Dolphin Healing
Photo by Randolph Croft
Dolphins are highly intelligent, playful and curious creatures that love to connect with humans and when they do, they seem to be saying ‘Hey come and play with us. Life is so much fun.’
When you gaze into the face of a dolphin what you see is total joy and unconditional love. It seems they are calling on us to explore our own potential for leading happy and joyful lives, and perhaps to gain a deeper understanding of the energetic connection we have to all beings and all creatures.
When people swim with dolphins and whales many go home determined to change their lifestyle in such a way that they are more closely aligned to the beautiful dolphin vibrations they have experienced. It has been said that as we learn to merge our individual energy fields and atomic structure with the vocal frequencies of the dolphin and whale sounds and sonar, we will reach our full potential and master new aspects of human consciousness and life intensity that we never could have believed was possible.
Dolphins in Greek Legends
Dolphins have a special connection with human beings. Photo by Sheba_Also
According to Greek mythology dolphins were sacred to both Aphrodite and Apollo. They often appeared as helpers of humankind and many seals and coins show a man or boy riding a dolphin.
There is a Greek legend of a dolphin that rescued the poet Arion from drowning, carrying him safely to land at CapeTaenarum. This is now Cape Matapan, a promontory forming the southernmost point of the Peloponnesus. There is a statue that shows Arion riding the dolphin. (Herodotus I.23; Thucydides I.128, 133; Pausanias iii.25, 4)
Phalanthus was another legendary character brought safely to shore (in Italy) on the back of a dolphin, according to Pausanias.
How Dolphins Communicate
Photo by Kat Hall
According to Dolphin Research Australia Dolphins appear to communicate by a variety of clicks and whistles. It seems that they use the clicking sound as a way to locate food. When they emit this sound it bounces off objects returning an echo to the dolphin who then has a way to find the location of the food source. This process has been called ‘echolocation’.
The Shark Bay Dolphin Project research that was done on wild dolphins at Monkey Mia on the west coast of Australia has shown: ‘The different kinds of sounds they make have specific purposes, for instance clicks for echolocation and whistles for communication. It has been shown that dolphins can detect objects by echolocation at ranges way beyond 100 meters.’
Can Dolphins Heal Us?
A healing hug from 'Buck' the dolphin at Coffs Harbour. Photo © Scott Taylor and Amanda Hain - Cetacean Studies Institute 2008
Some researchers have claimed that dolphins are able to see through physical stuff with their sonar in the mode of an x ray. This may be how they have been able to understand if a person needs healing of some part of the body and to use their sound waves to strategically bring about a healing where it is needed.
It is thought that the sounds dolphins emit are so intense that they can actually cause “cavitations” in other words holes in the molecular structure of soft tissues and fluids. This may explain how human cells and tissues sometimes show a change after a person has swum with a dolphin.
The Henry Spink Foundation had this to say about studies done on children with Down’s Syndrome after they swam with dolphins ‘Samples of blood were analysed before and after the therapy, results showed that after swimming with dolphins there is a change of hormones, endorphins and enzymes as well as T-cells, how this is possible is still not well understood.’
Dolphin Therapy
Some studies have shown that dolphins have been able to help with some neurological disorders, autism, Down’s syndrome, global developmental delay, ADHD, pain relief for spinal injuries, muscular paralysis, and depression.
You can read more about the healing power of dolphins by clicking here.
Where Can I Swim with Dolphins?
There are many places that do dolphin swims in the world.
If you are in Australia you can swim with dolphins in the wild completely free at Monkey Mia north of Perth in Western Australia. Or if you are on the East coast there are many places that have organised dolphin swims. At Nelson Bay in Port Stephens there are a pod of bottlenosed dolphins that live in the bay. Imagine Cruises do whale and dolphin boat trips and organised dolphin swims with wild dolphins in the sea.
You can swim with dolphins in the wild in Victoria’s Mornington Peninsular with Red Balloon.
Seaworld at Coffs Harbour does not presently have organised dolphin swims that includes sessions for healing, but you can get close up to their very friendly dolphins and possibly be able to get into the pool with them for a brief encounter.
If you are in Florida in the U.S. there are a variety of dolphin swims and dolphin therapy sessions at Dolphins Cove. You can choose from many different types of swims, both in the wild and in their own lagoon, and even very young children can have a dolphin experience in the shallow pool.
Dolphin Videos
My film A Cry From the Ocean was made to hopefully raise awareness as to why it is so important that we cherish the whales and dolphins that we are so blessed to have on our planet.
Here is a beautiful dolphin healing video that you can watch for a dolphin healing if you cannot do the real thing.
This is a video where you can hear the intriguing sounds that dolphins make.
COMING SOON
Podcast interviews and articles about people who have experienced a dolphin healing.
Let's go for a surf. Photo by Kat Hall
Stay Tuned.
In dolphin love and light.
