Reiki as a healing therapy
Reiki is a healing therapy that began in Japan in the early 1900s by Dr. Mikao Usui. This form of healing shares many similarities with laying on of hands healing as taught and practiced by Jesus throughout the New Testament in the Bible. It can work great for helping people and animals, healing at a distance, promoting calmness, guidance, and much more.
Reiki is not a religion, so anyone can gain a healing regardless of their religious practices. As a healer, I rely on a higher power (often referred to as God) in addition to others in the spirit world who are working for the highest good to transfer healing energy to the recipient. Even though I pray to God when providing a healing session, it doesn’t seem necessary for the recipient to have any particular belief system in order to receive a healing.
During a typical Reiki session, the recipient can sit in a chair or lie on a massage table while the healer carries out the session via hand placements, scanning, or distance healing.
Using Reiki for Smokey soon after his diagnosis
Before using Reiki for Smokey, I was fortunate that my Reiki teacher explained to us how Reiki can do more than promote healing…it may also guide us to find a way to physically help ourselves. During my Reiki class in June 2009, I learned that Reiki tends to work for the highest level of good, so we may not get results that we expect following a healing session.
From my experience, it looks as though the spirit world strives toward the highest good each time I request that someone receive a healing. However, I keep in mind the possibility that there are plenty of things that can cause us harm in the physical world even when the spirit world is working to guide and heal us. This is why I became concerned when it looked as though Reiki wasn’t working as much as I had hoped it would for Smokey, but eventually, the spirit world guided me towards a higher good than what I had requested.
After Smokey was diagnosed with bladder crystals, I followed the veterinarian’s recommendations and used Reiki for additional help. When giving Reiki to Smokey, I assumed that the highest good would be that his health would be restored completely. Even though I saw improvements with veterinary treatment and using Reiki on a daily basis, I was disappointed that the beneficial effects weren’t as drastic as I had hoped.
Guidance to additional alternatives that promote health
When it appeared as though Reiki wasn’t working as much as it typically did in the past, I began thinking about what I could do to improve each healing session…I wondered if I should spend more time using Reiki or if I should try using different Reiki techniques for Smokey’s condition. Soon after that moment of panic, the thought that came to me was that God was giving Smokey just the right amount of help to keep him healthy, but the highest good was to find an additional alternative that can benefit both Smokey and others to create a higher good.
Knowing how much the faculty at the Kushi Institute helped me two years prior in learning natural ways to improve my health using macrobiotics, I considered the various options they taught for promoting urinary tract health. After searching more on the topic, I felt that adzuki beans and miso soup would likely be a safe option to add as a supplement to Smokey’s prescribed diet. The results were great…Smokey’s next visit to the veterinarian showed that there were no more crystals in the urine, the vet switched his diet to a milder prescription diet, and Smokey’s health was maintained without any flareups for the remaining seven years of his life. About five years after Smokey’s diagnosis, acupuncture provided additional improvements in Smokey’s quality of life (which will be discussed in more detail in another blog).
Smokey's diagnosis lead to improvements in my health
Before Smokey's diagnosis, I occasionally experienced muscle achiness and mild nerve pains that didn't seem to have a specific cause. About a month after Smokey’s diagnosis, the issues progressed to moderate needle-like sensations that pulsated throughout my hands and feet off and on during the day and mild to moderate muscle spasms which typically occurred at night. However, on other days, without notice, severe nerve pain attacks would occur primarily in the legs and feet, resulting in muscle weakness and other issues that would sometimes linger for months. Despite everything that was happening, I found comfort in the possibility that the spirit world was helping me and working to find a solution. (I was fortunate to have sensed a spirit with a strong healing energy visit me daily and provide relief…I later realized that the spirit was a friend of mine who had passed earlier that year.)
Within the same year, my friend in the spirit world gave me valuable advice as soon as the opportunity came. While I was walking along a nature trail, my friend communicated to me from the spirit world that I needed to switch my water source back to the spring water that I had used in the past…and it worked…the nerve issues that I had been experiencing on a daily basis weakened and were gone in less than a week! However, I continue following good health practices since I still get flare-ups, but they occur much less frequently and, with knowledge gained from continuing my education in holistic health, it has become easier to identify the flare-up triggers.
Realizing how Smokey’s diagnosis had been helping me Watching Smokey's health progress and seeing how cooperative he was throughout our new morning routine of adding miso soup to our diet provided lots of motivation. Smokey’s laid-back personality contributed to a calm atmosphere, making it easy for both of us to maintain our new routine on a daily basis. Each morning, I would make a small amount of miso soup, give Smokey a few milliliters of soup, and add the leftover miso soup to my lunch.
About 6 years after Smokey and I began our morning routine, I enrolled in a health coaching program and learned more about the benefits of miso soup among other foods that can help eliminate toxins. While taking the course, it was wintertime, and I experienced a severe nerve pain attack when plow trucks were in the area much more frequently and for longer amounts of time due to the heavy amount of snow from the winter storm. Soon after the smell of diesel fuel filled the air, I had a severe nerve pain attack. (On multiple occasions in the past, I experienced nerve pain attacks soon after driving near vehicles that were releasing toxic fumes into the atmosphere.) I reviewed the information presented in the coursework regarding the use of miso soup and other healing foods and methods that can promote detoxification. Since I already had Smokey’s miso soup in the refrigerator, that was the first healing food that I used to help relieve the issues, and it worked great.
Click here to learn more about the course mentioned above. (The course that has been very beneficial in alleviating my health issues is the New Healers Master Coaching program.) I frequently refer to this website for recipes and holistic health tips for myself.
Note: The course mentioned above is designed for people, not animals.
After experiencing many nerve pain attacks and learning more information throughout the years, I’ve realized that environmental factors such as poor water quality, foods associated with high levels of pesticides, artificial sweeteners, cookware made from toxic materials, and exposure to airborne pollution seem to have been primary factors in leading up to many of the nerve pain attacks that I’ve experienced. After seeing how effective miso soup can be in detoxing from pollutants, I can’t imagine how severe my sensitivity to environmental toxins would have been if I had not been using Smokey’s leftover miso soup on a daily basis throughout the years prior.
Looking back, I strongly believe that those in the spirit world (including God, archangels, angels, ascended masters, guides, and other spirits working for the highest good) have been here all along to guide me toward a series of purposes that I may still not fully know. Even though I requested a quick fix for Smokey’s urinary tract issues during Reiki healings, the spirit world had better plans…to provide Smokey just enough healing that would keep him healthy, yet guide me to seek alternative options that have helped Smokey, myself, and others.
Below are a couple of recipes that both Smokey and I have seemed to benefit from using. We used the first recipe every day while the next recipes, which include adzuki bean tea, were only taken occasionally as it seemed needed. During the winter months, I noticed that Smokey’s litter clumps were sometimes a little smaller than usual, so I would make adzuki bean tea for us both about 2 to 3 times a year.
Miso soup recipes approved by Smokey
This is what I used to help improve Smokey's health. However, there is no guarantee that this will benefit every animal. It is not intended to be a treatment or cure, nor is it intended to replace veterinary care. While using miso soup and adzuki beans as additional support, Smokey was also provided veterinary care and dietary guidelines as prescribed by his veterinarian.
Miso soup ingredients:
2 teaspoons Adzuki Bean Miso (South River Miso) stored in refrigerator
1/4 cup good quality spring water (We used Poland Spring water kept at room temperature. I avoid cold water so that the recipe will be a little gentler for the kidneys.)
Our daily routine using miso soup:
The above ingredients were mixed together. Since I wanted the soup to easily pass through the urinary tract, I tried to improve the chances that he would be drinking the soup on an empty stomach. (However, I let Smokey eat whenever he wanted, so sometimes he would eat the food in his dish prior to drinking miso soup.) I gave the miso soup to Smokey each morning using an oral syringe. The soup was slowly given to Smokey, allowing him enough time to drink the liquid in small amounts. About 3 mL of the miso soup per day seemed beneficial for Smokey.
Occasional adzuki bean tea:
Since adzuki beans are beneficial for the kidneys, I used adzuki bean tea in the recipe above occasionally (about 2 to 3 times per year).
To make adzuki bean tea:
Rinse and soak 1 cup of adzuki beans in good quality spring water for about 8 hours, then discard the water.
Boil the adzuki beans in 4 cups good quality spring water and allow to simmer for at least an hour.
Adzuki bean tea with miso:
About ¼ cup of the adzuki bean tea was then mixed with 2 teaspoons of adzuki bean miso (South River Miso). I would give about 3 mL of the recipe to Smokey once a day for only about 3 days in a row since adzuki bean tea tends to have a drying effect if overused. The adzuki bean tea was stored in the refrigerator and slightly warmed before use.
To learn more about Reiki and other topics in holistic care for animals
Animal Reiki Certification:
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Other courses in holistic animal care:
If you would like to know more about other courses in animal bodywork click here for a list of online courses that feature topics such as massage, craniosacral therapy, and more.
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