Treating
Animals with Reiki
by
Kristin Marie Linner |
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Justin is a chestnut Thoroughbred
horse whom I first met in November 1999 when he came to our barn
to be sold. In his youth he had successfully raced on the track,
but in recent years he had moved from barn to barn, never finding
a home or an owner with whom he could settle into a comfortable
or meaningful life. Shortly after coming to our barn, Justin cut
his cheek open and in a couple of days the wound had become infected.
He had a huge lump on his cheek that was filled with pus but would
not drain. I was in homeopathy school at the time and had also
just completed Level I of Reiki training. His trainer asked me
if I would treat his wound, so I gave him a homeopathic remedy
that encourages infected wounds to begin draining. At first the
remedy seemed to work well, causing the wound to drain of pus;
however, when I stopped giving the remedy, the infection would
return and the lump on his cheek would again become the size of
half an egg. Resumption of treatment with the remedy in a higher
potency would again clear the infection, with the same disappointing
return of the egg once the remedy was stopped.
Finally, after two
weeks of this, I asked his trainer if I might try a Reiki treatment.
I had not done one other than in my Level I class, and I had
certainly never tried it on a horse. She agreed, and I went
out to the pasture to bring Justin in for his treatment. When
I came up to him in the pasture, I saw how worn out he had become
from fighting this infection. He stood with his head down almost
to the ground. His eyes were dull and his whole manner was very
lethargic. I was worried that he had become septic and that
it might be too late to help him. I brought him in and began
doing Reiki. The first thing I noticed was that the front half
of his body was extremely hot. I could feel heat shooting up
my arms as I placed my hands on his body. In contrast, the rear
of his body was very cold. It seemed as if all his energy was
concentrated on containing this infection at the surface of
his body in order to avoid sepsis. He seemed close to losing
the battle. As I worked on him, placing my hands in various
places on his body according to what I could feel, I noticed
him perking up considerably. His head came up and he began licking
and chewing, signs of contentment and satisfaction for a horse.
He also started peering around at me to see what I was doing
and began stretching his head and neck, yawning and emitting
loud sighs. I treated his entire body and then ended by placing
my hands over his wound without touching it. I put him in his
stall and went home. The next day I returned to the barn to
find a much more energetic Justin. The “egg” swelling on his
face was half as large as it had been the day before. I treated
him again with Reiki, this time finding that the energy in his
body was evenly distributed throughout. I gave him one more
dose of the homeopathic remedy, and within two days his wound
had completely healed. The infection never returned.
Justin was my first
Reiki patient and one of my first homeopathic patients. Since
treating Justin, I have had innumerable occasions to use both
Reiki and homeopathy, alone or in combination, in treating animals.
Ted, another Thoroughbred, suffered from back and hindquarter
pain that made it difficult for him to pick up his right lead
at the canter. This problem was resolved with two Reiki treatments.
Becky, a Quarter horse, had foundered a month previously and
had not responded to any of the standard veterinary or farrier
treatments. This was her second episode of founder in a year.
She was sore on all four feet, but especially on her right front
foot, which was swollen and hot. The veterinarian did not know
what else to do and her owner was faced with the possibility
of having to put her down. She had suspected an abscess on the
right front foot, but extensive soaking of that foot with Epsom
salts had not helped. Within minutes of receiving a Reiki treatment,
Becky began vigorously licking her right front foot, something
her owner had never seen her do. Within 24 hours, and following
a few doses of a homeopathic remedy, an abscess began draining
through the coronet band on her right front foot. She began
walking more and even ran away from her owner at feeding time
that day. Her healing continued over the next few days until
she became completely sound. She is now undergoing homeopathic
treatment to help prevent future founder episodes.
In addition to horses,
I treat dogs, cats and birds with both Reiki and homeopathy.
These modalities complement each other very well. Reiki seems
to strengthen the entire energy system, making it easier for
the homeopathic remedies to work. Without exception I find that
animals enjoy the Reiki treatments – if they need the healing,
that is. Once they are better, or if they are not sick or injured
at all, they generally do not sit still for it. Obviously, I
do not force it on them if they neither need nor want it. Having
such safe and effective healing modalities available to me to
use on animals has been a joy and a source of great satisfaction.
It has greatly expanded my ability to care for my own animals,
and has provided other pet owners with options for healing in
otherwise hopeless cases.
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