Celeb-Reiki updates

Happy Birthday to Rini, the cancer-stricken white tiger in Bhopal, India, who has been receiving regular Reiki treatments along with chemotherapy (she was our Celeb-Reiki on August 7). She celebrated her 18th birthday (that's a ripe old age in tiger years) on August 26 with a cake presented to her by Indian Forest Minister Kunwar Ali Shah, and a "dressed chicken" for dessert. Her veterinarian says “There is slight improvement in her condition now. We are hopeful that she will recover soon.”

New Zealand gave Reiki-practicing Olympic cyclist Hayden Roulston (a multi Celeb-Reiki) and his teammates a rousing welcome home: a thousand people showed up at the airport in Auckland, and the Air New Zealand ground crew performed a haka.

And in a related development, Reiki-practicing Paralympian Lindy Hou of Australia is scheduled to depart for Beijing on September 1. The 2008 Paralympics begin September 6, and Hou will be competing in tandem cycling.

Celebrity mom and Reiki master Ann Dexter-Jones (a Celeb-Reiki more times than we can count) went out to dinner the other night and made headlines in People magazine as well as Canada, India, and the UK.