Touch, The Healer

How animals help people with anxiety: Interacting with animals has been shown to decrease levels of cortisol (a stress-related hormone) and lower blood pressure. Other studies have found that animals can reduce loneliness, increase feelings of social support, and boost your mood.

“The foundations of mindfulness include attention, intention, compassion, and awareness,” All of those things are things that animals bring to the table. the general public has been conditioned to dilute that part that comes naturally due to the many things we may direct our focus to in our daily lives. Animals do this innately. and I believe that in 2021 we are transitioning more daily into mindfulness again. What better way to spend this educational, back to basics experience with than someone who is motivational, supportive and excited to see us just existing.

how people help animals with anxiety & how to tell if Your pup has anxiety:

Anxiety, including separation anxiety; which is the most common in Household animals. to minimize this we strongly encourage doggy doors. a lot of our human homes need adjustments for both the animals and the humans cohabitating.

Sometimes a past trauma or bad experience is to blame, other times it’s a lack of proper socialization during the formative early months. Sometimes, no logical reason for anxiety is known and an individual pet’s genetic makeup and inbuilt character just gives them a nervous disposition.

how we can help!:

Its known that setting a vibe helps to change the energies in the room. The same goes with great preparation. It’s all about the intention and Herbs with aromatherapy are a great place to start. here is a go to list of products found Naturally on earth as well as ethically sourced in our shop!

Chamomile is a very helpful and well-known herb for easing anxiety. It also helps to soothe a tense tummy and alleviates mild GI upset, which may be linked to nervousness.

Oatstraw is a nutritive and nervous system tonic. Oat contains a number of constituents including flavonoids and alkaloids which help to provide a balance between lethargy and nervousness. It can have a calming effect on nervous animals but helps to stimulate the nervous system in those who are debilitated.

Passionflower is a mild sedative, pain reliever and anti-spasmodic. It is calmative and often used for insomnia in people.

Valerian is a well-known, safe, gentle and natural sedative, which is useful for nervous anxiety. It also has mild pain-relieving properties and is anti-spasmodic, helping the patient to relax during physical pain and alleviate intestinal spasm or tummy upset caused by anxiety. Some herbalists use it for epilepsy, to help reduce the incidence of seizures. Valerian is not related to Valium in any way.

Skullcap is in the mint family. It’s a nervine herb which is commonly used for jittery anxiety and nervous tension, excitability, restlessness and hypersensitivity

St John’s Wort is another popular herbal remedy for anxiety and stress, since it relieves troublesome symptoms without sedation.

you can steep these herbs for gentle digestion, settle them in an oil, or torch them in a coconut candle For safe light and therapeutic vibrations.