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It’s Your Life Magazine
Jacque, for example has enjoyed a lot of energy
work and I find him extremely receptive to
it. He is a very intuitive horse with a very active
chakra system. He is wonderful to work on. He
would be a perfect candidate for being trained to
be attuned to “give” Reiki
(Mary Decker owner, with Jacque photo)
SHAIKH and Friend:
Shaikh is a 37-year-old Arabian stallion that is
showing signs of aging, favoring a back leg and
losing enough weight that his owner was getting
concerned. When I arrived to work on him, I found
his best friend and roommate is a donkey. Shaikh
was a challenge for me due to his tremendous
nervous energy that caused him to circle his stall
and then come back to me the entire time I was
sharing Reiki with him. I was told he does this with
anyone sharing Reiki with him, including his owner.
As Kathleen Prasad says”Allow the horse to move
freely in the treatment space,” and we did.
I knew to let go of my expectations and that the
Reiki would work for his highest good. He did offer
me several kisses which told me that although
he appears to be very agitated at times in his
movements, he too was happy I was working with
him.
He is also very bonded to his owner who was in
the barn sweeping and cleaning up during our
session. (Note to self: ask owner to sit quietly
during our session to encourage horse to relax as
well.)
I was warned that both Shaikh and his donkey
roommate are extremely verbal animals and yet
during the session both quited down cons