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In a healing, the facilitator sets intentions, transmits and removes energies, and holds a space for the healing to take place. 

What the animal's body, mind, and spirit do with the energies determines the outcome of the session.

Cookie feeling like her old self.

Cookie Bounces Back
by Lisa Barash, January, 2009

Cookie, our 7 year old guinea pig never complains.  She is active, cheerful, and strong willed.  So when we were told by a friend who was watching her that she felt a large mass in her neck, we were stunned.  Cookie didn't appear to be in discomfort, although she'd curiously rest her head on her food bowl.  I thought, well what is the vet going to do for a 7 year old guinea pig with a mass?  I was saddened at the thought.

I took her to the vet the next day, and since he was stunned at her good health at such an advanced age, opted to operate the next day.  Little did we know that Cookie would be in for a much longer recovery than expected.  She was traumatized by the surgery, and was not eating for days afterwards.  She was in and out of the hospital, and had more anesthesia to grind down her teeth, because she wasn't eating.  Initially we thought it was a mistake to have subjected this happy and otherwise healthy guinea pig to this kind of surgery at her age.  We weren't hopeful she would live through this.

At that time, I called Nedda for help.  Nedda spent some time talking with Cookie who had much to say.  Cookie told Nedda she was so upset at the whole ordeal and when I mentioned to Nedda that there were plenty of orbs around her cage before surgery, Nedda asked Cookie about them.  She told Nedda that she was talking to the angels, but wouldn't elaborate.  Nedda asked Cookie whether she was willing to accept a healing, and she was reluctant although willing.  During the healing, I noticed that Cookie looked calmer and more peaceful than even before surgery.  She curled up and fell asleep.  Needless to say, every day after that Cookie got stronger and started eating on her own.  Incidentally, the orbs disappeared at that point.  Interesting!

I called Nedda for a second healing when I found a mass on her underside.  This was very distressing, because in no way were we going to subject her to another surgery.  At that point when I asked Nedda for a healing of her new mass, I wasn't hopeful.  How could it just disappear?  Now we were tempting fate, I thought.  A few weeks after Nedda's healing, I felt NO evidence of this protruding mass!  I couldn't believe it!

On a final note, I contacted Nedda for a third healing when Cookie was having lots of rectal/bladder pain supposedly from a bladder stone.  She got another healing and this time Cookie was willing to accept it.  The day Nedda gave her a healing she had lots of pain and blood in her urine.  The very next day, the pain had subsided and the blood was completely gone.

I believe wholeheartedly in the miracle and power of energy work.  With love, patience, kindness, and prayer we can work to heal this world one person, and one animal at a time.  Nedda is one of these special miracle workers!

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Vinnie Heals a Neck Injury
by permission of S.Z.

Our dog, Vinnie, came to us from an animal rescue organization.  He had been found injured along a road, and had to have disk fusion surgery on some of his neck vertebrae.  Soon after the surgery, my wife and I saw Vinnie, fell in love with him, and brought him home. 

Although the veterinarians said the surgery went well and expected his neck to heal after awhile, 3 months later we were still concerned that he wasn't making enough progress and was in pain.

We called Nedda and asked her to speak with Vinnie telepathically.  Despite pain medication, Vinnie walked with his head hung down, his lower back curled under, and often held his right paw up, unwilling to put his full weight on it.  He told her he was still in pain and was discouraged.

Nedda suggested some healing sessions.  She explained that it wouldn't matter whether we were home with Vinnie or at work.  She said she could do the sessions from a distance.  We decided to give it a try.

After the very first session, it was clear that something had changed profoundly for Vinnie.   That very evening he was holding his head up more and putting more weight on his right front foot.  His eyes seemed happier.

Four days later, Vinnie was still improving.   He was in much better spirits.  His neck didn’t seem to bother him as much; he held his head up higher; he wasn’t holding up his right front paw as often.  Although he seemed stiff and sore in the morning when he first woke up, he would improve during the day.  Vinnie was more playful, seemed happier, and even ran straighter.”

When we talked to Nedda, she described what she had found during the healing. .  "I saw an image of Vinnie being thrown out of a car.  Apparently, his spinal injury occurred as he landed, and all his emotions were locked into the damaged portion of his neck.  The healing session was very emotionally intense as his body released his sadness, anger and grief."

She explained:  "Because the initial injury and surgery took place several months ago, Vinnie’s body has been compensating for his pain and his difficulty moving.  That's why he was tucking his back end under him - that position makes it easier for him to balance his head and hold up the right paw."  

Nedda suggest a series of healings to clear stagnant energies, reduce the pain and inflammation, and support the body’s natural healing process.  My wife and I immediately agreed.

Between early March and late April, 2001, Vinnie received a total of 7 distance healings.  Each time, we could see marked improvement within an hour or two of the session.  

Today,  Vinnie is on a “maintenance” program, receiving healings about once every 2-3 months.  He rarely needs pain medicine. He's a happy dog, able to run and play with our other dog without restriction.

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Simba's fight for survival
took place in 2001.

Simba - healthy and
going strong in 2009

Simba's Recovery from Idiopathic Chylothorax
by N.K. 

My niece's divorce brought Simba, a Rag Doll cat, to our home.  I invited Nedda to come to the house to help Simba integrate with our two other cats, Chandler and Tash, but when she met Simba, Nedda was immediately concerned about his appearance and especially his breathing.  Every breath Simba took was labored.  Nedda urged me to take him to the vet right away and to keep the other cats out of the room.

Simba had fluid around his lungs, diagnosed as idiopathic chylothorax.  My veterinarian wasn't very optimistic.  There was so much fluid that the doctor didn't remove all of it on the first visit.  Simba would have to come back again and again to have the fluid removed if he was to survive.  I brought Simba home determined to help him get well.

Nedda suggested some flower essences to help Simba with the depression he felt, largely related to his attachment to my niece.   She had raised him from a kitten and he was both sad to leave her and upset by the personal upheaval she was going through.

For a few weeks, Simba seemed stable, but did not improve much.  He didn't like the more nutritious diet Nedda suggested I feed him and wasn't eating very well.  He was used to junky cat food from the supermarket.  All I could get him to eat was freshly cooked turkey.

Removing the fluid helped for a day or two, but he had to go once every week to have it done. During this time, he was seen by 3 different veterinarians at the same practice, and each one said there was no hope.  I knew in my heart that they were wrong.  I just had to find the answer.

One day, Nedda suggested a series of healing sessions.  She explained that energetic healing is cumulative in effect, and for such a serious condition a series of 3 consecutive sessions over 3 consecutive days might start to turn things around.  I agreed to try it.

I saw immediate improvements in Simba after the very first session.  He began eating better and had a little more energy.  

Nedda urged him to  use his energy for healing and not become too active just yet.  She also enlisted the help of the other cats, especially Chandler who began sitting outside the door of Simba's room yowling.  I thought he might be threatening Simba, but Chandler told Nedda that he was singing songs of encouragement.  When the cats met nose-to-nose through a screen, there was never a hiss or a growl.  Meanwhile, I gave Simba homeopathics, dietary supplements, and special food, and used prayer and color therapy to help him heal.

Simba kept slowly improving.  He gained weight.  His bedraggled coat shed out and became soft and beautiful.  He began to play with the other cats and asked to go outside from time to time.   But he still needed to have fluid removed once a week.

One day, Simba took a turn for the worse.  I called Nedda, who did another healing.  This time, the change was dramatic.  When I took him for his weekly visit to the vet, one whole side of his lungs were clear of fluids.

Simba had turned a corner and went for two whole weeks without needing any fluids removed.  During that time, he played with the other cats, spent more time outside, and his appetite increased dramatically.   Simba was so much better! 

At his next visit, the vet took out half as much fluid as before.  Yet when we got home, Simba refused to eat or play, and moped around the house.  I called Nedda the next day because I couldn't figure out what was wrong.

When Nedda talked telepathically to Simba, he told her he was depressed.  He believed he was not getting better.  After two weeks of not going to the doctor, he thought he was all done. Then, because he had to go back, he decided he must not be healing.  He was depressed because of this misunderstanding.

Nedda cleared up the confusion for him.  She said it simply wasn't true that he wasn't getting better.  She explained that getting well can take time.  She reminded him that two whole weeks had gone by between fluid removal treatments.  She told him how much everyone loved him and wanted him to heal. 

As Simba and Nedda finished talking, I was amazement to see him walk over to the food dish and eat enthusiastically for the first time in 24 hours.  When he was through, he began playing with a toy that was lying on the floor.  Nedda had talked him through an important emotional shift.   He was back on the road to recovery, and in just a few more weeks, Simba had entirely recovered.

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Helping Pete Stay Grounded
          by Nedda Wittels
[Names have been changed to protect privacy.]

A horse trainer from Kentucky called and asked me to speak with a gelding named Pete who was being trained as a show jumper.  Pete had been abandoned by his previous owner and the stable wanted to show him as a hunter/jumper so he could be sold to pay his board.  He was so badly behaved, the trainer feared he might be hopeless.

According to the trainer, Pete couldn’t seem to tolerate any leg contact and would spook at everything.  Training him was extremely difficult because it was hard to keep his attention.  Since jumping requires a great deal of concentration, the training wasn’t going very well.  The trainer said, "Anything you can suggest to help this horse will be appreciated."

As soon as I tuned in to speak with Pete, I felt that he was having trouble staying in his body.  With his permission, I sense his energy.  Immediately I felt as though I had put my hands into a nest of stinging hornets .  No wonder Pete was spooky and could barely tolerate a rider!  He could barely tolerate to be in his own body!

The trainer agreed to try three energy healing sessions.  Pete improved after the very first one.  He was calmer under saddle and better able to listen to the rider.  He was also more grounded.  The trainer and I discussed his training methods to brainstorm ways to improve Pete’s comfort even more and to help him stay grounded under saddle.   

After two more healing sessions, Pete had made dramatic progress. The “bee sting” energy was gone.  Now Pete was settled more comfortably into his physical body.   He was able to pay attention to the rider’s cues and to what he was doing while being ridden.  With patience and understanding, and with a major shift in his energy, Pete was headed for a better life.

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