The Importance of Bringing Nature to Your Cat

Cats are amazing beings. Unfortunately, many of them are cut off from the Earth, her cycles, grounding and nature herself. All of us are designed to be in direct contact with the earth to not only receive the benefits she offers but also because we are magnetically connected to her. Disconnection leads to imbalance which humans then label dis-ease.

Cats needs to be able to roll on the earth, to experience the smells and textures of the earth and to be able to self-select the plants they need to keep their body not only in balance but also to naturally de-parasite themselves.

Bringing Nature to Them

One option is to bring nature to them. We can do this by offering essential oils to process via smell but the most fun for them is presenting a herb garden. Not only is this lots of fun but it is so informative to the pet owner, as what they choose to select, lay on and play with tells us how they are feeling.

Below is a client of mine, Sweetie, who has granted permission to share her garden with you. She was feeling a little down and dealing with a lot of vaccine shedding from humans around her which I was working on negating.

Looking at the photos below, the following herbs have been laid out for Sweetie to select. Where she places her body and rolls on the herbs tells us a lot about what she is dealing with in life and where her body needs support. This is self-medication which all animals are designed to practise as well as us humans.

From the top of photo to the bottom, the following dried organic plants are presented:

• Peppermint Leaf
• Lavender
• Calendula
• Yarrow
• Comfrey
• Rosebuds
• German Chamomile
• Catnip
• Valerian

The above plants are shown in the collage below, left to right, top to bottom for those of you who may be new to these wonderful healers. Isn’t nature magical? So magical. This would be what Sweetie would be sourcing if she was in her natural environment.

The dried plants will stay out for a few days, then will be thrown in the garden with a new batch of fresh dried herbs laid out for her to select until she indicates she no longer needs the support. With an animal’s sense of smell, they may process this also from some distance, so it is all about watching and learning what they are telling you, the pet owner, what they need. Often a lot of these dried herbs are ingested too, especially valerian for kidney and fear support and catnip for overall stress. Living amongst humans is sometimes not so easy for our animals, our lifestyle, including high radiation from all tech exposure and how we manage our emotions can be very impactful on them, positively or negatively.

Resources

Animal Self-Medication by Caroline Ingraham
Dr. Kidd’s Guide to Herbal Cat Care by Randy Kidd DVM, PhD
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