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Pawsome World of Reiki for Animals

Course Syllabus
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Further development for those who want to work on animals either in their own home or professionally.

Day 1

9.30amArrival for tea and coffee and 10.00am prompt start.

10.00am – Legal responsibilities of the practitioner and the owner, and owner and animal permission. Legalities surrounding the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966, (knowledge and understanding of essential details from the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966 with related guidance from the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) Code of Professional Practice headed Treatment of animals by unqualified persons), GDPR and the law of consent. Also includes how complementary therapists must not diagnose or give advice on medications. No guarantee of specific outcomes can be given.

10.30am – Taking the case, recording the treatment, reflective practice, treatment planning, follow up appointments.

10.45am – Red flags symptoms (i.e., physical signs that indicate that the animal’s life could be in severe danger and immediate veterinary aid is required). Animal welfare legislation (Animal Welfare Act 2006). How to report a notifiable disease. How to report a suspected stolen animal.

11.00am – How to approach an animal – confidence, your posture, calmness, in an enclosed space, working in non-threatening ways. You will learn how to adapt the environment, depending on where you are working. This about potentially working on farms or in animal rescue shelters as well as in your practice or in the client’s home. Health & safety legislation and infection control in different settings.

11.30am – When to use distant reiki healing. Permission and intent.

12.00 noon – when to call a vet and offering reiki, where appropriate whilst waiting for the vet appointment.

12.30am – The importance of belonging to a professional association, ethics, and codes of conduct and how to apply this to your own practice. Insurance for working with animals. The importance of CPD such as animal first aid, animal communication skills, anatomy, and physiology of animals etc. Finally, boundaries of professional practice. You can offer reiki to the owner, but we do not offer animal behavioural therapy (unless you have that qualification separately).

1.00pm – Lunch Break.

1.30pm – Looking at animal body language and what this may be signalling.

2.30pm – Practising hand positions on our Simulaids dog, and knowing your 2nd degree symbols.

 

 

Assessment

4.30pm – Students will now have a chance for question and answers after which students will be assessed by a small written exam, final observation and discussion on case studies. The 30 sessions need to be submitted within 8 weeks of the end of the course, and after satisfactory assessment, certificates will be issued. If any student needs further support before certification, developmental feedback and support will be given.

 

Day 2:

9.30am - Arrival for tea and coffee and 10.00am prompt start.

10.00am – Reiki for Animals overview – what it is and how it differs from reiki for people. We cannot communicate with animals as we do with people, but we can learn to read their body language, as explained in day 1.

10.15am - Lectures on Byson (blockages in the body) balanced healing, and animal disorders.

10.45am - Further lectures will follow on the chakra system, skeletal and muscles of animals and locations of major organs (charts will be provided in your manual).

11.30am – Students will be shown how to carry out Reiki sessions using hands off and hands On. You will learn to allow the animal to lead the way and know when to stop. You will also learn how to place the animals in position for maximum comfort. Reiki should be offered, for an animal to choose whether to accept it, also from what distance, for how long and where and we always respect the animal’s choice to receive reiki or not. . Discuss the possible outcomes of treatment and how to advise the owner what to expect (i.e. reduction of stress, pain reduction, enhanced recovery, relaxed and sleepy). You will be handed all relevant handouts detailing what is being demonstrated and discussed.

1.00pm – A short 30-minute break for lunch.

1.30pm – students will now have the chance to practice what has been previously shown and demonstrated on our Simulaids dog. 3 animals will be brought into the classroom and students will give each animal a 20-minute Reiki session using all hand positions previously demonstrated, scanning for Byson, and working on each Chakra. These treatments will be observed by both Martin and Lynnette.  After all treatments have been completed all animals will be taken home by their owners.

2.30pm – Discussion on findings, 1st case study form will be handed out to be filled out with findings from the practice sessions.

4.00pm – Question and answers.

4.30pm – Small presentation with literature (certification will be presented upon completion of case studies).  

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