Learn About Sound Healing for Animals

As effective as sound energy healing with Tibetan bowls is for people, it is even more so with dogs, cats, horses and other pets.
Animals have the capacity to hear more octaves and tones than humans. They, like small children live in present moment and do not complicate the treatment with 'pychology', 'stories' or 'monkey mind'. Partly because of this, animals are profoundly affected by the instruments.
Below you will find some stories of the effect these instruments have had on animals. I can teach you to use the instruments with your pet and/or you can also see a positive response by using my "Return to Om" CD. The instruments are excellent for soothing, calming and reducing pain and anxiety in animals.
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Here are some exeriences from clients:
"Later in the evening after I got back home, I brought my three bowls over to where Flash was lying pretty peacefully. I started playing them at random at first and then found one that he appeared to respond to a little more. I then concentrated on that one with occasional strikes on the other two. Diane, it was remarkable! He went into a profound contentment/relaxation mode. I could tell because he had a couple of deep yawns, then a huge long stretch, followed by lying down on his side with another stretch. Amazingly, he then started to vocalize along with the bowls! This was not just a loud purr. These sounds came from someplace else in his nose and throat and were definitely different from a purr. It’s hard to describe but was something like a cross between a moan and a hum.I took Flash back to our regular vet on Friday. His feeding tube was removed because he was doing so well." Simon, Phoenix
"Yesterday I was walking with my dog and she was attacked by some neighbor dogs. They didn't break skin; I think it was just a warning that she was in their territory. She came into the house and was clearly a little traumatized. I gave her some Rescue Remedy which she drank up and then brushed her to make sure there were no wounds. She still wasn't perking up. Then I played the singing bowl for her. I started out with the lower tones. After striking a particular higher tone she looked up and stared at the bowl. After awhile she went into a deeper state of relaxation, breathed deeply (she'd been panting) and stretched out on her back. After my little "concert" she was able to go back outside."Hannah, New Mexico

Here are 2 stories from a veterinarian I taught Tibetan bowls to:
"My friend is a dog trainer . She has a black lab-pitbull cross that is ferociously dog aggressive but selectively. He seems to sort out the individuals (puppies) that have physiologic, physical difficulties. Nevertheless his behaviour is not good for business or family relations. His aggressive mode is triggered like a switch and she says it takes the whole day to recover. I have worked with him twice with the bowls and she revealed to me that he can 'come back' now in minutes. She had never explained the whole day involvement before this. She has learned a lot about aggression/relationship factors in dogs and accomplished quite a lot. The prolonged recovery was not improved by any of her 'training' methods. She has been working for 2 1/2 years with him. The inroad that the bowls provided is magnitude beyond words."

" "T" is a very large, handsome 17 year old used up Hannoverian. He did not make it to Grand Prix Dressage but very close and anything he did was pure heart. His body was distorted and strained in every detail. When I first started working on him 7 months ago, he would snap and threaten to kick but somehow he had some incredible ethic and would never hurt his handlers. He could not tolerate affectionate touch either, however. He would lift his head ever so high out of reach of touch. On Friday I was asked to work on him after a 3 month gap.(with Tibetan bowls) This time, he angled over and stood with his head pressed into a corner of the corral. He derived support and self-control from the containment he created. He went into a very serious thoughtful, assessing frame of mind. This time he did not have resentment, however. He did not move the entire time. When we finished, I backed him up a step or two and went to his face, took his muzzle in my hands and kissed him on the nose. He acted shocked but not offended. He stood very still for some moments, then breathed, lowered his head and came over to me to touch me with his muzzle. The next day he was moving much more freely and had regained his sense of humor. His body had become a prison through his competition years and putting it back in order, relieving the enormous discomfort and dysfunction is his key to freedom. He is an amazing fellow." Ann, AZ

Sound Healing for People & the Animals They Love

By Diáne Mandle

Sound healing has achieved recognition internationally as an effective healing modality for stress, reduction, pain relief and the healing process for many life threatening illnesses in humans. San Diego based Tibetan bowl sound healer, author and recording artist, Diáne Mandle has also been working with animals and teaching pet owners how to use sound to reduce stress and increase well being in their animals.

On October 15, 2006, twenty-five people gathered under a covered arena in Phoenix with their forty-two dogs. People and their dogs greeted one another in a friendly and social manner as they put out their chairs and blankets for the first known event of its kind. The dogs of course continued to jump, pull, sniff and bark happily long after their owners had settled down.

Mandle placed her bowls on a table and began to play. After about ten minutes she looked up because she noticed that the arena had become totally quiet. Pet owners had closed eyes and slowed breath; dogs were lieing down quietly with a far away look on their faces. They were transfixed by the sounds and the energy in the room had completely shifted into a peaceful, quiet mood.

The afternoon event entitled Sound Healing for People and the Animals they Love, was a concert and lecture jointly presented by Ms. Mandle and Phoenix based Dr. Anne Smith, VMD, OMD who has been practicing alternative veterinary medicine since 1975.

Mandle discussed the history of the ancient instruments and science behind their healing potential. She explained that the Singing Bowls, produce the primordial sound of 'AUM'; the fundamental utterance of energy metamorphosing into matter. They alter space, mind and time; awakening cellular memory and healing the energy body. The act of listening to their captivating overtones stops one's internal dialog and transports the listener into a space of tranquility and balance. Through a process of sympathetic resonance our brainwaves literally take on a matching frequency with the bowls initiating the relaxation response and inhibiting the stress response.

Animals are extremely sound sensitive and can hear more layers of sound and more notes than humans. They respond well to bowls with lower tones that are played in a soothing manner. This was demonstrated by a recent workshop this year with Diane where a dog, recovering from surgery and in a leg brace was invited in to the room for the sound meditation. He was very close to the instruments and appeared restless during much of the concert. At one point, Mandle selected a grounding bowl, picked it up and walked toward the dog singing the instrument very softly. His eyes met hers and as she continued to play, he backed down onto his haunches, keeping eye contact, put his head on his paws and didn't move for the rest of the workshop. Clearly, the stimulation from several bowls, some of which were higher in pitch were too much for him. However, he immediately responded to the one low pitched bowl when the energy was also clearly directed at him vs at the group.

Mandle gets emails regularly from clients she has worked with who use the instruments on their pets. Here is one such letter about a sick cat:
I brought my three bowls over to where Flash was lying pretty peacefully. I started playing them at random at first and then found one that he appeared to respond to a little more. I then concentrated on that one with occasional strikes on the other two. Diane, it was remarkable! He went into a profound contentment/relaxation mode. I could tell because he had a couple of deep yawns, then a huge long stretch, followed by lying down on his side with another stretch. Amazingly, he then started to vocalize along with the bowls! This was not just a loud purr. These sounds came from someplace else in his nose and throat and were definitely different from a purr. It's hard to describe but was something like a cross between a moan and a hum.
I took Flash back to our regular vet on Friday. His feeding tube was removed because he was doing so well. It had been in for a total of exactly seven weeks. He's now completely on his own in terms of food and water and is no longer on any meds. From Friday until today he has already gained back 6 ounces. We've bonded so closely through his long ordeal that he's with me most of the time now, is a little purring machine, is "talking" again and is playing again. It's a real joy to watch him be a normal, happy kitty once more.

These instruments are used to:
- reduce stress and pain
- balance energy
- create vitality and spontaneous healing.
- effectively alter consciousness into a peaceful and expansive meditative state. (trance induction)
- deepen meditation ( in humans)

At the Phoenix event Dr. Smith explained that in animals foci or 'spots' in the brain or DNA material, inflammatory in nature are triggers. In the world of animals, 'triggers' can be set off by sight, sound or smells depending on the brain location of the 'triggers'. In general all 'reflexive' behavior is a result of these 'spots' in the brain. Aggression, for instance, is reflexive behavior, 'triggered' by sight, sound or smell. When triggered, the aggressive dog 'goes off' into serious attack mode to do the job, leaving the former current context altogether. It often takes some considerable time for the aggressive dog to come back, calm down and rejoin the owner.

Says Smith , " I have a friend that is a dog owner that has a pit-bull, lab cross with these aggressive bouts. He is 3 years old and she has been working 3 years to modify, mitigate his aggression. The net success frankly was insignificant - until the singing bowls. After 3 sessions with the singing bowls, the outbursts were less frequent and the time to return to present very much shorter."

Dr.Smith is using some other tools as well, but the inroad to modifying the bouts of aggression were the singing bowls. The potential for healing of all sorts in the context of these 'triggers' is very large.

Both Mandle and Smith feel strongly that the level of stress and behavior of a pet owner strongly impacts the behavior of the pet. This is why they recommend that both the owner and the pet receive sound healing treatments which will help them individually and as a team. For more information or to contact Diáne go to www.soundenergyhealing.com