“Believe something and the Universe is on its way to being changed. Because you've changed, by believing. Once you've changed, other things start to follow. Isn't that the way it works?” ― Diane Duane, So You Want to Be a Wizard

Monday, October 3, 2016

A few tips from Animal Communicator Marta Williams - Ask Your Animal

In their innocence and wisdom, in their connection to the earth and its most ancient rhythms, animals show us a way back the home they never left. - Susan Chernak McElroy

You can learn to "read" your pet. Add this one to your library.



Ask Your Animal
Resolving Behavioral Issues
Through Intuitive Communication
Marta Williams
Foreword by Vanessa Williams
New World Library, 2008
Soft Cover, $14.95
ISBN: 978-1-57731-609-1
Available at www.martawilliams.com

Reviewed by *Carol M. Upton

Like almost everyone else in the world. I started out believing that being able to communicate intuitively with animals was pure science fiction. ~ Marta Williams

Around the world, people are starting to see how communication with other species enhances all life. Whether you want to enrich your relationship with one pet or plan serious study of animal communication, Ask Your Animal will deeply inspire your direction.

Prior to becoming an animal communicator, Marta Williams worked as a wildlife biologist and environmental scientist. Intrigued by the idea of intuitive communication with animals, she set out to learn all that she could about the subject, a path which led her to become a full-time animal communicator.

Ask Your Animal outlines the author’s insightful approaches to more rewarding relationships with animals. Williams believes these are skills we can all cultivate. Woven throughout the book are heartfelt anecdotes of the myriad ways people have tapped into the information animals offer to us. Pet lovers will recognize these situations - from the horse that won’t trailer load to the rescue dog that attacks other animals to the cat that refuses food when her owner is away.

Each section includes simple instructions designed to help resolve the challenge and nurture confidence in the apprentice animal communicator. Williams encourages readers to listen, gain fresh perspectives, and discover creative new paths to success. Included are tools to calm a distressed animal, resolve negative behavior, such as jumping up on people or digging, eliminate aggression, and teach a hypersensitive or fearful animal to accept and even enjoy being handled.

There is an entire chapter devoted to using intuition to find a lost animal and another on coping with death, two situations that owners find particularly distressing. One of the more unique features of the book is the final chapter, focused on new ways of relating to the wild creatures with which we share the planet.

Ask Your Animal is a vital resource deserving of a permanent spot on the bookshelf. No animal lover will be the same after reading it. - Carol Upton (deceased) was my friend. She offered publicity services for animal-related authors and healing artists. I greatly appreciated her friendship, her enthusiasm and her work. 

More insight from Marta on how you can communicate with Animals --



Marta Williams, author of Learning Their Language and Beyond Words, lives in Northern California and travels internationally to lecture and teach. She consults by phone and email with people and their animals throughout the world. Visit Marta at: www.martawilliams.com

Marta's Blog
Marta: on Facebook
Amazon: Ask your Animal
Interview/Podcast with Marta - Conscious Living with Wendy Garrett on Empower Radio

Friday, September 30, 2016

Healing with Horses

We have so much to learn. Animals know this and they love us anyway. - AnimalNsight


May 5, 2014 - Ohio State University
  •  In the first study of its kind, researchers have determined that spending time with horses eases symptoms of Alzheimer’s dementia. *Science Daily

The small pilot study, which appears in the journal Anthrozoƶs, suggests that equine therapy -- a treatment used today for children and teens who have emotional and developmental disorders -- could work for adults too.

A collaboration between The Ohio State University, an equine therapy center and an adult daycare center found that people with Alzheimer's were able to safely groom, feed and walk horses under supervision -- and the experience buoyed their mood and made them less likely to resist care or become upset later in the day.

Holly Dabelko-Schoeny, associate professor of social work at Ohio State, said that equine therapy could supplement more common forms of animal therapy involving dogs or cats and provide a unique way to ease the symptoms of dementia without drugs.

“We wanted to test whether people with dementia could have positive interactions with horses, and we found that they can—absolutely,” Dabelko-Schoeny said. “The experience immediately lifted their mood, and we saw a connection to fewer incidents of negative behavior.”

References -
http://news.osu.edu/news/2014/05/05/caring-for-horses-eases-symptoms-of-dementia/
http://www.fieldofdreamsequine.com/


Growing up with horses, I have always felt a strong connection and appreciated the time I have shared with my horse companions. When I started Wendy's Coffeehouse on KCMO Talk Radio, we searched for a local organization we could promote that provided equine assisted therapy.

Everyone likes apples. - New Horizon Ranch
After checking with some of the area horse people we found a program that is within driving distance of Kansas City and getting some excellent word of mouth. 

New Horizon Ranch in Rantoul, Kansas has been up and going since 2007. A friend and I had a chance to visit this week as they were setting up for their fundraising event (9/30/16).

Don't have time to post a lot here but wanted to add this as an example of programs that are seeing positive results in the communities they serve. I'll update later.  - wendy

About New Horizon Ranch.
"All of the animals except for man know that the principle business of life is to enjoy it." ~ Samuel Butler