Rebooting with Animals ~ Step 2 of the Journey

Have you been practicing Step 1? If not there’s no better time than the present to start. As long as we’re here on this dust ball it’s not too late.

Today we want to start to make a connection with at least one animal. It can be subtle at first. And remember not all connections are touch. Usually they result in touch but not always.

Steps for Step 2:

1. If you’re at all stressed please do the exercise in Step 2 and even if you’re not it puts you in a good place to be with your animal.
2. Find a quiet place where to be with the animals you’re with.
3. Go to him/her and sit beside them. Don’t touch them yet.
4. In your heart tell the animal you love them. (You can say it out loud too.)
5. While you’re saying I love you make sure your actions are matching your words.
6. Spend at least ten minutes doing this.
7. Let your animal lead the contact. Pay close attention to their body language. Examples can be:
   1. Putting their head under your hand.
   2. Tapping you with their foot.
   3. Sometimes it’s “the look.”
   4. ….
8. Follow their clues and give them the attention they want the way they want it.
9. The longer you do it the better the results and persistence. Do it at least once a day.

Hint: Make sure you keep other thoughts out of your head during this exercise (we’ll learn more on doing that later) just concentrate on saying I love you to the animal.