when they started.

This differentiates Reiki from many other healing systems. Most systems involve the use of the physical energy of the body as the energy source to use on the client. In turn this drains the physical energy of the practitioner meaning that the overall effectiveness of the treatment is dependent upon the wellbeing and vitality of the practitioner. The number of patients that can be treated in a day depends upon the practitioner's ability to 'recharge' his physical energy.
Reiki is intelligent energy, it goes where it is needed, because of this there is no need to diagnose in order to treat with Reiki. Reiki practitioners are not trained to diagnose problems, they may have an inclination as to where the problem is, however, legally Reiki practitioners are not allowed to diagnose a problem or suggest treatment. If the client would like a diagnosis for their symptoms, they should seek medical advice.

Many Reiki practitioners have noticed that as their skill with Reiki develops, so does their intuition. This means that the practitioner often becomes 'aware' of what is wrong with the client. In this case we can suggest that the client goes for a check up, saying that there is an energy blockage in a certain area of the body.
There are lots of ways of practicing Reiki, with different practitioners adding their own variation, but, whatever the variety, Reiki is something that you can use for yourself, for your own personal benefit and development and it is also something that you can share with others.