Healing with Wolves

Over the past few months I have been off in my own energies and dealing with seasonal depression. Yes, I still do reiki on myself and I still teach Reiki and offer reiki to clients. I know how to keep doing what I do regardless of what I am going through and not let it affect the people receiving reiki. I need something to pull myself out of my own head. So, on 02/08/2020 I went to Wolf Creek Habitat in Indiana.  It was a bit of a long drive but worth it. I decided to go into the enclosures with the wolves. The Habitat allows you to go in with 3 packs for a donation of $50.00 that goes to helping to feed the 40 wolves that make up the 13 packs that are on site. All the wolves there are either born at the habit or rescued but everyone was handled by humans and cannot be released back into the wild. At first, I was a little nervous as most people are, I’m sure, but I went up to the platform that the wolves of the 1st pack was on and just started scratching the chest of the first one that came up to the edge. It was pure magic. I cannot tell you how wonderful it was to be loving on the wolf. This wolf turned on my reiki full force and sought comfort from me! When I was looking for healing myself this noble creature asked for comfort and healing from me! The pack was extra nervous due to there being a loud bang of something hitting metal somewhere close by when we just walked into the enclosure. We spent some time with that pack made of 4 wolves that were all born at the habitat and then moved onto the 2nd pack.

The 2nd pack was made of 3 wolves 2 males and 1 female. Both males were very sweet one kept pawing me to come closer and moved my hand to his under belly. (See picture) He also kept my reiki flowing and even was looking like he was falling asleep standing there as I scratched him. The other male gave me licks and was also enjoying my reiki. I had my friend taking photos for me as I took them for her too. The female didn’t really want much attention at first then she came and sat with me and allowed me to give her loving. To be honest this pack was my favorite pack to be in with out of the 3 packs, but I enjoyed all 3 packs, each one adding to the experience.

The 3rd pack was a little more active and very vocal. There was a white wolf that kept trying to get to the other pack and I do believe the alpha kept bopping him and that got some growling and snarls form him. It was a little unnerving. I did end up petting/scratching 3 out of the 4 wolves that made up this last pack. I went to give the 4th some loving, and the alpha female chased her away and made her submit belly up. She than, didn’t come near any of us that were in the group that went in with me. I didn’t feel this pack pull on my reiki as much as the other 2 packs but still it was very cool experience.

I got the healing I needed and surprised to me ended up giving reiki to the wolves of Wolf Creek Habitat. If you ever get the chance to go, I highly recommend going to visit the wolves at Wolf Creek Habitat.

Stress, what it does to you and how reiki can help reduce stress

I want to talk about what stress and anxiety does to the body. Stress can be caused by many different factors, but it is how we cope with different situations and environments. Each of us deals with these things that affect our life differently. When we have stress, we sometimes become sick or ill, we can feel anxiety and fear. When we feel stressed and anxiety our body goes into the fight or flight mode, it is how we protect ourselves. This is from the time when we, as humans relied on that, fight or flight mode in order to survive. So, when the body is in protection mode it shuts down your growth center that is where your digestive and repertory systems are, in your torso. So, fear and anxiety can, if it is unchecked or prolonged, shut down your growth, your immune systems, reproduction, tissue repair and your inflammatory systems. So, having prolonged stress and anxiety can cause us to become chronically ill.

There are 4 basic sources that we experience stress. 1. Your thoughts, how you persevere your environment can affect your stress level. 2. Your body changes i.e. menopause, adolescence, poor nutrition, inadequate sleep, and your physiological reactions to your environment. 3. Your environment, pollen, weather, noise and air pollution all can be overwhelming. 4. Lastly your social demands for your time and energy and attention.

So, what should you look for when you are looking at how your body responds to stress? You can experience any of the following and more due to each person is different and experiences stress different. Heart-rate increases, breathing rate increases, muscle tension, blood pressure increases, and metabolism increases. You can feel your hands and feet become cold as blood moves to lager muscles that can help fight or flight. Your eyes can dilate, and your sight and hearing sharpen.

How can Reiki help with stress? Well as I have said before in previous posts Reiki helps you to relax! Reiki gently calms all of those over reactive sensations down. It brings balance back to the body and give a feeling of being safe so that the body can get out of the fight or flight mode that stress puts us in. Reiki allows one to return to the growth mode of being. When I have a reiki client that is over stressed, I ask them to tell me where they feel that stress and tension in their body. This then gives me a starting point for their reiki session. I also offer my stress management packet. I won’t make my stress management packet available on line through my website just yet, but if you would like it you can request it through my email/contact page.