Unlocking Pet Wellness Through Energy Work and Body Balance with Kerri Russell

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Welcome back to Animal Posse.

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Today, we're exploring how energy

work and body balance can transform

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the lives of our furry friends.

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Joining us is Carrie Russell, a certified

practitioner of Whole Energy Body Balance

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and the founder of Body Balance for Pets.

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After a 30-year teaching career, Kerri

combined hands-on fascial body work

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with intuitive energy clearing to

release trauma, soothe stressed pets,

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and harmonize household dynamics,

even offering remote sessions.

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Hi, Kerri.

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Welcome to the show.

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Thank you for coming on

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Kerri: yeah.

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I'm excited to be here.

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Thanks for the invitation.

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Dixie: Sure.

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To get started, tell us your

background with animals.

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Did you have pets growing up?

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Kerri: Yes.

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I did have pets.

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We were just a, kind of your average

family just in a, three-bedroom,

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two-bath ranch-style home.

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So it wasn't like I grew up on a

farm or any sort of thing like that.

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Just but I always had a love for

animals, and my grandfather would

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often say, "You could charm a snake."

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Just always had a way with animals.

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They're always in my life.

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Yeah.

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Dixie: That's amazing.

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Now, loving animals is one thing,

but devoting your life and career

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to helping to heal them is another.

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How did that early passion transition into

looking at energy work and holistic care?

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Was there a specific or a moment in

your life that made you realize, hey

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there's something deeper going on here?

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Kerri: I would say when I was

young, I always knew that.

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But, you go to school, you do your career,

and I completely lost sight of all that

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magic that I had with them 'cause we get

in our-- into our day-to-day routine.

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And I became a school teacher and

had a career for 30 years, and when

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it was time to leave and searching

for things like that I used to

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remember, what did I always enjoy?

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I wanna change.

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I want a career change, and

what else do I want in my life?

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And part of it was prior to the

career change, I did get into energy

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work for myself and realized what a

benefit it was, so then I decided to

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become a practitioner and do that for

people and teach classes in a certain

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modality, and while I was still working.

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And then slow-slowly when I was looking

at the changing of careers and then

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full-time, and then with the pandemic

hitting, it really inhibited my

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ability to work with people in person.

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So I had lots of time on my

hands, as some of us did, when I

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didn't have a job all of a sudden.

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So I decided to, what else is out there?

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And I caught a webinar on from this

particular veterinarian who taught a

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modality that he created called Whole

Energy Body Balance, and that was the

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first step in working with animals in a

practitioner career sort of sort of way.

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So I s- started exploring that and decided

to become-- go through his training and

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learn and grow and develop my skills.

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And I also got into animal Reiki

'cause I've had training in animal

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re-- Reiki for humans, and I thought

I know they have Reiki for animals as

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well," so I went through that training.

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So I have both certifications, and I just

fell in love with the methods and the

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experiences, and then there's nothing

like working with the animals in front of

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you and seeing the rewards that it brings

and the joy that it brings to my life.

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So that's where I am now.

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Dixie: I am very familiar with Reiki.

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I'm a Reiki master.

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We have had a few other people

on that have actually done Reiki

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for pets including my instructor.

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I've never heard about the Whole Energy

Body Balance or Body Balance for Pets.

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Can you explain that to us in a nutshell?

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Kerri: Yeah.

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Holistic Body Balance is

a modality created by Dr.

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Edward, who is a holistic

veterinarian, and he's from Australia.

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So no surprise you wouldn't know much

about it because it is one gentleman in

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Australia who is-- has created it, so it's

taken a while to get out into the world.

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He, We have a-- There's a

handful of people probably in

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the United States who do it.

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I'm sure I'm the only one in my state.

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I'm in Oregon.

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I'm probably the only one certified.

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Last I checked, I was.

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'Cause it's through his program and it's

a combination of a bodywork modality

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where you work on the fascial tissue.

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So he learned in working with his own

animals and as a veterinarian, that about

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half the animals that he worked with, once

he s- paid more attention to them, that

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they had noticeable pain in their body

that you wouldn't know by looking at them

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'cause animals, cats and dogs, as we know,

they can hide their pain really well.

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So he took an in- unofficial inventory

and realized about half of his patients

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and his animals at home had pain, and

it was really in the fascial tissue.

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Of course, you can have

pain anywhere, right?

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Your muscles, your ligaments,

your body, your s- especially our

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spine and our neck can get tense,

just pe- people and animals.

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But you just don't think about it in

animals as much because they're just

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so resilient, and they just wag their

tail and they're happy-go-lucky, and so

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you don't really realize it's going on

until he actually palpated into the body.

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So that fascial tissue

can get dry over time.

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It can get sticky and build adhesions.

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When they run around and fall and

trip and jump for their Frisbee,

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ch- chase the ball, it can be

really hard on their bodies, and so

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adhesions do develop under the skin.

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And the fascial tissue is located

throughout the whole body.

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It's a web-like interconnective tissue.

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You may or may not be familiar with it.

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But it surrounds your ligaments, your

muscles, your-- even your blood vessels,

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your bones, and it's throughout your whole

body, head to tail if you're for the pets.

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And by working on that fascial

tissue, it releases a lot of

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tension that gets built up.

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It helps Work-- You can work

on any part of the body and

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have the whole body impacted.

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So you can work on their legs or their

paws, and it'll lighten up in other

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areas because it's interconnected.

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So it's quite amazing.

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Massage therapists probably

know about fascial tissue.

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People seem to be becoming more

familiar with it 'cause it seems

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to be out there a little bit more.

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But we don't always think about

our pets, that they have it too,

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and we get pain, they get pain.

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It also can hold some, like a m-

there's some belief and some thoughts

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about holding a trauma, not only

physical trauma, but emotional trauma.

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So in releasing the fascial tissue,

it can bring about a, an ease to

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the body and create kinda this

most amazing relaxation response.

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So animals who are-- I find it works

phenomenally well for those anxious

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dogs scared kitty cats, that they

just hold their tension in their

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body, and so it, it taps into their

parasympathetic nervous system and

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can force this relaxation response.

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So I'm being really long-winded.

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That's the body work part, the

real hands-on body work through

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Whole Energy Body Balance.

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There's also another side to

this work, and it's called it's

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considered the energy work.

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So I know with, you, if you're familiar

with Reiki, if people who've heard of

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it you're channeling an energy into the

body for relaxation, for, for the body

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to then be able to more easily heal.

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And this modality's l- is different

in that you're not channeling energy,

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but you are working with energy.

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So you can work on you can look,

y- you can call it chakras or

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energy systems in the body.

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You're looking at the, the aura

of the body and where there might

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be weaknesses, and you're clearing

energy, restoring energy and this

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whole bunch of, different skills that

I was taught throughout that process.

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Dr.

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Edward's fairly intuitive.

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He has a very intuitive sense.

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And I've developed mine over time too.

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Just when you do these, this kind of

work you start trusting and becoming

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more intuitive and have a sense of

what the energy is needing addressed.

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And yeah.

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So that's kind of the whole, that's

the whole p- whole, not very briefly,

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but the whole nutshell what, how

the body work and the energy work is

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for the Whole Energy Body Balance.

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So for the body balance

portion, it's like a…

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Is it similar to a massage for pets?

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I would say yes, in the sense

that you are manipulating tissue.

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I think of massage as

more getting into muscles-

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Dixie: Right

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… Kerri: and releasing muscle tension.

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This is getting into the fascia.

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So you're working just under the skin.

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Dixie: That's very interesting.

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This is gonna be the part that's

gonna blow people's minds because

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you offer remote sessions.

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I know, a lot of people, they hear remote

sessions and they're like how do you do

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this when you don't have an animal that's

actually physically in front of you?"

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Can you go through that too?

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Kerri: Sure.

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Obviously I'm not doing the hands-on

work 'cause that, that body work,

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when I address the fascial tissue,

that is, has to be in person

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with my hands on the animal.

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The energy work is, yes, it

is so incredibly different

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that people might question it.

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I wasn't sure-- I didn't

have a lot of confidence.

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Not that I didn't believe it

worked, I didn't have a lot of

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confidence in the beginning, to be

completely honest, because I didn't

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believe, can I do this though?"

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And I can.

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It…

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Once you get into it and have an

understanding and just trust, I trust,

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trusted myself and as I worked through the

journey, through this journey, yeah, you

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can s- absolutely do remote lear- work,

or you can call it distance work, and it's

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a matter of if you've heard of, it's a

tele- it's a telepathic method to connect

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to the animal, and you just make, you make

an intercon- make a connection, and then

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I'm guided by my own awareness to know

where I need to go, what I need to do.

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And what I can tell you is when

you talk to the people on the

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other end of the-- when the animal

receiving the session, they can

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see the differences in the animal.

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That's how I trust that it works.

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It may not-- Sometimes it's in the

moment, but quite often it's after the

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session's done in the next few days.

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Dixie: What kind of signs or behaviors

do pet parents usually see when

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an animal is releasing that energy

during a session or after the session?

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Kerri: I would s-- I get a, a

lot of comments about lightness.

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There's a lightness in, and sometimes

it's subtle and I have to ask a little--

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sometimes I have to ask them questions

because they will have forgotten what

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the animal was doing prior to the

session, 'cause it's no longer an

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issue so they forgot it was happening.

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So I'll have to circle back and say

I remember you told me that this was

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happening and that was happening."

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They're like, "Oh, you're right.

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Yes, that's not happening anymore."

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So it could be more of a behavioral

some animals that have, have some

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issues going on with them, whether

it's physical or energetic, it, they

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can be uncomfortable in their body.

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They could have they can be a

little grumpy, especially if

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they're older, but not, they don't

have to necessarily be older.

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They might have grumpiness about them.

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They might have a difficult

relationship with one of the family

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members, like somebody in the

home, either it's another animal or

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another person, and the relationship

doesn't, isn't quite as cohesive.

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They might have their favorite

person and then a person that

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they just kind of shrug off.

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No, my cat likes to do that.

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All cats like to do that.

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Yeah.

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But when you clear the ener-

that's another thing that I, part

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of the process is I clear the

energy between all family members.

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And when I do that, that was the most

unbelievable, if I hadn't witnessed it

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myself, unbelievable change that I see is

when I work with a household and I clear

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energy amongst all the family members.

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Then the dynamics of the energy,

because the thing, the energy has

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shifted and animals are so incredibly

sensitive and aware, that their

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behaviors will start to change.

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I- in the, in a more, they

become a little more easy.

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They get along with their s-

pet siblings a little easier.

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They might be a little bit more playful.

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What else?

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A little snugglier.

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On my-- I have a

testimonial from a, a kitty.

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I call her Camera Shy Coral, 'cause

her name was Coral, and she did

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never liked her picture taken.

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And I did one in-person session with…

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There was two kitties.

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They just didn't get along well.

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The, the boy was bullying the girl.

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They didn't get along well.

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I did one in-person session and then

one remote session, and the, the woman

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sent me a picture of Coral who would

let her, all of a sudden, she sent

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the picture, she's like, "I can't

believe Coral let me take her picture."

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Like she was never, she

was always so camera shy.

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And she, the other kitty was

no longer bullying the girl.

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Dixie: Aw, that's cute.

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I know I really suck at taking photos

of cats and kittens, so I don't know if

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it's me or maybe they need a session.

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Kerri: It's hard to say.

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If they're dodging the camera,

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Dixie: it'll be the cute pose, and then

as soon as you snap the photo, that's

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it, you said you do the release for the

whole family, does that involve like

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you actually treating the whole family

or is that just part of the process

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when you're working with the animal?

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Kerri: Yeah, it's part of the process.

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So when I do a session for the animal,

we are all-- You're in the same…

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If you're all in the

same home, it's not…

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So sometimes the one animal who's

causing the trouble is the one who

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gets pinpointed as having the issue.

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So yes, we'll work with that animal, but

oftentimes not always, but sometimes,

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often or sometimes, th-that animal's

being impacted by other things.

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So when you start looking at the family

dynamics, or you don't have to look

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at it, you just work on clearing the

energy, and it's not so much that I'm

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it's not that I'm releasing energy.

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I guess it can be u- I don't use

that word, but maybe it's the same.

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I'm clearing.

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So maybe releasing and

clearing is the same thing.

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But I'm just getting rid of the

funky juju that's happening.

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I, I get the image of a path

between each individual and

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just sweeping off the leaves.

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So it doesn't mean that it's a bad energy,

it's just energy we don't need anymore.

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So by working on just kinda clearing

that, I just do it for everybody

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when, as, during a session.

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It's just part of the service when I

work with the one pet that I'm hired for.

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And I can tell you so many times

I've worked with the one pet and then

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everyone else, I've mentioned this

already, starts to shift and change.

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And I h- I'll tell you

another quick story.

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I had one woman who hired me for

their dog, and their dog was really

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getting close to end of life.

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This was a remote session, and I don't

know what happened at that time because

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I did the session and I never heard

from her as far as I kn- you know, for

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a while, and then it was several months.

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It might have even been a year later.

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She s- she wrote me back and she's like,

I've been meaning to get back to you.

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I needed to let you know that my dog

passed," and we did, I d- they didn't

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see a lot of changes in the dog.

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She said, "But my husband and

our relationship changed."

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Wow.

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That's interesting.

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Yeah.

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And I was-- I'm getting

goosebumps right now saying that.

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I was I was speechless.

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I'm still speechless because you

just don't know what will come of it.

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And I, of course, I can't

guarantee that's gonna happen.

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I'm not a marriage counselor.

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I don't do anything of

any kind of sort of that.

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But just by presence and

tuning in and clearing…

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And I d- I don't read people.

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I don't sense that there's

an issue with anybody.

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I'm just here to be there for the animal,

there for the family, and just nurture

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the space, and that alone can bring a

sense of calm that maybe they haven't had

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for a long time that can kinda start the

mo- the mechanism of changes happening.

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Dixie: Yeah.

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It's very interesting because of all

the time that I have heard of energy

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sessions or when most people do energy

sessions specifically remote they're

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focusing on the one person, the one pet.

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So it's very interesting to hear the

discussion on clearing the energy for

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the whole family 'cause I'm, really

big , of course, with the energy

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dynamics of a family with pets, because

that's like- one thing that I tell

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people when they're coming to adopt.

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Say, if they're adopting a pet that

was raised by me, we have a certain

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energy dynamic in our house, and so that

cat is gonna go better with the same

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type of energy dynamic, if that makes

sense- … versus one of my other fosters

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who might have a little bit more of a

different type of energy in their house.

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And, a lot of the times people, of

course, they gravitate towards looks,

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and for me, I'm always trying to steer

'em maybe in what I would think would be

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a better match just from that energetic

perspective, if that makes sense.

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Kerri: Oh, absolutely.

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Yeah.

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You wanna find the right match

that they'll be received and loved

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and they're-- that the household

is just a good fit 'cause they're,

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they all have such different

personalities just as we do.

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Yeah.

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What types of

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Dixie: animals or situations do you

see the biggest benefit from this work?

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Kerri: Gosh, one-- on the one hand,

I can say that if you have a body,

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this is gr- gonna be great work.

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Almost like if for a person to relate

it to people, you have a massage,

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you have myofascial release is the

common term for if you have that done

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as a person with myofascial work.

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You feel better afterwards, right?

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So anyone can benefit, any being.

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For pets specifically, I probably

see the most change on the ones

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who are the most impacted 'cause

there's more change to, to occur.

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And that's gonna be your your dog that has

some-- is, a little bit older and stiff.

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They can be maybe more sensitive

reactive, not necessarily aggressive

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'cause I actually don't feel like I'm…

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I wouldn't do body work on an aggressive

animal 'cause I don't have the

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training and the background for that.

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But if they're reactive towards other

dogs and things like that, because it

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calms the nervous system, I-- we do

see changes with dogs that are more

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reactive and those shy and timid ones.

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I've ha- I've had people tell me that they

notice that their dog is more confident

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giving you dog examples, there's another

a cat that I worked with who there was

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a, a family g- was a blended family where

the sister moved into the house and had

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her own, had her child, a dog, and another

one or two cats she brought with her.

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And one of the resident cats

stayed in the back room.

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The door was open, the cat could

come out at any time, but that cat

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for a year and a half stayed in

the back room and didn't leave.

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When I came in to-- got hired for

the dog because the dog was older and

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needed some fascia work, I also ended

up working with the cat, and by the

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time we were done, which was in a few

weeks they took a picture of the cat

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out in the backyard on his harness.

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The kitty was starting to come

out into the common areas and

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mingling with all of the family.

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Wow, that's amazing.

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That's one of my most amazing stories.

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So it can be helpful for those really

shy, timid or ones that just aren't happy.

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And you know they're not happy,

but-- and you just don't…

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It's so helpless for us, 'cause

we want them to be happy.

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We want them to be in their space.

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This was a, a loving family, by the way.

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The child was older.

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It wasn't like a toddler

that was chasing the cat.

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This was a lovely family, but for whatever

reason, that cat just isolated itself.

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So yeah.

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So you could see great

changes in animals like that.

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Dixie: For listeners at home who might

be interested in this, what is one simple

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thing that they can do today to help tune

into their pet's energy and offer comfort?

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Kerri: Oh, great question.

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Checking your own energy first.

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Spending time on yourself, and it

doesn't have to be 30 minutes, an hour.

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If you stop what you're doing before

you start petting-- if you're gonna

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be intentional touch, this is intent.

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Being, just being with them

and being of comfort to them.

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Give yourself a minute.

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Just take a deep breath.

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Notice how your body's feeling.

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Just imagine all your energy, the tension

just l- exiting through your feet,

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out your head, whatever you wanna do.

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Just take a moment, and then

intentionally touch your animal in

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the most lo- in a loving, caring way.

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And they feel that

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And it doesn't take very long.

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Dixie: Absolutely.

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Absolutely.

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And if you think about it, the

reverse of that is true, too.

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Like, When you have a bad day,

and you just go sit down, and your

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animal comes and sits next to you,

and you just start petting that

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animal is comforting you, too.

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And so they're sharing-

Absolutely … sharing their

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energy with you to calm you down.

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Kerri: Yeah.

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Dixie: This has been very eye-opening.

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If our listeners want to learn more

about your Body Balance for Pets

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and book a remote session or connect

with you, where can they find you?

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Kerri: Yeah.

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I'm just at bodybalanceforpets.com

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Pretty straightforward.

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I have a scheduler, and you can

schedule a, a free 15-minute session

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because just to find out more about

what I do, to find out what would,

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might be the best option for you.

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And also let me add Whole

Energy Body Balance Dr.

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Edwards' work if you wanna learn more

about the of w- practice of what I

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do, it's wholeenergybodybalance.com.

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So you'll see me on his page as

pr- as a practitioner 'cause I am

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certified, and his work is just amazing.

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If you want-- If you are in, have your

own pet business or wanna start your own

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pet business or just wanna be a prac-

just learn the technique for yourself or

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your own pets, you can also go through

his program and get certified as well.

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Dixie: Thank you f- so much for sharing

that information, and I'm gonna include

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links in the show notes too so people can

go check out- … your website and learn

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more about the Whole Energy Body Balance.

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So thank you so much for joining

me today on Animal Posse and

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Yep … talking about the incredible

work that you're doing to bring balance

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and peace to our animal friends.

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Kerri: Thank you, Dixie.

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I appreciate it.