Do Animals Benefit from Energy Healing?

If you've ever seen what the cat and dog do when I'm giving Reiki, you know that animals benefit from energy healing.

The fact that humans have an energy system does not mean that other forms of life do not. When I'm giving Reiki energy, both my cat and my dog like to put themselves in-between my hands and the recipient. It is comical, but it also demonstrates something: They recognize what's going on and want it for themselves.

When I started giving Reiki energy to my cat, she decided she was never going to leave my arms again. My dog was not so simple:

He had a limp at one time. We'd taken him to the vet and it was just a matter of recovery. It was obviously painful for him to get around so I decided to try some energy work. He panicked at first, but after I was able to calm him and work on the hurt leg and shoulder, he was zipping around the house like a little puppy. Repeat treatments had him feeling better in no time.

Although my healing work with animals doesn't extend beyond my pets, one of my Reiki teacher's students uses Reiki only for working with animals, as that is what she feels she needs to do here.

If you are going to attempt energy work on an animal or anything other than a human, it is important to realize that their energy system is different from that of a human. Just as their shape is different, so too is their energy system different. My suggestion is to try to feel for yourself what it would be like to be a cat, dog, horse, plant, or whatever you are trying to help. If you can move past the human perceptions and really understand how this particular energy system works, you will be much more effective at helping animals benefit from energy healing.

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