ARTICLE 5 - USING REIKI IN STRESSFUL SITUATIONS

Stressful situations are inevitable in life—for us and for our beloved animals. But what if there was a way to ease their distress and help them find calm in the chaos?

 Reiki is a powerful tool that can bring comfort and peace, allowing animals to cope far better with whatever life throws their way.

STORY 1 – EASING THE STRESS FOR A CAT

On Thursday, my daughter rang me from Thailand quite upset. She is currently on a two week holiday with her fiancé, and the day they went away, their cat was found to have a lump which was bleeding.  It turns out to be a form of TB.

The reason she was ringing me?

Although she is a vet, she understands the value of reiki healing. She has witnessed, through the work I have done on our horses, its incredible powers for herself. So now she wondered if I could please send some reiki healing to her cat because he was very stressed at being unable to go outside, and having a virtual stranger coming in to the house to administer his antibiotics.

I agreed to send it that night.

The next day she rang me again. She reported that the reiki had worked a treat; it had been relayed to her that Pepe was much calmer. She also excitedly reported that the motion sensors in her house had been activated, picking up a very clear and large orb. It was the same time as I was carrying out the healing.

I will discuss the connection with orbs and healing in a future article.

STORY 2 – HOSPITAL STAY FOR DOG

Many of my friends have dogs, and typically, they do not enjoy visiting the vets.

So before a vets visit I send them some distance reiki, and it is always reported back to me how much better the dog appeared to cope.

Recently, one of my friend’s dogs became very poorly and had to be hospitalised for a week. During this time, a lot of tests were carried out to find out what was wrong.

My friend is spiritual, and she set up a healing circle, whereby three of us were sending healing (I was sending reiki) to her dog before, and during his hospital stay.

This is a sensitive dog who does not like vets, and who stresses being away from his Human.

The hospital stay was so successful that when my friend went to visit the dog with her husband, he actually commented on the fact that the dog seemed so settled that he didn’t even appear to make much of a fuss of his beloved Human. My friend said on the contrary, this absolutely delighted her – he was happy, settled, beautifully behaved and eating really well, and she admitted that never in her wildest dreams would she have believed this level of calm and relaxation was possible.

She believed that it was the healing circle, allowing him to be held in peace and love, which allowed him not only to settle, but to positively thrive. She was convinced that without this, he would not have pulled through.

The source of the problem was found to be E.coli bacteria in the fluid of a liver abscess, and a course of antibiotics was able to resolve the problem.

Thankfully, he is now well and back to his normal self.

STORY 3 – JAZZ AND HER HOSPITAL VISIT

In the summer of 2021, Jazz my sensitive TB mare, was taken ill and had to be rushed to hospital.

She had inflammation around her heart and lungs, and although pneumonia was suspected it was never proven.

After ten days in hospital she returned home and did amazingly well (story in future Article). But three weeks after her return, we did have to take her back to the hospital for a routine check up, so they could ensure her heart and lungs had returned to normal.

I knew this would be stressful for Jazz. The last time she had been boxed was to take her to hospital. Her stay there wasn’t pleasant, because for some of it she had to be isolated, as they didn’t know whether or not she was infectious.

I gave Jazz some distance reiki the night before.

Jazz is exceptionally finely tuned to the intentions people are carrying, and although I had deliberately hidden her travel gear out of her sight, she still picked up on the fact that she was going to be travelling somewhere.

Having picked up on this, she started to tremble and shake violently. I started giving her reiki and very quickly she became calm and totally accommodating.

Everything else that happened that day left me gobsmacked.

As is usual for her, she just walked straight into the lorry which was to take her to the hospital. More unusually, she started to tuck into her haynet virtually right away.

But it was when we unloaded her off the horsebox in the hospital carpark that I was just stunned; for nobody had warned us that they were extending the carpark and the noise of bulldozers was absolutely deafening.

As we led Jazz down the ramp and handed her to one of the vets, I could barely believe her calm demeanour. She didn’t even glance at the bulldozers and she walked away with a vet nurse, in total calm with head low and ears pricked.

The vet who finally returned her to me recounted how they had been won over by her endearing personality and her interest in everything. She had greeted every single person who entered her stable, and when they returned her to me, she insisted on saying hello/goodbye to every single horse.

The journey home was a bit fraught because there was an hour when we were held up in a traffic jam and weren’t moving. Yet Jazz didn’t even as much as stamp a foot. She remained calm and beautifully behaved. I was just so proud of her!

I know for absolute certain that the reiki had made a huge difference that day, and I feel so grateful to have it in my life.

Reiki is more than just a calming tool—it’s a gift that creates a deep sense of peace, helping our animals feel safe, supported, and loved—even in the most challenging times.

In future Articles, I will share many other ways where reiki can benefit our animals.

If this has interested you, then you may be interested in my book, “Walking a Soulful Path: A healing journey with animals.” You can find this on amazon. This is the link:-

WALKING A SOULFUL PATH: A healing journey with animals: Amazon.co.uk: Sutton, Fiona: 9798334905573: Books