"A coworker has a young, 20-ish daughter with a dog (breed, Pug). Like most young people she is living on a shoestring. We dropped by her apartment to drop off some things and I noticed her Pug was dragging his back legs and seemed very lethargic. I asked her how long he had been like this? She answered a couple days and she was taking him into the vets that weekend.
"I asked her if she wanted me to try Reiki on him?
"She answered, 'Yes, please, anything that might help him.'
"I sat on the sofa and asked the dog's permission to work on him. He sat down in front of me and looked up at me with those buggy little eyes of his.
"My coworker and her daughter sat in the chairs across from me. I thought I would be nervous, but as soon as I put my hands on this little creature I forgot they were in the same room.
"I started at his head and worked my way down to his bottom. I could feel heat around his hips and as soon as I found the heat he looked at me. I knew I had found the right spot. I placed my hands on him and left them there for 3 minutes.
"My coworker and her daughter kept saying...'He never sits that still. He has never sat that long for anyone'
"This little guy moved around so I hit the right spots. Every time he would move I would leave my hands in place again for 3 minutes. I was in the shape of a pretzel by the time he moved away. He smartly marched right into the kitchen to eat, which he had not done for almost two days prior to the Reiki. He then ran back into the living room and bounced up on his owners lap and my coworkers lap. He then came and sat in front of me and just looked up at me.
"I announced out loud to him...'You are welcome, my friend.'
"My coworker just stared at me, but the daughter had tears in her eyes and came and gave me a big hug and said, 'Thank you.'
“That was really nice. I felt good inside and pumped up for the rest of the night. This had been my first Reiki healing on an animal and to do it in front of a coworker and her family and to see the results immediately like that. Well, you could not have wiped the smile off my face if you had tried. It spread from ear to ear.
"As I write this testimony it has been over a month and half and my coworker daily tells me how well he is doing. Her daughter tells everyone that will listen about Reiki. I am proud, inside and out that I could help and I hope at least one person that hears her story will think about it and follow up with Reiki training.”
—M. Moore, Seattle, Reiki Level I
