Animals, like people, thrive when we practice gratitude.
If having a soul means being able to feel love, loyalty, and gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot of humans.
—Jame Herriot
Animals are excellent teachers on how to be grateful. Animals recognize and trust humans when they come from a place of gratitude, which is peaceful, calm, and loving.
Gratitude, which means thankfulness and appreciation, connects us to our spiritual essence, which animals recognize and appreciate. Being grateful opens our hearts and minds to be more compassionate to ourselves and others.
Animals show us gratitude in a myriad of ways like smiling, cuddling up to us, loving us unconditionally, or just hanging out sharing space together.
When communicating telepathically and offering Reiki to animals, it’s essential to express your gratitude and give thanks for the animal’s willingness to connect with you in whatever way they feel comfortable. Thanking animals for their desire to talk with you or share Reiki shows that you honor and respect them. Plus it opens the doors to more in-depth communication and relationships.
One way to show gratitude to animals is to practice Gassho with them. Gassho means “two hands coming together in prayer” and is a universal sign of reverence and respect that resembles praying.
The goal of the Gassho meditation is to bring all opposites together to express gratitude in unity and harmony.
Gassho Meditation
Practice this meditation often and for as long as you want. I suggest you begin with 5 minutes a day and build from there.
- Begin by sitting or standing, whichever is most comfortable for you.
- Put your hands together, palm-to-palm, in front of your face. Place your straight fingers in the prayer position approximately one fist’s length from the tip of your nose while slightly pressing your two palms together (see above illustration).
- Position your forearms at a slight angle to the ground. Don’t let your elbows touch your body.
- Gently breathe in through your nose as you imagine breathing in unconditional love or Reiki (Spiritual Energy).
- As you exhale, feel this spiritual energy as it moves throughout your entire being in your physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual body.
- While you continue to breathe in the energy of Reiki, see this loving energy nurture your being as you exhale.
The more you practice the Gassho meditation, the more you will be in a place of reverence, respect, and gratitude, which will open your heart to your true nature as a spiritual being.
As you reconnect with your authentic self, you will become a magnet that is an attractant to animals.
