Stress
Holistic healing means that you seek to heal the four bodies: physical, emotional, mental and spiritual. In case of stress, we may need to look at resolving issues in all four bodies. In her book, ‘The Natural Remedy Book for Dogs and Cats’, Diane Stein writes:
Often the remedy needed by the dog or cat is also needed by her guardian. Remember that our companion animals absorb our feelings, and when the people of a house are upset, the pet is also upset. Unable to release fear or frustration in other ways, the cat or dog may develop a physical dis-ease. Finding out what is upsetting the animal and clearing it heals everyone emotionally and physically.
Mental health is similar to emotional healing. When a pet is ill, consider her background. If turmoil in her previous family led to a breakup or death that resulted in losing her home, turmoil in her new home may warn the dog or cat that it’s going to happen again. The pet may totally misunderstand the situation, and even may think that she is the cause. Again, reassurance, love and psychic communication are necessary. By helping her to understand that she is secure and safe, the acting out (negative behaviour) stops and the physical dis-ease heals.
“Stress is the direct cause of eighty-five percent (or more) of human dis-ease, and dogs and cats share and mirror human lives. Stress is the direct cause of much or most of the dis-ease in companion animals, and a lot of that stress is absorbed directly from humans. Mental healing uses the same holistic methods of emotional healing and is individual – no two pets react the same way or need the same things. Healing animal and human stress together leads to happier homes for everyone.”
Animal behaviourists who have studied the canine brain will say, quite rightly, that dogs do not have the neurological structure to have thoughts as humans do. We would not argue with this. Rather, we believe that animals are very sensitive to the energies of emotions (emotion means energy in motion: e-motion).
In this Unit we look at the possibility that stress may affect our animals; at the scientific research that charts the effects of stress; and we consider ways in which stress can be minimised for our animals and ourselves.
Holistic healing means that you seek to heal the four bodies: physical, emotional, mental and spiritual. In case of stress, we may need to look at resolving issues in all four bodies. In her book, ‘The Natural Remedy Book for Dogs and Cats’, Diane Stein writes:
Often the remedy needed by the dog or cat is also needed by her guardian. Remember that our companion animals absorb our feelings, and when the people of a house are upset, the pet is also upset. Unable to release fear or frustration in other ways, the cat or dog may develop a physical dis-ease. Finding out what is upsetting the animal and clearing it heals everyone emotionally and physically.
Mental health is similar to emotional healing. When a pet is ill, consider her background. If turmoil in her previous family led to a breakup or death that resulted in losing her home, turmoil in her new home may warn the dog or cat that it’s going to happen again. The pet may totally misunderstand the situation, and even may think that she is the cause. Again, reassurance, love and psychic communication are necessary. By helping her to understand that she is secure and safe, the acting out (negative behaviour) stops and the physical dis-ease heals.
“Stress is the direct cause of eighty-five percent (or more) of human dis-ease, and dogs and cats share and mirror human lives. Stress is the direct cause of much or most of the dis-ease in companion animals, and a lot of that stress is absorbed directly from humans. Mental healing uses the same holistic methods of emotional healing and is individual – no two pets react the same way or need the same things. Healing animal and human stress together leads to happier homes for everyone.”
Animal behaviourists who have studied the canine brain will say, quite rightly, that dogs do not have the neurological structure to have thoughts as humans do. We would not argue with this. Rather, we believe that animals are very sensitive to the energies of emotions (emotion means energy in motion: e-motion).
In this Unit we look at the possibility that stress may affect our animals; at the scientific research that charts the effects of stress; and we consider ways in which stress can be minimised for our animals and ourselves.