Welcome to 'The Quick Five', where I chat with fascinating authors, artists, teachers and researchers and ask them five questions about their work. My guest today is Laila del Monte, an author and acclaimed flamenco dancer with a master's degree in the history of religion from Sorbonne. Laila teaches animal communication in the U.S. and Europe, (living in both Los Angeles and Paris) with her specialty being "problem horses" and sick and injured animals.
Kala: Hi Laila, welcome to the 'Quick Five'. You've written a book entitled - Psychic Communication with Animals for Health and Healing. When did you first realize that you could psychically communicate with animals?
Laila: Hello, Kala. I'm very pleased to speak with you. When I was a child on the island of Formentera, Spain, it was "normal" to me. It's only when I went to French school that I realized I was a bit different.
Kala: Your specialty is working with horses and sick and injured animals? What draws you to work with horses?
Laila: It's impossible to put into words. I've felt an affinity with them forever. I absolutely love healing horses! Nevertheless I love all animals and all sick animals are the same to me. There is no difference if it's a million dollar competition horse or a poor donkey in a field. If he suffers and we can help, we will. It's an honor for me to help them.
Kala: In your book you mention that the unconditional loving nature of animals often leads them to take on physical pains and negative emotional experiences of the humans in their lives. Can you explain to our readers how the animal is affected by taking on this energy?
Laila: Yes. I don't think it's done on a conscious level. I wouldn't be able to explain how it's done but they take on either physically or in their behavior issues that we have. Nevertheless we shouldn't feel guilty as we all have "stuff' and the infinite love that is their nature, chooses to do so. We can't become flawless all of a sudden. I think we're here(on earth) to experiment and live.
Kala: What advice would you give to animal lovers who wish to communicate with their animals? Are there different techniques depending upon the type of animal? For example, would communication skills differ from a cat, versus a dog or horse?
Laila: No, communication is the same for all species. It's different for domesticated and wild animals though. Domesticated animals are very close to us and therefore take on more human traits. With wild animals, one has to be even more respectful of their nature and not burden them with our thoughts and emotions. They are interested in their own lives and survival, not really in us humans.
Kala: You reside in both Paris and Los Angeles. Have you noticed differences in the animals living in the U.S. versus the ones in Europe? Do the animals take on the cultural differences and are they affected by the energy of the country as well as by living in large cities like L.A and Paris, versus the countryside?
Laila: Hello, animals are the same everywhere. I have not noticed cultural differences except in French poodles (he he) No, that's a joke. What affects them is the people they live with. Yes, of course, an animal living in a city and stuck in an apartment is very different than an animal living in the countryside. The one in nature has more chances to release stress and emotions taken on by his guardians.
Kala: Laila, thanks for taking the time to join me here for the Quick Five. All the best to you in your endeavors.
Laila: Thank you very much, Kala. it was a pleasure.
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Kala I LOVE this quick 5! Laila is such a wonderful person to be doing this kind of work with animals. And I just love her book cover, absolutely gorgeous!
Hi Niki, thanks so much for letting me know that you are enjoying the Quick Five series. I agree that the work Laila is doing is so wonderful and that she and her book cover are both gorgeous! :-) Thanks for reading and sharing your comments.
That's a lovely article. All animals, plants also, communicate with us especially when they sense we are friendly, even when we aren't. We just have to tune in. Some animals are remarkably telepathic. Also many of them have different kinds sensory organs and abilities. If you get good at it, you can project your mind into the form of something, say an insect and see the world through its eyes and olfactory senses. All of nature senses and communicates with all of nature. The entire universe is an organic being of beings all in mutual relation, thus all communicating with each other.
This sounds like a good book to read.
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