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Healing
Hands: Reiki, Wholistic Healing and Your Pet
 Alternative
forms of health and healing are becoming increasingly popular for humans and their
companion animals. Canine
massage, acupuncture, animal communication and Reiki are just a few ways in
which we are creating happier and healthier lives for ourselves and our pets.
We recently had the pleasure of talking with Annette M. Amelkovich, a Chicago-area
Reiki Master and Wholistic Healer.
PupLife.com: Hi Annette. With interest in alternative healing
modalities on the rise, please tell our readers about your
philosophy on wholistic healing.
Annette: Alternative healing practices enrich both humans
and animals making our lives better with a spiritual smorgesbord
of wholistic modalities such as Reiki healing energy, intuitive
insight, and nutrition and wellness education. My practice
focuses on in-home visits and telephone sessions. Additionally,
I offer Pampered Pooch Parties where pets and their caregivers
receive Reiki sessions.
PupLife.com: Reiki is a Japanese word that literally translates
“universal life energy”. Please tell us more about
this ancient healing art and your practice with animals.
Annette: Reiki is a hands-on or remote natural healing modality
utilized to promote healing, to feel peaceful, to re-balance,
and to achieve stress release for the mind, body, and spirit.
I am the conduit, the vessel, in which the cosmic or chi energy
comes through me and out my hands; some people refer to it
as 'laying on of hands'. When the mind, body, and spirit are
balanced and blockages are removed, the physical body may
then function effortlessly.
The body is designed to function without us having to tell
it what to do: the heart beats, the blood flows, digestion
occurs, etc. When there is a cut or a sore, the body automatically
goes to work to heal it. However, with such things as everyday
living, unhealthy foods (including dry dog food), interior
and exterior toxins, medications and stress, energetic blockages
disrupt the natural flow and imbalances are then reflected
in the physical body as health challenges.
The body is a wonderful guide of what is transpiring internally.
The ideal situation is to address the issues before they become
health challenges; hence, the benefit of Reiki maintenance
sessions. I assist in releasing the energetic physical, mental,
emotional, and spiritual blockages. Very importantly, I get
to the root cause of the situation that has manifested itself
as stress and/or a health challenge in either or both the
animal and the caregiver.
Interestingly, often the imbalance or health challenge is
reflected in the pet but stems from something that occurred
in the caregiver's life. For example, a client of mine had
a pet with a consistent urinary tract infection. Medication
was given yet the infection would reappear periodically. Medication
often masks the symptoms, energetically pushes the health
challenge deeper into the body, and the root cause is missed.
It may appear that the health challenge is gone but that may
not be the case, as with this situation. The root cause turned
out to be the emotional relationship between the husband and
wife. The woman was internalizing her anger for being treated
by her husband like her father had as a child. She was literally
‘pissed off' at her husband. Unable to address the emotional
roadblock in the marriage, the pet’s bladder infection
reflected what was happening in the marriage and captured
the woman's attention; she unintentionally avoided healing
herself yet felt the need to help her pet. Emotional healing
including our counseling session, Reiki for the family, and
dietary changes healed the recurring infection for the pet
and the unresolved anger between the spouses.
PupLife.com: What are the three most common reasons dog owners
come to you?
Annette: They want to keep their dog healthy and happy, there
is a health challenge, and/or there is an undesirable behavior
pattern.
PupLife.com: What three things do you think humans should focus
on in our relationships with companion animals?
Annette: Animals are our teachers, they are mirrors - a reflection
of what is transpiring in the lives of humans, and they are
Divine messengers. Therefore, we must appreciate, listen to,
and treat animals with great respect.
PupLife.com: Please tell us about any current or future projects
on which you are working.
Annette: Currently, I am creating packaged Reiki sessions
as stress relievers during the wedding planning process for
people, their pets, and the location of the ceremony. Reiki
blessings and clearings create a peaceful and loving environment.
Packages are also given as gifts for the wedding party and/or
for guests at the reception. Additionally, I facilitate seminars
on various wholistic topics for pets and people.
As for future projects, I am educating people about wholistic
healing through television, radio and written publications.
What I do is unique and life changing so I would love to promote
this type of healing on a mass scale. I have previously appeared
on Fox News TV and have written articles for various newsletters
and magazines and want to continue to expand in these areas
of communication. Also, I plan on developing a web site.
PupLife.com: Thanks so much for taking the time to talk with
us today.
Annette: You're welcome and I thank you!
For more information on Reiki and wholistic healing, contact
Annette M. Amelkovich at (708) 848-6029. You may also reach
her via email at AnnetteUnlimited@yahoo.com.
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