To be truly present with someone's pain without feeling a need to fix it, reconcile it, or or recoil from it is one of the most powerful gifts we can give another.
Image copyright Nancy Bright.
Used with permission and gratitude.
Cards and prints for sale at
www.brightcreationsart.com
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One of the most challenging aspects of helping others in pain is learning to protect ourselves energetically so we do not take in others' pain and become depleted and burned out. This 3 CD set (4hours) include stories, concepts, specific tools, and two guided meditations to help us learn how to offer the sacred work of supporting others while also maintaining our own center and balanced energy.
Available as 3 CD set or MP3
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Legacies of Love
Three hours of tender grief support and understanding for those who grieve the loss of animals
Also available as MP3 download
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Exquisitely illustrated book describes the afterlife in a soothing, inspiring manner without imposing any specific belief system. Many of the words in the book closely reflect the stories the animals have told me over the years.
Appropriate for both children and adults. A lovely and comforting book for anyone grieving the loss of an animal or person. Ideal for gift giving.
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Written in the voice of an animal who has crossed over, the words and exquisite illustrations of this book are an affirming tribute to the profound love shared between many animals and humans. A treasured keepsake.
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NEW!
Professional
Program of Study:
Animal Loss & Grief
Holistic integration of psychological and spiritual principles of loss, grief
and healing
Classes, Fieldwork,
Case Studies,
& Certificate of Completion
Taught by Teresa Wagner and other experienced professionals in their fields
of practice
Sponsored by
The Animal Spirit Healing and Education Network
 Sampling of Classes:
Nov 1, 8, 15, 27, 2010
Nov 7, 14, 21, Dec 5, 2011
Also ON DEMAND
Understanding and Preparing for Euthanasia
with Windi Wodjak, RVT
October 11 & 18, 2010
Animals' Perspectives About Death, the Other Side & Coming Back
January 10, 11, 2011
Also ON DEMAND
Animal Hospice from the Perspective of the Veterinarian, the Animals, and their People
May 2011
Legacies of Love: A Workshop of Gentle Healing for Those Who Have Lost Their Animal Loved Ones
June 6, 13, 20, 27, 2011
Counseling Skills for Animal Communicators and Healing Practitioners
August 2011
Flower Essences for End of Life Care, Loss and Grief
Sept 12, 19, 2011
Also ON DEMAND
Image copyright Nancy Bright.
Used with permission and gratitude.
Cards & prints available:
www.brightcreationsart.com
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Dear Clients, Colleagues and Friends,
Losing an animal, for some of us, is one the most painful experiences of our lives. Effectively and lovingly offering support to someone in the darkness of such grief can make a huge, positive difference in that person's healing journey.
This workshop is designed to assist those who want to build, refresh or reaffirm their abilities to support others through the pain and healing of grief from the loss of a beloved animal. It is appropriate for anyone who is exposed to people grieving the loss of their animal loved ones: animal communicators, veterinary professionals, animal shelter and rescue group workers, trainers and behaviorists, therapists, energy healers, as well as friends and family members who want to better support their loved ones who are grieving.
Hope to have you join us in this special teleclass as we review skills, resource and ethics of grief support.
Wishing you and your beloved animals much love and many blessings,
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Location:
Internationally Available Teleclass on the dates below
or also available OnDemand to take at your leisure
Dates and Times:
Session 1 Monday, Nov 1, 2010, 7:30-9:30 pm CDT
Session 2 Monday, Nov 8, 2010, 7:30-:930 pm CDT
Session 3 Monday, Nov 15, 2010, 7:30-9:30 CDT
Session 4 Monday, Nov 22, 2010, 7:30-9:30 pm CDT
Costs and Registration:
This class is sponsored by the Animal Spirit Healing and Education Network, A Healing Arts Community and Education Resource, created by my animal communicator colleague Carol Schultz. I am delighted to be on the faculty of this group and teach this class, and honored to be on their Board of Advisors. I encourage you to explore the depth and breadth of educational opportunities available in animal communication and healing arts.
The cost is $234.00 for four weeks of class.
Early incentive price is $214.00 if paid by Oct 18th
To register for live teleclass click here
To register for the OnDemand version click here
(scroll to bottom of the page for On Demand button)
Conference call phone number and password are provided to registered students the week in advance of the class.
Content:
When another being truly cares, understands, and acknowledges the depth of our loss, our path is lighter. When the truth of a tender and difficult loss is acknowledged, we know we are not alone. When we are understood, healing feels much more possible. All of us on earth are here together to help one another. Almost anyone seeing another in emotional pain wants to help. Yet, seeing or hearing someone in great anguish can also be overwhelming and intimidating. We may feel awkward or unsure about what to say or do. Sometimes in attempts to help, friends, family and even professional counselors, healers or authors impose their beliefs, thinking that their own paradigms of animal death and grief will be relevant and helpful to all others. For grievers, this intentional or unconscious imposing gets in the way of them discovering for themselves what they believe or need, and what will work for them. It also often adds anger and frustration to an already stressful time of grief.
The most empowering things we can do to help grievers is to learn to be truly present with their suffering: to listen, not advise; to judiciously and gently suggest possibilities, not impose our beliefs as fact; to be with them as they find their own way, not judge, push or prod them in the way we think they should grow. To be truly present with someone's pain without feeling a need to fix it, reconcile it, or recoil from it is one of the most powerful gifts we can give another. It requires patience, discernment of what to say when, skills of empathic expression, and great respect for the wisdom of the other's soul. These delicate and subtle grief support skills can be learned and integrated into our practices as animal communicators and healers.
This four session teleclass offers an introduction to these skills and ideas as well as an overview of the grief recovery process.
SESSION 1:
· What are energetic boundaries and energetic protection?
· Why are they important when working with people and
animals in pain?
· A chakra perspective of these issues
· Levels of Compassionate Response to Others' Pain
· The Whale's Lesson on Death
· Specific techniques and strategies to practice energetic
protection
SESSION 2:
· The Two Golden Rules of Grief Support
· Why Animal Loss is Different
· Personal Understanding of Grief:
Intimate Self Awareness of our Motivation to Help and
our Orientation as Helpers/Healers
· Intellectual Understanding of Grief:
The fallacy of stages of grief;
Understanding the tasks of healing grief and choices involved
Complicated Grief;
The Humpback Bridge
SESSION 3:
· The Skills of Empathy: The Core of Grief Support
· Using specific language to communicate compassion and
support grievers
Empathy vs. Projection
Empathy vs. Enmeshment
Empathy before Strategy-Always!
Permission to offer resources or ideas vs. imposing them
SESSION 4:
· The Role of Spiritual Beliefs and Paradigms in the
Grief Support Process: Helpful or Hindrance?
· Specific Do's and Don'ts Known to Help Grievers
· Resources on grief support for additional learning and referral
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~Empathy is the healing language of the heart ~
When we offer empathic support, gentle listening without judgment, gentle questions in the spirit of understanding the needs of the one who is hurting,
we contribute to the light, comfort and possibilities for growth on another's path of healing. When we express empathy in this way, we are making a selfless offering from our hearts to serve another.
When we feel compelled to offer advice, impose strategies, solutions, theories or our own beliefs, or ask questions to satisfy our own curiosity or in attempts to fit their pain into our paradigms, we are working from our ego and our own need to feel comfortable or important, serving ourselves, not others.
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A Bit About Teresa:
Teresa
has been working with animal loss and grief issues since 1986 when she
facilitated her first grief support group for people who lost their
beloved animals. Since then, Teresa has worked with thousands of
grievers in bereavement support groups, workshops, in individual
counseling and in her animal communication practice. She is passionate
about helping others through this typically disenfranchised loss.
Her
traditional education includes a master's degree in counseling from
Villanova University, studies at the Grief Recovery Institute in Los
Angeles, and post graduate work in counseling and organizational
development at Columbia University, Wharton, and with Carl Rogers at
the University of Nottingham, England. She has also completed the
Clinical Training Program in Post Traumatic Stress Disorder at the
National Center for PTSD, Dept. of Veterans Affairs. Her healing arts
education includes animal communication with Jeri Ryan, flower essence
training at FES, Perelandra, and Desert Alchemy, energy healing
training in Reiki, Tellington-Touch and Therapeutic Touch, and psychic
studies with Evelyn Isadore.
For
more information on her background and for much more detailed
information about grieving the loss of animals, please visit www.animalsinourhearts.com
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It does not matter from whom we learn about love, or with whom we exchange love,
only that we love.
We need not make narrow, culturally endorsed or forced choices regarding race, gender or species about who to love, or how to love.
We must just love.
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