Animal communication or intuitive reading - which is right for you?
The difference between animal communication and an intuitive reading
If you’ve ever called an animal communication session a reading or have wondered if there is a difference between the two, I invite you to stick around.
Today, I’m discussing the benefits of each and sharing some tips on deciding which is right for you.
For as long as I’ve done this work, I’ve heard people (practitioners included) use the terms “animal communication” and “intuitive reading” interchangeably. However, these two modalities are as different as cats and mice.
When your heart is heavy with anticipatory grief beacuse your dog is sick, or you are too frustrated to hear your intuitive voice to know how to get your cat to stop bullying your dog, it can be hard to know which modality is best for the situation.
Reading a pet’s energy versus talking with an animal
Before I offered animal communication professionally, I was trained as an intuitive reader. Back then, as a general intuitive practitioner, my sessions were spent reading auras and chakras and tapping into the energetic information my clients needed to see a clear path forward for them and their animal friends. This work was profoundly empowering and beautiful.
Back then, most of my clients were new to the whole energy, intuitive, psychic realm stuff and intuitive readings helped them explore these nonlinear realms safely.
When I finally took the plunge and trained to be an animal communicator, I was blown away at the level of connection and information that communication provided. Instead of just reading the energy of an animal or around a situation, I learned how to talk directly with animals.
Learning how to talk WITH animals shifted things from feeling like I was an outsider looking through the windows and filling in the blanks to actually pulling up a chair next to the animals I was communicating with and having a heart-to-heart chat about everything they were feeling, thinking and sensing about it all - first hand.
Two major differences between intuitive reading and animal communication:
Intuitive reading is about observing.
Intuitive reading is all about intuitively observing and “reading” the energy patterns that a person, animal or situation emanates and radiates.
In a reading, a practitioner will intuitively sense, see, feel, hear, or have a kind of intuitive knowing about what’s going on with your pet based on what they pick up from your animal’s energy. This style of energy reading is a bit like the way many empaths pick up the vibe from a place or person. (I imagine you’ve experienced this!)
In an intuitive reading, a lot of wonderful information can be gathered, like what the vibe of a pet is or what the energy of the situation feels like.
Intuitive reading can be helpful to help visualize what’s happening in your animal’s energy and see the situation in a new way.
I understand intuitive reading to be a bit like going into a new bookstore to check out the scene. While you are there, you may see and sense all of the books, and while focusing on one particular book, you might explore this book’s front and back cover, and how the weight of the book feels in your hand. You might even flip through the pages and catch a glimpse of a few chapter titles.
Intuitive reading is just like this. It helps you observe the energy around a particular situation, person, or animal companion.
On the other hand…
Animal communication is about interaction.
Animal communication is an intuitive conversation with an animal - just like you and I might chat 1:1 over a cup of chai tea. Animal communicators tune-in with your pet (often using just a photo), and have an intuitive soul-to-soul conversation (minus the chi tea).
Animal communication gives you a direct connection to your animal’s innermost voice. It gives you the chance to hear it all directly from them-what they feel, their perspective on life, and what they feel they need so you can make informed decisions with your animal friend.
Following the same example about the visit to a bookstore, animal communication is like an intimate 1:1 visit with the author of the book, in their writing studio, and having the chance to ask them direct questions and listen to them talk about it all, first-hand. In your conversation, you can hear their words and sense the feeling within their inflection, tone and warmth. When they share a story, you might even be drawn in so intimately to their sharing, it can feel like you are right there with them, feeling all the things they are relaying in their sharing.
Animal communication is all about connection, integration and communication with your animal companion.
Why I prefer animal communication
I’m a fan of directness. If I’m feeling like something is off in a friendship, I’ll lovingly ask my friend directly what’s been going on for them and how we can make things better between us.
And I’m the same way when it comes to my animal friends. If I’m noticing something is off with them, I don’t want to have to fill in the blanks based on what’s happening in their chakras, or what I’m picking up with my intuitive antenna. I want to be able to talk directly with them about it so I can understand their unique perspective and needs.
Which is right for you?
I’d love to encourage you to tune inward and ask yourself the following two questions….
Where are you in your intuitive journey?
If you’re in a 3rd eye grand opening stage of your intuitive path, intuitive reading may be a better match for you because it’s all about helping you understand and make sense of the energy you’re picking up and sensing from the world around you.
However, if you’ve been on this intuitive path for a while now and you want the chance to have a back-and-forth dialogue about your connection and friendship, working with an animal communicator will be a better fit for you, and I would love to lend you a hand.
What results do you want from your session?
If you’re looking for help to visualize what’s happening in your animal’s energy and see the situation in a new way, then intuitive reading may be the right choice for you.
However, if you’re looking for help to have an intuitive conversation with your animal so you know what they are feeling, what their perspective on life is, and what they feel they need so you can make informed decisions for your animal friend, then animal communication is the better choice for you, and I would love to lend you a hand.
