This heartwarming story shows how Animal Reiki helped four feuding cats overcome food insecurity, fear of strangers, and find peace together through the Let Animals Lead® Method of Animal Reiki!
In the beginning . . .
Once upon a time there were four cats Luna, Bailey, Sammie and Bug living in a nice big house together, each one having some kind of “issue”. They did not get along very well and did not like anyone outside of the cat mom and dad coming into the house. They had all come from a shelter (a very nice one, with lots of TLC, enrichment and beautiful accommodations).
Food Insecurity and Stranger Danger
Luna and Bailey were undernourished and weighed very little when they came to their new home. They have food insecurity and want to eat all the time. Sammi is a Siamese kitty and is very independent. Bug had lost a back leg and was very scared. He spent most of the time in the basement and his pet parents had very carefully gotten him to come out of his crate after several months of patient support.
Bringing Animal Reiki into the Home
I started sitting with them to share Reiki early last year. Because I practice the Let Animal Lead® method of Animal Reiki I did not focus on the “issues” of the cats, but rather on sharing love and light with the beautiful being they are. We had a couple of meditation sessions, always starting with a chair treatment for the cat mom. Then mom had some medical issues to deal with and we had to stop the in-person visits.
In those initial first 2 visits Luna and Bailey had stayed around me, and Sammie came in and out and rubbed along my legs (similar to the way he rubbed the table leg next to me). Bug was never up from the basement. I did some distance sessions over the next couple of months but was not in contact with the parents again until May.
Postive Changes Emerge!
I went twice in May and then health issues in the household caused another pause. The 2 visits in May were similar to the initial visits, but the cat mom reported that they had been getting along better and all except Bug, had been more likely to meet visitors. They were also generally friendlier.
From Feuding Cats to a Peaceful Family
I retired at the end of the year from 42 years as a fulltime physical therapist and as a result, finally had time to get back to the cats this January. The first time I came back I was greeted by all the cats, except Bug, but Bug did come up and sat close by during that session. The next visit all the cats came and sat around me and did not fight.
My last visit this past week, the cat dad, who had never come downstairs when I was there, came down very excitedly to tell me that they had people over on Valentine’s Day and not only did all the cats, including Bug greet them, but Bug got up on an ottoman and rolled over letting everyone scratch his belly! He also said Luna was getting better about her food insecurity. He could only account for the change to be from the Reiki sessions because it happened so quickly relative to the years they have had issues with fights and stranger danger.
The Future Looks Bright!
Now they all come around and come in and out of the space calmly and are usually all resting as I leave, except Sammie who always wants to say good-bye. I plan to see them one more time as the parents feel things are really good now. I will stand by if they need more support for in-person or distance work as they prefer.
By SARA Practitioner Judy Holmes
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