Thank you, Horses, for giving us all a sense of wonder as we enjoyed your importance in the lessons that you share simply by just being a horse! My company, Animal University, hosted the First in a Series of Symposiums in beautiful Colorado between Denver and Colorado Springs on September 19th, 2009, Honoring the Soul of the Horse – Celebrating the Horse/Human Connection. The venue had eight exceptional presenters who shared their wisdom, experience and love for their work with 74+ attendees. The feedback was terrific with requests for more – please! Needless-to-say, I am still reeling in the euphoria of the day. How lucky to have such great people all gathered in one location, Front Range Equine Rescue, to honor and celebrate our mutual connections. Susan Schachterle, author of the book, The Bitch, The Crone and The Harlot, was one of our presenters. Please take a look at a snippet of her presentation ‘The Feminine Connection to Horses.’ And, stay tuned for more as the rest of our presenters will also share their snippets on YouTube under AnimalUniversity.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BbFqpPYUHM
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Honoring the Soul of the Horse Symposium
Tuesday, October 6th, 2009Reiki See Reiki Do
Wednesday, August 26th, 2009Carly and Tootsie are at it again. You’ve read about them in my previous Animal Communication blogs posts. These two are amazing me once again. Carly woke up with considerable pain in her shoulder. She asked her friend, a Reiki Master, to Reiki it to help ease her discomfort. Hands on, energy flowing, Tootsie, Carly’s ever inquisitive dog, looks the situation over, jumps up on the couch on the other side of her and puts a paw on her shoulder. Tootsie then looks up at Carly as if to say, “is that better?”. They finished the session together.
Who says dogs can’t Reiki? I never said that, did you ever say that? Don’t ask Tootsie because we know that she’ll say, “Reiki see, Reiki do.” I say, “Wow!”
Animal Communication Helping a Dog in Pain
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009My friend, Carly, called me asking for help with her Jack Russell terrier. As she described her dog’s actions, I could ‘feel’ a rush of heat course up the back of my neck. What an odd sensation. Within a few seconds I ‘knew’ that there was something wrong with this little dog. What I was feeling was significant pain. According to Carly, her dog would scream at odd times and without apparent reason. In my years communicating with animals, I have discovered that rarely do animals show emotion, especially a scream, without exhibiting a clue leading up to it. We just have to ramp up our observation skills and tune into their signals of distress. After a few more minutes of conversation with Carly, she shared that she had observed her tail wags and could distinguish between a happy wag and a disturbed wag. And furthermore, she could even recall when ‘just prior to a scream’ her dog’s tail wouldn’t wag but shiver. Ah ha! Good job, Carly. Your skills are tuning to a ninth degree of accuracy. With that word of support, Carly can now ‘take her evidence’ to the veterinarian to help diagnose the problem. Our dogs, cats, horses and more are always finding ways to communicate with us. It’s just that their method to do so is obviously – different from ours. The language barrier doesn’t have to be if we will just take the time to tune in and watch for the communication signs. Isn’t it neat? We really do have skills to communicate with our dogs, cats, horses and more. All we have to do is use them.
Animal Communication – What’s in a name?
Thursday, July 2nd, 2009Can talking with animals fix a name mix-match? Julie shared that her male cat is named Gloria and her female dog is Larry. She ended up naming them these reverse gender names because her granddaughter intervened when she brought home the new family members. The little girl said in no uncertain terms that she had always dreamed of her cat and dog having those precise names. Apparently she didn’t check the genders in her dream first. Well, the doting grandma that Julie admits she is couldn’t resist her little granddaughter’s pleas to ‘keep the names as is’, hence the opposite – yet permanent – names! Do cats and dogs mind if we tamper with their gender with a name mix-match? In asking them, intuitively, of course, their answer was a definitive ‘yes’ – change the names – please! The granddaughter, set in stone, her definitive answer, ‘no!’ So, regardless of gender, the names stick. Maybe that can help people who have interchangeable names, too, such as Charlie, Shaun, Robbie, Stevie, Alex. For these two pets, it makes a difference. Maybe before choosing a name taking the time to really get to know your dog, cat or horse FIRST will help you define just what to call him/her. Another application for the very versatile Animal Communication.
How to Communicate with Animals – on Your Terms
Friday, June 26th, 2009An Animal University student shared a common issue when communicating with animals. Her experience is when she is in the vicinity of dogs, cats, horses and other animals. She feels bombarded with their input. It’s like they know I’m a receptical for all their pent up emotions and issues and they see me as an easy target to let it all out. Her question is, “How do I protect myself from all the emotions that they want to spew out on me? I’m willing to listen but gosh, I have a hard time saying ‘no’ when I really want to.” My question in answering her question is, “Who’s in control here, you or them?” As an animal communicator, you are allowed to ’say no’ when you want to. No different from when you are in a room filled with people. You don’t have to talk to everyone. When and if you are in that similar situation and you are feeling pressed to listen or talk to all, consider a tip from another AU student, Paticia, and take a Conscious Pause. A Conscious Pause gives you back your control of the situation. It provides you a time, a ‘pause’ to relax, breathe and consider if this invitation to enter into a conversation or just be a listener is what is right for you in that moment? It gives you the chance to consider and then react accordingly. Great tip from Patricia and terrific question from our AU student. It happens to all of us who are sending out signals that we are a clear channel, well, almost. Talk with animals when it is right for you. You’ll be a sharper and more accurate participant. All will appreciate it, especially the animals who really do want their voice heard, again, accurately. Communicating with animals doesn’t follow one set pattern or have a certain set of rules. You make what is right for you, right for you.
Stop Barking! Who Me?
Friday, June 19th, 2009
I said, “Stop Barking!”. Whew, the pitch of the lady’s voice shrilled those words as she was describing how much her dog barked, and according to her, over nothing. I almost agreed with her because I didn’t see anything that would prompt the dog’s high-pitched sounds and intuitively, while communicating with him, it was hard to locate a ‘reason why’ until I caught that ’shrill sound’ in my ear canal. I got it. Further questioning of the dog confirmed that the noise volumn in the house was enough to make anyone shout. Once answered, I started to notice that the rest of the noise in this house was in the ’shrill’ range. The TV was blarring, the kids were screaming, the back door slammed and the phone kept ringing, ignored, of course, but the answering machine message chimed in loudly so as not to be missed. This was exhausting to say the least. I started to smile, what else could I do in the midst of all this chaos, and caught the attention of the little dog. He ‘knew’ that I got ‘his reason why’ and quietly sat down right in front of me and said, “See what I have to put up with here? How else can I compete?” Boy, he was right. Now not all barking problems are for this reason, but it was a wake up call to remind me that sometimes we people are just too noisy. No wonder we have the need to get back to nature. The next best thing to nature should be our dog and a little R&R in the back yard. But with noise competition, no wonder this little guy felt he had to make a big statement, maybe just to keep up with the rest of his family. Communicating with animals doesn’t have to be this loud.
Animal Communication = RESPECT
Tuesday, June 16th, 2009
photographer Sherry Slade
Animal Communication is a tool to gain R-E-S-P-E-C-T with our dogs, cats, horses and more. Isn’t it interesting when we stop to ’see’ what our animals tell us?
Last night while riding my horse, Hank, I noticed that every time I stopped him he would bend to the left and put his nose on his cinch. Now, if I wasn’t paying attention to his messages, I would have probably passed that off as being pushy, avoiding or something else. However, I do understand his methods to share with me at which I bent down and felt where the cinch was curled under just enough to make it uncomfortable for him. He was heard, it was fixed and problem solved.
That’s what my message is to you. Take each ‘out of the ordinary’ as an opportunity to tune into your horse, dog and cat. It doesn’t have to be a big thing, just a ’something’ that we’re supposed to ‘do something about’.
I promise that when you take that step, your relationship catapults to a level that no one can take away from you and your partner. It is basic respect – adding value to the recipient and ultimately to ourselves and what we want from it.
Happy Animal Communicating.
Animal Behavior – Using Laughter for Animal Communication
Thursday, April 23rd, 2009Animal Behavior studies reveal all sorts of neat information about our animal friends. One such study targeted the question: do animals laugh? The result may surprise you! Researchers working with rats discovered that when they tickled them, they laughed. Their study discerned that this offered a unique way to encourage animal communication. Take a look at this short video clip, it really is exciting.Rats When You Tickle Them
Animal Communication Self Test
Tuesday, April 14th, 2009
Hank, my quarter horse, is my guy. Whispering and communicating with him is great because he is so talkative. He lets me know right away how he feels. You may notice his forehead whirl, it’s dead center. What I’ve learned form Linda Tellington-Jones and the old-time ranchers in my area, dead center is good. Now don’t worry if your horses’ whirls are high, low or in-between, its just an indicator, a personality ’sketch’ that can hel p you with his traits and tendencies. It can also help you test your animal communication skills. Here’s how I use it to test mine. When I am invited to ‘come talk with your horse’ before I even get out of my car, I use my skills to ‘tune in and check in’ with him, right there, to see what type of personality I’ll be speaking with. It’s fun when I finally meet him, face to face, and check out if my initial assessment matches his whirl placement. This is just a simple game that I’ve made up for myself but it may help you too. If I ‘m correct and there is a match, I feel I’ve made some headway and I’m off to a better start. So use this tip or create your own. But whatever you do, learn how to talk with animals, take an animal communication workshop, learn how to use horse communication to help you both in all sorts of ways.
Animal Communicator’s Magic Formula 101
Monday, December 1st, 2008Animal Communicator’s Magic Formula! Is there such a thing? Well, I sat down and wrote out the 30 most practical ways that I use magic in my own Animal Communication practice. Okay, so there isn’t a magic formula per se, but, ever since I have been applying my own kind of magic from tried and true tips and techniques, I almost feel like it is magic. Now I am on a quest to share these handy and helpful magic tips with you.
I’ve already posted a tip in this blog about the Power of Ask, now here comes another one:
An Animal’s Point of View… read on for more -
Do animals have a Point of View? Well, yes. Their view points can mean from their visual perspective; i.e., line of sight, or as, from their life experience and influence.
In my line of work, Communicating with Animals, I remind my clients that animals’ view points influence their reactions and decisions, just as with people. I advise when working with any animal, especially in difficult situations and problem solving, to use the ViewPointFormula:
Take the animal out of an ‘animal’ suit and put him in a ‘people’ suit.
It’s easier to imagine our animals having a point of view especially if we can see them as if they were people. We’re reminded of friends or similar circumstances that relate.
Oh, and here’s a Bonus Tip: Connect an appropriate age to your imaginary animal/people suited being; a teen, adult, child?
This Animal Communicator’s Magic Formula works every time. It gets you out of your own head and into the one you are communicating with; the dog, horse, cat or more!