Healing is a matter of time,
but it is sometimes also
a matter of opportunity.
Hippocrates
Healing seems to be the theme of my life lately. I learned to do Reiki but I confess I have not been practicing on myself. I would love to give Reiki to others but I am not sure of the ethics behind giving Reiki where it is not requested. And, although I have offered to give distance Reiki to people who have requested it, they never followed through and I did not want to do something without coordinating the experience on both sides.
Often, the process of healing stirs up pain before it brings the peaceful experience of healing. This is definitely true of emotional healing which, when begun, can make the person going through the process feel far worse than they did when they began digging into the memories that are embedded in pain. For this reason, I do not reach out where I am not invited. And yet, I do not offer myself the gift I have been given. So this quote is a friendly reminder to myself to look at the opportunities for healing I have before me and to approach them with as much openness, hope, trust, and grace as possible.
Snowdoll doesn't understand that the yoga mat is for me to use for my yoga. She seems to think that the reason I lay out the yoga mat is so that she can lie down on it.

This slows me down when I am trying to do my daily yoga. Rob, of course, reminds me that I am the alpha dog and have the right to remove her if I like. Technically I know this is true but look at how comfortable she is!

Now here, she does not look quite as comfortable. I am still trying to understand the logistics of this twisting sleepy position. It reminds me of the old Peanuts cartoons where Sally is walking around with her cat just sort of dangling and Snoopy marvels at how the cat seems to lack bones.

Perhaps sleeping in a normal puppy position is something that comes with age. Doesn't Romanov look almost as comfortable on the floor as Snowdoll did on my yoga mat? Maybe she'll decide the mat isn't as comfortable as she thinks.
Then again, it seems that Romanov is learning more than from Snowdoll than vice versa for Romanov, who is not a snuggler, seems to be learning to tolerate what heretofor was concidered intolerable.

If you look closely, however, you can see that he has his eyes open, watching her, trying to determine why she insists on lying so close when there's a whole house in which she can lie down if only she would go away!

No matter how deeply asleep Romanov may be when Snowdoll approaches he lets out a low rumble of a growl. The problem is, it sounds more like a purr and Snowdoll has already figured out that Romanov is really a pussy cat, even if it is Snowdoll who seems to sleep like one.