Jin Shin for Cats and Dogs: Healing Touch for Your Animal Companions
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Jin Shin for Cats and Dogs: Healing Touch for Your Animal Companions
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Overview
• Presents step-by-step illustrations and easy, brief explanations for point sequences for general health, first aid, and specific ailments, from ear mites and conjunctivitis to kidney infection, splinters, and anxiety
• Provides sections with dog-specific and cat-specific ailments, organized by area of the body and symptoms, with recommended treatment points and sequences
ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A GENTLE WAY to ease your cat’s coughing or lighten the joint problems of your dog? Or maybe you want to relieve your pet’s stress when going to the vet and help them recover after surgery? A soft touch method for harmonizing energy flow, Jin Shin Jyutsu is an excellent hands-on healing tool to support your animal companion’s overall health and alleviate common ailments and injuries. By calmly placing your hands on certain energy points on your pet’s body, you can release energetic blockages, strengthen the immune system, and stimulate their body’s self-healing response.
Easy step-by-step illustrations and body maps for both cats and dogs show how to use this simple system of two-point touch healing. From ear mites and conjunctivitis to kidney infection, splinters, and anxiety, just by holding certain points on the body of your cat or dog you can quickly relieve a symptom or trigger the start of a comprehensive healing process. Jin Shin Jyutsu not only improves their health and well-being but also offers an enjoyable moment of energetic exchange between you and your four-legged friend throughout all phases of life.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781644114599 |
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| Publisher: | Inner Traditions/Bear & Company |
| Publication date: | 09/27/2022 |
| Pages: | 240 |
| Sales rank: | 929,999 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.70(d) |
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Preface
Jin Shin Jyutsu is a form of intuitive healing knowledge that all we humans carry inside us from birth and often unconsciously use time and again.
When we put our heads in our hands while thinking, for example, we activate certain parts of our brain and thereby help ourselves to remember things. At school, children often sit on their hands, which helps them to focus, to listen more carefully and to remember what they have learned. When we cross our arms, we touch a point in the crook of the elbow, which helps to align us with our own authority and power. We also intuitively place our hands on painful areas, on ourselves or on an animal, as a means of reassurance. Everyone knows Jin Shin Jyutsu—we just need to remember it again.
Jin Shin Jyutsu is a gentle healing art to harmonize life energy, which can be applied to humans as well as animals. By placing our hands on certain points on the body, life energy is brought back into flow, self-healing potentials are stimulated, and complaints and symptoms are alleviated or completely eliminated. Holding Jin Shin points is a wonderful and easy way to regain mental and physical balance.
You can use Jin Shin Jyutsu to help your cat or dog, if they are undergoing veterinary treatment or about to have an operation. Jin Shin Jyutsu has a strengthening effect after surgical interventions, supports the healing process and makes it easier to tolerate anesthetics.
By holding certain points on the body, you help to “jump-start” life energy so that it can flow harmoniously, evenly and powerfully again. Health and well-being rely on this harmonious flow of life energy.
Even if your cat or dog has no symptoms or other issues, you can use the flows as a preventative measure. You can strengthen the health and resilience of your pet with just a few minutes of treatment.
This book gives you the opportunity to use the wonderful method of Jin Shin Jyutsu—which is essentially much more than a method—effortlessly and without prior knowledge. Enjoy the art of Jin Shin Jyutsu with your pets!
Helpful Hints
Quick Guide to Holding Points
• Make sure that the atmosphere is as calm and undisturbed as possible.
• Feed your cat or dog beforehand so that they are not hungry and their physical needs do not disturb the peace.
• Decide which points or flows to use.
• To start off, hold the initial centering points (p. 19).
• Then place your hands or fingers on the chosen energy points.
• Hold the points until you feel a calm, even flow or pulsation (2–3 minutes per hold).
• Depending on the issue at hand, you can give 2–3 treatments—or more—per day. Your pets will show you what is best for them.
• There are different safety energy locks or flows for most issues. Try them out, see what feels good. If your pet does not like a certain hold, try another.
• You cannot go wrong!
Relax
Jin Shin Jyutsu is effortless. Let go of all strain and effort. It can be easy! Just pay attention to what is good for you and your pet. Instead of paying attention to symptoms and to eliminating them, focus on harmony and the life energy that is always there. Feel the pulse that brings life into the body and maintains a perfect energy cycle. Through your treatments you strengthen this pulse. And you harmonize the energy flows that create, nourish and renew the body.
Let your intuition guide you to find your own way. Once again: you cannot go wrong! Even if you accidentally hold a “wrong” point, there are no negative consequences. It may just take a little longer for your treatment to have an impact. The harmonizing of energy flows is always linked to the intelligence of the body, and the body ultimately uses the harmonized energy exactly as is needed.
Keep Going
In cases of more severe or chronic illnesses, it is particularly important to harmonize energy points regularly. You can simply give treatments for a few minutes at a time throughout the day, thus offering regular impulses to the body. Alternatively, you can hold points for a little longer once a day. Let your pet guide you, depending on what it is comfortable with. And, remember: healthy cats and dogs like to be treated too! Regular treatments allow your pet to drop into a deep state of relaxation, in which extensive regeneration and healing can take place.
Be Patient
If initially you notice no change with respect to a certain issue that you are treating, do not let yourself be disturbed. The body’s system usually first regulates what the living organism needs most. Perhaps your pet has become calmer and more relaxed overall, or perhaps another symptom has suddenly disappeared—Jin Shin Jyutsu always works, even if we are not aware of it ourselves.
However, this does not imply that it is meant to replace a doctor. Always get a check-up from a vet if your cat or dog is weak, sick or injured. You can then always offer additional support by harmonizing energy points.
Have confidence, relax, avoid putting yourself under pressure and enjoy your time with your pet. Be curious about the effect, which can sometimes occur very quickly—and at other times happens in ways that we did not expect. Every treatment brings more harmony, strengthens the immune system and stimulates self-healing capacities.
The 26 Safety Energy Locks
The energy locks, also known as safety energy locks (short: SEL), are, as mentioned already, certain points on the body where energy is present in a highly concentrated form. They are places of high conductivity that, when touched, transmit a given stimulus to the entire energy flow pattern or energy pathways.
The 26 safety energy locks are arranged symmetrically on each side of the body. The diameter of each SEL corresponds more or less to the size of a paw—and in humans, to that of a hand. This means you do not need to worry about actually locating a point, as it is big enough. Nevertheless, if you do not manage to locate a point precisely at first, it is not a big deal. You will find that you will increasingly internalize the location of the SELs over time and eventually you will accurately locate them of your own accord.
Since you cannot go wrong with harmonizing energy points, and with this being more of an art than a technique (you are the artist!), just experiment, give it a go, see what feels good, and what relaxes your cat or dog. There are several ways to treat any one symptom or issue. Be creative, let your gut instinct guide you. Trust yourself and your pet—intuitively, they often know very well what they need in any given moment.
From “General Harmonizers”
Initial Centering
The following hold is very suitable for starting a treatment: Place one hand on SEL 13, the other hand on SEL 10.
This is a good hold to say hello, to attune and to begin to relax. It brings the exhale and inhale into balance, facilitates a state of rest and fosters engagement with the treatment.
This is an important hold for
• all breathing issues,
• allergies,
• coughs,
• chest colds (bronchitis),
• pregnancy,
• neglected and abused pets,
• and very shy animals.
Getting the Energy Flowing
This simple hold is also good for initiating a treatment. It gets energy flowing and at the same time has a deeply calming effect. It is also a helpful hold for very restless cats or dogs that generally do not like to be touched. Likewise, it is a good first aid hold for all injuries, accidents, shock and overheating.
For the left side of the body: Place the left hand on the left SEL 4 (directly under the base of the skull) and the right hand on the left SEL 13 (on the left side of the chest, approximately at the height of the third rib).
And reverse this for the right side of the body: Right hand on the right SEL 4 and left hand on the right SEL 13.
This hold
• harmonizes emotions,
• dispels general fatigue,
• helps with everything related to the head,
• strengthens the eyes,
• supports the legs on the corresponding side of the body,
• helps the hips and is very helpful for end of life support (see p. 138).
Table of Contents
Preface 9
Introduction to Jin Shin Healing
What Is Jin Shin Jyutsu? 13
The Application of Jin Shin Jyutsu 14
Helpful Hints 15
The 26 Safety Energy Locks 17
General Harmonizers 19
Initial Centering 20
Getting the Energy Flowing 21
The Paw Flow 22
The Main Central Flow 22
The Supervisor Flows 31
Three Further Important Flows 33
The Spleen Flow 35
The Stomach Flow 39
The Bladder Flow 48
Jin Shin Healing Touch for Cats
Head 57
Eyes 58
Ears 60
Mouth and Teeth 64
Brain 66
Respiratory System 69
Upper Respiratory Tract 70
Throat 72
Lower Respiratory Tract 73
Cardiovascular System 75
Heart Disease and Heart Failure 76
Circulation Issues 77
Digestive Organs 79
Stomach 80
Intestine 82
Liver 84
Pancreas and Spleen 85
Urinary System 87
Bladder 88
Kidneys 89
Reproductive Organs 93
Male Reproductive Organs 94
Female Reproductive Organs and Birth Support 95
Coat and Skin 101
Coat 102
Skin 103
Nervous System 107
Muscle Twitching 108
Paralysis 109
Musculoskeletal System 111
Back and Spine 112
Muscles 113
Ligaments, Tendons, and Joints 114
Bones 117
Immune System 119
Infectious Diseases 121
Edema, Growths and Tumors 123
Edema 124
Growths and Tumors 124
Behavior and Psyche 127
Fear and Panic 128
Insecurities and Nervousness 128
Startle Responses 128
Food Envy 129
Fighting and Aggression 129
Neglect and Abuse 130
Sensitivity to Noise 130
Injuries and Emergencies 131
Wounds and Bites 132
Stings, Splinters, and Thorns 132
Burns 132
Concussion 133
Broken Bones 133
Bruises 134
Shock 134
Poisoning 134
Heatstroke and Sunstroke 135
Choking and Shortness of Breath 135
Operations 135
Pain 136
End-of-Life Care 136
Other Issues 137
House-Training 138
Lack of Cleanliness 138
Harmonizing Side Effects of Medication 138
Alleviating Reactions to Vaccines 139
Jin Shin Healing Touch for Dogs
Head 143
Eyes 144
Ears 147
Mouth and Teeth 151
Brain 154
Respiratory System 157
Upper Respiratory Tract 158
Throat 160
Lower Respiratory Tract 161
Digestive Organs 163
Stomach 164
Pancreas and Spleen 167
Intestine 168
Liver 171
Musculoskeletal System 173
Back and Spine 174
Muscles 174
Ligaments, Tendons, and Joints 175
Bones 178
Urinary System 181
Bladder 182
Kidneys 183
Reproductive Organs 185
Male Reproductive Organs 186
Female Reproductive Organs and Birth Support 187
Coat and Skin 193
Coat 194
Skin 195
Nervous System 199
Neuralgia 200
Muscle Twitching 200
Paralysis 201
Epilepsy 202
Immune System 203
Infectious Diseases 205
Distemper 206
Leptospirosis 206
Parvovirus 207
Kennel Cough 207
Edema, Growths and Tumors 209
Edema 210
Growths and Tumors 210
Injuries and Emergencies 213
Wounds 214
Hematoma 214
Bites 215
Stings, Splinters, and Thorns 215
Burns 215
Concussion 216
Broken Bones 216
Bruises 217
Shock 217
Poisoning 217
Heatstroke and Sunstroke 218
Choking and Shortness of Breath 218
Cramps 218
Operations 219
Travel Sickness 219
Pain 219
Overexertion 219
End-of-Life Care 220
Psychological Issues 221
Fear and Panic 222
Insecurities 223
Nervousness and Startle Responses 224
Homesickness 225
Jealousy 226
Food Envy 226
Fighting and Aggression 227
Stubbornness 228
Neglect 228
Abuse 228
Sensitivity to Noise 229
Other Issues 231
House-Training 232
Eating Rubbish or Feces 232
Lack of Cleanliness 232
Harmonizing Side Effects of Medication 233
Alleviating Reactions to Vaccines 233
Epilogue 235
Acknowledgements 236
Photo Credits 237
Recommended Reading 238
About the Author 239