Therapy With Sally B.

A dog's heart rate synchronizes with its owner's during calm contact.

Not metaphorically. Biologically. Both heart rates slow. Both nervous systems shift toward rest. The dog and the human are co-regulating.

Your nervous system is not a closed system. It is in constant conversation with every living thing in your environment.

This is why petting an animal lowers cortisol. Why eye contact with a dog triggers an oxytocin release in both species. Why children raised around pets show different immune profiles. Why therapy animals on hospital floors measurably change patient outcomes.

As a physician I have been trained to think about medicine as something that comes in a bottle or a procedure room. But the evidence for what happens in the space between a person and an animal they love is harder to dismiss than I once thought.

If you have a pet, you are already doing something therapeutic every day that most people are not prescribed.

What does your animal do that nothing else does for you?

I believe this with all my heart!

Good morning beautiful people! Have an amazing day 🤗😊🙏☀️

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In the forest I especially feel the truth of this chant… “I am one with the heart of the Mother I am one with the heart of Love I am one with the heart of the Father I am one with God…” ~ “Heart of the Mother” written by Michael Stillwater and often sung in Unity churches (I’m not a member of that church, but sometimes make music for their services, and have learned many beautiful songs that way) May we feel our connection and oneness with the pure heart of life and creation. ✨🌈✨🙏🏽💙✨🌈✨ @stillwatercollection #unitychurch #iamone #affirmations