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Dec 22, 20184 min read

My Top 12 Tips for Getting Through Breast Cancer Treatment

In 2011, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. In 2013, I had a recurrence. The past 7+ years have been a long, difficult journey back to...

Nov 13, 20184 min read

3 Ways to Honor Your Departed Animal with Reiki

Losing an animal we love is never easy. But did you know that it’s possible to honor them each and every day with some very simple...

Aug 28, 20185 min read

Reiki Symbols and Mantras for Animal Reiki Practice

When I first learned the Reiki symbols and the mantras, I learned how to “give them” to my client or put them “on” or draw them “over” an...

Aug 15, 201812 min read

Hand Positions and Animal Reiki

I’d like to talk about physical touch (or hand positions) and Animal Reiki because I receive a lot of questions about this topic. People...

Jul 18, 20186 min read

Reiki Meditation to Help Your Dog Through Orthopedic Issues

Almost all of us who have dogs have experienced working with them through orthopedic injuries or ailments at one time or another. Many of...

May 22, 20183 min read

Remembering Makoto, 1998-2018

I‘d like to take a moment to honor a very special teacher of mine who recently passed away: a black leopard named Makoto, who lived at...

May 7, 20185 min read

The 6 Pillars of the Let Animals Lead® Method of Animal Reiki

The 6 Pillars of the Let Animals Lead® Method of Animal Reiki In the Let Animals Lead® method, Animal Reiki is defined as animal-guided...

Feb 12, 20183 min read

5 Ways Animal Reiki is Love

Happy Valentine’s Day, animal lovers! While this holiday is often thought of in terms of romantic love, I’d like to celebrate it this...

Feb 12, 20184 min read

My Journey with Reiki

I learned to practice Reiki in 1998. When my dog Dakota came over and sat on top of my feet during my first Reiki self-treatment, I had...

Oct 19, 20172 min read

15 ways to honor our dearly departed animals

There are so many ways we can honor our dearly departed animals! This year has been a difficult one for me in terms of loss, but it got...

Jun 22, 20172 min read

8 habits for improving your daily Reiki practice

What does your daily Reiki practice look like? Chances are, it looks and feels exactly the same as it did last year. But why should it?...

Jun 15, 20172 min read

12 powerful quotes on kindness

We all have bad days sometimes—days when accessing our inner kindness seems harder than others. Maybe you are at the end of your rope...

May 4, 20172 min read

Sanctuary spotlight: The Devoted Barn

Have you heard of The Devoted Barn? This very special animal sanctuary may be less than five years old, but it’s already made a huge...

Apr 26, 20173 min read

The healthy foodie’s guide to eating vegan/gluten-free at Disneyland

I recently came back from a very fun trip with my family to “The Happiest Place on Earth,” Disneyland in Southern California. One of my...

Apr 21, 20172 min read

An easy meditation for achieving Reiki mindfulness

These days, with our busy, multitasking lives and so many distractions in the media pulling our attention toward worry, there’s no better...

Apr 9, 20172 min read

4 secrets to mindfulness animals want us to know

One of my favorite things about sanctuary animals is their incredible ability to live in the moment. No matter their past, no matter...

Apr 3, 201717 min read

Heart To Heart With Horses excerpt

Chapter 1: A Brief Introduction to the System of Reiki Ariel is a shy gray mare at BrightHaven Sanctuary in northern California. She was...

Apr 2, 20174 min read

Reiki for cats

If you are looking for a gentle and noninvasive technique for supporting feline wellness, look no further than Reiki. Reiki can create...

Apr 2, 20176 min read

Reiki is wisdom and compassion

For we did not weave the web of life. We are merely a strand in it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. Let us give thanks for...

Mar 22, 20172 min read

5 calming rituals for a happier spring

Goodbye, frosty mornings and puffy parkas. Hello, baby animals and blooms! To most of us, spring represents a time of new beginnings and...