Splendid Sunday Animal Reiki

"𝙄 𝘼𝙢 𝙖 𝙈𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝘼𝙣𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙡𝙨"

Just for today...

I open my hands wide, allowing anger to fall to the Earth like snow.

I exhale worries into the clouds.

I express gratitude for the animals & people that bring stability & happiness to my life.

I make decisions that honor my mind, my body, my soul and my purpose.

I am compassionate to myself & all being that visit my mountain seeking shelter from life’s storms.

🐾 𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺? 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴?

In this photo, we have J.D., Joyful Dog, sitting on a favorite mountain hideaway that my family is most always thankful to tiptoe away to for quiet time. 🩷🐾

Taking time to develop steadfast presence and peace is not only a gift for ourselves, but for the animals in our lives as well.

As a shelter volunteer, maintaining steady and calm helps reduce fear, aggression and stress in the environment for animals I spend time with.

Quick practice tip: It starts with breathe. Welcome your breathe down into your belly and release long and slow. Just a few breathe at a time can turn us back towards calm.

🩷 Adoptable Agatha here to remind us to take time to come to stillness & connect with the precepts each day. The precepts are the truth our heart knows. Taking time to reflect helps us return to our heart & live with compassion.

Just for today,
I will not bear anger.
I will not worry.
I will be diligent in my work of love.
I will be grateful.
I will be kind.

Animals residing in the shelter setting can serve as luminous guides in helping the us contemplate the precepts, the heart of Reiki practice.

Each day, Agatha is her beautiful self, patiently waiting for her new family. She shines her golden light for all to see. Her light helps us to remember to shine my our own light, too.

🐾 How do the animals in your life help you remember to shine?

🐾 What precepts do they call you to contemplate?

🩷 Learn more about Agatha at https://humanesocietycarrollcounty.org/dogs/

Animal Reiki isn’t just for animals! It is a daily mindfulness practice for people that reminds us to tune in to the love song, the ki, of universal energy of Creation. The vibrations crack us open to the present moment, inviting healing & nourishment to our mind, body & spirit.

With open-hearted presence, we welcome animals to listen with us, holding a peaceful space to support their own soul journey.

🧡 What is the Earth song nurturing in your being today?

🐢As Let Animals Lead ® Method of Animal Reiki Practitioners, we spend time developing our call to be peacefully present through all circumstances.

Alongside animals, we practice mindfulness techniques that empower us with the gentle presence to care for creature-kind, ourselves & others, with calm, steady and open-hearted attention. This becomes a peace-filled offering that ripples into the world.

Check out this month’s blog from Animal Reiki Source to reflect upon:

• The steadfast wisdom of the tortoise
• A call to walk alongside animals and listen, not control their journey
• Our role as Animal Reiki practitioners
• How to support animals after a session
• A look inside the Reiki space with joyful goats

🐢What resonated with you the most? What aspects of an Animal Reiki Session feel challenging to you right now? Share in the comments below.

🤨Curious to learn more? Stay tuned! A Let Animals Lead ® Method of Animal Reiki Level One class in Carroll County, Maryland for this October is in the works!

Why Your Peace Matters: Supporting Your Animal's Healing Journey with Steadfast Presence How caregivers can create a calm, supportive space after an Animal Reiki session.One of the questions I'm asked most often is: "What should I do after my animal receives Reiki?"It's a natural question. Because when we love our animals deeply, we want to do everything we can to help them feel better....

Sweet Buck comes to us with a reminder to stay present. He was there with me one minute, radiant and still, and pranced back to the field the next.

Impermanence can be a gift as much as a sorrow or challenge.

A Reiki meditation practice is a beautiful foundation to anchor us in mountain energy through us in all of life’s changes.

Thank you, Dear Buck. 💚

💙 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 “𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻” 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗮 𝗴𝗶𝗳𝘁.

Before studying the Let Animals Lead ® Method of Animal Reiki, I had a huge heart for animals. It wasn’t until I started to learn how to balance my energy that truly took my relationships with them to the next level. I started to find a new quiet space in chaotic moments that allowed me to process and respond rather than react, find joy when I am really tired, and simply be present with all the critters around. To top it off, I can share Reiki with them as a gentle support for their own journey and as a thank you for all of the blessings they bring to my life.

💙 Give it a try - Be The Mountain

• Sit comfortably, but with purpose.
• Place your hands on your low belly.
• Welcome your breathe to flow like a stream to your hands. Imagine your mind as the peak of the mountain, light washing down to your base.
• With each breath, you grow more stable. your base widening like a mountain.
• Stay in this space of radiant energy as long as you like. When you are done, don’t forget to offer thanks.

💙 Call on this meditation whenever you need to regroup, slow down, or simply want to be present in the moment. Invite your animals to the mountain with you. The more we practice, the easier it becomes to harness the peace and stability of the mountain for ourselves and our animal companions each day.

What beautiful words of wisdom from Teresa & her animal teachers. I could not agree more. 🐾💜 If you are in the Niagara area, check out her offerings for heart-centered growth. 💛

Ever feel like you’re going in different directions… I’ve felt that too.

This past while we’ve had many paths open after years of dreaming and some paths come to a close.

Reiki taught me to listen.
Yoga taught me to come home to myself.
Sound taught me to soften and receive.
And the animals… they taught me presence.

Animals don’t question the different directions.
They don’t try to force a single path.
Animals simply respond to what is in the moment.

And slowly I started to see…
what looked like fragmentation was actually weaving.

These weren’t separate paths.
They were threads of the same thing.
So if your life feels all over the place right now…
you’re not lost.

You might just be gathering everything your soul needs
before the path becomes clear.
Trust the weaving.

Ready to weave in Reiki?
Animal Reiki 1 starts Monday (1 spot left)
People Reiki 1 starts Tuesday

What paths are opening for you?

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🥳 Nose Booping our way into the weekend! Hello from Nebbie! 💜

📝Nebs wrote my weekend to-do list:

• Feed Nebbie & Basil, Breakfast, Dinner + Snacks
• Take time to give us plenty of scratches
• Don’t forget our Sunday Reiki Spa session
• Bring extra apples for me & cookies for B
• Breathe, stretch & just be in the moment
• Shake off anything that is bothering you
• Pray & share Reiki Love for all the animals, plants & people in the world.
• It’s almost the end of the month -review your gratitude list
• More cookies & apples. 🍎