QUESTION: May I ask if Hypnotherapy can apply to pets?

CHERYL: Once you gain rapport with an animal, communication becomes telepathic, which could be called hypnotic. The feelings or meaning you project are perceived. Projecting affectionate energy elicits responses in kind with animals and nature of all kinds. Actually, any animal is capable of hypnotic rapport. It’s especially easy to connect with cats and dogs, although the communication is somewhat different. 

Silent communication can go from you to a cat and will come back to you as rapport deepens. Cats will respond almost immediately if they feel safe. They can also respond to words. Begin by looking at them calmly and with affection, eye to eye. Then slowly open and close your eyes. Think what you want to convey to them and they pick it up quickly. They also respond to soft loving words. Some cats can be trained or “hypnotized” to do tricks or respond to what you ask for but only if they want to. They may be sensitive to your approval or disapproval and respond, or shrug their little shoulders and walk away or decide it’s a good time to clean themselves. They can seem like independent mischievous little angels.

Dogs develop dog to human communication through watching and listening to you. They are very sensitive to states of mind, deeply connecting with emotions. They read their people well. If you are displeased they will feel it, if you are affectionate they will feel it. They respond more as children might respond, and some mature as children do, becoming leaders even. They might guard and supervise human children, knowing when they are in danger. They may protect their loved ones or tend to wild or domestic critters that need help. Some are capable of being trained to do amazing feats and hold important positions in life. They may enter altered (hypnotic) states with acute awareness – focused solely on a particular action or task at hand.

Hypnotic states may be seen as connection to source energy, and in the case of humans, consciously entering a deeper state of awareness. Nature has its own natural energetic state. Everything responds to energy and that can be considered hypnotic. Give a plant consistent loving appreciation, water and kind words and watch it flourish. Hug a tree. Greet the birds, critters and life around you (people) with affection and joy and watch how they are hypnotized by that inner communication.

Original Article written by Cheryl Canfield:
https://cherylcanfield.com/ask-cheryl/everything-responds-to-loving-energy/