InIntHana Mäkinen shared a beautiful and enriching session about the energetic bond we share with animals and how to enhance it throughout, and until the end of life (and after).
Key Takeaways:
- Introduction: Hana Mäkinen is an animal communicator and end of life/grief specialist. Her mission is to challenge the stigma around pet death and teach that a deep love is possible amidst the pain. She wants people to view the end of life journey as an experience with pets, not something happening to them. It’s about companioning them.
- Energetic Bond: The energetic bond involves aligning invisible energy fields and cultivating togetherness. It’s a soul level connection requiring presence. Building the bond means opening your heart, connecting emotionally with your pet, and being courageous with complex emotions. The bond transcends physical realm and continues after a pet’s transition.
- Influences on the Bond: Thoughts, beliefs, people, music, environment all influence human energy. Hiding or suppressing emotions constricts the bond. Feeling and expressing them openly expands it. Physical pain makes both human and animal more energetically sensitive and vulnerable. External stress disrupts the energetic flow. Unresolved grief and unexpressed emotions create barriers.
- Presence, Mindfulness, Co-Regulation: Mindfulness cultivates awareness of thoughts, emotions, actions. It allows presence with pets. Co-regulation mutually soothes nervous systems. It supports emotional/physiological states. Shared breathing and touch facilitate energetic connection and bond.
- Exercise:
- Place hand on self and pet, tune into breathing rhythms. Notice sensations, sounds, shifts.
- Visualize energy fields connecting. Drop into heart space and love.
- Savor the shared presence and connection.
- Sudden Loss: Sudden loss is a heart shock. Grief processing takes time. Healing past sudden losses can help prepare for future end of life experiences. Look for lessons and gifts that emerge over time.
Topic list:
- 00:00 Introductions and welcome
- 03:30 End of life journey differently / about Hana
- 07:00 Energetic bonds / animal communication 101
- 28:00 Factors that influence energetic bonds
- 37:30 Animals and energy fields/ emotional awareness
- 43:40 Mindfulness, presence, and co-regulation
- 45:30 Exercise: White space moment
- 53:00 Enhancing the bonds during end of life
- 56:00 Q&A: can we compare bonds between animals vs between us
- 57:35 Q&A: sudden loss