There is something about locking eyes with a mountain lion that makes my hair stand on end. And my heart race. And bring all primal instincts to flea right to the forefront. But in a recent, surreal, situation, I actually didn’t run. I was offering Reiki from a distance to a mountain lion living in captivity. He had physical issues that made it impossible to live in the wild and so he was housed in as natural a habitat as possible, while keeping him, and his viewers, safe. As I approached his area I was alone with him, and so offered to him whatever amount of Reiki he would like to receive in that moment. He was at the bottom of his canyon by a small running stream. I quietly positioned myself, set my intention, and sent Reiki across the space to where he was drinking. It didn’t take him long to feel the energy! His ears pricked, his head swiveled, and his eyes met mine with the intensity of an electrical shock. Despite the rapid changes to my body chemistry, I did my best to keep my eyes soft and breath slow- and witnessed him walk toward me slowly, with his eyes never leaving me, until he was as close as he could get. He sniffed the air, curious about what this was that was heading toward him and, I believe, enjoying his time of healing Reiki energy. Our connection was interrupted by the arrival of a tour guide with a group of people in tow. George and I spent one final moment together, and he turned away to go take a nap in his mountain side den, and I, with tears of gratitude in my eyes, backed away to let my heart rate return to normal and wonder about the nature of miracles. And the miracles of nature.
