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Reflexology & the Bald Eagle
A group of us attending a monthly Reflexology meeting nearly fell off our chairs when one of our members entered carrying a cage holding a magnificent Bald Headed Eagle…
The Reflexologist was a volunteer working with rehabilitating injured wild animals at a nearby sanctuary. She told us this poor fellow had been severely injured and they were nursing him back to health at the sanctuary.
Her daily routine included Foot Reflexology on this bird of prey.
Well, not actually Foot Reflexology, let’s call it Talon Reflexology. She claimed this raptor looked forward to its daily stress relief sessions that appeared to help speed up its healing process.
Bet you’re wondering like the rest of us did. How do you perform Talon Reflexology on this beautiful animal? After all aren’t the talons hard and rough? I’m no expert on avian anatomy, but I have heard that the reason birds survive cold weather is that they have minimal nerve endings in their feet (talons) and legs. Perhaps so, and he still looked forward to his daily Reflexology and he was recovering nicely thank you.
Well, I guess Reflexology is going to the birds.
Wow! What an extraordinary story! Who ever would have thought to perform reflexology on a bird? And have it prove to be successful too! This leaves me to wonder if other animals, particularily cats and dogs would benefit from a treatment too. Anyone have any thoughts on this?
Hi Meike,
Currently Reiki is the most popular for treating all living things as Reiki energy covers time and space, so one can apply Reiki on the animal from a distance. Reflexology is applied hands-on the animal. However, one can appreciate that some animals have hoofs, paws, talons, fins, etc. Of course most popular is dogs followed by cats. Interesting point is the anatomy of dog and cat paws are that the paws represent the toes on humans and the rest of the foot goes up to the ankle which is well off the ground.
Animals are much more aware and sensitive to energy than humans. So very little goes a long way.
Jack