Reiki is a hands-on healing method that originated in Japan.  It is based on the idea that all living beings have life energy flowing through them. When life energy is high, you and your pets are healthy and balanced, more relaxed and less likely to get sick. When it is low, you and your pets will often be more easily affected by stress and less resistant to illness. Reiki helps return your body to its natural state of balance and well-being.  It is a safe complement to conventional Western medicine, Chinese medicine, herbal medicine, homeopathy and all other forms of healing.   

Reiki offers numerous benefits for both pets and people and can help with minor things like head aches or stomach aches, colds, flu, tension and anxiety as well as serious illness like cancer and heart disease.  It can reduce or eliminate side effects of conventional medical treatment, including the negative effects of chemotherapy, post-operative pain and depression. It can strengthen the immune system for surgeries and cancer therapies. It accelerates natural healing following surgery or illness. In some cases people have experienced complete healings which have been confirmed by medical tests before and after the Reiki treatments.  However, while some have experienced miracles, they cannot be guaranteed.  Most people experience stress reduction along with gradual improvement of physical and psychological condition.  

One aspect of Reiki that is often intriguing to people new to the concept of energy healing is remote healing. Also known as distance healing, 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?

Everything in our world is made up of energy, and everything is connected and part of the same, continuous whole. Remote healing is, in essence, "wireless" healing. We accept that cell phones, televisions and even our garage door openers work in this wireless way. When we think about energy in the same way, perhaps it's not as much of a leap that all energy travels that way, including the energy of healing.

In a remote 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 remote 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.

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 - remote 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 remote session can usually be scheduled with very little advance notice.  

A remote session is an easy, convenient way to enhance your well-being from the comfort of your own home. For humans with busy schedules, distance sessions allow them to benefit from a Reiki treatment without having to make time to drive to and from the session.

I offer remote Reiki sessions for pets and for people; in fact, more than half of my Reiki practice, both human and animal, is with remote clients. My clients have experienced success with a variety of conditions, the following are just two examples:

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.

If you'd like to schedule a remote Reiki treatment for yourself or your pets, please e-mail me at ingrid.healing.hands@cox.net. For more information about my Reiki practice, please visit Healing Hands. 

(c) 2012 Ingrid King

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• Let your knees go forward and your ankles be free - then the muscles in your calves and shins can also let go of unnecessary tension.
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