animal voices

Animal Communciation: Helping Us Understand Our Pets, but also Ourselves

 

g and me at cass studioGidgie and Me at my friend Cassy’s art studio

Next week I’m having my animal communicator, Dawn, do a reading with Gidget. I’ve been wanting to do this for awhile now—ever since I adopted her.  It now feels like the right time, as it keeps popping up in my mind.

Interestingly enough, when I emailed Dawn to ask about setting up a time, she shared with me that Gidget had just popped into her thoughts this week!  So I guess Gidget is ready to share some thoughts, too.

Animal readings with Dawn have really helped me not only understand my dogs more, but to understand myself on a deeper level.

This really has taken on a whole new understanding for me, especially after the passing of Joie. It is starting to make more sense to me the relationships I have with my pets, and how they mirror me.

My reading with Dawn with Joie while she was still alive, helped me to realize I was trying to make Joie something she wasn’t ready to be. We had to find our own way and what was comfortable for Joie.

From that reading, I learned to pay more attention to what it was that Joie needed. I took the time to do Reiki with her and just be with her. Though I still felt confused about my own next steps of my path, bonding with her became something I was so grateful to experience with her through our Reiki sessions, and the communication with Dawn’s help.

Animal communication has always been intriguing to me. I’ve started to read more and more about it. I read all of Dawn’s books, as well as have her animal tarot cards. I’ve had many aha moments from reading her books as well as working with the cards.

In fact, her first book I read, Animal Voices, I have many pages marked with sticky notes and many things I’ve  underlined that resonate with me.

One passage in her book made me teary eyed when I read it:  People will be called to read this book because they are ready for it, and as they read it, they will remember the eternal truth; nothing exists that is not consciousness—God/Goddesss/All That Is. Once they recognize and remember that, it will all make sense to them.

I also liked what was said about how we need to start seeing our animals friends which she learned through another animal communicator speaking with her dog Zak: Many people tend to think things about their animals that aren’t really existent. He hopes your book will break through to some people so they stop seeing their animals so personally and start seeing them as separate and individual.

So much of what our animals have to teach us is fascinating to me. It is in part why I’m hosting an animal communication workshop with Dawn in March. I really want to understand more. If you do too, please feel free to check out details about the workshop here.

In the mean time, I’m anxious to hear what Gidget will have to share next week!

To learn more about Dawn you can visit her website, Animal Voices.

Introduction to Animal Communication: Two-Day Workshop with Dawn Baumann Brunke & Hosted by Barbara Techel

talk_to_animal_communicationI’m super excited to announce that I am hosting animal communicator and author, Dawn Baumann Brunke, for a two-day workshop on Animal Communication! I’ve personally experienced some profound connections with my own animals through personal readings I’ve had Dawn do with me and my dogs, Frankie and Joie. These experiences left me the lasting gift of a sense of peace, as well as opened my heart in awe of how we truly are one with our friends in the animal world, whether they are here with us on earth or have crossed over.

It is with the deepest of admiration and respect that I am so honored to be hosting this workshop.  Come join us!shapeimage_4Do you wonder what it would be like to communicate with animals — to actually know what your dog or cat or horse or rabbit is thinking? Are you interested in opening yourself to new ways of seeing, feeling, sensing and knowing the world? Would you like to form a closer relationship with animals and, by so doing, learn more about yourself?

In this two-day workshop, animal communicator and author, Dawn Baumann Brunke, will teach you how to  focus on deepening your connection with animals, nature, self and spirit, and remembering how to communicate with all life.

We will explore how animals communicate with us and how we can awaken and engage our inherent abilities to listen and respond. We will play with a variety of techniques to feel, see, hear, sense and know at deeper levels. And we will practice simple, powerful ways to center ourselves, clear our thoughts, and open our hearts and mind to access the Universal Language of all being.

The class includes all the basics of “how to” communicate with animals through sharing real-life examples, group discussion, questions and answers, and lots of practice, feedback and fun. This is a very hands-on, active workshop! You will not be bored.

Two Day- Workshop

March 8th and 9th, 2014

Each day will consist of:

10:00 am – Noon:  morning session

Noon-12:45 pm- lunch (please bring your own. Tea, coffee and water will be provided)

12:45 -2:15 pm- afternoon session

2:15 – 2:30 pm – break 2:30 – 4:00 pm- afternoon session

It is recommended that you read some of  Animal Voices, Animal Guides:Discover Your Deeper Self through Communication with Animals prior to class. The book is available onAmazon and other online stores. If you are unable to get a copy, please have a look at some of the articles on my website.

Who is Dawn?shapeimage_2Dawn is the author of five books about exploring our connections with the animal world. The books

— Animal Voices

— Animal Guides, Animal Guides

—Shapeshifting with Our Animal Companions

—Animal Teachings

—The Animal Wisdom Tarot

All of the books explore different facets of how communicating with animals expands our conscious awareness, deepens our relationship with all beings, and helps us to discover more about ourselves. I offer animal communication phone readings and workshops. And, I am a former massage therapist, bodywork teacher, and editor of Alaska Wellness Magazine. For more, you are invited to explore my website, Animal Voices.

This class is limited to 12 participants to allow lots of personalized feedback and attention.  Location will be Barbara’s home in Elkhart Lake, WI.

Ready to join us in deeper exploration with our animal friends?  The total cost is $300 for the two-day workshop:

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If you prefer to pay by check, please email me, barb@joyfulpaws.com.

Registration deadline is February 12th, 2014.

Cancellation Notice:  Due to the fact Dawn will be flying in from her home state of Alaska to do this workshop, the cost is nonrefundable. The exception will be if we have a waiting list that we can fill your spot, or if you have someone who can take your place. Refunds will be issued if we have less than 10 registered for the workshop.