Barbara Martin
Animal Communicator
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The August 2009 issue of Diablo Magazine features Animal Communication Plus in an article on "Pets A - Z". Barbara is under "P". http://www.diablomag.com/Diablo-Magazine/August-2009/Pets-Guide-A-to-Z/
Listen to Barbara Martin on Blog Talk Radio
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As a Humane Educator, Barbara frequently speaks with groups about what Animal Communication is and how it can help humans and animals gain a
better understanding of each other.
This article in the Danville Weekly is from Barbara's talk at Kiwanis Club of San Ramon Valley.
This article can be accessed online at
http://DanvilleWeekly.com/story.php?story_id=4174 or the text of this article follows.
Diablo Views: Hey, Fido, what's happenin'?by Dolores Fox CiardelliWouldn't it be nice if your dog could just tell you why he's in a funk? Is he sad about something, or not feeling good? Well, pets are continually sending signals to their owners and we just have to try to understand them, animal communicator Barbara Martin informed the Kiwanis Club at its luncheon last week. "We are intuitive beings and animals are, too," Martin said. ;"We think of a friend, then we'll get an e-mail from them, or a phone call or run into them. ;We send out thoughts." With our animals, we might come home from work and get busy fixing dinner, notions flitting through our brains. One of these thoughts might be: "I'll take the dog for a walk." The dog perceives it and gets excited. Then we get busy and forget about the walk. Poor dog! No wonder he's sad. "Animals are talking to each other all the time," Martin said, meaning domesticated animals. " They don't understand why we don't talk back to them." They understand our emotions, and they definitely know if it is a weekday or a weekend when they will get more attention. If they send us thoughts - like, let's take a walk! - and we aren't paying attention, they may (1) go to sleep, (2) get out the leash, or (3) act out. And this is when people call Martin. "I've gone through lots of training with other communicators," she said, and she's helped thousands of pet owners. " I facilitate the conversation for you." She works mainly with dogs, cats and horses, and said she is 90 percent accurate. She told the story of an 8-year-old Danville lab that seemed depressed; also he was taking the pillows off the living room couch each day and carrying them through his dog door and out into the back yard. "For 45 minutes, I talked to the animal," Martin said. " They had three sons and one had left. The animal thinks he died." The family gives Martin all the information ahead of time and then before a telephone appointment, she goes into a meditative state and communicates with the animal. She sees their thoughts in words and pictures. This dog also asked: What happened to his toys? Martin told the family to explain to the dog that the son was only away at college and would be returning. And it turned out the family had remodeled and put the dog toys into the garage, so they made them accessible once again. They also began to walk the dog once a day. At last report, the dog was only disturbing the pillows once a month. |
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Martin said it is important for us to keep our animals informed when we go on vacation - tell them in sunsets when we'll return -
and about changes in our lives that affect them. She has worked with abandoned horses and dogs and says horses are the saddest when being
moved. If you adopt an animal, be sure to say, "My intention is we'll always be together."
Dogs love to be walked every day and to be touched. And dogs and cats want a fresh bowl of water every day.
"Animals are super loyal," Martin noted. They don't tell her family secrets such as if a divorce may be in the works. One family called for help with their poodle who kept defecating in the teenage daughter's room, or right outside if they closed the door. "It turns out there was a problem," Martin said. "The parents were in denial. The 16-year-old was depressed and sad - these were unspoken things - and there were dangerous things she was up to." Martin remembers working in the computer industry in the mid-90s and hearing Bill Gates predict to a disbelieving audience that in five years everyone would put their Web addresses in their ads. She now predicts that in five years, animal communication will be a household phrase. It is soon to become a "field of study" at some universities although scientists are finding it harder to accept, she said. "Keep an open mind," Martin advised the Kiwanis members after lunch at Round Hill Country Club. "Your animals will appreciate it. They deserve the opportunity to talk." |
Napa Valley Register: When ´woof woof´ means more than ´woof woof´
By Jennifer HuffmanBarbara Martin is a modern-day Dr. Dolittle. She talks to the animals and, according to Martin, they talk right back. A professional "animal communicator" who lives in Napa, Martin said she has an intuitive ability to "hear" what an animal is thinking, feeling and experiencing. "I feel their emotions, and I can have a conversation with them and their people," Martin said. Originally from Lafayette, Martin said she has been communicating with her own pets since 1996. She started her business, Animal Communication Plus, in 2006. "They say it´s like a radio. A thought goes out from another person and we catch that thought," Martin said.
Martin invited a reporter to sit in on a session with Register copy editor Michelle Choat and her dog, Hailey, in a conference room at the Register. During the session, Hailey alternated between wandering the room, sniffing and occasionally pausing near Martin. To begin the session, Martin closed her eyes and sat quietly with her hands in her lap, a slight smile on her face. Pausing for a moment, she then opened her eyes. "She´s saying, ´Hurry up, lets go, ´" Martin said of Hailey.
After Choat told Martin she also had a cat at home, Martin said she was able to communicate with Choat´s cat as well. Hailey said that Choat´s cat "runs the show," Martin reported.
"Why does Hailey chase the cat?", Choat asked. "Hailey doesn´t understand why it´s bad to chase the cat", Martin said.
"Why does Hailey chew on wood?" The answer, as translated by Martin: "I get bored."
"Why does Hailey jump up on people?" asked another reporter. "It´s like she wants to give you a hug," Martin said.
"Why does Hailey pull on the leash?", Choat asked. "She doesn´t see the point of the leash," Martin said.
Martin hasn´t always talked to the animals. A former executive in the computer industry, "I never knew I had this ability," Martin said. But in 1996, when Martin´s own dog became ill, Martin said she realized she was communicating with her pet. "She told me she was going to die in her sleep at night. I had a knowingness. I realized after she passed we were actually having a conversation."
After that experience, Martin began studying animal communication. The ability to communicate with animals isn´t new, Martin said. Native Americans sometimes refer to this intuitive ability.
Animal communication can be done both in person and over the phone, Martin said. A typical session begins with a period of meditation to clear her mind, Martin said. The human client tells her nothing about the animal in advance, she said. Using either a picture of the animal or visiting with the animal in person, the communication begins. "The (owner) asks me a question, I ask the animal, and the animal answers. Then I tell the human. It´s a three-way conversation," she said. Martin said she can communicate with any domesticated animal, "from hamsters to horses. " Animals want to talk to us, she said. "Animals are able to hear our thoughts. They send us back thoughts. What I´m doing is tapping into the telepathic ability that animals already have."
According to Martin, there are thousands of people working as animal communicators and many books on the subject. Part of the popularity of the practice can be attributed to appearances by animal communicators on the "Today Show," the "Tonight Show," "Good Morning America" and other programs, she said.
Martin said a common misconception people have about animal communicators is that she can train a pet. "(Clients) believe I can talk to an animal, give them a lecture and cure a behavior issue." But that´s not how it works, she said. "In the session I tell them why the animal thinks it´s OK to do a certain behavior. I offer them insight from the animal´s perspective about what the human is doing that allows the animal to keep doing it."
As part of Martin´s session with Choat and Hailey, she told Choat to encourage better behavior both by training and by sending mental images of positive behavior to Hailey. When Hailey chases the cat, picture her not chasing the animal, Martin suggested. When Hailey chews on wood, tell her you are disappointed, she said.
What does Martin say to skeptics who believe she´s just using intuition or making lucky guesses? "Animal communication is not for everyone," Martin admitted. "I don´t try to convince them. If people have an open mind, animals can communicate with humans. They have something to say."
Food is a common theme that pets talk about, Martin said. "A lot of dogs and cats complain about their food. They complain about lack of routine. They want routine. They tell me how they hear their people. They quote things their people say. They all have messages for their humans," Martin said. "They also talk about other animals in the house and how they´re getting along."
Martin specializes in working with pets facing surgery or other illness. She can communicate with a pet under anesthesia or help identify possible health issues facing a pet. "We´re not a vet, we are only describing symptoms," Martin noted.
Martin charges between $75 and $175 an hour to work with an animal. Over the past four years, Martin said she has communicated with more than 900 animals in the U.S., Canada and Mexico, both in person and by phone. The recession has cut back her animal communication business, she said, so Martin also works part-time as a human mental health counselor.
There´s one thing Martin doesn´t do and that is communicate "mind-to-mind" with humans. "I´ve decided that´s too messy," she said.
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