A Relaxation Session To Boost Courage - Carole Wilbourn
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18 Oct A Relaxation Session To Boost Courage

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Courage is boosted with a relaxation session where indiscriminate urination and timidity are addressed and Reiki therapy is included.

A Relaxation Session To Boost Courage
(Indiscriminate urination, Timidity, Reiki)
Laura had engaged me to do a relaxation session for Dunkin, their three-year-old and for her daughter’s two cats who were “visiting cats in residence” while her daughter was out of the country.

They lived in a large house and Dunkin was a love with Laura and her husband. But he was usually the phantom cat with visitors and could use a boost to become more people-friendly. Her daughter’s cats were also people-sensitive and would periodically *avoid the litter box. Laura realized that their un-catlike behavior was a symptom of angst. She felt a session would increase their toleration of stress. It would be the start of a new chapter.

Dunkin Laura’s cat

As Laura led me to their favorite room, we made ourselves comfortable. Laura turned on the link to the music I had sent, which I instructed her to play continuously.

“Ah, it will be their security object, so whenever they hear it, they’ll be reminded of the session and chill,” Laura said.
I nodded and added that as their body relaxed, they would be less threatened and fearful. Their coping mechanisms would slowly accelerate. As I spoke, I spread some catnip on their toys and also on the new ones I had brought as gifts from my cat.

One of my recommendations was to speak of the cats’ favorite room as their happy or bliss room. As they spoke these words, their body and tone of voice would relay a positive association to the cats, who would gradually be able to extend this feeling of comfort and security beyond this room. Laura felt that Dunkin would be Jasmine and Ari’s role model in their transformation to be more relaxed and courageous. I agreed as Dunkin wasn’t as emotionally fragile.

Ari (in front) and Jasmine

My final recommendation was to sequester Jasmine and Ari in this room if they had another bout of indiscriminate urination. Dunkin could, of course, visit when he wasn’t in play with their two cat-friendly dogs. But I told Laura that the cats could come out whenever she and her husband could hang out with them. They could also set up an expandable gate that would extend from the floor to the top of the door frame so the cats had the option to see beyond their room.

After I finished with the cats’ treatment program, I gave Laura a Reiki chair treatment to ease and balance her body, mind and spirit. Although the three cats were out of sight, I told Laura that they would get a contact high from her treatment. (Read more about Reiki)

Halfway Through Laura’s Reiki Treatment
“Here comes Dunkin,” I whispered to Laura as he slowly made his way in to the room. I continued Laura’s treatment, while Dunkin checked out the toys and rubbed against Laura’s chair, before he went on his way.
“That was quite a breakthrough for my Dunkin,” said Laura. “He really shared the benefit I got from my Reiki treatment.”

Tyson a retired bomb-sniffer

As Laura led me downstairs, Tyson, their retired bomb-sniffer dog, greeted me with a head bump. I computed that as a thank you.

*Refer to my books for more info.

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