Giving Reiki to a herd of horses is great fun. Today I went to visit Lily the rescue horse in her new home and found myself able to offer Reiki to all four of the horses who live there.
As always, I began by asking permission to send Reiki, and opening myself up the energy and the intention that the energy go where it needed to go. As always, I assured all the horses that they were in control and could take as much or as little of the energy as they wanted.
Foal sniffing the Reiki energy
I opened my palms and faced them outwards, hanging them by my sides, and walked slowly through the paddock, offering Reiki as I went. The first horse I approached (a pregnant mare) put her ears back, swished her tail and walked away, a clear sign that she was not interested. That’s okay. I then walked over to Lily, who sniffed my hands in acceptance of the energy and then stood with me for quite some time. At one point, I placed one hand on her wither and the other on her chest. She accepted this for a couple of minutes, then began turning her head towards me and shaking it, a sign that she didn’t feel comfortable with my hands on her.
This is not unusual. Animals who have never had Reiki before, I find, are often more comfortable accepting Reiki at a distance to begin with. I find that animals experience Reiki more intensely than people do.
So I kept offering Reiki and she kept taking it. She even swivelled around to place her hips in line with my hands. I continued to give Reiki, and she continued to yawn and accept it. Then (slow human that I am) I wondered if she might like my hands on her body. I raised one hand to over her spine, and long before it even touched her, she had put her ears back and swished her tail at me (when would I learn!). I laughed, said thank you, and continued to offer the Reiki from a distance.
We stayed like that for some time. Then, when she had had enough, she moved away, yawned and began grazing.
The energy was still flowing so I went to Richie the riding horse, who was most keen to accept the Reiki, sniffing and licking my hands for ages. I also got to offer Reiki in the beautiful heart chakra position of one hand on his chest and one on his wither. We stayed like that until he’d had enough (being distracted by kangaroos) and by that time the eight-month old foal had come over to see what all the fuss was about. I offered my hands to him, and he too had a good sniff of the energy (picture–excuse the poor pic but I was taking it myself at the same time!). He stood and received Reiki for the shortest amount of time, but he is young (with a short attention span) and it was his first experience with Reiki so I wasn’t surprised.
At the end, I tried again to offer Reiki to the pregnant mare (also a rescue horse and currently with no name), but she was very guarded. However, she hung around this time, taking the energy ‘around the edges’. With time, I believe she will take more energy.
I was just about to finish when a fluffy ginger and white cat (Meg) just about jumped into my lap with a “me too!” attitude.
Groups of animals are always good fun to offer Reiki to. Individuals can come and go as they like and there is a greater sense of play about the healing.
Finally, I thanked all of the animals for participating in the healing and helping me too. I always get so much out of a healing session.
