Reiki is an energy therapy that can bring relaxation, comfort, healing and an increased sense of well-being to cats and their humans. Continue Reading
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Sunday Purrs: Principles to Live by, Just for Today
Wouldn’t it be nice to have just a few principles that, if you were to follow them every day, would ground you in the here and now, help you weather the storms life throws at you on a daily basis, and make your life happier? Short of becoming cats, who have already figured out that ultimately, it’s always about living in the moment, these five simple principles can help.Continue Reading
Sunday Purrs: Just for Today
Reiki is an energy therapy that originated in Japan. The word Reiki (pronounced “ray-key”) is a Japanese composite word usually translated as “universal life energy”. It is based on the idea that all living beings have life energy flowing through them. When life energy is high, you, or your cats, are healthy and balanced, more relaxed and less likely to get sick. When it is low, cats and humans alike will be more easily affected by stress and less resistant to illness. Reiki helps return the body to its natural state of balance and well-being.
One of the tenets of Reiki are the five principles, sometimes also known as the five precepts. These “rules to live by” are based on the teachings of Mikao Usui, who developed the practice in the 1920’s. And you don’t have to be a Reiki practitioner to find these principles helpful Continue Reading
A Pet’s Loss Once Removed Is a Loss No Less
As a Reiki Practitioner, I rarely work with young, healthy animals. Most of my feline and canine clients suffer from degenerative diseases such as arthritis, kidney disease, or diabetes. Some are terminally ill. Reiki can help bring healing and balance to these animals by reducing stress, providing pain relief, alleviating side effects of conventional treatments, and strengthening the immune system.
Reiki can be especially beneficial for animals suffering from a terminal illness. I even offer joint treatments for pet and guardian. Often, animals will not allow themselves to transition because they intuitively feel that their person is not ready to let them go. Joint Reiki treatments for the pet and his or her person can help both through this difficult time by enhancing the bond and allowing a gentle transition.
Unfortunately, working with older animals and hospice patients also makes it inevitable that eventually, I’m going to lose these clients. The experience of losing an animal client is unique. It’s different from losing my own cats, but it hurts nevertheless.Continue Reading
Allegra’s World: Rainy Days
Hi everyone, it’s Allegra! I’m writing this on a calm, sunny day – finally! After the earthquake and the hurricane last month, I thought we were done with scary weather, but apparently, not quite yet.
I had a bit of a rough week last week. You know by now that I’m not particularly fond of rainy days, especially not when it rains really hard. I don’t like the way the rain sounds against the house, and I’m really not comfortable being upstairs when it rains, because it’s that much closer to that annoying stuff falling from the sky. I prefer to stay downstairs, close to my safe space in the downstairs bathroom. When it gets really bad, I go in the shower stall behind the curtain. It’s my little safety cave.Continue Reading
Allegra’s World: Changing the Sheets
I want to thank everyone for the birthday wishes – I didn’t know I had so many friends out there!
Things are changing around here now that I’m a big girl! I have a lot of responsibilities now. It’s not all play for me anymore!
One of my newest jobs is to help Mom with changing the sheets. I’m really good at it! I help Mom take the old sheets off the bed by jumping from one corner to the other. Then, when she throws them on the floor, I take a flying leap into the pile and rearrange it so it will be easier for Mom to pick up to take to the laundry room. Before Mom puts the new sheets on, I jump back up on the bed and sit in the center of the mattress. I try my best to get under the fitted sheet, but for some reason, Mom won’t let me. So instead, I help make sure that it’s put on properly by pouncing on any wrinkles. Trust me, it really helps to smooth them out. I’m also a big help when Mom gets ready to put the pillowcases on. I attack the case and beat it into submission so that it’s good and ready to be put on the pillow. I know Mom really appreciates that. I always look forward to when Mom gets ready to put on what she calls the duvet cover. Looks like just a giant pillow cover to me, but I’ve come to understand that humans like to call things by fancy names even when a simple one would work just as well. I try to get in between the comforter and the cover. I don’t understand why Mom doesn’t think this is helpful – I’m just trying to make sure she does it right! I love it when Mom gives the comforter a big shake, it sends me flying off the bed with some extra velocity – wee!!! The very bestest part is when we’re done, and I just sort of sit on top of the comforter surveying the results of our hard work. Mom pretends the bed monster has come to visit, and makes the comforter wiggle from underneath, and I pounce on the wiggly parts. I let her think I really believe that it’s a monster, and not just her hand under the covers. Sometimes it’s best to just humor humans.
My other, more important job is Assistant Reiki Practitioner Trainee! Mom sees (human) clients in her Reiki room in our house. (Oh, I love calling it “our house!”) She says Buckley, who lived here long before I came, helped her with her Reiki sessions, and I want to help, too, but Mom says I’m not mature enough yet. What’s this mature? I’m one year old! I’m a big girl! Anyway, she says we have to start slowly. She says I’m too rambunctious to be in the room during a Reiki session (there’s those big words again!), but I’m allowed to greet clients when they arrive, and they all love it! Because I’m so cute, they all pet me and sometimes even pick me up and hug me when they first arrive. I’m giving them kitty therapy! After being exposed to my cuteness, they feel better right then and there, and they probably don’t even need the Reiki Mom does, but Mom takes them to the Reiki room anyway. I don’t like that Mom then closes the door on me. I would just sit quietly and watch if she let me in the room. Okay, maybe I would start playing with the client’s purses. Or pounce on their feet. But what would the problem with that be? So, I wait patiently right outside the door until the session is over. Then Mom finally lets me in the room! I love that! The energy in the room always feels really good, and I get to rub up against the client and get more pets. I love being Assistant Reiki Practitioner Trainee!
That’s all for today. Between blogging, making beds, learning to be Assistant Reiki Practitioner, playing, and keeping an eye on things in our yard, I’m a busy busy girl, and it’s time for a nap!