Veterinarians and medical doctors have sought bonnie's help for their own animals. They can confirm
this works.
this works.
My Pet Channel Interview
Divine Calling
Minnesota Women's Press
The Inner Journey Radio Program
Healthy Animals Healthy People
Sojos by Sojourner Farms Newsletter
My Pet Channel Interview
My Pet Channel features Bonnie's interview with Colleen Mihelich. bigmediausa.com
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Divine Calling by Andie Ryan
If you had told Bonnie Illies five years ago that she would be making a living one day as an intuitive animal healer, she never would have believed it. I would have thought, 'How kooky is this person?'
she laughs.
In fact, Bonnie had spent a good deal of her adult life working in corporate America at a job that fulfilled her financial needs but left her emotionally unsatisfied. Her soul searching led to an interest in alternative healing practices. I started reading books on Chinese medicine, which advocates a much more holistic and intuitive approach to treating health problem,
Bonnie said.
She also took a class in Qi Gong (an ancient Eastern practice based in energy healing) and attended courses in Healing Touch at a local college. In the meantime, she cleaned houses to pay the bills. Her new line of work and her growing interest in holistic healing came together serendipitously when her housecleaning clients started confiding in her about problems with their pets.
Her journey as an intuitive healer began when one client's young dog developed behavioral issues. When Bonnie's friends learned of this incident, they were immediately curious and asked her to take a look at their pets.
Word of Bonnie's healing began to spread throughout her friends, then among friends of friends, and it wasn't long before she found herself fielding calls from strangers eager to enlist her services. Although she loved working with animals and felt encouraged by her successes, it wasn't until she had performed roughly 30 energy healings that she realized she had finally discovered her true passion.
Soon Bonnie was able to give up her housecleaning job to concentrate full time on establishing her intuitive healing practice, aided by word of mouth from clients and friends. She even began receiving referrals from two Minneapolis veterinarians who were impressed with the work she had done on their own pets.
Within months, she found her practice expanding so rapidly that she was unable to visit everyone who sought her out for treatments. To remedy this situation, she began practicing long distance or remote healings which involve the same type of treatment:
The energy work that I do has roots in faith and prayer, when you pray for someone, it's not necessary to be physically present with them. In the same sense, remote healings work just as well whether the animal is next door or in another state,
she says.
This new method of healing enabled Bonnie to work with clientele that were too far way to visit in person. This was a definite plus for Ruth Hein of Anchorage, Alaska, who sought Bonnie's help for her cat Mystic.
Soon after my husband and I adopted Mystic from the shelter, we noticed that he had a problem with excessive grooming, so much so that he had developed a bald patch on his back where he was pulling out all the hair. He had also stopped using the litter box.
Concerned, Ruth took Mystic to the veterinarian to seek treatment for his hair pulling. Mystic was given anti-histamine shots and a topical treatment to soothe his skin, but nothing seemed to help. Then after a scary week of having him on a low-dose tranquilizer and watching him become completely inactive, she decided to try a new approach.
Even with hearing all her success stories, I thought it sounded silly, especially since Bonnie is in Minnesota and I live in Alaska-3,000 miles way!
Figuring that at least this new form of treatment wouldn't hurt Mystic, Ruth decided to give it a try.
Bonnie discovered that Mystic's hair pulling stemmed from a problem with his kidney and liver, exacerbated by a urinary blockage he had suffered during his stay at the shelter. She performed a remote healing on Mystic, concentrating on his liver and kidneys. Over the next few days, Ruth says Mystic's hair pulling subsided, and he began using his litter box regularly.
She had Bonnie perform a second healing, after which Mystic stopped pulling his hair out altogether.
Bonnie is really great,
Ruth says now. She's been very helpful with general tips, such as diet and proper nutrition for Mystic. I'm glad I decided to give her a try.
Laurie Tyner of St. Louis Park, MN had all but given up hope by the time she contacted Bonnie for help for her Siamese mix, Kleopatra.
I had taken Kleo to the veterinarian for a teeth cleaning, and the sedative shot that they gave her ended up making her sick. She stopped eating and drinking and became so listless that she only left her bed to use the litter box.
Laurie took Kleo back to the veterinarian to give her fluids and an appetite stimulate. After spending over $500 in traditional veterinary care on Kleopatra and seeing little improvement, Laurie grabbed Bonnie's business card at her local pt food store. I was in tears by the time I called her.
Laurie remembers.
Bonnie immediately saw that Kleo's kidneys were failing. She performed a remote healing on Kleo, and then gave me suggestions about her diet and supplements to give her. She recommended cat grass to help with Kleo's digestion and told me to make sure she was getting a lot of fluids.
Though Kleo's health has greatly improved since her first healing, Laurie still consults Bonnie monthly for what she calls kitty tune-ups
to check on her progress.
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Women's Press vol16, NO.25 Feb.28 - March 13, 2001
Bonnie Illies works on all kinds of animals that are experiencing health or behavioral issues. Her healing methods focus on the energy flowing throughout an animal's different organ systems. Illies has remarkable intuition, and her connection to animals is nothing short of amazing.
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The Inner Journey Radio Program
Inner Journey Radio features Bonnie's interview with Ron Duffy in The Archives
section - Program #134 and #135. InnerJourneyRadio.com
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Healthy Animals Healthy People
Dr. Christina Chambreau's Newsletter - The Healthy Animal Update
Published August 2003 - www.christinachambreau.com
by R. Rushenberg & D. Hill
About four years ago our dog, Keta, was very sick--not eating or willing to move. We asked our vet if she knew of anyone who was an animal healer. She gave us the number for Bonnie. While waiting for the results of tests done by our vet, we contacted Bonnie. She does her work over the phone, working with clients all over the world. All she wanted to know from us when the session started was our dog's name and age. From those two pieces of information, she was able to detect that the liver looked gray, pitted and struggling to function properly. She addressed what was going on emotionally with our animal as well. She also advised us about diet; i.e., which proteins and vegetables would be most compatible for the liver.
We decided to also have her do healings for our dog. After one healing the only noticeable difference was that Keta wagged her tail, which we had not, seen her do for over a week. After the second healing, Keta went for a short walk. In the meantime, our vet called with a diagnosis of hepatitis and a picture that showed the liver just as the Bonnie had described it. The vet explained that we needed to get Keta on a certain drug. We explained that Keta was improving with the healings. The vet called several times, urging us to start the drug therapy. We believed, as Bonnie had explained, that to do the drugs would tax the liver--the very organ we were trying to heal. Doing the healings and then taking drugs that would have to be filtered through the liver could be like three steps forward and six back. When the vet continued to call regarding medication, Bonnie advised we go in for a blood test. The test revealed that the liver was healing. The vet couldn't believe it saying, This is unheard of
. Yet the tests proved it as was Keta who was once again eating and gaining more energy.
Other animals we knew of who have had hepatitis all died within a year of being diagnosed and taking medication. Keta continues to thrive four years after working with Bonnie and no drugs. Bonnie also addresses the emotional component to illnesses--often there is an emotional aspect behind an illness. Often it's an emotional issue that the animal's caretaker needs to address. Our animals often mirror our emotional baggage. Bonnie helped us see what that was for us, which in turn helped us grow as human beings and helped Keta.
Working with Bonnie saved our Keta!
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Sojos by Sojourner Farms Newsletter
Published Spring/Summer 2004 - www.sojos.com
Intuitive Healing by Kevin Schafer
I recently had the unique opportunity to visit with animal communicator Bonnie Illies. She specializes in intuitive readings and healings for animals. In the realm of alternative therapies this is truly one of the most interesting approaches to animal wellness that I have come across.
Bonnie is fully aware of the controversies surrounding her chosen profession, and she admits that there are healers
that give her profession a bad name. If you are looking for Bonnie to tell you that your animal was King Tut in a past life and that is why your animal keeps pooping in the kitchen, you have found the wrong person to work with. She does not communicate with deceased animals nor does she try to find missing animals. Her area of concentration is in working with behavior and chronic physical conditions.
In talking with her, I found her to be very practical in her approach to the wide range of health issues that she encounters. There may be times when you or your vet know that something is wrong with your animal companion yet not be able to detect what it is or whether it is emotional or physical in nature. This is where Bonnie may be a real asset in helping to improve the condition.
In fact a good deal of Bonnie's work comes from holistic veterinarian referrals. She has worked with a wide range of health problems such as hepatitis, kidney disease, arthritis, urinary infections, allergies, incontinence, as well as a full range of behavior problems.
I found it very interesting that Bonnie only requests to know the animals name, age, and species. She does not want to know any symptom or diagnosis history. The less history she has the better. Her goal is to get a sense of what the animal is feeling, the less information she has the more clear her perceptions will be regarding the animal. She also prefers to work by telephone only. Bonnie maintains that she wants to get the animals side of the story first. Once she gets a feel for what is happening she can then do the energy work to assist in healing. A typical session is one hour long; it involves a 45-minute session working with the animal and then a 15-minute session with the owner giving an assessment of what she is seeing.
Bonnie stresses the importance of proper natural nutrition as well as appropriate natural therapies the help in the treatment of her clients. She generally begins to see results with her clients after one session and on average it takes three sessions to get long-range results. She stresses that patience is very important in dealing with chronic problems. Rarely are there overnight cures with deep-seeded health issues.
I came away from my talk with Bonnie with a good deal of skepticism removed. She is a straight shooter and is extremely passionate in regards to the wellness of our animal companions. There are no crystal balls or floating tables at her home. She is in fact quite grounded in a very non-traditional career.
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