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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.
Staff Picks -- Favorite Pet Resources
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.
Women's Press vol16, NO.25 Feb.28 - March
13, 2001
Inner Journey Radio features Bonnie’s interview
with Ron Duffy in “The Archives” section
- Program #134 and 135.
Innerjourneyradio.com
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!
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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