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Sound Healing for Cats and Other Pets
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In 1999 I decided to add sound healing to my massage and teaching
practice. I felt it would be an invaluable way to help animals that did
not trust touch as a way to soothe their bodies and minds. Healing with
sound is an ancient practice, extending back to the Egyptians, Greeks,
Tibetans, Chinese, Japanese, Australian aborigines, native Hawaiians,
and some of the native American cultures. In many cultures it has been
used right through to the present day. As I began to integrate it into
my practice I was amazed and delighted with the results. It has far
exceeded my expectations as a valuable healing tool.
By healing sound, I mean pure tones and harmonics produced by such
things as tuning forks, Tibetan singing bowls, bells, and cymbals,
gongs, drums, rattles, didgeridoos, and toning with voice. In my own
practice I use precision calibrated tuning forks, tingshaws (Tibetan
cymbals), Tibetan bells and my voice to produce healing sounds.
I began by integrating sound into my massages. Immediately, I noticed
that the animals enjoyed it and reached an even deeper level of
relaxation. Over the past months, I have used it more and more and have
seen remarkable results with the sounds applied on or near the body. For
tense and nervous animals, sound offers a wonderful new option for
soothing and relaxing as well as for building trust. For flighty animals
it can add grounding, helping them to concentrate better on their
lessons and competitions. For aged, dull, or lost animals it can bring a
sparkle back into their eyes and energy back to their bodies. |
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Acutonics
and Cats: a purrfect choice.
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Over the past few years I’ve seen many cats become incredibly
enthusiastic about the healing sounds involved in Acutonics sessions. As
you'll see in the following story, some cats enjoy healing sounds so
much that they insist on their own treatments regardless of their
owner's plans! |
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The
story of an Acutonics “Angel” |
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One day I met Angel, a calico female, at the farm of a client. Her
owner, a breeder of miniature horses, owned many animals on her small
farm including many horses, several cats and a dog.
On my first visit to the farm I was called in to work on several of the
miniature horses. As I sat on a very small stool and applied a sound
healing treatment to first one and then a second miniature yearling, a
lovely calico perched herself above me on the beam of the stall's wall.
The cat waited patiently throughout the session. When I was finished,
she made her move.
As I got up to leave, Angel launched herself at my retreating shoulders.
To my great surprise I suddenly felt a fairly heavy weight land solidly
across my shoulders. The cat draped herself around my neck and refused
to leave. Clearly, she had enjoyed the horses' session and wanted one of
her own!
Earlier, while working on the young horses, I’d noted which sound
intervals the cat had seemed to enjoy. Chuckling to myself, I carefully
reached for three particular tuning forks and applied them over my
shoulders to Angel.
After a few minutes of this very awkward application of sound therapy,
Angel changed her position and draped herself across one shoulder, front
to back, like a sack of flour. There she stayed, half asleep, while I
continued to work on several other horses.
On subsequent visits to the farm, Angel stayed
close to me, always insisting on her own treatment no matter who else I
was actually called in to work on. This included her owner's sessions.
Whenever the owner had an Acutonics session, Angel would sit on some
part of her body, purring, and waiting for the moment when I used the
tuning forks she liked best.
She was never disappointed. |
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portrait © Sara Light-Waller, 2003
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