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Episode 38

Reiki for Pets: Healing and Harmony for Your Animal Companions

Published on: 17th October, 2025

Do you want to help a rescue animal heal and find peace? In this episode of Animal Posse we explore the deep energetic connection between humans and animals with special guest Tianne Lastra, a leading Reiki Master.

Tianne specializes in bringing comfort to pets who have endured trauma. She’ll share remarkable stories and techniques showing how Reiki provides a lifeline for animals in rescue and shelter care, helping them shed the energy of fear and past stress. If you are struggling with a fearful rescue, an adopted pet with separation anxiety, or are involved in shelter work, this conversation is a powerful guide to non-invasive healing and deepening the bond with your companion.

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Transcript
Dixie:

Welcome to Animal Posse, the podcast dedicated to the

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people and rescues making a

difference in the lives of animals.

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Today's show is gonna be

a little bit different.

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In addition to being an animal rescuer,

I am also into energy healing or reiki.

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I use it to comfort all of my rescues.

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When I worked in an adoption center,

I would go in and I would also comfort

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the animals that seemed a little bit

more stressed at the adoption center.

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So today I decided to invite my Reiki

instructor, Tianne Lastra on to discuss

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Reiki and how it can be used to help pets.

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How are you today, Tianne?

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Tianne: I'm doing well.

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I'm very happy, excited and

grateful for the invitation.

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Dixie: Great.

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I'm excited to talk about

it 'cause I love reiki.

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Before we start, tell us a

little bit about yourself.

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What is your background and do

you have a fondness for animals?

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Tianne: Look, fondness is a word

so close to my heart because

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I'm actually an animal lover.

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Since a very early age I was thinking

yesterday, how when I was four and

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five years old, I had my own little

emergency kit and I used to go out

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of the house and if I would see

an animal in front of the house, I

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would bring him in, give him a bath.

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Cure him if he had something

that I felt me curing.

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So it was something that I grew up with.

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So, I feel that animals are so

genuine in everything that they

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do, and I really appreciate that.

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Besides the fact that I feel that we

all should be responsible and do the

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best we can to give them the life

that they need and they deserve.

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Dixie: I couldn't agree more.

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And do you do any kind of things like

TNR to help with the population of cats?

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Tianne: I did a lot of TNR,

especially after Katrina.

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I was so fortunate to be able to get

the assistance from a group, and I

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remember we did 80 cats immediately after

Katrina because everybody had left the

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city and left their animals behind, and

everything was very chaotic after Katrina.

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So the animals kept reproducing

and I felt that no one was

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really doing anything about it.

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So I contacted this group and

they were so absolutely wonderful.

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Within a fairly short period of

time, we were able to control the

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cat population and everything.

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Since we did that went back to normal.

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The neighbors were happy and

the cats were well taken care of

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and placed in good homes, so it

really worked out for the best.

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At present.

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I try to support different organizations.

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I'm not no longer doing TNR.

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But I do a lot of animal rescue

and I have been able to place

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not only cats but dogs as well.

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So I'm always on the lookout for

anybody or anything that needs

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help, and I try to be there.

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It's my way of giving back because

I've been blessed with wonderful pets.

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Dixie: We'll move on to what Reiki is.

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Let's start a little bit with the basics.

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You are a reiki master.

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If you can explain just a little bit

about what that is, and then for anybody

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who doesn't know what Reiki is, if you

can explain that in simple terms as well.

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Tianne: Of course.

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My training started in 2006.

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And came as a result of

my husband's, diagnosis.

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So at that point we started looking for

alternatives to just traditional medicine.

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And we studied a number

of different modalities.

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We actually traveled

for almost eight years.

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Learning different types of healing

modalities, like, crystal work,

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energy work reiki many of the

things, meditation, chronic healing.

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We were always looking for

something that could support

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the path that he was going in.

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And then we came across Reiki

and we started being trained.

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So, I've been a licensed teacher

for the ICRT for about 14 years.

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In December I decided, to semi-retire,

but I'm still, fairly active.

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I work in the hospital doing,

reiki for cancer patients and

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also giving meditation classes.

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But for some reason I have been called

lately to pay attention, to the situation

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of animals that may need some support.

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And I'm glad that you called me

to discuss this thing because it's

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something that I think is very important.

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So, going on to the topic of

what Reiki is by definition we

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can say that Reiki is a system.

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For stress reduction and for relaxation.

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It was developed in Japan by a

man by the name of Usui, and that

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happened around 1922 and it came

through Hawaii into the United States

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through a lady by the name of Akata.

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And although she started teaching in

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fairly recent it, it's been practiced

and it has spread all over the world.

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So every country has practitioners.

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Different types of schools.

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So it has become, quite important.

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And one of the important things

that happened is that the medical

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profession is looking into reiki as

a way of also benefiting patients.

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So reiki has been used in different

hospitals and different, organizations

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that, that treat the patients.

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And the reason primarily for that is

that it produces a level of relaxation

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that allows the patient to get better.

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The belief is that your

body has a capability of.

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Helping itself and for you to obtain a

high level of relaxation, it actually

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allows your body to do just that.

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So science is recognizing that.

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So it's been offered , in

many healing facilities.

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Now, in regards to the word reiki, which

by the way in Japan is called leiki.

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So if you ever go to Japan and you wanna

receive reiki, you need to ask for leiki.

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It means the word reiki is

composed of two, two words.

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The first one is re, which means

universal or spiritually guided energy,

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or a higher knowledge or consciousness.

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And the second syllable is key,

which is the same as Chi Asana.

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Simply said is that life

sustaining energy that we all have.

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That animals have, that plants have,

so every living organism has it.

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So, that in a nutshell is a little

bit of an explanation on reiki.

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The only thing I wanted to also add

that in order for you to practice

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reiki, you need to be taught.

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The first two levels are taught.

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The first level is a two day program.

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The second level is a three day

program, and at that time you can also

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start practicing reiki and treating

people and animals and plants.

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And nature in general.

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And now important points to have

is number one, that you need to

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be taught by a master teacher.

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The second important part is

that you do not become a healer.

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What you become is a conduit of

this energy that you connect with.

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Number three, that this is in no way

substitute for medical or veterinary care.

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So it is cataloged as a

complimentary therapy.

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And the most important one to

some people is that Reiki is not

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a religion or is associated with

any type of religious practice.

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It is a spiritual practice

because we believe that we

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connect with a higher source.

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And then we use that energy and we are

able to transfer it to the person or

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the animal or the thing that needs it.

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Dixie: I would like to address the

way that I came to discover Reiki

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and sought you out as a teacher.

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Because it was kind of a

coincidental, funny thing.

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Many years ago I saw a class

that another rescue was offering

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and it was an introduction to

energy healing for animals.

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There was a reiki instructor

there, so I attended that class.

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And I immediately connected with it.

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I thought it was very interesting

and I wanted to learn more.

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I was talking to my friend about it,

and she's in rescue, and I was like, , I

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really wanna go do this, but I don't know.

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Where to look for a

Reiki instructor locally.

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And she was like, oh, I know one.

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She goes she helps us out

with with the cat sometimes.

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So that's how I actually came to find you

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Tianne: well, I'm glad you did.

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Dixie: It's just funny 'cause it's

just like a coincidence, that you were

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into doing the cat rescue and the TNR

and everything just fell into place.

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Tianne: For a long time I was

actually the only teacher in the area.

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And people were wanting to learn

and I wanted people to learn how

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to do it because I thought it would

be so beneficial at all levels for

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people, for patients, for animals,

for families, because there's immense

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benefits , to using this energy.

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It helps you with pain management.

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It helps you with your sleep.

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It helps your body relax.

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It puts you in a clearer frame of mind.

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So, it's just, excellent, no

matter which way you look at it.

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And the good thing is that once you learn

how to do it, not only can you treat other

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things, but you can also treat yourself.

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Which is an advantage, especially if

you have a presentation, if you're

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excited, if you are a little bit sad.

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If you're having pain, if you are

needing some type of support, you

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can support yourself with this

energy, so you can self-treat.

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So I think that's really important.

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Another important thing is when you

wanna treat, for example, the animals,

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which is the focus of our conversation

you really don't need any equipment.

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Your equipment is in your

hands and in your heart.

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So I usually carry my purse,

a small speaker, and I have

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my Reiki music in my phone.

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So, when the opportunity comes.

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I just turn on my little relaxing

music and I start doing my session.

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And so it's very easy to do.

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It is a very soothing, very relaxing

and everybody really appreciates it

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because it gives you that feeling of

comfort and that feeling of peace.

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That is what we wanna bring

into into our animal population.

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Dixie: Let's talk about how you

actually perform Reiki on an animal

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and do, is it a hands-on thing?

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Do you touch 'em or do

you not have to touch 'em?

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Tianne: Well, there's three basic ways,

and the same thing applies to people

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whenever you wanna do a reiki session.

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The first way of doing it is

with the laying of the hands.

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You put your hands on your subject.

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And when you get trained to do Ray,

you learn particular hand positions

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that if you complete all of those

hand positions, then you have treated,

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the full body so you can do hands on.

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If for some reason the person

is not receptive to touch or

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the animal is not receptive to

touch, you can do it hands off.

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And when you do that, we use the word

beaming in which we beam the energy

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to the person or to the subject.

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And one thing that a lot of people

don't know is that we can actually

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do reiki long distance energy travels

where we, wherever it's directed to.

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So you don't need to be present to

receive the benefit of of the session.

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So, those are the three basic

ways and for animals you can

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do it the three different ways.

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You can do it if the animal is receptive.

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If it's an animal that's has been

within a family, you can do it.

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Putting your hands on the

animal if the animal is is wild.

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Or if the animal is stressed,

you can go ahead and do it hands

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off, just beaming the energy.

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Or if the animal is located in a different

place, you can do the distance healing,

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or you can send the energy remotely.

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Energy will travel as you directed.

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So, you can send it wherever this

person or this animal is located and

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they actually feel the energy when

you're doing that, and you yourself

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are feeling the energy as well because

you're energetically connected.

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So it's a very interesting process and

it's very amazing the way that it happens.

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It's really interesting when you send

a long distance reiki to a person,

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and after the session, I always

call and check in with my client.

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They can describe pretty

much what I was doing.

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Oh, did you put your hand, you had

your hands in my chest, didn't you?

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Oh, you put, then you move

your hands to my head.

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So.

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It's so interesting to know that

actually happens and that the other

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person is just aware of what you

are doing as you yourself are.

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Dixie: When you're doing Reiki

on an animal, how do you know

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that the animal is accepting it?

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Tianne: Okay.

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The first way.

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Is observation.

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So there are people, and I have taken

several classes on animal communication

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to where you actually communicate with

the animal at a at a different level.

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Somehow, you can convey your emotions

to the animal, and the animal can

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convey those emotions for you.

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And that's a very interesting

field that I urge people who

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deal with animals to explore.

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The issue of animal communication.

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There's a lot of books that can

be that can be read, but there's a

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lot of of people that are teaching.

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The way to communicate

with animals, even online.

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But going back to the question

you observe the animal, a person

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can tell you what they're feeling,

what they're experiencing.

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An animal cannot.

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So, you can speak to a person, but

the animal doesn't have that ability.

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So, observing an animal and paying

attention to the movements can

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provide you a lot of information.

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You look at the little face of the

animal and you can see in the eyes.

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If they're stressed, if they're

moving from side to side.

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In dogs, you see a lot of, the

tail going in between the legs, so

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observation can tell you a lot of

what that animal is experiencing.

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You can also know if an animal is stressed

or if it's aggressive by the way it looks.

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And looking at the body,

you can see the tension.

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Some animal shakes, some

animals, are are in the corner.

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And so you first, you have to make

an effort to let the animal know

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that you're there, not as a threat.

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But that support.

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So you wanna you wanna try to

make him feel, relaxed and that

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he's not in danger so that they

can be receptive to the session.

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When you start working with an animal,

usually after a few minutes, you can

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see the animal starting, to relax.

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It's very typical that an

animal that is accepting, of the

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session starts getting quiet.

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Then it starts laying down and

before it just like it happens to

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people, they may even fall asleep.

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So, sometimes, when you are communicating

with an animal and giving them Rey they

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can come to you and try to touch your

hands because they can feel the energy.

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They don't know exactly what it

is, but they know they feel safe.

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They know they like it.

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They know they're not threatened by it.

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So, that's an excellent way in which you

can start, to to communicate, with the

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animal and know if they're accepting.

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So observation is the key point.

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And then of course,

respecting, boundaries.

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If you feel that the animal is not

receptive, then you need to give

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them time, to cool down or just,

try later or on a different day.

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So animals just like people, they can

feel a sense the energy and most of them

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welcome it because it feels good, it

feels soothing, it's calming and that

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is very welcome, especially when you're

in a shelter situation or in a stressful

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situation where he has been rehomed or

he has been foster or is in shelter.

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Going to the vet's office is usually

very stressful, especially for

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cats and also when they're sick.

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And all of these are situations

in which they certainly can

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benefit from receiving, reiki.

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Dixie: What are some of the most

significant benefits that you've

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observed for shelter animals?

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specifically?

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Tianne: Well, when you think about

going to the shelter, you go to

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the shelter for many reasons, and

the majority of people go there

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because they're looking for a pet.

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So when you go to the shelter, you're

looking for the most bubbly, the

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happiest, the friendliest kitten or dog

that there is, but there's a little dog.

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In the corner shaking, looking down, and

he's like that because he is terrified

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of the situation, because he's missing

his family because he's not feeling well.

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So when we go there and we work

with those cases, we give those

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animals a chance to relax.

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Show themselves like they really are.

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When they do that, what we discover is our

wonderful little animals, to be adopted.

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But sometimes because they're in

that mode of being stressed or

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afraid they miss that chance of

showing themselves like they are.

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I remember several years ago I was looking

in Facebook and they had this picture of

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this little dog that they were going to

euthanize on the following day because

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he had been in the shelter and nobody.

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Was interested in him.

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So I got up early and I went to the

shelter that morning and I told the

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girl in the front I would like to adopt

that little dog that you put on Facebook

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that is going to be euthanized tomorrow.

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And her response shocked me

and she said, you want him?

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And I said, yeah, I want him.

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So when we went to where he was.

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He was shaking in the corner looking

against the back part of the kennel.

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And she she took him out

and she said, are you sure?

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And I said, I'm positive.

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The moment I took him out of the

front door, he was a different dog.

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He was walking, he was jumping,.

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Turned out to be the nicest little dog.

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He was just intimidated

by the environment.

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I remember another time that I went,

I look in the cage and there was

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this beautiful little black cat.

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So I start talking to him

because I had gone there to

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see if I could find a lost cat.

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And there he was.

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His name was Joey.

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And, I went and I looked at him and I

wasn't ready to take in another animal,

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so I went every day to the shelter.

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So two days after I go and I

asked the attendant, I said.

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Where's the little

black cat that was here?

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And he says, oh, we just

moved him somewhere else.

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And I said, can I go can I go see him?

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And when I went into the

cage, he was so defeated.

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He was laying on the floor and he was just

looking at me, and he was so depressed,

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he was so intimidated by the environment.

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So I told him, I promise you,

this afternoon I'm coming for you.

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So I went and I started, giving

him reiki when I got him.

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I found a home for him.

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He is the most amazing little cat.

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So these environments affect

their behavior and sometimes

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their behavior causes them not to

be good candidates for adoption.

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So reiki comes in to

relieve them of that stress.

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And put them in a position to

where they're more adoptable.

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And that's that's something that

we want every animal to find a home

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and every home to find their animal.

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So, this is really important in Louisiana.

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I don't know that there's an active

group of people going to the shelters,

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and it's something that I have felt

that it has been very necessary.

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Dixie: Maybe we have to think about

putting together something like that then.

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Tianne: Absolutely.

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Absolutely.

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Dixie: Because It seems like

reiki and animals do go hand in

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hand because you do see that.

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Oh, absolutely.

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Most of your Reiki practitioners

are big time animal lovers.

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Tianne: Absolutely.

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Absolutely.

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When you go to treat an animal, so you'll

know we need to honor what they want.

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And again, you do that by observing

their body movements or behavior.

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But usually an animal determines how

long they want their treatment to be.

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So usually you start, treating the

animal and then when they consider

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that they're done, they'll just get

up and then just literally, walk away.

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And that's okay because we need to honor.

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Their wishes in that way.

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If they don't want the treatment,

they just don't want it.

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I used to treat a cat, her name was

Sabrina, and when she was a baby,

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apparently somebody pulled her tail to.

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They damaged all the nerves that

went, to her elimination, system.

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So she needed to go to the vet every

day to have her bladder expressed.

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So they brought her to me.

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I worked with her and

she actually got better.

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So after the third treatment

I went, they, she was brought

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and I tried working with her.

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She was just not gonna have it.

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She just wouldn't do it.

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So I guess she felt that

she didn't need it anymore.

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So they have very clear

indication as to what they want

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and how long they want it for.

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So we need to honor and

respect that as well.

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Important thing to know that

before you begin to treat an

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animal, send love to that animal.

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And if you are afraid of that animal,

then may not be the right moment.

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Because remember I said that animal are

very good sensors of the energy of people.

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So what you do is you send love,

you set up your intention, not what

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you want, but for that animal to

receive whatever it is that they need.

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And then you stand or sit in front of your

subject and you close your eyes, take a

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couple of deep breaths and set up your

intention, and then you start putting

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your hands on the animal if you can, or

just beaming the energy to the animal.

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And when he's ready and

he's done you will know.

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Now, we don't wanna create

an expectation that.

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This is what I want to

come , out of this situation.

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What you wanna do is to desire whatever

is the best outcome for your animal, which

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is the same thing as you do for people.

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If you don't love animals or your,

threatened by animals and all of that,

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this may not be what you need to be doing.

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However, reiki is excellent

for treating people, animals,

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plants, and treating ourselves.

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So very important to know that

this is available for everyone and

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everyone can learn how to do it.

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They just need to be trained.

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Dixie: For the skeptics in our audience,

how do you explain the mechanism?

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Is it the energy itself or is it

the focus, quiet, compassionate

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presence that makes the difference?

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Tianne: I think it's a combination

of both, because once you connect to

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that energy, the energy is flowing

through you and you at the same time.

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, Passing on that energy to the person, to

the thing, to the plant or to the animal.

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So.

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Being in a, an environment that is

conducive to quiet and peaceful.

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Just like when you do

meditation is usually the best

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scenario for this to have.

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You can do reiki in the middle of

of a concert if you feel that you

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want to, however, the best way of

experiencing the Reiki energies by

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creating an environment that's conducive.

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To relaxation and puts you as well as

your client in a form of meditation.

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So, to answer your question, I

think it's a combination of both.

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It's a combination of both because,

that way you can maximize the effects.

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Having soft music, playing your hands

tend to get warm and sometimes vibrate,

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and that is always very welcomed by

your client, especially, by the animals.

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Yesterday I was giving

reiki to one of my cats.

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Her name is Katrina.

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And she let me do it for a bit of time.

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And then, she had enough.

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So this morning I was sitting on a chair

and I see her around me, and then I look

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at her, I said, oh, I know what you want.

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And I just grabbed her, put her in my

lap and it's just like, okay, I am ready.

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So, it's that combination of feeling

nurtured and taken care of and accepted.

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That really makes it just so wonderful.

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Dixie: I understand you follow SARA or

the Shelter Animal Reiki Association.

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Do they have specific methods that they

recommend when you go into a shelter?

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Tianne: They

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do.

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They sure do.

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And I came across this organization

many years ago and this is a an

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organization that was founded by a

lady by the name of Kathleen Prasad.

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So, she created this method in which she

focused animals, that are in shelters

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because she recognized the same things.

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I mentioned before that an

animal that's in a shelter is an

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animal that is stressed normally.

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An animal that needs, support an

animal that needs attention, that

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wants to be loved and accepted.

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So she make it, she made it her goal

to address, those healing methods to

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these animals that were in the shelters.

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So she she created this organization,

shelter Animal Reiki association.

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And the abbreviation is Sara, SARA.

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She has methods that she teaches

specifically people to go into the

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shelters and offer reiki to the animals

that are there, if you go on their

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website and you can Google shelter.

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Animal Reiki association.org.

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You find a lot of information how

her instruction is based on how

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to target and how to reach these

animals that are in that situation.

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And she calls, and I

really like this title.

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She lets her classes, be

called let animals lead.

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So to me, that tells me that you are

attentive, what the, not only what the

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animal needs, but what the animal wants.

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So, what it does according,

to her information.

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They have the stress that they

experience in this condition.

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A lot of these animals that

go into the shelter, they have

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been abused or mistreated.

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So you need to rebuild

that trust to humans.

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Animals get depressed because they have

been separated from their environments.

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They perhaps have been sick

or they have been abused, so,

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they pretty much have given up.

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So all of this helps them to open up

again and during their stay or even in

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the time of their passing, Reiki can

create a very peaceful space for them.

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And the beauty of this is not only

you're helping the animal, you're

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helping yourself because as you transfer

the energy is going through you.

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So you're also receiving the benefits

of what you are giving to to the

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other person or to your animals.

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Now we know that shelters are noisy.

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That shelters are stressful.

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There's a lot of chaos it seems, with

the animals barking and people coming

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in and people coming out and everybody's

dealing with some sort of stress issue

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that if you would wanna go into that, one

of the things that you can do is just.

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Cover the face of the kennel.

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So you minimize distractions

and that way you can.

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Make your little subject a little

bit more quiet and a little bit

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more receptive to what you're doing.

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And like I said, I always carry my little

speaker in my purse and you can actually,

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start playing a little bit of music.

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If you go on this website, she

has a video on how she does it in

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the shelters that I really liked.

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So you may want to explore that

as well and watch how she's doing.

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It's really simple.

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You don't need to carry anything.

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You just connect to this beautiful

energy and you start just, sharing

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this energy to whoever it is

that you wanna share it with.

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And everybody's relaxed.

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Everybody's connected.

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Everybody does so much better

when they are receiving and

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after a session of reiki.

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Dixie: I know you touched on this

a little bit too, that anybody can

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learn reiki, so even your average

pet owner, foster parent, anybody in

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rescue to learn reiki, you would just

need basically like reiki level one,

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Tianne: yes, you can.

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You can learn.

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Anybody can learn it.

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What they need to have is

first a desire to learn it.

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Then find a reputable teacher.

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That is gonna be teaching you the

basics in a, in the proper way and

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giving you accurate information.

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So I would suggest taking levels one and

two that you can do, over one weekend

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and that makes you ready to start de

treating people, treating animals.

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Plants.

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The uses are just incredible.

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There are so many things that

Reiki can apply can apply to.

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And the good thing is that reiki is

so simple and it's a viable source

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for anybody that wants to impact the

life of somebody else or of an animal

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by bringing, calmness into their

lives by helping them get away from

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fears, overcoming fears and trauma.

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And it's so easy to do.

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Like I said before, you don't

need any special equipment.

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You just use your hands and all that

energy of love that comes from from

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your heart, that's really all you need.

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That good intention to be of service to

somebody else or to someone else, or to

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an animal, or to whoever needs you to be.

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And like I said before, it's safe.

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We remember that reiki is a complimentary

therapy and it's no substitute for

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veterinary care or for doctor's care.

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We go in and we hold the.

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Caregiver's hand and we held them.

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Support them, through

their journey of healing.

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And we know that when your body is

managing stress, that your body can

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actually take care of many things.

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We know our bodies can take

care of of many things.

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And the same thing happens

with animal, but animals.

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But removing those layers of

stress is really the best benefit.

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That we can do.

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And when you have a calm body, your body

again, can help itself in many ways.

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Another important thing is that

there are no licensing requirements

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in the state of Louisiana.

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There are licensing requirements

to practice in Mississippi,

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Florida, and many other states.

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But here in Louisiana there

are no licensing requirements.

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So you can practice without

having to apply for a license.

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Dixie: What is one thing you

want animal rescuers and shelter

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staff to know about Reiki?

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Tianne: Well, first of all, I think that

every person that's a rescuer, especially

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a rehabber, that they deal with these

animals, in, a long-term way that this is

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something that should be in their toolbox.

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And we call reiki tools, and

it's things that we can use to in

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order to practice in a better way

and to deliver better benefit.

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So I think every rescuer, every rehabber

should have this in their toolbox because

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again, it requires no special equipment

so they can treat an injured animal.

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Right there and then until

you bring them, to the vet or

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wherever the animal needs to go.

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So it gives you,

possibilities of not only.

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Treating the patient in the physical

way by supporting, and relaxing them

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until, other means are used, but also

helps the animals calm down so that

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they can make that transition into

getting better to where they reach

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a point where they can be released.

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Or animals that have a strong

sense of aggression, we can help,

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bring their aggression down so

that they become more manageable.

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And we know that true rehabbers,

the purpose is to release animals

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on the wild so they don't.

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They don't encourage, socializing,

but sometimes these animals need

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medical care and it's a lot easier

to provide, medical care when the

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animal is less stressed and more

accepting of what you're trying to do.

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So, very easy, no necessary equipment.

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There's zero cost to it once you

have completed your training.

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So.

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You take it with you wherever you go.

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So it's a win-win situation.

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And again, the most important thing

is not only you're helping your

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subject, you're helping yourself.

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And the more you do it, the more you

grow, the more your understanding becomes.

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And your communication skills

with the animal also develop.

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So yes, that, that should be part of

everybody that deals with animals.

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Dixie: And one other thing that I'd

like to mention too is since you did

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mention the rehabbers and the aggressive

dogs, and you did say this before,

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you do not need to do that hands on.

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. So you could either stand close by

and send it to them, or you could

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even do the distance, like you said.

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Tianne: Absolutely.

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You never wanna put your yourself at risk.

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And you really don't wanna create

a situation where that animal is

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also, a victim of its own impulse.

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So we wanna be very discreet and

very cautious on to how to approve

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an animal, especially an animal

that we're not familiar with.

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And this one of the beauties of

reiki, that you can treat that animal.

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Remotely, even if there's an animal that

would be in Baton Rouge, for example,

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that had just went through surgery

and is having a difficult recovery.

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From Metairie, I can send

the energy to Baton Rouge and

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treat that animal remotely.

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And I know this is hard for people

to understand until you have

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experienced it, and I'm sure you

have experienced, that connection.

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Long, long distance.

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So you can do it that way too,

but face to face with an animal

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that may be aggressive, you wanna

say, okay, I'm here to do reiki.

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I'm gonna call this lion.

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I'm gonna go open the

gate that I'm going in.

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You know that, that makes no sense.

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You're showing total lack of common sense.

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So what you do is you stand at a

decent distance, from the cage, and

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you start beaming the reiki energy.

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And the first thing you know, you may

see that they're pacing and then somehow

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they get the idea, well, what is this?

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I like it.

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And then they start relaxing and then

you complete your session, but we

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always wanna do it in their terms.

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We need to accept that they have a right

to determine what they want, to accept

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and what they're comfortable with.

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So it's really interesting process, but

you never wanna put yourself in danger.

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Assuming that you can overcome any

type of of problems, that this animal

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may be dealing with, and maybe it's

pain, maybe this animal is in pain

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and that's why he's acting that way.

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But the thing is common sense

cautious and never assume.

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That you know everything that's

happening in this animal's

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life and emotions and feelings.

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Dixie: For our listeners that are inspired

by this conversation, do you have any

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resources where they can learn more?

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Tianne: If they're geared towards

working with animals, I would

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ask them to go into the Shelter.

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Animal Reiki Association.

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They offer classes and classes online.

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If you're interested in reiki in

general, that you can use some people

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as well as you can use on animals.

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There's multiple Reiki schools.

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I was affiliated with International

Center for Reiki training.

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There are many schools that you can seek

training from, and so, so, you would

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need, depending on your location, you

can just go Google, reiki classes in.

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Whichever city or whichever state you're

in, and you can go ahead and find,

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who's available and what's available.

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A lot of classes are being held online.

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So that open teaching for

a lot of the teachers.

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So there is a number of places that

they can go to secure Reiki training.

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And I encourage you that you do,

especially, with the animals,

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because I really would like to see

a group form here in Louisiana,

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maybe under the guidance of Sarah.

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That we can start, visiting

shelters and trying to put a little

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grain of salt to make this little

guy's life a little bit better.

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And we always need to remember

that the calming effect that we can

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bring into the shelters using Regi.

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Can make the animals more adoptable.

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They would open doors for them

to be adopted if they can put

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their guard down and let people

see them how they really are.

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Dixie: Yeah, absolutely.

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I totally agree with that.

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Well, thank you so much, Tianne.

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I really appreciated you coming on and

talking all about this, so hopefully

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somebody can learn something from it.

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Tianne: We are here to help.

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This is something that is beautiful,

that's important, that is necessary.

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So, whatever I can do to support you or

anybody else, that may be interested.

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I'm more than happy to do it.

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Dixie: Thank you.

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Tianne: Well, thank you for the invitation

and I hope everybody has a wonderful

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day, evening and life is beautiful.

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We just need to learn how to live it.

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Dixie: That's all the time that

we have for today's episode.

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Thank you for listening.

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My love for animals has driven me to dedicate the last 20 years to rescue. In 2024, we established a 501c3 nonprofit Unwanted Feline Organization Inc. and are thrilled to be building a cat sanctuary in Washington Parish, Louisiana, where we can offer a haven for cats in need. I thought it would be great for the rescue to have a podcast so Animal Posse was started with the hope of bringing rescues together, getting them more exposure, and finding more animals
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