The Healing Power of Pets


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Increasingly, medicine is recognizing the special relationship between pets and people as one of the most powerful weapons in fighting disease, treating chronic conditions, and coping with troubling times. In fact, many doctors are routinely "prescribing" pets for their patients. The Healing Power of Pets explores these phenomena in greater detail, combining revolutionary scientific discoveries with deeply moving, personal stories of the unique bond between pets and their owners. The stories are of people who have learned how to triumph over chronic pain, paralyzing phobias, sedentary lifestyles, and life-threatening conditions -- showing us that the best medicine might be that furry tail-wagging pet at your side.




Paws & Effect


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Dogs have always been our friends and changed our lives for the better. But they may save our lives as well. Seamlessly weaving scientific research with compelling narrative, Paws & Effect tells incredibly moving stories of beloved pets who have supported their people through periods of ill health and other crises—with miraculous results: *Little Ben, a Chihuahua who can sense impending epileptic seizures *Abdul, a Golden Retriever/Lab mix, who was the world’s first service dog and helped his owner by retrieving keys and phones, medicine from countertops, water from the refrigerator, and could even hand in credit cards at the grocery store *A Dalmation named Trudii, whose obsessive behavior prompted her owner to seek a medical examination that revealed melanoma




When Dogs Heal


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The best medicine may not always be found at a pharmacy or in a doctor’s office. Sometimes it comes in the form of a four-legged friend. Three well-known leaders in their fields—award-winning dog photographer Jesse Freidin, adolescent HIV+ specialist Dr. Robert Garofalo, and LGBTQ advocate and journalist Zach Stafford—offer a refreshing, beautiful, and unique portrait of HIV infused with a deep message of hope. Each extraordinary profile shows the power of the incredible bonds between humans and their canine companions, whether that means combating loneliness and stigma, discovering the importance of unconditional love, overcoming addiction, or simply having a best friend in a time of need. When Dogs Heal shares the stories of a diverse set of people who are thriving and celebrating life thanks to the compassion and unconditional love of their dogs. A portion of the proceeds from this book benefits Fred Says, an organization dedicated to financially supporting HIV+ teen health care.




Animal Reiki


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“A great introduction to the growing field of energy medicine. . . . Easy-to-read . . . this book will be enjoyed by animal guardians and veterinarians alike.” —Shawn Messonnier, DVM, author of The Natural Health Bible for Dogs & Cats Whether you’re a newcomer to the field of energy healing, an experienced practitioner or an animal lover committed to learning everything you can about your companion’s health, Animal Reiki will open your eyes to a new level of health and well-being. From dogs and cats to horses and birds, this book is everything you need to understand and appreciate the power of Reiki to heal and deepen the bond with the animals in your life. “I learned a lot from Animal Reiki and highly recommend it to a wide audience.” —Marc Bekoff, University of Colorado, author of Minding Animals and editor of the Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior “Fulton and Prasad have created a much-needed guide to a method of helping animals heal that is gentle, intuitive, safe and powerful.” —Susan Chernak McElroy, author of All My Relations: Living with Animals as Teachers and Healers “A powerful reminder of the wider uses of the system of Reiki and how humanity can be of purposeful benefit to all.” —Bronwen and Frans Stiene, International House of Reiki, authors of A-Z of Reiki, The Japanese Art of Reiki and The Reiki Sourcebook




Crystal Healing for Animals


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Discover how the healing power of crystals can be used to enhance the wellbeing and happiness of the animals in your care. Crystal healing is as effective and potent a healing art today as it was in the time of the ancient Egyptians. It is even more effective with animals than for humans, and any pet owner or animal caregiver can easily learn to master the basic techniques of choosing and cleansing crystals, dowsing and crystal massage, making crystal essences, and the use of crystal layouts in healing. Crystal Healing for Animals explains these methods in plain and simple language and will be useful for beginners and experienced crystal users alike. Crystal healing allows us to take an active role in the health of our animal companions, in the sure knowledge that we can do no wrong. Crystals have a healing energy that is powerful and profound, but is completely safe and gentle. Take a guided tour of thirty of the most commonly used and effective healing crystal and gemstones, showing how you can easily and inexpensively build up a collection that will last a life time and go on providing healing support to your animal friends as the years go by. Animal problems covered include: abuse and trauma, allergies, bereavement and grief, hyperactivity, constipation, inflammation, low immunity, muscle strains and pains, post-surgical recovery, stress, training problems and animal/human relationships, and much more. This book also contains special sections on training and animal rescue, showing the role that crystals can play in this context. Martin Scott and Gael Mariani are the founders and directors of the Society for Animal Flower Essence Research (S.A.F.E.R). They are the authors and tutors of many courses on natural animal healthcare including the Animal Care College’s Complementary Therapies for Pets. They have lectured internationally on the subject. S.A.F.E.R provides training and education to UK animal welfare charities such as the Cinnamon Trust and RSPCA. Scott and Mariani are Tutors and course writers, Animal Care College; Associates of and advisors to the Canine and Feline Behaviour Association; and Former Fellows of the British Institute of Homeopathy. They are the authors of Bach Flower Remedies for Dogs and Bach Flower Remedies for Cats.




Reiki for Dogs


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TAP INTO THE POWER OF REIKI TO HEAL YOUR DOGUsing the most gentle and natural treatment possible, Reiki for Dogs can help you realize a new level of wellbeing for your dog. This powerful book provides everything necessary to help your dog through times of discomfort and to deepen your bond with the canine companions in your life. With a wealth of information based on the author’s years of training and personal experience, Reiki for Dogs will guide you with:• Enlightening tips and tricks for getting started• Step-by-step examples of Reiki healings• Real-life case studies of dogs helped by ReikiMeaning “spiritual energy,” Reiki is used worldwide to support physical, emotional and spiritual healing, and is the perfect complement to traditional veterinary medicine.




Transforming Trauma


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Have you ever looked deep into the eyes of an animal and felt entirely known? Often, the connections we share with non-human animals represent our safest and most reliable relationships, offering unique and profound opportunities for healing in periods of hardship. This book focuses on research developments, models, and practical applications of human-animal connection and animal-assisted intervention for diverse populations who have experienced trauma. Physiological and psychological trauma are explored across three broad and interconnected domains: 1) child maltreatment and family violence; 2) acute and post-traumatic stress, including military service, war, and developmental trauma; and 3) times of crisis, such as the ever-increasing occurrence of natural disasters, community violence, terrorism, and anticipated or actual grief and loss. Contributing authors, who include international experts in the fields of trauma and human-animal connection, examine how our relationships with animals can help build resiliency and foster healing to transform trauma. A myriad of animal species and roles, including companion, therapy, and service animals are discussed. Authors also consider how animals are included in a variety of formal and informal models of trauma recovery across the human lifespan, with special attention paid to canine- and equine-assisted interventions and psychotherapy. In addition, authors emphasize the potential impacts to animals who provide trauma-informed services, and discuss how we can respect their participation and implement best practices and ethical standards to ensure their well-being. The reader is offered a comprehensive understanding of the history of research in this field, as well as the latest advancements and areas in need of further or refined investigation. Likewise, authors explore, in depth, emerging practices and methodologies for helping people and communities thrive in the face of traumatic events and their long-term impacts. As animals are important in cultures all over the world, cross-cultural and often overlooked animal-assisted and animal welfare applications are also highlighted throughout the text.




Power Animals


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If you have never heard of spirit animals or power animals, you have come to the right place. Featuring exercises and step-by-step instructions to help you access the power of animals as guides and healers. Includes a comprehensive directory explaining the symbolism and significance of 75 animals of land, sea and sky as well as mystical creatures. In Native American, Aboriginal and other shamanic cultures, animals have long been recognized as possessing important strengths and powers. This beautifully illustrated book will teach you how to discover which animal guide has the most to offer you, and provides practical exercises for working with your spirit animal's healing powers and wisdom. You will find step-by-step instructions for animal meditations, guidance on interpreting animal signs and messages and learn how to work with animal dreams and visions. As you begin the journey of discovering you own power animal, you will be reminded that you inhabit a vast, interconnected universe. This profound realization is one of the best antidotes to depression and alienation. By working with power animals, through meditation, visualization and direct contact, you will be able to ask your power animal for advice, guidance, protection and healing.




Therapy Pets


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Pets love us unconditionally. They're always happy to see us, they encourage us when we're feeling down, and their devotion is touching and reassuring. If this is true for the average pet owner, it is especially true for the disabled, handicapped, emotionally troubled, and seriously ill person.In this uplifting book we learn firsthand how the field of Animal Assisted Therapy is having remarkable success training animals to help and enhance the lives of children and adults with serious medical problems. Hospital rehabilitation programs, physical and occupational therapy sessions, nursing homes, mental healthcare facilities, and hospice programs are just some of the settings where dogs, cats, horses, and other animals have helped patients cope with often daunting medical challenges.With more than fifty photographs showing the visible improvements that trained therapy pets are making in the lives of sick and disabled people, the compelling stories relate many inspiring incidents of the healing animal-human partnership: six-year-old Brendan, disabled from birth, successfully completes his physical therapy with the help of Zorro, a big black hound once considered unadoptable; Philip, a hospice patient in his last days, finds some joy in the company of a therapy dog named Andy; and Tikva, a Keeshond therapy dog from Oregon, helps to comfort emotionally drained firefighters at New York City's Ground Zero.For animal lovers, healthcare providers, and anyone who appreciates how animals and humans interrelate, this is a wonderful, truly inspirational book.Jacqueline J. Crawford is a clinical psychologist at Lakeland Mental Health Center in Moorhead, MN, and the lead author of Please! Teach ALL of Me: Multisensory Instruction for Preschoolers.Karen A. Pomerinke is a professional dog trainer in the state of Washington and the moderator of the pet-advice website www.greatpets.com.Donald W. Smith is a photographer, website designer, and a retired mental health counselor.




Animal Healing and Vibrational Medicine


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Animal Healing and Vibrational Medicine by Sage Holloway Dogs, cats, birds, reptiles, rodents, fish, horses, dolphins and farm animals benefit from the gentle healing methods of vibrational medicine. Animal Healing and Vibrational Medicine explains how to create remedies specifically for individual ailments ... with no harmful side effects! Essences, or vibrational remedies, are elixirs of water infused with the energy frequency of flowers, gems, minerals, elements, stars, or sacred earth spaces. These high-energy frequencies invite the individual's energetic field to resonate at the higher vibration, balancing and healing the energy system through the body. Animal Healing is a resource and reference guide for over 1,000 energetic remedies. It provides a variety of ways to administer them to animals, and it takes the guesswork out of how they work. You will find remedies for: Addition or loss of a family member (animal or human) Fear of not enough attention to go around, Moving anxiety, Stress from specialized and obedience training, Living predominantly indoors, Immune system dysfunctions cause by processed pet food, Medical and surgical procedure recovery, Injuries and infestations, Exposure to environmental and household toxins, And many more. "Quietly, gently, radically, Sage Holloway challenges the veterinary industry to open its mind and its heart to a whole new range and vocabulary of care-giving. Every human being who resides with, or has feelings for, a member of some other species would do well to become familiar with these 'alternative' insights into health. As an interspecies guide, it is absorbing. Whether one agrees with all of its assertions matters not, for the underlying love of all plants and animals that emerges from the book can only help to stop the cruelty that Homo sapiens have collectively, insanely inflicted on mother earth and all her precious progeny for thousands of years." Dr. Michael Tobias, author of World War III: Population and the Biosphere at the End of the Millennium and A Vision of Nature: Traces of the Original World "This book deserves to be read and its contents explored and tested by open-minded individuals interested in the process of healing." Bernie Siegel, M.D., author of Love, Medicine and Miracles and Prescriptions for Living "An illuminating guide of holistic wisdom that is essential to survival as a species and a wake up call that speaks to the amnesia of mainstream consciousness. As humankind awakens to its own need for natural rhythm and seeks to heal the separation of body and soul ... this sensitive book will serve as the map ... a way for us to see the road back to being keepers of the Earth and all her living creatures. Animal Healing And Vibrational Medicine is a resonate voice of the Ancient Future ... it is time to celebrate" Springs Romano, Ph.D., author of Powers That Be "For years I have utilized vibrational remedies with animals - wild and domestic. They are one of the most effective healing methods for work with wildlife. Sage Holloway's Animal Healing and Vibrational Medicine provides very practical and easy-to-follow guidelines for using vibrational remedies with the animal kingdom. Whether a professional healer, a pet owner or even a wildlife rehabilitator - you will benefit from this text. More importantly, the animals in your life will as well." Ted Andrews, author of Animal-Speak and Animal-Wise.