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Testimonials
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We were very impressed with how gentle this approach was
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Helichrysum – Several months ago we noticed a small tumor forming on our aging dogs forehead. The vet didn’t seemed concerned with it but it was difficult not to notice and grew to more than an 1/8″ in diameter rather quickly. That’s when I started using Helichrysum. I diluted it with a carrier oil and dabbed a small amount directly on and around the tumor with a Q-tip. Immediately we noticed it getting smaller. After several applications it finally became the shape of a cone but was still firmly in place. Two more applications and the remaining piece fell off with healed skin underneath. We were very impressed with how gentle this approach was.
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It took only a minute or so for the baby foxes to settle and begin to yawn
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This past spring, a friend and I headed one hundred miles north to help the animals at a wildlife rescue sanctuary. When we arrived we were taken to a small one-room building that housed both birds and rescued baby mammals. Of particular concern were two motherless red foxes five to six weeks old that had just been dropped off at the sanctuary.
When we entered the small shelter, the babies were visibly shaken and afraid. They were agitated as they scrambled around their cage and then bounced off each other to scramble again. We immediately used Peace & Calming™ Therapeutic Grade Essential Oil (Peace & Calming™) around their cage. It took only a minute or so for them to settle comfortably together in a corner of their cage and then they began to yawn.
Deborah Wooten, HTACP
Ashland, Virginia -
Your tools truly make a difference for humans and animals alike
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Carol, I’m grateful for the valuable tools you are sharing with students. They truly make a difference for humans and animals alike. It is such a gift to be able to care for one another through energy work. I appreciate the time you take to answer questions and offer suggestions and support as we put these tools to work.
Dawn LaPointe, Paws for Joy, Awakened Harmony, LLC
Hermantown, Minnesota -
I went in bitter and cynical. After, I felt truly engaged and refreshed.
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The HTA class I attended was nothing short of phenomenal. Thank you. Initially I was going to visit my brother. When he told me about the class, I thought, “Sure, why not – couldn’t hurt, you’ve tried just about everything else.”
Not knowing what to expect, I went in with my typical bitter/cynical self. But then, after the Friday session I felt truly, truly engaged and refreshed. Saturday, though, I started out fatigued; I went home focused and looking forward to Sunday.
Monica
Irving, Texas -
I wanted to express my thanks and gratitude to you for the awesome workshop
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I wanted to express my thanks and gratitude to you for the awesome HTA workshop. I felt very inspired and, more importantly, a fire rekindled within me along with a sense of hope. I said in class that I am a RVT and practiced in the hospital for only one year. It was an incredibly difficult experience for me for many reasons. I have always known I was to work with the animals and now feel I have found a way that resonates with every cell of my body. I have previously experienced doubt with regard to the idea of a healing animal practice, thinking it not possible for whatever reason. But through that workshop, I have the knowledge that all is possible!
Debbie Criddle & Roy Mittleider
Camino, California -
HTA has helped create a better relationship between my dog and my husband
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I am writing to give you an update on my dog April since we attended the Healing Touch for Animals® Level 1 workshop in Denver. April has a huge problem with my husband coming home and is especially afraid anytime he walks through the door. As she anticipates his arrival she barks and growls uncontrollably. Fortunately she has never bitten him, but it has become a real and ongoing problem…actually, it has gone on for 5 years. I have tried so many things to get her to calm down, but it is like she loses her mind and cannot focus on anything but her fear and her desire to protect herself and me. All this stems from her past in a different home.
Heidi Clark
Edwards, Colorado -
My family members are now believers
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I am a Healing Touch for Animals® (HTA) Practitioner, and I live in rural Ohio. When I first started using HTA, I had some family members who questioned whether the HTA really works. A few weeks after attending a Healing Touch for Animals® class in Chicago, I came upon a turtle that had been run over by a vehicle. Its underside had a bad split, and a portion of the hard shell was flattened. I took it home, and with the HTA techniques and the use of my spiritual practice, the healing process began. On the third day you could see a noticeable difference in the shape of the shell, and the split was rapidly healing. By the end of a week it was well enough to release in its own habitat. With the drastic changes in the turtle’s appearance, the said family members are now believers in Healing Touch for Animals®.
Reneé Strohm
New Washington, Ohio -
Thank you for a great class; it was truly a learning experience
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I recently attended a Healing Touch for Animals® Level 3 in Minneapolis. Thank you for a great class; it was truly a learning experience. I was so excited to meet Carol Komitor because I knew she had to be very special to have been inspired to create the Etheric Heartbeat for Animals™ Technique. I have had 4 levels of Healing Touch (for humans), and since learning the technique, I have also used it in my Healing Touch practice on humans. It is one of the most beautiful techniques that can be used on animals and humans both; it is totally about unconditional love and true caring. To me that is what Healing Touch is about, and it brings tears to my eyes many times as I use it. I believe it was truly inspired from heaven above! I would like to thank Carol, again, for the Etheric Heartbeat for Animals™ technique. Anyone taking Healing Touch for Animals® will learn so much!
Janet Anhorn Finne
Owatonna, Minnesota -
Essential oils helped a race horse relax
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Magnify Your Purpose™, a therapeutic grade essential oil blend, was recommended to me. Shortly after it arrived, I had the perfect opportunity to use it on a horse with touching results.
I had a client who quickly purchased Dakota, a Thoroughbred, whose original owner was not pleased with her racing results. The owner decided they didn’t have time to place an ad in the paper and was going to have Dakota put down. My client offered to buy her for a small fee. She hoped to find a new home for Dakota after she trained her to do more than run in a straight line.
Shelley Wallen, HTACP
Highlands Ranch, Colorado -
Healing Music for Animals helps keep owners and sick pets calm
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Thank you very much for the Healing Touch for Animals® Volume II music CD. I am sure this CD will help as much as the last CD did. I love to keep the music playing in “a loop” in our comfort room where owners visit with their sick pets and we do acupuncture. Thank you, again. I look forward to the HTA Level 4 class.
Debbie Grissom, DVM
Fredericksburg, Virginia -
Carol repaired the dog’s Hara and his energy completely changed
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At the HTA Level 4 workshop, Carol Komitor worked on a 1 1/2 year old unneutered male Newfoundland who had been given up by his original owners because of behavior issues two weeks earlier. He had been in my possession for 10 days.When my dog entered the conference room with me, the energy changed to general uneasiness. He had not been socialized to other animals or people and was showing aggressive behavior. Carol began the assessment of my dog’s energy system in front of the class.
When Carol began repairing his Hara, both his back and rear-end relaxed. He lay down and calmed. The other animals in the room relaxed.
Lynda Ireland
St. Leonard, Maryland -
Essential Oils helped my groomer calm the dogs
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My rescue dog Lili had a very bad experience with a groomer at a large pet store. She refused to get out from under the bed for several days and told me in no uncertain terms that I had done the unthinkable taking her to that groomer. The message was loud and clear–find another groomer that won’t hurt me.
So I called around and found Natalie. She was understanding and was very concerned about Lili’s bad experience. When the day came for Lili’s grooming with Natalie, I was leaving the house and threw a bottle of Peace & Calming™ therapeutic grade essential oil into my purse. When I got to the groomer, I explained how Peace & Calming™ helped animals and people to relax. Natalie took the bottle and put some oil on her shirt collar.
Barbara Patterson
Cincinnati, Ohio -
Healing Music for Animals & Their People keeps dogs calm while in my car
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I just purchased Volume I of your “Healing Music for Animals & Their People” set and have been very happy with it. I drive rescue transports – usually dogs who were just pulled from kill shelters and may be frightened and agitated and are headed to foster homes or no-kill rescues – and so far, the CD has worked very well. I know you have a warning that it should not be used during driving, but I’ve found that as long as it’s during the day and I’m sufficiently caffeinated, it’s not a problem! Last weekend I had six dogs in my Honda Element, and the only time they barked was when I turned the music off to make a cell phone call. Today’s transport of a Chesapeake Bay Retriever, who had been pulled just before being euthanized, went very well with 8-yr-old “Sweetie” not going to sleep, as I expected, but being alert and calm during the entire ride.
Connie Corzilius Spasser
Augusta, Georgia -
HTA helped me treat a rescued, injured dog
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I had to get some supplies for my dog at PetSmart. When I entered the store I saw a woman near the entrance standing next to a basket with a mid-sized dog in it. The dog’s eyes were closed, and he had stitches all over his body and was severely swollen. I went to the woman and asked about the poor dog. She explained to me that she had rescued him. He had been used as a victim for pit bull fights – apparently the organizers pick a rather sweet natured dog who then can be torn apart by these pit bulls as people watch and cheer them on. I was aghast since I had never heard of such a dreadful, inhumane practice.
Ines Hoster, MS, HTCP/I, CHT
Atlanta, Georgia -
Helichrysum Essential Oils were a gentle and effective treatment
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Several months ago we noticed a small tumor forming on our aging dogs forehead. The vet didn’t seemed concerned with it but it was difficult not to notice and grew to more than an 1/8 in diameter rather quickly. That’s when I started using Helichrysum. I diluted it with a carrier oil and dabbed a small amount directly on and around the tumor with a Q-tip. Immediately we noticed it getting smaller. After several applications it finally became the shape of a cone but was still firmly in place. Two more applications and the remaining piece fell off with healed skin underneath. We were very impressed with how gentle this approach was.
Shelley Wallen
Denver, CO -
The experience moved me deeply…
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The experience of connecting with a horse through Healing Touch for Animals® moved me deeply, and in unexpected ways. I probably received as much healing as the horse did. Maybe more.
Karen S. Bentley
Clayton, GA -
I was just amazed by the animal’s visible acceptance of the healing
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I had the opportunity to use this on an exotic bird with an injured tail, and was just amazed by the animal’s visible acceptance of the healing. Although it was in a large fenced enclosure, the bird voluntarily settled its backside against the fence where my hands were and calmly watched me over its shoulder for the duration of the session.
Steve Anderson
San Diego, CA -
The Bridging™ technique has worked wonders
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The very week after the workshop, I started using it at a private shelter for abused, neglected and aged animals. The Bridging™ technique alone has worked wonders, and the animals have responded with phenomenal speed.
Jeanne Savoie
DeLand, FL -
I had such a wonderful time and learning experience
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I had such a wonderful time and learning experience. I have done the Bridging ™ technique on my other dog, Herriott, who has residual cognitive deficits from an accident years ago. There was an impressive response to this technique.
Jane Packard Bryant
Williston, VT -
HTA will assist me in caring for my beloved dogs
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I had a wonderful time at the Level 1 workshop in Cincinnati, Ohio…it was well worth the drive from Kansas City, Missouri and I’m looking forward to the Level 2 workshop. Your teaching style and winning personality made it so easy to absorb the information. I was particularly impressed by the way you bonded 60 strangers into friends in such a short time – working together to learn so much in such a short time. I had some concern about working with horses but that turned out to be especially rewarding.
Deanna Vick
Kansas City, MO -
I now have a knowingness that all is possible!
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I wanted to express my thanks and gratitude to you for the awesome workshop held in Sebastapol. I felt very inspired and more importantly a fire was rekindled within me, along with a sense of hope. I said in class that I am an RVT and practiced in the hospital for only one year. It was an incredibly difficult experience for me for many reasons. I have always known I was to work with the animals and now feel I have found a way that resonates with every cell of my body. I have previously experienced doubt with regard to the idea of a healing animal practice, thinking it not possible for whatever reason. But through your HTA workshop alone I have a knowingness that all is possible!
Debbie Criddle and Roy Mittleider
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This turned into a very special journey for me
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I have been teaching Healing Touch in the Charlotte area for the past 2 years and always had some students asking for a class for animals. I have promised my students that I would bring Carol Komitor here at some point for HTA. That finally took place in May, 2003. It was wonderful! Always having a love for animals but not “owning” any at this time I thought I was doing this for my students and other animal lovers in the area. What started out as a task of coordinating the class turned into a very special journey for me. Not only did I connect with so many wonderful animal lovers but also met some pretty wonderful animals who were in need of this work. It impacted my life in a way I didn’t expect.
Joanne McMurtrie
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Thank you…the HTA workshop has altered the direction of my life
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I wanted to take this belated opportunity to thank you for coming to Schenectady NY to do a HTA workshop. It was an event that has altered the direction of my life, and that will continually shape the work I do and define the reasons why I do it. You arrived with your HTA methods at a time when I was searching for direction and meaning in my life. I felt that I was being “called” to do healing work with both humans and animals, but didn’t quite know where to begin that journey, or which “energy” technique would best suit my purposes.
Eileen M. Hebert
New York -
Classes bring a greater level of awareness to my practice and my own consciousness
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Each class brings a greater level of awareness to my practice and my own consciousness. I find Carol and her HTA techniques to be a valuable asset in my practice and in my life. I have attended and thoroughly enjoy Carol’s HTA classes. I have incorporated many of the techniques that Carol has developed for animals into my human practice with very successful results. Frequently my two-legged clients bring their four-legged companions to their treatments. There seems to be a direct correlation and connection between the human’s well-being and the well-being of their animal companion.
Denise Muchna
Muskegon, MI -
Carol has a true respect and gratitude for the animals
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I’d like to thank Carol for the integrity she holds as a teacher of Healing Touch for Animals®. I’ve had many teachers in my life and have only found a small few that I learned from. Carol is one from which I not only learned a lot from, but it extended out beyond her classroom. She has a true respect and gratitude for the animals, and that is obvious in how she presents HTA.
Lisa Lysaght
Ashland, MA