Who hasn't dreamed of being able to talk to animals, like Eddie Murphy in the hit movie of the late 90s, 'Dr. Dolittle'? It may seem like an impossible thing to do, and many of us who share our lives with animals would love to have this skill.
In Spain, there is a kind of Dr. Dolittle. Possibly, many people doubt this possibility, since there are no scientific studies that attest to the ability to speak with animals, but I want to introduce you to Clara Martín, who claims to have this 'gift' since she was a child. Clara has a Bachelor's degree in Communication Sciences and a Master's degree in Neuroscience, Psychology and Emotional Intelligence.
Clara, tell us, when was the first time you communicated with an animal?
When she was little, she didn't have many human friends, but instead, she had a great passion for animals. I remember that, when I was one year old and learning to walk, my mother frequently took me to Retiro Park (Madrid). Coincident or not, she always ended up in the duck area, so much so that people even knew me as 'the duck girl'.
I always had a very great connection with animals, and it was normal for me to communicate with them, since I spent a lot of time with horses, dogs and cats. He spoke to them as if they were people.
When I was 4 years old, I remember very clearly when my parents took me horseback riding in Segovia, where I met a white mare. I was so excited and happy for this new experience of riding a horse! Although I didn't know if I could do it. However, I perfectly remember the message that beautiful mare gave me: 'You get on and I'll take you'. They even warned me at the horse riding to be careful not to fall. But I quickly told them: 'No, no, don't worry, she'll take me.' And indeed, it was a great day; He behaved wonderfully. She even told him, 'Go a little faster,' and he did!
So I remember that experience with great affection because it was the first time I rode a horse and where I had a wonderful animal communication that calmed me: 'Don't worry, I'll take you. I have taken more children and I have it under control.' And look now! Since then, I have never been away from horses.
At what moment were you aware that you were "special"?
When I was little, I received responses from animals and I was aware that what they were telling me was not verbal. For me, it was something normal, and at that time I thought everyone did it
My parents never encouraged me to talk to animals, but they didn't deny me either. I could tell them: 'Look, the dove told me this', and they would give me pause.
Years later, I couldn't have been more than six or seven years old, during a family gathering, I discovered that my aunt's dog, a German shepherd named Argos, had gotten very sick. At that moment, I told him: 'Your dog has a stomachache.' My aunt replied: 'We'll look at it later', the typical way to downplay the importance of a girl's comment. That same day, the dog died due to a stomach twist...
Then, a week later, my aunt brought up the furry subject and asked me, 'How did you know Argos had a stomachache?' To which I responded that she understood what the animals were telling me. It was at that precise moment when my world was blown up and my parents told me that I had to stop saying that she talked to animals. It was in that talk when I 'clicked' and became aware that not everyone spoke to these magnificent beings...
We know that there are many topics that are taboo or that, due to skepticism, are not well regarded in society. What would you say to all those who claim that you are lying and that you really can't communicate with animals?
The truth is that I have always really liked the subject of neuroscience, which is why I decided to do a master's degree in this discipline. Although I come from a family of lawyers and doctors, and although I am passionate about the energetic part that emanates throughout the Earth, I have always tried to find logic in things from a more mental perspective.
It usually happens that people who live with animals are not surprised by the issue of animal communication, since they naturally tend to talk to their dogs, cats, birds, etc.
On the other hand, with people who do not live with these incredible beings, I manage to connect when I explain the topic to them from a more neuroscientific point of view or through situations they have experienced.
Although I understand that there are people who are more skeptical about it... That's why I always give them this example: you think about calling your cousin and shortly after he calls you. How is it possible? These connections exist...
Likewise, if you still don't believe me, I recommend reading about the morphogenetic fields of the British biochemist Rupert Sheldrake.
Or Dr. Joe Dispenza, professionals more focused on the topic of metaphysics who explain very well how energy moves and how everything is energy, something that has been proven. Without going any further, we have the example of human twins and their telepathy.
And within animal communication, is there any animal species that you find easier or more difficult to connect with?
No, I like all animals. It is true that there are people, for example, who do not like cats, and therefore it is more difficult for them to connect with them. But in my case, I connect with all the magnificent creatures that live on our planet!
Then, of course, it also depends on each individual, not so much on the species. Some animals are more communicative, while others are more shy...
Can you share with us any experience of communication with an animal that has marked you in life?
Years ago I met a competition horse who suddenly decided he didn't want to travel in the truck he used to ride to shows. He had always climbed without problems and everything was going well until, suddenly, one day he refused, hitting himself and hurting himself.
The first thing the breeders thought was that the horse had had some trauma when getting into the truck and, for some reason, had become scared. So after trying to find answers without success, they contacted me to make a communication.
When I spoke to the horse, he told me that his rider, a 15-year-old girl who had started competing at age 12, no longer wanted to compete and didn't have the courage to explain it to her parents. For this reason, the animal did not want to do something that his human companion did not feel like doing.
Upon hearing the horse's response, just at that moment, the young woman took a step forward and explained to her parents: 'I don't want to continue competing anymore, I don't enjoy it. I do it for you, and really all I want is to be with my horse in peace, not training five days a week.'
You have been dedicating yourself to communication with animals for 15 years. During this time, have you ever worked with injured or sick animals that you have been able to help through such communication?
There was a little fox that was one of the ones that marked me the most; It was incredible. I found him injured on the road after he was run over. When I saw him, I relaxed and asked him whether or not he wanted help.
And I have to tell you that, sometimes, some injured animals have preferred that I not help them, most of the time out of fear or distrust of humans. Other times, also because they were older and knew that their time on Earth had come to an end, preferring to rest in peace and freedom instead of being taken away and locked up anywhere.
Going back to the story of the fox, he asked me to help him, so I told him that I was going to hold him with a blanket because if I accidentally hurt him, he could bite me instinctively and thus the damage would be less.
And this is something that I find very funny because people tell me: 'If you communicate with them, tell them not to bite you.' But communication is not about going against what the animal is as a species, but rather about understanding what it needs at that moment and understanding how its mind works.
In the end, I hurt the poor little fox because his paw was very bad, but he didn't bite me. Luckily, the story had a happy ending; I took him to a species recovery center and later he ended up returning to the wild.
What is your funniest anecdote?
There is one that I love (laughs) One day, a boy contacted me and explained that his cat seemed very angry with him, and I didn't know what could be happening, since the cat had always been very nice.
That's when it was time to communicate with the feline, and while she was explaining what had happened, I started laughing. She told me that her friend was leaving his dirty underwear all over the house. Furthermore, every weekend different women came to the house, as dirty as she was...! The cat was comfortable with her roommate.
When I spoke to the boy to explain what the cat had told me, he became a little defensive, saying that it was his house and he had it the way he wanted. Although a couple of days later, now calmer, he told me that he had begun to be more organized, but that he was not going to negotiate the issue of girls. It was actually a very funny story!
I find your life very interesting and entertaining, Clara. But a question arises that I'm sure more than one reader asks: What exactly do you hear when you communicate with animals?
Good question... As a summary, I will tell you that, in the end, everything is waves. Sound is waves, light is waves... Therefore, when you and I are talking, we understand each other. It is a sound vibration that allows us to understand ourselves because we have learned to decode, at the level of language, what is being verbalized, but they are still sound waves. Well, the same thing happens with telepathy.
Telepathy are waves that are in the environment. Unlike us, animals are not talking all the time, since they do not have that need, but there is always information constantly.
So what is happening? We are constantly so overstimulated by information: the cell phone, someone talking to us, the TV, etc. That is, we receive an overwhelming amount of information, and the brain selects which is a priority for our daily lives. For example, driving, getting to work, working, going out, etc. Then, the rest of the information that is in the form of waves remains in the background and, many times, never reaches the conscious level.
I'll give you an example: sometimes it happens to people that, if the dog doesn't have water, they wake up and actually doesn't have water, and they think 'I'm a genius', but no, really the poor dog had been sending you for half an hour the information and they were not aware. But when you relax and stop thinking about everything in your head, that information that is there has passed and entered.
So, returning to your question, Luis, how is it received? It depends. There are people who are more sensitive, because the feeling is very similar to when you think 'I don't know why I know this, but I know it.'
In the end, everything is energy. The waves reach your brain and it decodes them in many ways: as sensations or even as something auditory, as if you were listening to a dialogue in your head.
Our brain decodes that information, which sometimes manifests itself as a sense of the animal's character. Sometimes I tell people: 'Your dog is a real gentleman, he would be like the typical 50-year-old man, serious and with a tie.'
I always try to simplify these decodings for people so that they understand them in images or sensations. Therefore, if they are emotions I try to use metaphors, but it is really your brain decoding that information that arrives. It's not that you hear voices because many people think it's like in the 'Dr. Dolittle'.
How do you prepare to communicate with animals? Do you need any specific preparation?
I do preparation for many reasons. Not with mine, because I have it very integrated, but normally, when I go to work with another animal, it is very important to be in alpha waves when communicating.
The brain has several ranges of brain waves. Delta and theta brain waves cause deep sleep, which would not interest us in this case, and we normally move in beta waves. Beta is when you are focused on something but have no stress; High beta is when you are very stressed. You cannot communicate from these two types of brain waves, because a more introspective process is needed.
So what I do is meditate for a little while to make sure I'm in alpha waves. Then, I always do a physical check-up, that is, how my body is, if I have any discomfort, etc. I work a lot on breathing, I like it because it relaxes me and puts me in alpha waves very quickly, plus it helps me quiet my mind. If I don't empty what I have in my head, nothing new enters me.
In other words, if I'm overloaded and I'm thinking about the things that worry me, I won't be able to worry about anyone else or listen to anyone else. But this happens in animal communication as well as in life, you know?
So I do my physical checkup and then I do an emotional checkup of how I am, how I feel. Because? Because when I enter into communication, if I have been aware of what bothers me in my body, everything that is different and comes from new I already know that it is not mine, but that it belongs to the animal, because that was not like that before. If I haven't checked it previously, I can't distinguish.
And then I connect with the animal, I present myself energetically, I set the intention. Because above all, communication is based a lot on intention and attention.
In the end, I always try to give the sensations that come to me a form so that the person, when reading it, directly feels that it is their animal that is speaking to them.
You have a project called Amanaturis where you are helping many humans with their animal companions. What do you teach your students in animal communication courses?
I teach my students in communication courses to reconnect with communication with animals. Everyone who commits understands that it is a training and a process of relearning a different language: that of animal communication.
In fact, from the first course, we do internships and people are already communicating. However, they must continue training and improving more and more. We work intensely on the belief system that could prevent or block them from communication. We also address the constant doubt about whether what they are communicating is real or simply made up. We carry out many practices, we work on relaxation, breathing and awareness of our own emotions to facilitate the connection with the animals.
Clara, if someone wanted to learn to communicate with their animal, what advice would you give them?
I would tell him that we can all do it. I think it's something we have innately. So that you can see it more clearly, when we are babies, we communicate telepathically with mom. What happens is that then, since we are so vulnerable and little, and we are social beings, we have to develop language. We start crying to be treated sooner and we learn that system; From there, we go to the linguistic part, but we all have telepathy.
So, first I would tell you to understand that it is something super simple, that it is not complicated or an exclusive gift of some, nor something that some can do and others cannot.
The second thing is that they also have to give themselves space. That is, before communicating with your animals, it is very important that they listen to themselves: how they are, how they are, so that they can empty them. For example, if you have a glass full of water and you want to add more water, the water comes out. So we emptied that glass first. Therefore, first I am going to listen to myself, I am going to feel myself and I am going to place my emotions.
In addition, this is also of great help for the animal, because then it no longer has to take care of the emotionality of the human with whom it lives and it is simply connecting from heart to heart. I have to say that with our own animals it is much easier to communicate because we already have that bond made.
Climate change is a reality. How do you see the future of the planet?
I think there are more and more people with more awareness, which is wonderful. But I also think that many are still not realizing things. I think there is a lot of work, and this work has to be done consciously now. For this reason, there are more and more animals living with people and I think it is interesting; It is a way of opening ourselves. In short, I see the situation as critical with hope, but you have to have faith.
Now entering a more philosophical field, do you think that animals and humans will end up understanding each other?
I hope so...
Because beyond understanding our animals, which is also very important, I believe that in the end communication with them connects us with our humanity, emotionality, with empathy and with so many things that I think are missing today. In the end, the goal is not only to understand what your animal says, which is wonderful and fantastic (because you avoid conflicts at home, you make sure your animal is healthy), but the bond results in a spectacular improvement in quality. of life.
But beyond all that, animals connect us with being in the present, in coherence and in unconditional love. I think they are values that, if we applied them on a daily basis, we would live in a totally different world. Although it sounds a bit utopian, I hope so, because it is the way to solve many things; It is an important path.
Taking a little trip back in time, if you could talk to your 5-year-old Clara, what advice would you give her?
What a nice question!
I would tell her to never disconnect from her sensitivity, that no matter how much people, whether in school or in life, try to punish her for her sensitivity, never stop connecting with that part of her. May she continue to be true to the truth of her and what she is doing, because that is where she will never disconnect.
