Animal Reiki Source Newsletter: Summer 2014
15 Reasons
You Might Be an Animal Reiki Practitioner
*Inspired by Jeff Foxworthy’s “Reasons You Might Be A Redneck.”
Photo © 2014 Kendra Luck
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You love offering Reiki treatments, but the sight of a massage table makes you nervous.
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After a Reiki treatment, your clothes are often covered in hair and/or drool.
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Your favorite way to meditate is walking in nature with your dog.
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Feral animals seem to follow you wherever you go.
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Your “go to” solution for ant, flea or mouse problems is Reiki.
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Your cat gets moody if you miss your daily meditation.
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Your dog lies down at your feet immediately upon hearing Japanese flute music.
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Your rabbit chooses Reiki over carrots.
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Your parrot has memorized all of the Reiki chants.
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You call your pet snake Ssssensei.
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Alligators aren’t scary to you; in fact, they are terrific meditation partners.
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You missed the fireworks this year because you were meditating with your animals.
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Your dog doesn’t fetch the newspaper; he fetches a paper listing the 5 Precepts whenever you seem stressed.
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You learned the meaning of the Buddhist term “monkey mind” from a real monkey.
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Your horse handed you a blue ribbon when you finally learned to just “let go and let Reiki.”