by Nancy Windheart | Aug 18, 2026
There is a moment that can happen when we begin communicating with animals when something inside us changes. At first, we may be amazed simply to discover that communication is possible. We learn to quiet our minds. We learn to notice what we are receiving rather than...
by Nancy Windheart | Jul 14, 2026
When we practice animal and interspecies communication, we are learning how to listen. There is a kind of listening that cannot be rushed. It requires nothing of us except our willingness to become still. Not the forced stillness that comes from trying to meditate...
by Nancy Windheart | Apr 22, 2026
Losing a beloved animal friend to death, whether sudden or expected, is one of the most difficult experiences that we face. And yet, in the middle of the grief, pain, and sorrow of letting go, there are transcendent, powerful gifts that animals share with their...
by Nancy Windheart | Mar 24, 2026
These are difficult times. Climate chaos, war, massive loss of individuals and entire species, violence of all kinds, the rise of authoritarianism here in the United States and around the world…each day can feel like a firehose of bad news that never ends. Many...
by Nancy Windheart | Feb 24, 2026
One of my jobs as an interspecies communication teacher is to help people to see how their ideas, preconceptions, and cultural conditioning may impede their ability to communicate freely and openly with beings of all species. These patterns, habits, and ideas keep us...
