What is Animal Reiki Healing Arts?

Understanding Animal Reiki Healing Arts: Supporting Pet Well-Being

Two people holding a cat's head in their hands, giving Reiki

Unlock Your Pet’s Healing Potential with Animal Reiki Healing Arts.

Unlock a profound sense of peace and well-being for your animal companion with Reiki, a gentle, non-invasive energy balancing practice that nurtures their innate healing abilities. Envision your beloved pet experiencing deep relaxation and restored balance, empowered by their own natural capacity to heal. At Two Bear Healing Arts, Reiki Master Susan J. Squittieri guides this harmonious process, fostering physical and mental tranquility where self-healing flourishes. By promoting relaxation and encouraging healthy energy flow, Reiki allows your animal’s body to naturally restore itself.

For a deeper understanding and enhanced healing journey, Susan offers the option to integrate Reiki with telepathic and intuitive communication, known as Animal Communication. This combined approach, Animal Reiki Healing Arts, provides a comprehensive insight into your pet’s emotions, physical discomforts, and unique perspective, enriching the healing process.

Whether your animal is navigating stress, recovering from surgery, or experiencing emotional challenges, Reiki alone offers invaluable support for their overall health. When desired, Susan’s compassionate understanding and integration of Animal Communication alongside Reiki allows for profound insights into your pet’s needs, optimizing their healing journey and fostering an even deeper bond between you and your cherished animal companion.

What is Animal Reiki?

Understanding Animal Reiki: Energy Healing for Animals

Animal Reiki is an energy healing practice that works by balancing the life force energy within animals. Reiki practitioners tap into universal life force energy, offering it to the animal to promote relaxation, reduce stress, and support their natural healing abilities. They may sense the animal’s energy, offering Reiki where it’s needed, and receiving feedback through subtle shifts in the animal’s demeanor or physical state. Animal Reiki offers a unique opportunity to support the animal’s well-being on a holistic level. They can experience relief from discomfort, emotional balance, and a deeper sense of peace.

One of the key aspects of this process is that it’s non-invasive. The practitioner approaches the animal with respect, allowing them to accept the Reiki energy willingly. The animal’s autonomy is respected, and they are never forced to participate. The animal sets the pace, and the session unfolds gently. What’s beneficial is that this energy can be offered from a distance—whether the animal is in the same room or in a remote location.

Furthermore, Animal Reiki isn’t just about addressing physical ailments. It can also help animals process emotional trauma, such as anxiety from past experiences or changes in their environment. It can be particularly beneficial for animals in transition, such as those in shelters, those recovering from surgery, or those nearing the end of their lives, providing comfort and easing their journey. It’s a compassionate practice that fosters a deeper connection between humans and animals, promoting a sense of harmony and well-being for all involved.

How Does Animal Reiki Work and Support Healing

Life Force Energy: The Foundation of Animal Reiki

Animal Reiki centers around the concept of ‘life force energy,’ a vital force believed to flow through all living beings. This energy is similar to ‘chi’ in Traditional Chinese Medicine or ‘prana’ in Ayurvedic practices. While not always measurable by conventional science, practitioners perceive and work with this energy to promote balance and healing. Think of your pet’s energy like a gentle stream. When flowing smoothly, your pet exhibits health and harmony. Stress, illness, or emotional trauma can create blockages in this flow, leading to physical or emotional imbalances.

Guiding Energy: How Reiki Promotes Healing in Animals

Reiki practitioners act as conduits for life force energy. Through gentle, non-invasive techniques, they facilitate the flow of Reiki energy to your pet. This process helps restore balance and harmony within their energy system.

During a session, the practitioner may lightly place their hands on or near your pet, or work within their energy field from a distance. The Reiki energy is believed to naturally flow to areas where it’s needed most, promoting the animal’s inherent healing abilities. Practitioners may also receive intuitive insights during the session, which can guide them in providing targeted support.

Relaxation and Healing: The Calming Power of Reiki

A key aspect of Reiki’s healing power lies in its ability to induce deep relaxation. By calming the nervous system, Reiki can positively influence various bodily functions, including circulation, muscle tension, and overall well-being. This relaxation helps to reduce stress hormones, allowing your pet’s body to focus on healing. When an animal is relaxed, their body is better able to self regulate. This helps the animal return to a state of homeostasis.

The Animal Aura: Understanding Your Pet’s Energy Field

Imagine your pet surrounded by an invisible energy field, often called an aura. This aura reflects their physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual states. When this energy field is balanced and flowing freely, your animal experiences optimal well-being. Reiki interacts with this aura, clearing blockages and promoting a healthy energy flow. This can help to promote emotional and physical healing.

Chakras and Animal Health: Balancing Energy Centers

Some Reiki practitioners work with energy centers within the body called chakras. These chakras are like spinning wheels of energy, each associated with specific physical and emotional functions. Imbalances in these chakras can contribute to various health issues. Reiki can help to balance these energy centers, supporting your pet’s overall health and well-being.

While not all Reiki practitioners focus on chakras, understanding this concept can provide valuable insights into your pet’s well-being. It is important to note that the Reiki energy will prioritize where it is needed most, and that the energy will flow where the animal needs it to.

The Role of Scientific Evidence and Veterinary Care

Exploring the Science: Reiki and Animal Well-being

Despite the lack of complete scientific explanation for Reiki’s mechanisms, numerous pet owners and practitioners report positive outcomes. Ongoing research into energy healing promises to shed further light on these observations. Animals receiving Reiki often exhibit a noticeable calming effect, reduced muscle tension, and improved overall well-being, evidenced by changes in their demeanor and physical state.

The placebo effect, a factor in human healing perception, is less significant in animals. Therefore, observed positive changes during Reiki sessions suggest a genuine therapeutic effect beyond mere suggestion. This aligns with studies demonstrating that relaxation techniques can lower stress hormones in the nervous system.

Reiki: A Complementary Approach to Veterinary Care

Animal Reiki is a supportive practice, designed to enhance, not replace, professional veterinary care. If your animal exhibits any signs of illness, injury, or distress, immediate consultation with a veterinarian is essential. Veterinary diagnosis and treatment are crucial for addressing underlying medical conditions. Reiki can then be integrated alongside conventional veterinary care to support the healing process, promote relaxation, and enhance overall well-being. Never discontinue or alter a veterinarian-prescribed treatment plan based on Reiki sessions without first consulting your vet. This collaboration between Reiki and veterinary medicine ensures a holistic approach to your animal’s health.

Who Can Benefit?

This practice isn’t limited to cats and dogs. Animal Reiki practitioners work with a wide range of species, from horses and birds to farm animals and even wildlife.

By helping pet parents understand what an animal needs or wants for desired healing, Reiki becomes a powerful tool for improving the bond between humans and animals.

Benefits of Animal Reiki: Supporting Your Pet’s Well-being

Animal Reiki offers a gentle yet powerful way to support your animal companion’s health and happiness. Its versatility lies in its ability to address a wide range of needs, promoting balance and well-being on physical, emotional, and mental levels.

Here’s how Animal Reiki can make a difference in your pet’s life:

Stress Relief and Relaxation: Does your pet struggle with anxiety, nervousness, or fear? Reiki can help calm the nervous system, reduce stress hormones, and create a sense of deep relaxation. This can be particularly beneficial for animals who are easily startled, experience separation anxiety, or are adjusting to new environments. Imagine your pet feeling more peaceful and secure, even in potentially stressful situations.

Pain Management and Healing: Reiki can be a valuable tool for managing pain and supporting the body’s natural healing processes. Whether your pet is recovering from surgery, dealing with arthritis, or experiencing discomfort from a chronic condition, Reiki can help alleviate pain, reduce inflammation, and promote faster healing. It works well alongside traditional veterinary treatments, offering a holistic approach to pain management.

Emotional Balance and Well-being: Animals experience a range of emotions, just like humans. Trauma, loss, changes in the household, or even just their individual personality can lead to emotional imbalances like anxiety, fear, grief, or depression. Reiki can help soothe these emotions, release pent-up energy, and promote emotional stability. It can be particularly helpful for animals exhibiting behavioral issues rooted in emotional distress.

Enhanced Bond and Connection: Reiki sessions provide a unique opportunity to deepen the bond between you and your pet. The shared experience of relaxation and energy healing can strengthen your connection and create a sense of mutual understanding. Many pet owners report feeling a closer connection with their animals after Reiki sessions.

Support During Transitions: Life is full of changes, and these transitions can be particularly challenging for animals. Moving to a new home, welcoming a new family member (human or animal), or coping with the loss of a companion can be stressful. Reiki can provide comfort and support during these times, helping your pet adjust more easily and maintain emotional equilibrium.

End-of-Life Care and Comfort: Reiki can be a compassionate and gentle way to support animals nearing the end of their lives. It can help ease physical discomfort, reduce anxiety, and create a peaceful transition. Integrating Animal Communication with Reiki during this time can provide further comfort and understanding for both the animal and their human family.

The benefits are endless….

The Role of Animal Communication (telepathic communication)

A holistic approach to pet wellness emerges when communication and energy healing are combined. Animal communication unveils the intricate tapestry of a pet’s experiences and emotions, offering crucial insights. When integrated with energy healing modalities like Reiki, these insights are translated into targeted energetic support, fostering physical and emotional balance. This synergistic blend creates a comprehensive framework for enhancing a pet’s overall well-being, addressing their needs on all levels—physical, emotional, and energetic.

Reiki vs. Animal Communication: Understanding the Distinct Practices

Animal Reiki and Animal Communication have distinct purposes and methods. While they can complement each other, understanding their differences is key.

Animal Reiki is an energy balancing system that focuses on energy healing. A Reiki practitioner, trained by a Reiki Master, channels healing Reiki energy. This energy is transferred by gently placing hands on or near the animal, allowing the energy to flow and balance the animal’s life force. The focus is on addressing physical, emotional, and mental imbalances without relying on verbal communication. While primarily non-verbal, practitioners may receive intuitive insights during the session.

Animal Communication centers on understanding an animal’s inner world. Practitioners use telepathy and intuition to connect with animals, perceiving their thoughts, feelings, and perspectives. This involves “listening” beyond observable behaviors. They may ask questions and receive responses as thoughts, images, sensations, or emotions, which are then translated for the animal’s human companion. Animal Communication helps to clarify behavioral issues, provide insights into an animal’s needs, and enhance the human-animal bond. It’s a two-way exchange of energy and information, focused on understanding and translation.

In short, Reiki focuses on energy balancing and healing, while Animal Communication focuses on understanding and translating an animal’s thoughts and feelings. Both require specific training and skills, and while distinct, they can be powerful tools for enhancing the well-being of animals and their relationships with humans.

Taking the First Step with Animal Reiki Healing Arts

Your Next Steps: Connecting with Animal Reiki

If you’re intrigued by the gentle power of Animal Reiki, reaching out is the perfect starting point. Susan is here to answer your questions, offer guidance, and help you determine the most supportive Reiki approach for your beloved animal companion.

Animal Reiki sessions with Susan are available remotely via telephone, making them accessible to animals and their guardians across the country and around the globe.

For those residing in Valley Cottage, NY, and the surrounding Rockland, Westchester, and Bergen counties, in-person sessions can be arranged.
Sessions are available as single appointments or ongoing support, with transparent pricing to help you make informed decisions. Scheduling is flexible, with both weekday and weekend options. You can choose between phone sessions or in-person visits ( for local clients).

Please note that there is no difference in the quality or effectiveness between distant phone sessions and in-person visits.

Empower Your Connection: Learning Animal Reiki

Susan offers Animal Reiki classes, allowing you to learn this transformative practice and provide ongoing support for your cherished companion.

Why Choose Reiki? Enhancing Your Pet’s Well-being

Unlock Calm and Connection: The Power of Animal Reiki

Imagine your beloved companion living a life of greater comfort, calm, and connection. Does your pet struggle with anxiety, recover slowly from injuries, or simply seem stressed? Animal Reiki offers a gentle, non-invasive way to support their well-being, working harmoniously with your veterinarian’s care.

Here’s how Reiki can make a difference:

  • Physical Comfort: Ease joint pain, accelerate healing after surgery, and boost their overall vitality. Picture your dog enjoying longer walks or your cat moving with greater ease.
  • Emotional Harmony: Calm anxious behaviors, reduce fear during thunderstorms or vet visits, and promote a sense of security. See your pet become more relaxed and at peace.
  • Mental Clarity: Enhance relaxation, reduce restlessness, and deepen the bond between you and your animal friend. Experience a deeper level of understanding and connection.

Beyond these benefits, Reiki strengthens the beautiful, unspoken language you share with your pet.

Ready to explore the possibilities? Contact Susan today to discuss your pet’s unique needs and discover how Reiki can enhance their life. Or, explore Susan’s services below to learn more about the specific ways she can help.

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What Susan's CLIENTS are Saying

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Less anxious and more trusting

Very calm and patient, Susan truly has a gift when it comes to animals. A dog named Sally that I had adopted from a local shelter 5 months prior to our session was still having a difficult time adjusting to her new home with me. Susan helped to communicate Sally’s needs to me and was able to help her to feel more comfortable. Susan also did 3 distant Animal Reiki sessions. Since then, Sally has become less anxious and is more trusting of me. Outstanding work and I would highly recommend Susan.

Karen W.

Philadelphia, PA

Behavioral Improvements

I have to laugh at how excited Tonka gets when Susan arrives. He literally throws himself at her and lays on her lap, well half on her lap. It’s like he knows she is there to make him feel better. Tonka has had several sessions and I do see improvements with his behavior. I recommend Susan, she is a natural with animals.

Vicki J.

Pearl River, NY

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