Gratitude

Everywhere you go, you hear it these days...Be Grateful! Yet we hear so many people complaining!

Gratitude is a very important part of your daily mindset. In fact, gratitude has been proven time and time again to make people feel happy, more content, less stressed, helps lower blood pressure and even can help promote better sleep habits. I am a firm believer in practicing gratitude daily. When I feel like I'm having a bad day, I stop myself, take a deep breath and think of all the things that I am grateful for such as my family, my health, finding the love of my life and all the amazing things that he has brought into my life, the love and mutual respect we have for each other is a true blessing every day. A rare and amazing man for sure xo

I often think about something as simple as having food on our table, a roof over our heads and a warm bed to sleep in as a gift in itself. After spending extended time in Mexico volunteering in dog rescue, meeting so many local residents with their dogs and families, I realized how much I have in my life. Seeing so many living without basic necessities, enduring daily abuse, literally working 12+ hours just to make enough to buy a few items was a lesson learned well by me. It made me a better person and one who will always live with gratitude and give back to those in need.

Once a week I have a ritual that I do it's called from the heart to pen to paper. I sit and write everything that I am grateful for down on paper, think about what I wrote and put it in a glass jar that I made with pretty little accents and photos of things that I am grateful for. It makes me stop and think about what was positive in the day instead of what may have gone wrong or was negative on that day, it honestly makes the not so happy stuff seem so less dramatic and stressful.

We ALL live with some level of stress and negative encounters in a day, it is a matter of how you want to respond to those things that can potentially take your energy levels down, ruin your day and make you feel negative and complain for the rest of day, which in my opinion always feels like the more you complain and hear the complaint the more life you give it and the worse it feels!

So what kind of day do you want to have today? Start the day with gratitude and positive energy! Try my little ritual of from the heart to pen to paper and even involve your entire family in it, it turns out it can be so much fun for the kids and brings spouses closer together too!

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Reiki For Children

There are many people who believe that Reiki is for adults only. But I can tell you honestly that Reiki is for everyone: infants, toddlers, teenagers, young adults, the elderly, our pets, wildlife and pretty much every living thing on this planet. Children, young adults and animals actually receive Reiki energy better than most because they are not thinking about the outcome and what it really is, they are just receiving all the amazing balanced energy that it provides them during and after the session. The feedback that I have had from children and animals is so innocent, loving, positive and truly heartwarming.

Reiki is a calming practice that can benefit children by promoting relaxation, increased focus and self-confidence. In fact, studies have shown that adding Reiki energy sessions at a young age promotes a healthier way of living throughout their lives. Regular Reiki sessions help children and young adults make better choices and create balance in all areas of their lives.

Many parents are choosing the use and implement Reiki energy sessions to help their children to focus on, address and recover from many issues and stress in their lives.

Our children are dealing with anxieties, fears, peer pressures, sports demand as well as educational standards that are high in today's society, it is a hard way to grow up and often children feel stressed, overwhelmed and often have a short fuse with loved ones and friends. They should have a balanced body, mind and feel more relaxed for taking tests or participating in school or after school activities too. Reiki can help with balancing energy and calming stuck emotions, depression and anxiety.

So many childhood illnesses are on the rise, such as ear and respiratory infections, childhood asthma, stomach issues upset and type 2 adult onset diabetes, back and neck issues from computers and cell phone use and more. Poor diet, increased stress and lack of exercise is also a common problem in children today. Children are living a more sedentary lifestyle due to the increase in technical devices and video games, which keeps them sitting and looking down for long periods of time with less outdoor play and fun. Being outdoors, laughing and having fun is an absolute MUST for the child's spirit! I still get outside, laugh and breath in the fresh air, if I don't, I just do not feel my best!

Reiki has been getting great reviews as an additional treatment of Autism, child disabilities, ADD/ADHD, inattentiveness, irritability, emotional issues, hyperactivity, anger issues and defiance in children. Reiki is balancing, it can be of benefit and can provide soothing moments for parents too, parents often stay in the room and feel the calming effects as well and as a result have scheduled appointments for themselves too.

Reiki treatments are safe and non-invasive. Reiki energy works on all levels of the body, physical, mental, emotional and spiritual. The body will use the Reiki energy to find balance within and adjust to the needs of the recipient. Reiki energy will always flow where it is needed most.

The Reiki Practitioner can simply be in the same room with a child without actually touching or even being close to the child. I have often spent the initial time of a Reiki session with a child, playing, talking, coloring just letting the child guide the session until they become more comfortable with me and the Reiki energy in the room. As the energy flows and sessions progress, then changes can be made on how the child receives the Reiki energy.

Some of The Benefits of Reiki for Children Include:

Enhances relaxation and better sleep habits

Decreased symptoms of excitability, fear and depression

Improves concentration and focus

Calms the mind, clears emotional blockages and promotes balance

Enhances self-awareness, self-confidence and successful outcomes

Reduces pain and discomfort of illness and disease

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Benefits of Meditation

First off there is a reason why meditation has been around for literally thousands of years. It is an amazing practice, packed with so much healthy, positive energy!

The word meditation comes from 16^th century Latin meditat (contemplated) and meditari (measure) It is now known as to think deeply, to focus, be still, be silent, to be in the moment and is used as a form of relaxation and spiritual practice.

Meditation can involve focusing on your breath, your body and sensations, or on a word or phrase known as a mantra. Meditation is turning your attention away from distracting thoughts, everyday life and focusing on the present moment and just being in the moment. People are starting to get a better understanding of why it is so beneficial for so many areas of our lives. Meditation and mindful practice has so many benefits from dealing with illness and disease, pain relief, getting a more restful night’s sleep, helping with depression, gaining more control of a person’s emotions and daily interactions with others in business and personal lives. The list of benefits from this amazing practice goes on...

Let’s define mindfulness which is what you are striving for in meditation: Finding the mental state of peace by focusing on one’s awareness of the present moment. Accepting your thoughts, feelings and sensations of your body.

There are so many reasons why you should actually incorporate meditation into your daily life. These are just a few!

* Meditation is said to have four key elements that help us in different ways. The health benefits of mindfulness are self-awareness, body awareness, regulation of your emotions and your attention.

* Meditation lowers stress. Meditation and mindfulness is not only associated with feeling less stressed, it’s also linked with reducing Cortisol. Meditation can help reduce belly fat and inflammation caused by higher levels of cortisol in the body caused by daily stress. Stress is one of the leading causes of depression, illness and disease.

* Meditation helps you learn to breathe better. Meditation teaches you how to breathe better and actually helps your lung function. We live in a society that is so stressed out, in a rush and too busy, so busy in fact that we actually breath in shorter breaths, meditating teaches you how to take deep oxygenated breaths that are healthy and life giving.

* Meditation helps us connect with who we really are and what we really want in life. Being mindful of your thoughts can help us see beyond those rose-colored glasses when we need to really objectively analyze ourselves. It helps us to stop and be in the moment, which in turn brings things to the forefront and gives us the ability to think about things in our lives and make changes where it may be needed to increase the quality of our lives. It also gets us to step away from the cell phones and calm our minds and give our neck and upper back a break too!

* Meditation could possibly help people with arthritis and joint issues. A study in the journal Annals of Rheumatic Disease shows that even though meditation may not help to lessen pain for people with rheumatoid arthritis, meditation can help to lower stress levels in the body which could in turn help with negative effects of the disease and it's symptoms.

* Meditation makes music beautiful and relaxing. According to a study in the journal, Psychology of Music, meditation improves our focus on music and sound, helping us to truly enjoy and experience the music that we are listening to during our meditation experience! Have you ever noticed how soothing the music sounds when you are meditating or getting a massage? Now learn to listen to more calming and restorative music on your down time and even in your car driving, add a few deep breaths and you are on your way to living healthy already!

* Meditation can help you sleep better. Meditation and being mindful can help us control our emotions and moods, it can also help us to get a better night’s sleep. People who reported higher levels of mindfulness after meditating felt more peaceful and had better control over their emotions and behaviors throughout their day. Meditation helps you handle stress better in turn helping you to get a good nights’ sleep.

* Meditation makes you a better person! That’s right a better you! Meditation helps us physically but it also benefits people we interact with. Researchers from Northeastern University along with Harvard University found that meditation is linked with more virtuous, “do-good” behavior in people. Further studies have shown that when you do good for others you feel good and that makes you happy, healthy and positive.
* Meditation can make cancer diagnosis and treatment just a little less stressful. Learning to meditate and breath properly may help reduce the stress when going through cancer treatments and related therapies.

*Helps you to cope with loneliness and fear.  Loneliness can be dangerous to the body through the mind and emotions because it is known to raise risks for a number of health conditions due to depression. Mindful meditation can help if you feel alone especially among the elderly population, which helps boost their health overall. It also helps with fear and mental health conditions.

*Meditation and exercise can help raise your immune system. When practiced together over your week, these two healthy practices pack a major wellness punch! Researchers from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Health found that people who engage in these practices miss fewer days of work from acute respiratory infections, and also experience a shortened duration and severity of symptoms. That is just another reason to add meditation to your health and fitness routine.

* Meditation helps with weight control. Trying to shed a few pounds to get to a healthier weight is tough. Meditating and Mindfulness training is considered to be an excellent addition to fitness routines and weight loss goals. Many people eat due to stress because meditating is a proven stress relieving practice it can help in a well-planned weight loss program too.

*Chakra Clearing. Meditation with the added practice of Chakra Clearing is an amazing practice and one that I do daily to remove any negative energy I may have picked up throughout the day. Chakras are beautiful colored energy wheels located throughout or body. Chakras are where the life force energy is stored in our body, this energy is also known as "Chi" or "Prana" Chakras are responsible for the flow of energy throughout our entire body, when our Chakras become dirty or develop wholes in them from daily interactions and stress they will finction at a lower level and with low energy, this low energy can stop the free-flowing,  healthy energy in our bodies and therefore cause illnesses, diseases, low energy, depression and even pain.

Meditation is a simple way to improve all areas of your life. You can choose a program that is 8 minutes to 60 minutes in duration, the choice is yours. I always recommend smaller periods of time until you can sit calmly without thinking about all the things on your “to do” list. The benefits of Meditation are endless! Remember the whole point of meditating is to center yourself, be still, quiet and to find YOUR state of calm.

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Benefits Of Reiki

The benefits of Reiki are endless... Here are just a few of the benefits that you can experience from adding Reiki energy into your life!

Reiki is a great way to reduce stress and improve your overall health and quality of life. Many people have weekly Reiki treatments for stress reduction and as a form of meditation. Reiki helps balance out the energy (Chi) in our bodies, in turn helping us live a more positive and healthy life.

Reiki is an ancient Japanese form of healing with energy, it is a powerful healing technique that was developed by Dr. Mikao Usui.  Dr. Usui developed these powerful Japanese healing techniques in the late 1800s. Reiki (“RAY-kee”) is a Japanese word meaning “spiritually guided life force energy.”

Reiki embraces the unseen energy that flows through all living things, it restores balance and peace to the body and mind. All living things are made of energy. Reiki creates many beneficial effects including feelings of peace, security and well-being.

Reiki helps to restore order to the body, mind and spirit.  It brings about a very deep relaxation, removes energy blockages, detoxifies the body, provides a new vitality in the form of healing universal life energy. Reiki increases the vibrational frequency of the body and chakras in turn helping the body to function at a higher more positive level.

Reiki is not a religious practice but it is spiritual in nature. Reiki is a spiritually guided life-force energy.

Reiki is administered by the Reiki Practitioner laying their hands on or above the recipient during a Reiki treatment.

Reiki is gentle, noninvasive and powerful. Many people and animals experience a feeling of a hot or cold sensation during a treatment. Some experience a feeling of pulsing or a wave like feeling too. This is just the energy flowing where it needs to and working on specific areas that are in need of the energy during the treatment.

Reiki is considered an alternative form of healing that is accepted by many in the medical community including Dr. Oz! Reiki is now being recognized and incorporated as part of therapy in many hospitals and doctor's offices worldwide.

Reiki can shorten healing time from surgical procedures and illness. Reiki can improve the results of any medical treatment. Reiki actually works in harmony with all kinds of treatments for people and animals too.

Reiki can reduce negative side effects from chemotherapy, surgery, and medical procedures.

Reiki can assist in cutting emotional chords that bind you and may hold you back in life. Many of us live with past regrets, abuse, insecurities and negative emotions that keep us repeating the same patterns in life that do not serve us well. Reiki can help remove those blocks and help you live a more positive, healthy life without all the clutter from the past keeping you from reaching your full potential.

Reiki has also been used to improve healing from emotional trauma, post-traumatic stress and other forms of psychological issues.

Reiki helps to get to the core of an issue, either physical or emotional to eliminate the symptoms. Reiki can assist in healing many physical and emotional symptoms and improve an overall sense of well-being. Our bodies are always healing themselves, Reiki treatment gives a direct energetic intention to the body’s ability to heal itself and be well. Reiki helps the body be aware of the healing process and utilize it to its full potential. As most Eastern medicine systems have proven, energy is everywhere, reacting from the outside and inside of our bodies.

At the end of your Reiki treatment, you will experience a deep relaxation, feel a sense of peace, have relief from pain, feel healthier, emotionally balanced and more vibrant and recharged!

The beauty of Reiki is that it is for everyone!  It heals infants, toddlers, children, adults, the elderly and pets too.

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Reiki Healing For Your Pets

Fit, Healthy and Fabulous has expanded its market and we have gone to the dogs and animals literally!

We now provide a healthy addition for your pets to enjoy a Fit, Healthy and Fabulous life too! Reiki Healing For Pets, but don't worry we still love all things fitness and keeping people fit and healthy too!

Many of you know that I am a Fitness Specialist and a Reiki Master Practitioner for people, but some may not know that I am a very active dog and animal rescue volunteer too!

I decided to take my Reiki skills a step further and work on my wonderful rescue pups, domestic pets and wildlife. Reikidog.net was born of my passion for animals!

At Reiki Dog Healing, we provide your furry family members peace, health and happiness! Animals suffer from anxiety, emotional upset, arthritis, illness and injury just like we do. Animal Reiki provides healing energy that helps soothe and calm stressed animals and promotes an overall feeling of health and well-being.

Just a Few Benefits of Animal Reiki Healing are:

*Reiki enhances overall well-being.

*Reiki increases the pets bond with humans.

*Reiki reduces pain from arthritis, joint issues and promotes relaxation to facilitate and enhance the body’s natural healing response.

*Reiki energy healing is extremely beneficial for animals with a history of abuse because Reiki creates a place of peace and safety. It teaches animals that human hands are safe and not always used as a tool for abuse.

*Reiki reduces stress, helps alleviate behavioral and emotional issues. Reiki has a calming effect and can help make your pet more receptive to basic and behavior training.

*Reiki s great for traumatized pets, PTSD, rescued animals and for lost or missing pets.

*Reiki energy can help fearful, scared animals that are being transported. These poor animals are confused; they are unsure of their future and are in fear for their lives. I have seen such stress in dogs during transports to rescue groups, providing Reiki to these rescue dogs has made a huge difference.

*Reiki can help alleviate and prevent the side effects of conventional cancer treatments. Cancer therapies such as chemotherapy and radiation can stress an already compromised immune system. Reiki strengthens the immune system to better deal with these cancer therapies.

*Sometimes it is just our pet’s time to go to the Rainbow Bridge. Reiki provides comfort and relieves pain, anxiety and fear for terminally ill animals that are at the end of their lives here on earth with us. Reiki can help provide peace in this transition for terminally ill animals and their owners.

Hands On Or Distance Reiki? The choice is yours!

Most pets enjoy hands on treatments and some actually may be more comfortable with the practitioner from a slight distance. The treatments are equally effective whether being given hands on, a few feet away or from across the room.

Distance Reiki treatments are done remotely with a video or photos. Distance Reiki has been proven to be extremely effective, sometimes even more effective than local, hands on healing. Distance Reiki healing can have the same effect and sensations as a hands-on healing experience too.

Contact us at reikidog.net to book your furry loved one a Reiki Healing Session today! And we love people too so feel free to ask about our Reiki Healing for you too.