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Tag Archives: animal assisted activities
Bowing: an invitation
Her tail was a flurry as she pounced down to pray…. oh you say? don’t i mean PLAY… perhaps it is you, who have lost your way… for in honest play who can deny the communion with the divine? To … Continue reading
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Tagged animal assisted activities, animal assisted chaplaincy, animal assisted play therapy, animal assisted spiritual direction, animal assisted therapies, divine joy, eco-chaplaincy, holy play, ink brush, ink brush meditation, love, play bow, poetry, sumi-e, toy dog
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sacred listening
today i listened. i listened to the story of a man who shot a dog who had jumped a fence into his yard to attack his dog. today i listened. i listened to a story of a man who shot … Continue reading
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Tagged animal assisted activities, animal assisted chaplaincy, animal assisted therpay, dog shot, forgiveness, grief, gun shots, gun violence, holding space, ink brush painting, interfaith, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, love, mediation, meditation, peace, pet therapy, poetry, poodle, sacred listening, spirituality, sumi-e
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NAP!
the wisdom of taking a moment to simply be is modeled for me regularly. the renewal of any moment is possible.
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Tagged animal assisted activities, animal assisted chaplaincy, brush painting, calico cat, cat enzo, cat nap, cats, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-spirituality, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, meditation, modeling behavior, naps, pet therapy, poetry, spirituality, sumi-e
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Beauty
at the beauty shop today, in a place where most residents walk on wheels – a poodle was invited in. “We have the same hairdo!” We are all so much more alike than we are different. Let us see each … Continue reading
little things and heart strings
a woman told me a story today and made me promise to tell it. I met her in a facility, an institution of care – i was there with my dog to visit, and in great detail she described her dog. … Continue reading
Posted in Animal assisted therapy, God's dog, grief, therapy dog
Tagged animal assisted activities, animal assisted chaplaincy, animal assisted therapies, animals, art, assisted care facilities, collage, dogs visiting in nursing homes, eco-chaplaincy, elder care, ink brush painting, love, poetry, spirituality, sumi-e, therapy dogs, visiting dogs
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Touch
touch paw to hand. touch hand to heart. it never ends once you start… and gooey rhyme-y poetry doesn’t begin to touch the truth of it!
egrets?
soft grass. warm sun. no egrets? cow egrets!!! Together we can graze the day. cow pie diem!
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Tagged animal assisted activities, art, bird watching, carpe diem, cow egrets, cows, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-spirituality, egrets, farm therapy, Florida Cattle, Florida Cracker Cattle, humor, interspecies spirituality, nature, poetry, seize the day, spirituality, sumi-e
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