We know
that keeping pets benefits our health so wouldn’t it be great to return the
compliment? Well, it is possible to make a positive energy connection with your
animal using a hands on healing technique. You are probably familiar with
‘spiritual healing,’ as it sometimes referred to, being used on people but it
can be immensely beneficial for animals too.
Margrit
Coates is the UKs leading pet healer and has written four books on the subject,
the first one being the acclaimed Healing for Horses. She’s appeared on
tv and radio on numerous occasions and has written the Pet's Corner column in the Daily Mail.
I first found out about her when I read the amazing Hands On Healing for
Pets recently which explains in detail how to do that very thing - apply hands on healing to your own animals.
Having a long standing interest in healing and having done it reasonably
successfully on my own animals I wanted to interview Margrit for this site. We
had a great conversation.
Margrit
defines pet healing as ‘a human making contact with an animal’s
electro-magnetic field to help on whatever level possible, mental, emotional or
physical.’ She explains that no-one is quite sure of how this healing energy
works or where it comes from, but her own feeling is that it is non
denominational and emanates from a supreme being or force to which all life is
connected.
The beauty
of talking to Margrit and reading her books is that she gives you confidence to
try healing for yourself. She believes everyone has the ability to heal on some
level and that the animal benefits enormously. It deepens the connection
between you and your pet and helps both of you relax. She makes it clear that
it does not take the place of a visit to the vet and that healing can’t mend
broken bones or cure terminal illnesses, but it can alleviate stress and pain,
helping release endorphins which are the body’s own pain killers, and it gives
the pet a feeling of well-being. It can help medicine be more effective. It is
totally safe, non-invasive and free. There are no down sides with this at all!
Margrit tells
me that hands on healing has been the subject of hundreds of documented
scientific studies. ‘More than a hundred volts of energy has been measured
coming from a healer’s hands,’ she says. ‘When healers make a connection, it
has been demonstrated that blood flow
increases in certain areas in the brain - the frontal lobe and the limbic
system.’
OK, I’m
convinced! But let’s get down to the nitty gritty. How do you actually do it?
What should you feel? How do you know you’re doing it right?
Margrit
recommends that before you try healing with your pet you set aside some time
when you will not be disturbed (turn off the phone and tv). Remove any magnetic
jewellery on your and your pet. You need to get into a positive and relaxed
state of mind by meditating first or listening to soothing music. Although you
may usually get relaxed with a glass of the local red alcohol is best avoided
when healing as it weakens the energy flow. For the same reason you should not
try healing if you are feeling under the weather or are emotionally upset. You
basically have to be in a calm, relaxed state where you are ‘thinking healing’
and not about what to make for dinner, whether you have left the iron on or
whether you should file for divorce! Your pet too should be relaxed rather than
excited and wanting to play.
‘Energy
follows thought,’ explains Margrit. ‘So just let your mind drift. If you are
having difficulty with this then just
keep repeating “I love you and I want to help you,” in your mind.’ She
says you then place your hands gently
and lightly on the animal ‘like a butterfly landing’ or hold them just above. (I
confess to getting better results when my hands are held an inch or two above
the animal.) ‘Watch the animal, observe and stay focussed. Direct your energy
outwards. Have confidence and keep going even if you can’t feel anything
happening. You don’t have to hold your hands over a particular place, although
you may be drawn to do so,’ she continues. ‘Because the body will take the
healing it needs, which may not necessarily be where you expect it.’
Some people
feel their hands get hot during healing, some (like me) feel cold spots or
tingling. ‘But don’t worry,’ says Margrit. ‘We are all different and some of
the most powerful healers feel nothing at all. The animal always benefits though.’
What if you
are trying to help a wild animal or something you can’t get close enough to
touch? Margrit says you can still heal. ‘I have done it numerous times,’ she
says. ‘If I am outside I imagine a light beam between my eyes and turn my palms
upwards with the fingers pointed close to my body. Then I imagine shooting
beams of light at the animal, which focuses my healing thoughts. It doesn’t
have to take very long as the healing is very fast.’
Does the
animal display any signs that the healing is working? ‘Yes, there is an
immediate peaceful effect, the eyelids may droop, the animal may become sleepy
or even fall asleep,’ says Margrit. ‘It may twitch or stretch out or even look
at your hands. Some may move to direct your hands to a particular spot on the
body.’ Again on a personal note I have seen this happen and when trying healing
on one of my own dogs, she actually took her paw and pushed my hand onto her
stomach – can’t say it clearer than that, can you?
Margrit
points out that an animal does not have to be sick in order to benefit from
healing. ‘You can do it to any animal to build up a better bond and to help it
on so many levels, ‘she says.
I talk to
her about the many thousands of animals that need help, that have been
maltreated and are in cages or suffering as we speak. I have written about some
of these on the site. Can healing help them in any way? ‘We can send healing
thoughts,’ she replies. ‘Wherever there is an animal in need then healing
thoughts will reach it on some level. Of course it is easy to feel despondent
and think is it enough, but I would like to tell you about a scientific
experiment mentioned on Lynn McTaggart’s Intention Experiment site.
In this experiment, a group of people in London were asked to make a geranium
leaf in Arizona that had been cut from a plant and punctured with holes “glow
and glow”. The results were astounding. Ten minutes of intention had a
measurable result in the light emissions of the leaf and these were visible in
the digital images created by the CCD cameras. The control leaf remained
unchanged.’
It makes
you think doesn’t it? Of what we are capable of and what the power of thought
can do, especially if a group of like minded people with open minds and the
intention to do good get together. ‘Imagine if the whole world did that.’ says
Margrit. ‘If everyone decided to use their inner gifts for healing. Imagine
what good we could do.’
It’s a tall
order. You may feel daunted at the enormity of the task of trying to help heal
thousands if not millions of animals. But start small like the geranium leaf
experiment. Start on your own pets and watch the results. You don’t have to be
psychic or gifted or New Agey or anything. Just have an open mind and an open
heart and see what little miracles you can achieve.
Margrit’s
website is www.theanimalhealer.com
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