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Energy Healing for Pets and Their People. WRIT TEN BY: STACY JESSEN, Crescent Moon Healing
We have all thought at one time or another, “Wow, that person looks just like their dog/cat!”; or maybe it’s the other way around and the animal starts looking like their person. Either way, it is obvious that we can share similar physical traits or expressions with our animals. Not only can we share similar traits and expressions with our animal, but it is also true that we can share energy and emotions with them. If you are a calm person, you more than likely have a calm animal. If you are someone that is consistently stressed by the external world, you may notice your animal is more on the nervous or anxious side. This is not always the case, but in general our animals pick up on our state of mind and reflect that back to us. Exceptions are certainly possible. For example, you may have rescued an animal that was neglected or abused by their previous person. This animal can exhibit fearful, nervous or anxious energy that has nothing to do with you but every thing to do with their previous human. Another example could be the dog that has thunderstorm anxiety. This can be due to chronic inflammation that is exacerbated by the low barometric pressure of a storm and the electrical charged atmosphere from lightening. The loud noise of thunder is associate with pain. These animals will know if a storm is approaching long before we do and begin to exhibit anxiety. On the other hand, there are some animals that have learned or
evolved away from reflecting the energy or emotions of their people. Some examples of these animals would be service dogs and cats residing in assisted living centers. Clearly there are exceptions to this rule that animals always take on and externalize their person’s energy and emotions. Animals are natural healers. This is why we have them as companions! They provide us with unconditional love. When the world seems chaotic, we always have our animal to comfort us, help us keep a routine and give us purpose. We may even unconsciously expect them to be a surrogate child, or we may fulfill our codependent tendencies by having an animal that depends on us. Whatever the conscious or unconscious reasoning, we share such a deep and meaningful bond with our animals. We may not even notice that we are ultimately depending on them to keep us sane. Sharing such an intense emotional bond literally binds our animal to us. They want us to be happy and healthy and can take on any imbalance preventing us from achieving homeostasis. Unfortunately, most animals do not understand that it is not their job to hold onto our personal
