News for You and Your Pet
October 15, 2010
 
Dear ,

Ingrid and Amber-What's new with Ingrid?
Let's start with the most exciting news first:  Buckley's Story was awarded a Certificate of Excellence by the International Cat Writers Association
This has been a busy month, I had a very successful book signing at the Waterford Fair earlier this month, and I'll be at Felix & Oscar in Springfield, VA on October 16, and at Red Dog Spa & Boutique's Halloween celebration in Fairfax, VA on October 23. 

-In This Issue:
It's almost Halloween, and the ASPCA's safety tips will keep your pets away from harm as you enjoy the festivities.

Many of you have already experienced the healing power of Reiki for yourself or your pets.  If you haven't, why not schedule a trial session with me?  And you don't even have to be in the Northern Virginia area - Reiki works at a distance, too.  Find out how distance healing works for you and your pets.

With warm regards to you and your furry family members,
 
In This Issue
Halloween Safety Tips for Your Pets
Distance Healing for You and Your Pets
Upcoming Book Signings
Healing Hands Marketplace
Halloween Safety Tips for Your Pets

Halloween Kitten

By Ingrid King

It's that time of year again - as ghost and goblins delight us with their spooky mischief and we think of tricks or treats, the ASPCA offers the following tips to keep your furry family members safe this Halloween.

1. No tricks, no treats: That bowlful of candy is for trick-or-treaters, not for Scruffy and Fluffy.  Chocolate in all forms - especially dark or baking chocolate - can be very dangerous for dogs and cats. Symptoms of significant chocolate ingestion may include vomiting, diarrhea, hyperactivity, increased thirst, urination and heart rate-and even seizures.  Candies containing the artificial sweetener xylitol can be poisonous to dogs. Even small amounts of xylitol sweetener can cause a sudden drop in blood sugar, which leads to depression, lack of coordination and seizures. In cases of significantly low blood sugar, liver failure has been known to occur.  Ingesting tin foil and cellophane candy wrappers can pose a choking hazard or cause intestinal blockage.

2. Popular Halloween plants such as pumpkins and decorative corn are considered to be relatively nontoxic, yet they can produce gastrointestinal upset should pets ingest them. Intestinal blockage could even occur if large pieces are swallowed.

3. Keep wires and cords from electric lights and other decorations out of reach of your pets. If chewed, your pet could experience damage to his mouth from shards of glass or plastic, or receive a possibly life-threatening electrical shock.

4. A carved pumpkin certainly is festive, but do exercise extreme caution if you choose to add a candle. Pets can easily knock a lit pumpkin over and cause a fire. Curious kittens especially run the risk of getting burned or singed by candle flames.

5. Dress-up can be a big mess-up for some pets. Please don't put your dog or cat in a costume UNLESS you know he or she loves it (yup, a few pets are real hams!). For pets who prefer their "birthday suits," however, wearing a costume can cause undue stress.

6. If you do dress up your pet, make sure the costume isn't annoying or unsafe. It should not constrict the animal's movement or hearing, or impede his ability to breathe, bark or meow. Also try on costumes before the big night. If your pet seems distressed, allergic or shows abnormal behavior, consider letting him go au naturale or donning a festive bandana.

7. Take a closer look at your pet's costume and make sure it does not have small, dangling or easily chewed-off pieces that he could choke on. Also, ill-fitting outfits can get twisted on external objects or your pet, leading to injury.

8. All but the most social dogs and cats should be kept in a separate room away from the front door during peak trick-or-treat visiting hours. Too many strangers can be scary and stressful for pets.

9. When opening the door for trick-or-treaters, take care that your cat or dog doesn't dart outside.

10. IDs, please! Always make sure your dog or cat has proper identification. If for any reason your pet escapes and becomes lost, a collar and tags and/or a microchip can increase the chances that he or she will be returned to you.

The ASPCA works to rescue animals from abuse, pass humane laws and share resources with shelters nationwide. Learn more about them by visiting www.aspca.org.

Photo by Bill Kuffrey, Public Domain Pictures
Distance Healing for You and Your Pets

distance healing

By Ingrid King

Distance healing, also known as remote healing, is an energetic healing process that can be best explained through the principles of Quantum physics.  It has been proven to be extremely effective, sometimes even more effective than local, hands-on healing.


How does it work?

  

Quantum physics shows us that everything is made up of energy, and everything is connected.  Everything is part of the same, continuous whole.  Long distance healing is "wireless" healing.  We accept that cell phones, televisions and even our garage door openers work in this wireless way.  It's not much of a leap to accept that all energy travels that way, including the energy of healing.


In a distance healing session, the practitioner connects with the person or animal requesting the healing energetically.  Every living being has a unique frequency, and the practitioner tunes into that unique energy.  We are all part of the same unified field of consciousness, and it's simply a question of "dialing in" to the correct frequency.  Once the connection is made, the practitioner sends the healing energy to the recipient.

 

Recipients of distance healing report the same sensations recipients of hands-on healing experience, such as a sense of heat or tingling in certain parts of the body, a sense of calm and peace, and a deep sense of relaxation.


Success Story (human):


A client needed major dental surgery and requested distance Reiki to help with pain control and accelerate healing.  Reiki was sent the day before the procedure, during the procedure, the evening after the procedure, and twice more in the days following the procedure, two days apart.  The client reported less pain, less bleeding and more rapid healing than with prior surgeries of a similar nature.


Success Story (pet):


The owner of a fifteen-year-old cat with virulent nasal discharge caused by calici virus requested distance Reiki.  The cat was not eating or drinking and was frail and had very little energy.  After just one distance Reiki session, this kitty started eating - in fact, she got up towards the end of the session and went to her food bowl and ate for the first time in days.  Improvement continued with subsequent sessions.  Her owner reported that she had more energy and seemed stronger.


Why choose distance healing over hands on?


Other than the obvious reason - the person or animal requesting the healing is not in the same geographical area as the practitioner - distance healing can be a good option for animals who are skittish about being with strangers or too hyper to sit still in a strange environment.  It can also be great in an emergency situation, since a distance session can usually be scheduled with very little advance notice.  For humans with busy schedules, distance sessions allow them to benefit from the energy without having to make time to drive to and from the session.


I offer distance Reiki sessions for pets and for people.  Distance sessions for pets typically run 15-20 minutes, distance sessions for people 20-50 minutes. For more information on Reiki for pets and people, please visit my Healing Hands website, or contact me for more information or to schedule a session.


(c) Ingrid King 2010
Upcoming Book Signings

Buckley's StoryOctober 16, 2010
Felix & Oscar
Springfield, VA

October 23, 2010
Red Dog Spa & Boutique
Fairfax, VA

October 25, 2010
Middleburg Public Library
Middleburg, VA

November 18-21, 2010
Cat Writers Association Conference
White Plains, NY

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