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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
1976, which we, you will agree, that is
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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
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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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And it was created around 2004.
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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.
462
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So you may want to explore that
as well and watch how she's doing.
463
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It's really simple.
464
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You don't need to carry anything.
465
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You just connect to this beautiful
energy and you start just, sharing
466
00:32:35,138 --> 00:32:39,518
this energy to whoever it is
that you wanna share it with.
467
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And everybody's relaxed.
468
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Everybody's connected.
469
00:32:43,973 --> 00:32:49,953
Everybody does so much better
when they are receiving and
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after a session of reiki.
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00:32:53,703 --> 00:32:57,123
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.
475
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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.
483
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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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00:34:08,353 --> 00:34:11,172
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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00:34:23,433 --> 00:34:25,862
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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00:34:57,468 --> 00:35:03,338
And we know that when your body is
managing stress, that your body can
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actually take care of many things.
504
00:35:06,708 --> 00:35:10,328
We know our bodies can take
care of of many things.
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00:35:10,328 --> 00:35:13,748
And the same thing happens
with animal, but animals.
506
00:35:13,748 --> 00:35:18,648
But removing those layers of
stress is really the best benefit.
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00:35:18,838 --> 00:35:20,218
That we can do.
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00:35:20,758 --> 00:35:25,408
And when you have a calm body, your body
again, can help itself in many ways.
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00:35:26,248 --> 00:35:29,908
Another important thing is that
there are no licensing requirements
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00:35:29,908 --> 00:35:31,018
in the state of Louisiana.
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00:35:32,183 --> 00:35:35,933
There are licensing requirements
to practice in Mississippi,
512
00:35:35,933 --> 00:35:37,913
Florida, and many other states.
513
00:35:38,363 --> 00:35:42,503
But here in Louisiana there
are no licensing requirements.
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00:35:42,503 --> 00:35:47,913
So you can practice without
having to apply for a license.
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00:35:49,623 --> 00:35:52,713
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
519
00:36:08,863 --> 00:36:11,893
something that should be in their toolbox.
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00:36:12,283 --> 00:36:17,903
And we call reiki tools, and
it's things that we can use to in
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00:36:17,903 --> 00:36:23,153
order to practice in a better way
and to deliver better benefit.
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00:36:23,693 --> 00:36:31,583
So I think every rescuer, every rehabber
should have this in their toolbox because
523
00:36:31,583 --> 00:36:37,813
again, it requires no special equipment
so they can treat an injured animal.
524
00:36:38,428 --> 00:36:43,138
Right there and then until
you bring them, to the vet or
525
00:36:43,138 --> 00:36:45,568
wherever the animal needs to go.
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00:36:46,018 --> 00:36:49,438
So it gives you,
possibilities of not only.
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00:36:49,873 --> 00:36:56,173
Treating the patient in the physical
way by supporting, and relaxing them
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00:36:56,173 --> 00:37:03,443
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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00:37:09,003 --> 00:37:11,043
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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00:37:17,398 --> 00:37:22,758
bring their aggression down so
that they become more manageable.
533
00:37:23,418 --> 00:37:28,598
And we know that true rehabbers,
the purpose is to release animals
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00:37:28,598 --> 00:37:29,838
on the wild so they don't.
535
00:37:30,603 --> 00:37:35,883
They don't encourage, socializing,
but sometimes these animals need
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00:37:35,883 --> 00:37:41,103
medical care and it's a lot easier
to provide, medical care when the
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00:37:41,103 --> 00:37:46,053
animal is less stressed and more
accepting of what you're trying to do.
538
00:37:46,563 --> 00:37:50,823
So, very easy, no necessary equipment.
539
00:37:51,273 --> 00:37:55,593
There's zero cost to it once you
have completed your training.
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00:37:56,373 --> 00:37:57,063
So.
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You take it with you wherever you go.
542
00:38:00,663 --> 00:38:03,003
So it's a win-win situation.
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00:38:03,333 --> 00:38:07,173
And again, the most important thing
is not only you're helping your
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00:38:07,173 --> 00:38:09,693
subject, you're helping yourself.
545
00:38:10,953 --> 00:38:17,703
And the more you do it, the more you
grow, the more your understanding becomes.
546
00:38:18,303 --> 00:38:22,733
And your communication skills
with the animal also develop.
547
00:38:22,733 --> 00:38:28,523
So yes, that, that should be part of
everybody that deals with animals.
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00:38:29,543 --> 00:38:32,663
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,
550
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you do not need to do that hands on.
551
00:38:40,683 --> 00:38:44,853
. So you could either stand close by
and send it to them, or you could
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00:38:44,863 --> 00:38:46,543
even do the distance, like you said.
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00:38:47,863 --> 00:38:48,703
Tianne: Absolutely.
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You never wanna put your yourself at risk.
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00:38:53,203 --> 00:38:57,103
And you really don't wanna create
a situation where that animal is
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00:38:57,103 --> 00:39:00,363
also, a victim of its own impulse.
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00:39:01,023 --> 00:39:05,753
So we wanna be very discreet and
very cautious on to how to approve
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00:39:05,753 --> 00:39:09,053
an animal, especially an animal
that we're not familiar with.
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00:39:10,118 --> 00:39:14,333
And this one of the beauties of
reiki, that you can treat that animal.
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00:39:14,928 --> 00:39:20,778
Remotely, even if there's an animal that
would be in Baton Rouge, for example,
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00:39:21,288 --> 00:39:26,348
that had just went through surgery
and is having a difficult recovery.
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00:39:26,753 --> 00:39:30,623
From Metairie, I can send
the energy to Baton Rouge and
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00:39:30,623 --> 00:39:32,873
treat that animal remotely.
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00:39:33,143 --> 00:39:36,743
And I know this is hard for people
to understand until you have
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00:39:36,743 --> 00:39:40,893
experienced it, and I'm sure you
have experienced, that connection.
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Long, long distance.
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00:39:42,963 --> 00:39:48,483
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.
570
00:39:53,823 --> 00:39:57,273
I'm gonna go open the
gate that I'm going in.
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00:39:57,423 --> 00:39:59,793
You know that, that makes no sense.
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00:39:59,823 --> 00:40:03,443
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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00:40:15,748 --> 00:40:18,378
they get the idea, well, what is this?
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I like it.
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00:40:19,398 --> 00:40:23,858
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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00:40:26,663 --> 00:40:33,983
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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00:40:36,323 --> 00:40:41,943
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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00:40:49,488 --> 00:40:53,838
may be dealing with, and maybe it's
pain, maybe this animal is in pain
585
00:40:53,838 --> 00:40:55,458
and that's why he's acting that way.
586
00:40:56,478 --> 00:41:01,113
But the thing is common sense
cautious and never assume.
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00:41:01,978 --> 00:41:06,758
That you know everything that's
happening in this animal's
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00:41:06,758 --> 00:41:09,098
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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00:41:24,638 --> 00:41:26,528
Animal Reiki Association.
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00:41:26,828 --> 00:41:29,498
They offer classes and classes online.
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00:41:30,533 --> 00:41:36,183
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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00:41:38,453 --> 00:41:40,823
There's multiple Reiki schools.
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00:41:40,823 --> 00:41:45,293
I was affiliated with International
Center for Reiki training.
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00:41:46,463 --> 00:41:55,173
There are many schools that you can seek
training from, and so, so, you would
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00:41:55,173 --> 00:42:02,133
need, depending on your location, you
can just go Google, reiki classes in.
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00:42:02,643 --> 00:42:09,633
Whichever city or whichever state you're
in, and you can go ahead and find,
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00:42:09,693 --> 00:42:11,703
who's available and what's available.
603
00:42:12,063 --> 00:42:14,583
A lot of classes are being held online.
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00:42:15,603 --> 00:42:18,963
So that open teaching for
a lot of the teachers.
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00:42:19,563 --> 00:42:24,063
So there is a number of places that
they can go to secure Reiki training.
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00:42:24,483 --> 00:42:28,253
And I encourage you that you do,
especially, with the animals,
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00:42:28,253 --> 00:42:32,903
because I really would like to see
a group form here in Louisiana,
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00:42:32,903 --> 00:42:35,303
maybe under the guidance of Sarah.
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00:42:35,943 --> 00:42:39,963
That we can start, visiting
shelters and trying to put a little
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00:42:39,963 --> 00:42:44,463
grain of salt to make this little
guy's life a little bit better.
611
00:42:45,303 --> 00:42:50,643
And we always need to remember
that the calming effect that we can
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00:42:50,643 --> 00:42:53,133
bring into the shelters using Regi.
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00:42:53,928 --> 00:42:57,168
Can make the animals more adoptable.
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00:42:57,978 --> 00:43:01,398
They would open doors for them
to be adopted if they can put
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00:43:01,398 --> 00:43:04,788
their guard down and let people
see them how they really are.
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00:43:06,288 --> 00:43:07,218
Dixie: Yeah, absolutely.
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00:43:07,218 --> 00:43:08,508
I totally agree with that.
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00:43:09,228 --> 00:43:10,638
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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00:43:14,838 --> 00:43:16,128
somebody can learn something from it.
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Tianne: We are here to help.
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00:43:19,153 --> 00:43:23,743
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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00:43:30,433 --> 00:43:31,993
I'm more than happy to do it.
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00:43:32,713 --> 00:43:33,253
Dixie: Thank you.
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00:43:34,364 --> 00:43:38,684
Tianne: Well, thank you for the invitation
and I hope everybody has a wonderful
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00:43:38,684 --> 00:43:41,524
day, evening and life is beautiful.
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00:43:41,524 --> 00:43:43,924
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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If you are enjoying our show, please
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