Why Communicate with Animals

Animals hear with their hearts, feel with their bodies and see with their senses. It is not our words that animals respond to, they pick up the intention, or feeling, behind the words. Often we say one thing but an animal hears something else entirely. These mixed messages can be very confusing. Similarly, animals are instinctual beings, but we impose on them our human rules and expect them to understand and comply.

Oscar guarding the home.

Like humans, animals become frustrated when they are not heard or their needs are misunderstood. Just by listening and responding to what an animal has to say, amazing healing can take place. The wisdom of animals can be likened to the simplistic beauty and pureness of heart of young children; they are unfettered by a complicated ego-mind. By working together fear, aggression and dominance can be transformed into mutual respect, trust and love.

Bill after his morning coffee.

Through communication with our animals we can also learn about ourselves. As sensitive energetic beings, our animals pick up our negative beliefs, fears and conditionings and often mirror them back to us. Animals act out our imbalances and stresses within the family unit. By deepening our understanding of their behaviour they can become our teachers and guides. As all humans have a purpose here on earth, so do animals. They are an integral part of our "oneness" and without them, we are as incomplete as a bicycle which has only one wheel. They are here to teach us more about love in its purest form, about "being" instead of "doing".