Communication by Akshaya

We spend a lot of time surrounded by nature without necessarily experiencing it. We walk past trees, sit in gardens, drive through landscapes, hear birds calling and feel the wind on our skin, but our attention is often somewhere else. We are thinking about what we have to do next, checking our phones, having conversations or simply moving from one place to another. Nature communication begins with something much simpler: slowing down enough to notice. When we approach nature with the intention of communicating, there can be a temptation to immediately look for a message. We may sit beside a tree and ask, What are you trying to tell me? Then we wait for a thought, an image or a feeling and wonder whether we have received something. But perhaps the first step is not asking for anything at all. The first step can simply be being there. Choose a tree, plant, patch of grass, rock, body of water or any part of the natural environment that catches your attention. Sit or stand comfortably nea...

When we see an animal in distress, our first instinct is often to help. We want to make things better. We want to take the animal somewhere safe, find them a home, get them treatment, protect them from whatever has hurt them and give them the life we believe they deserve. That instinct comes from care, and there is nothing wrong with wanting to help. In fact, so much of rescue work begins with someone being unable to walk away. But sometimes, in our desire to save an animal, we can become so focused on what we think the animal needs that we forget to ask a different question: what does this particular animal actually need? Those two things aren't always the same. We may think an animal needs a new home, when what they need most immediately is time and stability. We may think they need constant affection, when they actually need space. We may believe they need to be introduced to other animals so they can have companionship, when they may be more comfortable with distance. We may th...

When we first begin communicating intuitively with animals, one of the most noticeable things is how uncertain everything can feel. A thought appears and we wonder, Did I actually receive that, or did I make it up? We get an image and immediately start analysing it. We feel an emotion and wonder whether it belongs to us. We receive something that doesn't seem to make sense and hesitate to trust it. This is a very normal part of learning intuitive animal communication. With experience, however, something begins to change. It isn't necessarily that the communication becomes louder, clearer, or more dramatic. In many cases, it becomes much quieter. What changes is our relationship with what we receive. When we're new to intuitive communication, we often have an idea of what communication is supposed to feel like. We may expect a clear sentence, a strong image, a distinct voice, or something that feels unmistakably different from our own thoughts. So when something subtle comes...