Reflection: Interspecies Communication
Barbara Janelle: Animal Communicator
By leona chen (05/12/09 21:51:05)
4/28/09

During our meeting with Barbara, we used Thiebaud (the Dachshund dog) as a subject to try our communicating skills to. She discovered that Thiebaud lives in a world of scent. Animal needs are not human needs, and in order to understand them: we need to see through their needs.

-World of communication is universal, even animal communication.
-She is a M.A. practitioner of horses and companion animals.

-2 elements needed to communicate:
ability to quiet yourself. To bring yourself into the present life, To also be aware of present instead of the past and future.
-Figure out if animal came as a surprise or conscious choice.
-How does animal come to mind:
tactile, hearing, smell, conceptual. (memory, habits, memory of things done together)
-Communication: 3-5% words, most comes from senses and mental connections.
-Therapeutic touch: field of study.

-Thiebaud greets everyone, which weaves everyone into the group. We find a connection between each other.

-Find tree: does the tree find you? Or do you find the tree?
1.) Touch the tree.
2.) Walk away from it.
3.) Put your back against it.
4.) Ask the tree to tell you something you should/need to know.

-When communicating with animals imagine yourself as the mirror of that animal.
-Gratitude is as important as the encounterment and communication with the living being.


Related Website: ANIMAL COMMUNICATION: A JOURNEY
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