Animal Reiki Classes
ICRT ANIMAL REIKI 1 & 2 TRAINING: REIKI HEALING FOR ANIMALS

Are you ready to expand your Reiki practice to connect with animals and the earth?
The ICRT Animal Reiki Training 1 & 2 is a unique and comprehensive workshop designed to empower you with the skills needed to offer Reiki to animals, trees, plants, water, nature, and the earth, enhancing your ability to connect with all life on earth offering a beautiful opportunity to experience the healing power of animal Reiki energy.
In this Animal Reiki class in Niagara, students learn how to safely and respectfully offer Reiki to animals, including dogs, cats, farm animals and nature itself. This hands-on training builds confidence, skill, and connection.
ICRT ANIMAL REIKI TRAINING: Levels I & II
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On completion of this class, you will be able to offer Animal Reiki treatments to all species of animals. All classes are held LIVE via Zoom*, and pets are not required to take this training, you will be working with owners/caretakers and their pets in break-out rooms.
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Pre-requisite - Reiki 1 & 2 from any lineage.
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Animal Reiki I & II are taught together, including two Animal Reiki Placements (attunements). This beginning training is comprehensive for those who want to share Reiki with animals. Upon completion, you can offer Animal Reiki treatments to all animal species.
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The Animal Reiki energy received in this course is a unique Reiki energy given to us as a special life force energy for the animals. The Placements given in the ICRT Animal Reiki I & II class will attune and unify the Animal Reiki symbol with each student’s existing Reiki energy and symbols, and allow the practitioner to channel the Animal Reiki energy.
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This course includes practitioner skills, tools, and techniques for sharing Reiki with animals. It combines lecture, discussion, and practice and is open to all Reiki lineages.
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Pets are not required to take this class!
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Please email me at reiki@melissaschumacher.ca for any questions you may have about this class.

ONLY TAUGHT ONCE A YEAR - PETS ARE NOT REQUIRED
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What You Will Learn
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Animal Reiki Attunements: Receive 1 & 2 Placements (attunements) to channel the Tree of Life animal Reiki energy specifically for the well-being of animals. It is also beneficial in your human sessions.
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Qualified Practitioner: Become qualified to offer in-person and distance Reiki sessions to animals and all life on earth, expanding your healing reach.
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Comprehensive Manual: Learn directly from the manual, written by animal experts, that guides you through training and beyond.
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Unique Symbol: Discover and use the Tree of Life Animal Reiki symbol, which connects deeply with the animal kingdom.
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Meet the Divine Animal Kingdom and the spiritual allies of the animals.
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Practical Experience: Practice Reiki with animals and nature in real-time during class sessions on Zoom.
The information and techniques for both levels include:
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The history of ICRT Animal Reiki.
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Animal Reiki is defined and discussed in terms of priorities for animals.
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A Usui Reiki symbols refresher.
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The Animal Reiki symbol—The Tree of Life.
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Animal Reiki I & II Placements.
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Animal Reiki techniques for in-person and distance sessions, including preparation exercises and healing technique meditations: Animal Reiki Grounding Exercise, Whole Body Awareness Exercise, Divine Animal Circle Healing Technique, Healing Compassion Fatigue, and Animal Grief Healing Meditation.
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Discuss giving animal Reiki full sessions in person or live online, including session preparation, receiving the animal’s consent for Reiki, various Animal Reiki session environments, and developing your own Animal Reiki style.
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Review of common healing issues for animals, including disharmony, unfulfilled purpose, loneliness, grief, confusion, illness, compassion fatigue, end of life, animals and children, and behavioural problems.
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Distant Animal Reiki techniques for single animals or groups, candidates for distant Reiki, and how to use photos, written notes, Facetime, or live webcams for distant sessions.
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How to give Reiki to many species of animals.
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Balancing empathy and compassion, compassion fatigue and practitioner self-care, and end-of-life support, whether natural death or compassionate euthanasia.
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Practice time working with animals in person or online.
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Review of how to create a thriving Animal Reiki practice, including in the formal or professional environments of veterinary offices, zoos or wildlife rehab facilities, animal shelters, therapy animal organizations, animal sanctuaries, and ways you might use Reiki in these settings.
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Class certificate
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ICRT Animal Reiki Manual

Class dates:
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August 7 - 8, 2026
From 9:30 am to 4:30 pm EST
(Friday and Saturday)
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ALL CLASSES ARE LIVE ON ZOOM, and pets are not required. The registration deadline is 4 days before class starts.
Manuals can be picked up in person. If you need them shipped, payment in full is due before the manual ships (they ship after the class). Please allow 14 days for shipping within Canada. (I will share a digital copy of the manual during class.)
Class times may vary slightly depending on enrollment. ATTENDANCE ON ALL DAYS IS MANDATORY.
The class fee is $444 and includes a class manual and certificate. A $184 deposit is required.
This class is open to all Reiki lineages and belief systems with an emphasis on animal relationships; however, you must be Reiki Level 2 to register. There is no waiting time between Level 2 and the Animal Reiki classes.
Ready to take your Next Step and start communicating with Nature and the Animals?
Animal Reiki Master
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The ICRT Animal Reiki Master Training course provides the Animal Reiki energy, as well as the tools and techniques needed to practice, share Reiki with animals, and teach Animal Reiki with skill and expertise. You will learn the deeper tools and techniques for sessions, as well as how to teach them to your Animal Reiki class as a Master practitioner. After completion of this course, you will be able to teach Animal Reiki I & II and Animal Reiki Master level classes.
The Animal Reiki Master training is a three-day class. This class is open to all Reiki lineages and belief systems with animal relationships, but you must be Animal Reiki I & II and human Reiki Master level to register.
If you feel called to help animals, are already working with animals and want to deepen your skills and techniques, or feel called to teach Animal Reiki, the Animal Reiki energy is specifically Reiki energy for animals. The Animal Reiki symbol received in this Master class empowers the vitality and life force in both animals and people. It unifies the human and animal consciousness in the Reiki practitioner. The Animal Reiki energy and this Master class are deeply healing for people, as much as they are for the animals.
The Master course also includes the comprehensive Animal Reiki Master Manual, with class outlines.
In this 3-day course, you will:
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Learn additional skills to help heal and work with animals using Reiki.
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Receive four Ignitions of the Animal Reiki Energy.
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Receive the symbol for Animal Reiki Energy.
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Receive experiences and meditations.
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Be qualified to teach Animal Reiki I & II and Animal Reiki Master upon completion of the course.
This Master's course is a great fit if you want to:
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Deepen your experience, knowledge, communion with the animals and the Divine Earth.
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Learn additional practitioner healing tools and Animal Reiki healing tools – including how to attune Animals to Animal Reiki energy.
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Teach Animal Reiki to others.
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Receive instruction on how to give Placements for Animal Reiki I&II, Master and how to conduct the Experiences and four Ignitions for Animal Reiki Master.
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Have hands-on practice time every day of class.
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Learn the tools and techniques for creating an Animal Reiki class, including online class techniques.
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Animal Reiki Master Class Dates
2026-2027 TBA, on Zoom from 9:00 am - 3:00 pm Daily
The registration deadline is 7 days before class starts.
Class times may vary slightly depending on enrollment. ATTENDANCE ON ALL DAYS IS MANDATORY.
The class fee is $1044 and includes a class manual and certificate. A $384 deposit is required.
This class is open to all Reiki lineages and belief systems with an emphasis on animal relationships; however, you must be a Reiki Master to register. There is no waiting time between the Animal Reiki Level 2 and the Animal Reiki Master classes.



