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Using
Compassionate Touch
With Your Animals
As a massage therapist I understand the benefits that therapeutic touch
can bring to both people and animals. It can soothe hurts, encourage
healing, enhance performance, and provide general feelings of well-being
to
the body. It can help young and old, two-legged and four equally. But
massage is more than a way to help the body heal, it’s also a way
soothe the emotions and comfort the spirit.
Compassionate
Touch
There is a simple technique I call Compassionate Touch which you can use to soothe your own animal’s
spirit or just to tell them how much you love and honor them.
Here’s what you do…
- Find
a time of day when you can spend some quality, quiet time with your
animal.
- Spend
a few moments letting go of the stresses of the day, either through
quiet breathing
exercises or just by thinking about a calm and pleasant place.
- After
you have de-stressed somewhat, place one hand on your animal
companion and share your calm and pleasant thoughts with them.
(Don’t be shy about this, animals share our feelings quite
readily.) Put yourself in "neutral" mentally and share
that happy place with your animal. Have your main thought be that
you want to share your (mental) happiness with them.
- Let
yourself just be still and drift in a happy, mental place with your
animal. Remember to keep breathing and just allow yourself to be.
If you do this exercise regularly and with care and compassion,
your relationship with your animal companion should change. It should become
deeper, wiser, and more trusting. Try it and see!
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