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Thanksgiving is a beautiful opportunity to celebrate peace, kindness—and turkeys. Each year, I try to find a way to celebrate compassion...

Probably never? Well, here’s a reason to celebrate: The bison was recently named the national mammal of the United States by President...

Learning Reiki for your horses is learning to meditate with your horses for healing. But in a bigger sense, Reiki is a spiritual system...

“In difficulty there is opportunity.” -Ray Hunt If you love to ride as much as you love to spend time with your horse, chances are you’ve...

Animals make the best meditation partners. It’s true! Their natural, calming presence helps to anchor us “in the now,” and they approach...

Have I mentioned how much I love sloths? One of my dreams, in fact, is one day to share Reiki with a sloth. (If only I could be so...

If you’re like me, your dogs have always been, from childhood through adulthood, the loves of your life and at the center of your heart!...

With Reiki increasingly gaining acceptance—not just in the U.S. but across the world—I’m seeing more and more animal organizations not...

Happy National Walk Your Dog Week, everyone! This yearly celebration, which runs October 1-7, originated in 2010 to highlight the growing...

Animals are capable of so much more than humankind often gives them credit for. Things like intelligence. Love. A moral compass. And even...

Today I want to share about a subject close to my heart: compassionate conservation. Not too many people talk about this peaceful...

Last week I finally launched my newly redesigned Animal Reiki Source website (yay!). I’ve wanted to do this for years, but I kept putting...

The Louisiana flood of 2016—the most catastrophic natural disaster in the U.S. since Hurricane Sandy—displaced thousands of people from...

There’s nothing like the power of joy that animals bring to our lives. And when we strive to live a sacred and mindful life, it’s often...

Have you noticed the recent animal selfie trend? People worldwide are going out of their way to pose with animals—sometimes endangered,...

One of the best things about Reiki is how deeply it relaxes animals, even those that are incredibly anxious, depressed or sick....

There are far too many animals in shelters around the world, and all of them could benefit from the healing power of Reiki. In the U.S....

If you’re like me, dogs have always been the loves of your life and at the center of your heart. They never live long enough, and as they...

As animal lovers, it’s easy to get so immersed in caring for our cats and dogs that sometimes we forget to take care of ourselves. It’s...

Sometimes when I work with shelter cats, my first instinct is to fall inside the sadness of the animals’ situations. But thankfully, in...