My Teachers Wear Fur Coats : Lessons Learned from Reiki with Pets

by Mack, Susan

• ISBN13: 9781886940765
• ISBN10: 1886940762
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-09-05
• Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser

Summary

Stroking a pet is a healing exchange that comes naturally, expressing caring for and offering comfort. Touch is the most basic connection between two living beings. Without it, mammals could not survive. Touch keeps us alive, helping each of us to become fully functioning. What Reiki Master Susan Mack has learned from thousands of sessions with the highest authorities on the subject -- the cats and dogs with whom she works. Without the use of speech they show her what helps or hinders their well-being. The stories of several pets describe the ways Reiki is a spiritual practice, offering lessons on such topics as the importance of attention, the virtue of perseverance, and the ego crushing blows of limitation. Include Reiki for your pets, both as a form of health care and spiritual connection. Understand the significance of what we tend to take for granted -- the power of a simple practice, carried out with commitment and love. Using Reiki with pets is a relatively unknown and simple way to: Reduce Pain, Enhance Healing and Manage Stress.

Author Biography

Susan Mack trained as a professional chef, and owned and operated Wine and Roses, a restaurant in Edmonton, Canada. Following a serious illness, she tried Reiki and became so impressed with its ability to heal that she became a Reiki student (Usui Shiki Ryoho). Immediately, the cats and dogs of family and friends started putting themselves under her hands to receive the healing energy. So at their recommendation, she started Reiki for PetsT, an outcall practice exclusively serving pets and their people since 1994. Each year she provides over 2,000 Reiki sessions, continually learning from the pet themselves. She became a Reiki Master/Teacher in 2000 (Traditional Japanese Reiki). She continues her practice as an independent Master, unaffiliated with any Reiki school. As a Reiki Teacher, Susan accepts students interested in working with their own pets. She conducts individualized courses, often in the pet's home. She also taught a pet-oriented Reiki class in the Continuing Education Division of Edmonton Public Schools. Susan has written a column on pets for the Reiki Practitioners' Association Newsletter since that column's inception in 1995 until 2006. Her work has been featured on local and national television, radio, newspapers and magazines. For example, she made the front-page feature of the Living Section of the Edmonton Journal (1997). She was the first pet-oriented practitioner to be the subject of a detailed interview in Reiki Magazine International (1999). And her work was mentioned in Dog Fancy (2001). She was the subject of a special feature by ACCESS TV/Canadian Learning Television. Susan has lived her life surrounded by pets: dogs, cats, rabbits, hamsters, turtles, birds, and an earthworm called Arnold. She shares her home in Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada with her mixed-breed cats, Kahlua, Christmas Blessing, and Kinky, and her retired show dog Crackle (American Champion Braewood Tarnished Brass). Natalia M. Krawetz after receiving her docto

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