The Animal Healing Practice

12/02/2024

Hugo belongs to Kerry and Abbie Coughtrey. Before they bought him, he had been through several homes in quick succession, and lost his trust in humans. He also has some worries about his body.
Kerry and Abbie have done a fantastic job, helping him to feel safe and allowing him to settle down. In his healing session, Hugo was able to release a large amount of undischarged stress and adrenaline from the past, and it was a very humbling experience to share the healing space with him as he completely relaxed. ❤️

28/04/2023

Some lovely feedback received :
“I rode Marmite today, for the first time since you treated her, and she was wonderful. I took onboard all of your insights and she was so much happier and calmer. We also felt a lot more in sync. Thank you so very much “

18/06/2021

The passing of our pets is an incredibly sad time.
Often it can be the case that we have to make a difficult decision on their behalf, to prevent their suffering.
This can be a great burden to bear, but also it is a deep act of love, to let them go at the right time.
There are often conflicting feelings of fear and guilt, alongside the deeper knowing that it necessary to make sure that an ending is stress free as possible. I have been through this myself and it is part of my work to help other custodians who are faced with the same tough decisions.
Amongst all the sadness, there will always be gifts, and sometimes, it is not until we are face to face with the fragility of life, that we are most deeply touched by the depth and strength of love, especially the love that is unconditionally and freely given to us by our animals, even when they themselves are about to pass.

03/06/2021

22/01/2020

Would you like to know what your horse, dog or cat is thinking?

As a qualified healer and animal communicator, I can support you and your animal to improve their life and your relationship with them. I can:

~ Give insight to behavioural and stress related issues
~ Give insight to physical and wellbeing issues
~ Help you understand your relationship with your animal.
~ Show you how to deepen your relationship with your animal.
~ Bring peace to you and your animal before passing on.
~ Give you an opportunity to ask your animal questions.
~ I am qualified to offer emotional support to you during the process.

I can visit in person or do a distant session. Both are as effective.

Sessions are usually £40 - which includes healing throughout the session, communication and consultation up to an hour and a half in total.

***January special offers ***

Four sessions for the price of three to be taken within two months from initial booking for the same animal.

Yard or multi animal visits on the same day - arrange three sessions and get a 10% discount. Four or more sessions and get a 15% discount.
(Travel costs may apply depending on location)

Message or call now to book a session or for more information. (Email contact details on website - click on link to blog). or 07974 158989

See the link to my blog below for a more in depth explanation of animal communication, and please do take a look at the rest of my website for more information on healing and how it works.

People often ask me how I can communicate with animals, and how do I know what they are saying. I think that its important to be able to explain this, because there must be a degree of trust that what … Continue reading →

03/10/2019

How does animal Communication work?
People often ask me how I can communicate with animals, and how do I know what they are saying. I think that its important to be able to explain this, because there must be a degree of trust that what I’m doing has integrity, as many people approach animal communication with a great deal of scepticism.
Before we evolved to communicate with language, mammals could already resonate emotionally with each other, and we still have the ability within us to sense and understand emotion as an electromagnetic frequency, a process called limbic resonance.
To get an idea, imagine you have just walked into a room and what do you feel? The very first thing you feel is the atmosphere of the room and that is created by the electromagnetic frequency of the emotions that are currently present or have recently been present in that room; for example if you go into a church you may feel a very distinct atmosphere of love and peace.
If you can feel the frequency in a room, it’s not too difficult to conceive how you could start to feel the emotions and frequency coming from another being or animal. It just takes a lot more practice and sensitivity.
Another aspect of our evolution that we now disregard in modern times is that we all have the ability to detect energy fields, and their qualities, it’s just that in western society we have relinquished this sixth sense in as we are no longer being stalked by a sabre tooth tiger, or feeling our way through a forest in the dark.
So, we can all feel emotions and energy as an intrinsic mammalian function, which explains a great deal of how we understand others. Animal communication is simply an extension of this function, and anyone can do it if they practice enough.
I have become much more familiar with my in-built sensitivities and developed them to become very perceptive of all the information that an animal is sharing with me. So, the part of my brain that receives emotional information has become a more powerful antenna. To develop this, I have spent a great deal of time practising being still in the present moment in a meditative state, and it has also required a lot of personal and emotional self-development so that I can differentiate between my own thoughts and projections and those that am receiving from an animal.
I can feel the emotions and physical sensations within the animal’s body as if they were my own. Again, this is explained through electro-magnetic resonance. Information from the animal comes to me as images in my head, and strangely, the same thing happens when someone gives me a clear verbal description of something, so there is clearly an ability within our brains to transmit nonverbal information, even if words are also there to back it up. Great minds think alike!
When I am doing a healing or communication consultation, I will uncover information as I scan through the energy fields of the body, and, I can act as a ‘go-between’ for you to ask your animal any questions. Although animals do not have the same sense of time that we have, so it is not impossible for them to give us dates.
Many times I have brought a lot of peace and resolution to owners as they are able to make sense of what they already knew.
I bring a great deal of professionalism and integrity to my work. It matters greatly to me that I convey as accurately as possible what is happening for your animal, and as it is their welfare and your relationship with them that is important, then that is my focus too. Healing and communication are very valuable complimentary therapies and can be extremely useful to animal and owner but it is never a substitute for veterinary care.

20/09/2019

Bridles and headcollars...
One of my most common findings when scanning the skull and C1 vertebrae is restriction, stress and chronic headaches due to headpieces, brow bands and throat-lashes that are too tight around the poll, delicate ligaments and muscles at the base of the ear and the windpipe and throat.
People focus on noseband and bit pressure, but these other areas are just as vulnerable to poorly fitted or tight bridles and headcollars including rope halters.
When your bridle is done up, slide your fingers under the headpiece on the poll, and if there’s pressure on your fingers then it’s too much for the horse too!! Loosening the noseband will alleviate this.
Is the room for the width of your five fingers in the throatlash when the poll is flexed? The lash shouldn’t come into contact with the horses throat at all. Many horses worry about strangulation from this.
Is there space for the browband and headpiece to fit comfortably around the base of the ears without pinching or restricting ear movements?
Anything that’s tight will cause stress.

09/01/2017

Just had some really nice feedback from a client after working with her dog for just one session, through distant healing.

"I asked Sally for a healing session for my 2 year old male whippet, as there were a few elements of his behaviour I was concerned about. During the session Sally identified a few areas to work on and gave me very comprehensive and insightful feedback. Since his session, he has been very relaxed and much more confident in himself. He used to follow me from room to room and seem to lack confidence, but now he is much more independent and seems a lot more secure in his identity. After one session I have definitely noticed a difference in him and I feel he is much happier as a result."

17/10/2016

This lovely Australian Kelpie bitch was bought by a client as a pet and working sheepdog.
However soon after arriving, the dog became very aggressive towards my clients partner especially when he came home from work.
With behavioural problems I always recommend that healing is given in conjunction with re-training.
In this case, my client was very skilled in her training, but for some reason the dog was not responding, so she asked me if I could help.
During the healing session, the dog released a great deal of undischarged adrenaline and unresolved stress, and went into a deep sleep. The dog also showed me some stressful images, where it had become very scared and confused.
Although I always recommend a course of healing, within just one session there was a dramatic improvement in the dogs behaviour, and family life was able to resume as normal, and the dog fully settled into its new home.

15/06/2016

This is Mercles. He was recently diagnosed with arthritis in his hocks, and today I gave him his second session of healing to support his veterinary treatment.
Mercles had a lot of undischarged adrenalin in his under neck muscles, lumbar area and glutes, where these muscles had been working overtime to compensate for the pain in his hocks. I was also able to relieve tension from his pectorals and forearms where these too had been taking the strain.
He went into a deep relaxation and released a lot of unresolved emotion, including telling me how angry he was about how unpleasant all the injections were.
We also discovered an old injury on his shoulder which was dispersed.
By clearing all the blocked energy in Mercles system, healing gives his body an opportunity for a 'clean slate' so that the veterinary treatment can have maximum effect.

05/08/2015

What is Animal Healing?

Animal healing is a non-invasive complementary therapy, suitable for a wide range of physical and emotional conditions. It can also work very well alongside manual therapies (for example, physiotherapy) and in conjunction with on-going veterinary treatment.

How can it help?
Animal healing is beneficial for all chronic and acute conditions, injuries and illnesses, and works very well in resolving behavioural problems, when used in conjunction with re-training. Animal healing is not a cure, and should never be used as a substitute for veterinary care. If your animal has been injured or is unwell, it should receive immediate veterinary attention.

How does healing work?
An animal’s body is made up of tiny atoms vibrating at specific frequencies. The body has an innate knowledge of the frequency of theses vibrations for the maintenance of its health.
When an animal is injured or diseased, the effects of domestication and environmental stress often prevent animals from utilising their own natural healing processes.
When this happens, the ‘trauma’ from the illness or injury becomes stored within the body as an energetic blockage, and the healthy frequencies become disrupted, preventing the animal from returning to a balanced healthy status, called ‘homeostasis’.
In some cases, repeated trauma can lead to chronic disease and a lack of well-being.

When healing energy is offered to the animal, it enables the body to raise and rebalance its frequencies, and increase its natural energy resources. Healing allows the trauma to disperse, and can assist in speeding up the recovery from illness, wounds and operation sites, saving time and money, and reducing further stress on the animal. It is particularly useful for animals that have to be confined, for example, on box rest, kennels, or within a cage.
During the healing, the animal may go into a deep state of relaxation, and afterwards it may sleep more than usual, as its body lets go of trauma.

Healing also provides the support for animals to process and release emotional trauma that can be caused by fear, anxiety, stress or separation.
Despite the adaptability of many of our domesticated breeds, they are often unable to exhibit the natural behaviours inherent to their species. These natural behaviours have evolved to allow them to release the emotions caused by a stressful event.

For example, in a wild situation, if the flight or fight response is triggered by an attack from another animal, once the threat has subsided, the animal can retreat into the safety of its herd or pack where it can safely disperse the adrenalin and cortisone from its bloodstream.
In domestication, animals cannot behave in their natural way, and so they have to adapt and often compensate by absorbing stress within their bodies.
Over time, unresolved stress can lead to behavioural difficulties, such as defensiveness, nervousness, agression,over-excitability, and withdrawal.
In the same way as it works for injury and illness, healing allows the animal to let go of unresolved stress, and return to a balanced state. It is even more effective if used in conjunction with re-training, so that the animal can learn new responses to help it cope.
It is also very beneficial for bereavement and also brings peace for animals about to pass on.

What do I do?
As a trained animal healer, I am able to detect energetic blockages within the energy field of an animal and by channelling universal energy, allow the blockages to be cleared.
It works in much the same way as a radio antennae picks up electromagnetic waves. Or imagine walking into a room and sensing a ‘vibe’. Everyone is capable of detecting frequencies; it just takes a lot more practice to work in detail with them.
How do animals react to healing?
Most animals go into a state of deep relaxation. There may be yawning, twitching, and postural stretches. However it is not uncommon for them to move around and some will be restless.

Healing does not provide a diagnosis and veterinary consent must be obtained before treatment commences.

16/04/2015

Fve tips for improving your energy around horses for groundwork and riding.

1. Your breath
Notice how you breathe when you are around your horse. Take time when you are grooming and tacking up to become familiar with how your breath changes with different tasks. Can you maintain a deep and slow diaphragmatic breath, which entrains your horse. Pay particular attention to emptying your lungs and aiming for a short pause before the next in breath. When riding, use the rhythm of the horses footfalls to help with steadying the rhythm of your breath.

2. Your thoughts
Notice where your thoughts go. Are you in the present moment, or does your mind dwell on stuff from the past, or keep jumping to future scenarios. Horses are in the moment, so focussing on exactly what you are doing and becoming meditative as you work, brings you into the present and allows you to really notice your horse.

3. Become grounded.
Calm breath and still mind allow you to be grounded. Notice your connection to the ground beneath you, even when you are riding. Think of sending out roots into the soil, gradually growing deeper and deeper, and then notice the earths energy come up into your body. Horses like humans to be grounded as it brings a sense of reassurance to them. Another useful image is to think of being a telegraph pole or your favourite tree.

4. Tune into your horse.
Horses are on a higher frequency than us. Think of your breath, thoughts and grounding as three dials on a radio that you need to carefully adjust in order to tune into the frequency of your horse. Notice how your horse will gradually pay more attention to you as you improve your ability to be in the moment with him.

5. Your own energy field.
Can you become conscious of how much energy you are using, and how far you are sending it out? Are you a dim lightbulb or a bright lightbulb. Do you hold your energy close to you or does is splurge out? Practice adjusting your energy field and notice the effect it has on your horse in different situations.

Develop clear base lines for yourself with the above five skills and then it becomes easier to notice a got it/lost it basis for them, for instance, when loading or at a competition, or when a particular situation worries you.