Massage. Table. Awesomeness.

Today I became the proud owner of my very own massage table. It is by Oakworks (continuously listed online as one of the all time best brands in the industry) and it is a great width, with suitably squishy but supportive padding. I'm so excited I could pee. (I won't... though a quote from many years ago just popped into my head that only some of my friends will appreciate, but those who do will Love... "Pee your pants less!")

I found it on Craigslist instead of buying a brand new one. I don't have that much extra money laying around and besides, this one was barely used by a massage student who had to give up her program of study due to health reasons. Alissia has already had an impromptu reiki treatment on the new table and is a pretty big fan. While there aren't any other reiki masters in the house to do a treatment on me, I did lay down for a bit just to test it out. As the title of today's post says, it's awesomeness. Sheer Awesomeness.

On a semi related side note, I had the opportunity to practice a type of reiki that I don't do often, today... on a pet. Though I haven't done any pet specific training, I believe that Universal energy is shared between all living things freely, so I just took what I know about people reiki and applied it.

Alissia's dad isn't too sure what he thinks of my reiki practice. Once at a lunch with the family when his brother was in town he said, "Tell him about that Interesting thing you do." I wasn't sure what he was talking about, as I believe that most of the things that I do are interesting. I was pretty sure he wasn't talking about my writing as he's not a big fiction reader. When I looked at him quizzically he said "You know, that thing." and moved his fingers in a sort of spirit finger meets voodoo spell caster sort of gesture.

Today though, he asked me to do reiki on his dog, Roxy. She is running a fever and though she went to the vet and they said he blood work was all fine, she's shaky and lethargic. He explained that Roxy is very sensitive to emotions. When his father passed she refused to leave his side while he was grieving and now that PAPA has passed and mom just had a surgery, he thought that Roxy was just perhaps weighed down with all of the heavier energy. For someone who isn't too sure of what he thinks about what I do, I thought it was a pretty insightful/intuitive description of why it would be a good idea for me to work with Roxy. I was touched that he remembered and asked me.

As a reiki practitioner, I don't send healing energy with any specific sort of agenda, ie I don't try to heal any specific illness or injury. I simply send energy with the intention that the receiver use it for their highest good. This removes my feelings or judgments and simply shares Universal Love with someone who wants to receive it. What that person (or in this case pet) does with it is up to them. So today, working with Roxy I simply sent her love and encouraged her to let go of anything that didn't belong to her. If she has picked up some negative energy due to the emotions and illness around her, I wanted her to know she wasn't responsible for carrying them around.

Roxy didn't make any miraculous improvements, but I didn't expect her to. In the first place, I've never experienced reiki to work like that and secondly, while it might have helped my father-in-law become a believer in what reiki can do, I think I would have had a hard time separating out my ego in that situation. I definitely don't want to open that Pandora's box. My ego needs to be kept under strict lock and key at All times. It's not that I would consider myself an egomaniac (not any more than the next person anyway) it's just that I understand how little reiki has to do with the practitioner and I want to stay in that mindset.

I'm still sending love and energy to Roxy and ask that anyone reading my blog today does too. She is such a sweet and loving dog, looking out for the emotional well being of her humans.  I might also take a look at a class for pet reiki. Something tells me I'm going to be presented with many more opportunities to use it. :)