Spring
2001 Issue Welcome
to the inaugural issue of our Online Newsletter. I hope to publish the newsletter
four times a year. In each issue I will feature an article on one of the service
programs being conducted around the world by individuals and organizations using
the Alaskan essences. Current and past issues will always be accessible to those
visiting this site. In this issue I present the work of Andrea Freixeda.
The
Animal Care Story
by
Steve Johnson and Andrea Freixeda
The Animal Care formula was created
from research done over the past three years by Andrea Freixeda, a flower essence
practitioner and biologist living in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Andrea, a dedicated, generous
and openhearted woman in her mid-thirties, does rescue work with wild and domestic
animals and is also an environmental educator. She offers classes and presentations
to children, teaching them how to care for their own animals.
Andrea,
her dog Beethoven, and
a feathered friend at Biofauna
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Andrea
primarily works out of her own clinic, which is called Biofauna. It is a small
place with just a few rooms. One is filled with cages where the animals she is
currently caring for are kept. Andrea also offers her services to various ecological
parks and animal sanctuaries in the greater Sao Paulo area. When they have an
animal with special needs they call her, and she either goes there to treat the
animal on site, or brings it back to her clinic for more intensive and long-term
care, which includes treatment with the Alaskan flower, gem, and environmental
essences. Many
of the animals Andrea works with were illegally taken from the wild forests of
Brazil. Many of these animals, and their offspring, are eventually abandoned and
left to die on the streets. Various animal care organizations and concerned individuals
bring the lucky ones to sanctuaries or to Andrea's clinic.
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One
of the temporary bird
visitors at Biofauna
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does the majority of the work at her clinic, with some help from her mother and
occasional volunteers. She doesn't receive any money from the parks for her services,
and she doesn't charge for the work she does at Biofauna. The current political
and socioeconomic situation in Brazil makes it difficult for the various ecological
parks and animal clinics like Biofauna to maintain adequate funding. In recognition
of this, I am donating a percentage of all profits from the sale of the Animal
Care formula to support the work of Biofauna and similar animal sanctuaries
in the Sao Paulo area.
About
the Formula
Animal Care is primarily
intended for use in animal rescue work, although it can be given to any animal
in need. It will be most valuable when it is integrated into the initial care
protocol provided for any animal who arrives at an animal shelter, treatment center,
veterinarian clinic, or sanctuary.
Animal
Care for Wild Animals
A resident monkey at the
Eugenio Walter Ecological Park
outside of Sao Paulo
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Animal Care can be used to treat
wild animals who are brought to a shelter or clinic because their habitats have
been damaged or destroyed, either by natural causes such as a storm, or by the
large scale interference of humans, such as an oil spill. Animal
Care is also very helpful for wild animals who, prior to their arrival at
a shelter, lived for some time in pet stores, and subsequently in the homes of
people, most often in isolation from other members of their own species. Even
in the best of situations, this can result in the animal becoming very stressed
and in some cases, destitute. According to Andrea, most wild animals who have
gone through this experience can now be considered "humanized", that
is, they have lost their original identity as a wild animal. This happens because
a large part of their identity is made up of their relationship with their natural
biological surroundings, or habitat. When this connection is severed, they also
lose the connection with their own inner nature.
Many
of the homes these wild animals end up in are inhabited by people with no general
knowledge of how to care for exotic species. They are reduced to lives in small
cages with inadequate air and artificial light, and
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Resident parrots at
Eugenio
Walter Ecological Park
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substandard care, exercise, and feeding. Often
the food given represents only a fraction of the animals normal diet, and the
appetite is suppressed because of the lack of space in which to move around. The
Animal Care formula is extremely valuable in this context, as it can recode
or reconstruct the animal's connection with its own inner nature. This will help
the animal make the necessary adjustments so it can adapt to being released back
into the wild, or to being kept on a permanent basis in a sanctuary or zoo.
When
a wild animal must be kept in captivity because its injuries cannot be fully healed,
Animal Care can help restore the animals equilibrium and relationship with
its new reality, allowing it to reach the full potential that exists for it under
the circumstances. This can often lead to a meaningful relationship full of sharing
and friendship between the animal and its keepers.
Animal
Care for Domestic Animals
Over
the past few years, increasing numbers of dogs, cats, and other "domestic" animals
are being brought to shelters and no-kill sanctuaries. These animals have either
been abandoned or are being voluntarily given up by those who can no longer care
for them. Often these animals are leaving situations where the care given them
was inadequate, the living environment toxic, and the relationship with their
humans abusive.
The Animal Care formula can be an integral part
of the ongoing treatment given to these animals. It will help them heal the traumatic
effects of their previous experiences and ease their transition to a life of health,
happiness, and hopefully, eventual adoption by a loving human. This formula can
also be given to animals while they are living in pet stores, and to ease the
animals transition from the store to the home of its new guardian.
Animal
Care can also be given to animals who have loving humans, but are often kept
inside for long hours and are alone for much of the day. These kinds of living
conditions will often cause animals to exhibit various destructive behaviors.
In this context, Animal Care can be used to strengthen an animal's connection
to its inner nature, which will enable it to exhibit more creative behavioral
reactions to its living situation.
The Formula
Here
are the essences that make up the Animal Care combination and their healing
contributions to the formula.
Alpine
Azalea - this essence addresses the imbalance that occurs when animals have
been separated from their natural habitat, or when they are cut off from normal
contact with nature. Some examples: a dog or cat in an apartment with no yard
to run around in or a parrot that has been taken from the forest and sold into
the city. This separation often results in the animal becoming ill or unbalanced.
In these cases, Alpine Azalea helps the animal strengthen the link with its own
inner nature and with its ancestral energy.
Black Tourmaline
- this gem elixir is useful in all instances where there has been "toxic"
interference from the owner/guardian, the public (zoo staff, handlers), or even
from the rescue or sanctuary personnel. It will help wild animals release all
of the toxic energy they have absorbed during their captivity, which will make
it easier for them to be released back into their original habitat. Black Tourmaline
also helps animals who have been, or are still being kept in small cages in less
than optimum conditions.
Chiming Bells - this essence heals
imbalances that result when an animal has been alone for a long time, separated
from its humans, or in the case of a wild animal, separated from its own kind.
It addresses the depression that can result from this kind of separation.
Cotton
Grass - this essence releases the pain and stress that was experienced by
the animal before it was rescued. A considerable amount of tension and stress
can result from the prolonged struggle for survival that many animals go through
before they are brought to a treatment center. They may have suffered from a lack
of adequate food or shelter, and the stress of being in a city, surrounded by
vehicles, people, and noise. This essence also helps with the stress of being
handled every day in order to receive treatment. Sensitive animals that are not
accustomed to this kind of handling may become weakened and die. Cotton Grass
helps such animals release the stress that comes from this handling, so it doesn't
build up in their bodies.
Horsetail
- this essence improves communication between animals and humans, and also
between animals. This is especially important for animals who are going to be
reintroduced back into their native habitats after a period of time away, and
for those who must learn how to survive in a different environment, such as a
sanctuary or zoo, where they will be living together with different animals than
would normally be the case. Horsetail will also help an animal communicate better
with those who are taking care of it.
Jadeite Jade - this
essence is useful for when an animal is agitated, irritated, and exhibiting aggressive
behavior. Sometimes this behavior is a normal reaction to the way the animal was
captured and kept in captivity. This agitation and aggression can sometimes lead
to the animal injuring itself, other animals, and humans. Jadeite Jade will help
such animals to become calm and more accepting of their present circumstances,
which may include the temporary presence of a therapist in their lives. This essence
can also be used to prepare the animal for the "future stress" of being moved
back to its normal habitat, or to an animal sanctuary or zoo.
Lady's
Slipper - this essence is useful when an animal is exhibiting self-aggressive
behavior. This is often a sign that the animal is extremely stressed due to the
quality of its living conditions. Lady's Slipper is also helpful in situations
where the animal is confined to a cage or area that is too small for it to move
around sufficiently. This can cause the loss of hair or fur in certain areas of
the body. In this context, Lady's Slipper can be used to increase the circulation
of energy around the animal, and improve the animals inner circulation of life-force
energy. This essence can also be used to help an animal perceive and synchronize
with the energy of it handler or therapist.
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