If you think animals have no feelings, don’t tell Carla Persons. The Phoenix-born resident knows them better than just about anyone and she’ll tell you they sure do have feelings. In fact, she talks to them!

As a youngster, Carla found she could talk to her spirit teachers and friends. She also had a cat that was what she calls “a higher being” with whom she connected closely to. Then in high school, she began studying mysticism.

It wasn’t until 1987, however, that a Shamanic healer told her that she was particularly oriented toward animals and should learn how to communicate with them. She immediately contacted the Foundation For Shamanic Studies and completed her formal training in 1998.

Today, the 39-year-old is a Shamanic healer and Animal Communicator. She operates a successful business helping people to better understand their animals, whether it is a fluffy little kitten or a horse in your stable. And it doesn’t matter if your beloved pet is dead or alive. Either way, she can tell you what their thinking, what is bothering them and how to correct the problem. But how she does it is fascinating. First she goes into a Shamanic trance.

“I use a drum and rattle, and I sing sacred songs,” said Carla.

She does not hear the animals speaking in our reality, but rather during the time she’s in the trance-like state.

“Only once in a while does spirit manifest so strongly that I can perceive them in three dimensions with ordinary reality senses, incarnate and temporal. It has happened, but it is rare. I hear the loud and clear in non-ordinary reality.”

Most people today are aware of Shamanic healing. It is the oldest for of healing, which has been practiced since the binning of humankind.

What a Shaman actually does is connect with compassionate spirits and seek their help to heal people. In Carla’s case, she uses their expertise to heal animals instead.

“The Shaman enters a Shamanic state of consciousness through listening to rhythmic percussion. He or she then journeys to the world of spirits and connects with spirit allies for healing work. These spirits are available to help everyone and the Shaman’s role is often to reconnect clients with their helping spirits, restoring their personal power.”

In the case of animals, Carla said they have powerful animal spirits that can help them. Once the particular animal spirit has been contacted, the Shaman then asks for diagnoses of the animal’s problem. A domestic pet like a cat or dog may have emotional issues or physical problems that cause behavioral problems. Other animals, such as horses, may suffer with lameness or some other illness and needs pain relief. Carla says that an animal’s ailments are often both physical and spiritual, and it’s important to understand the animal’s point of view. When she is first asked to help an animal, she will visit with it in non-reality and find out such things as the pet’s past memories and current impressions.

“In that journey, I also enter the animal’s body and see if there is pain or injury. I ask my spirit to heal the hurt and learn if there is any treatment that would be good to pursue.”

Carla noted that one horse in Arizona told her he was lonely and really wanted to be with the horses in another paddock. The horse also missed a particular colt he was fond of. When the horse was reunited with one of the mares and her colt, the horse was happy.

Other Entities

“When people and animals are vulnerable and dis-empowered, it is possible for entities that don’t belong to enter our bodies. These misplaced entities can cause persistent sickness, soreness and other undesirable things. As a Shaman, one of my key functions is to work with my spirits to extract these misplaced entities and deliver them to a neutral place where they can contribute to the overall good of things, instead of causing harm. After an extraction, we always fill the space with positive healing power of some kind.”

Carla said her spiritual ally might sing a sacred song to an animal through her. She captures the song on audiotape and then gives it to the animal’s owner to pay to their pet over and over again.

Some animals are healed through the instruction of the spirits to give them specific herbs, essences, diet changes, poultices, message, aromatherapy, exercise and more. Carla admits that she is not an expert in such things, so she relies heavily on the advice she is given, and so far, all prescriptions have proved positive for the animal in question. In some case, the spirit ally may actually touch an animal to bring about a healing. In such cases where energy is used to cure an animal, Carla might use a plant, light, crystal or other powerful item and chant over the animal to bring relief.

If your animal has passed over, Carla can find out if the animal has happily settled in the spirit world and will communicate any messages that the animal may have for its previous owners.

“A loved one’s death can be a most sorrowful and heart-wrenching event. It helps to contact the animal (or person) and learn what its new world is like, and make sure he or she is doing okay. It is also nice to hear soothing messages from the loved one and to learn if he or she has plans to come back and live with you again.”

If animals die suddenly, it may not go directly to the light and cross over. This can be a problem for the soul of the animal, as well as for its previous owner.

“Ghosts are often those lost wandering souls. Sometimes too, a soul stays her for a while before moving on, to comfort others or just get used to the idea of being dead. This is generally not a problem and the soul moves on when it’s ready. As a Shamanic practitioner, one of my jobs is to journey to these lost souls. My spirits and I help them understand they are dead, and help them move to the light where they will find peace and healing.”

The concept of reincarnation also comes into play in Carla’s work. If an animal has had a bad experience with a particular person in a previous life, it will likely act out in some way in this one.

“My spirits and I can perform healing on the past and current relationships to help things go better today.”

Another interesting aspect of her work with animals is called ’soul retrieval.’ Shamans believe that when a person suffers from a physical or psychological problem, it indicates that part of one’s soul has split off and cannot contribute to the person being whole. This can show itself through such things as memory loss or just a feeling of incompleteness.

Often people lose a part of themselves as an emergency measure, to keep them from remembering such things as accidents, abuse or other trauma.

“There are pretty predictable situations that will call for soul retrieval – loss of memory, sense of not being all there, extreme shyness, etc.”

In order for a person or pet to become whole again, they must retrieve their missing parts. In Carla’s case, she contacts her animal spirit allies to find out what part of an animal’s soul is missing and brings it back to them. She claims to have good results in this area with horses, dogs and cats. On her site at www.spirithealer.com, she lists several success stories, including a Pekinese, a cat named Pepper, a horse named Harley in Arizona, horses in Florida and a litter of Doberman puppies.

On her site, she also offers courses and workshops for anyone interested in becoming a Shamanic Animal healer and communicator. As well, she has Shamanic books, tapes and other resources available for purchase.

Multimedia was introduced in the advertising world a long time back and brought about a remarkable progression in the field of technology and designing.Multimedia development Services includes different ways of communications through the use of various interrelated tools such as graphics, 2D and 3D animations, CD-ROM, DVDs, and many other such things.

In today’s competitive market it is exigent for companies to survive and brand its corporate identity. But with the use of these multimedia development services, they can surfeit in vivaciously and striking graphic designing and animations for there company logos and slogans. This will not only add to their present market value but also open a wider field of opportunities.

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You’ve probably heard the old adage, “You can’t judge a book by its cover.” But as true as this particular saying may be, it certainly doesn’t stop us from doing so. As a result, the publishing business, both in print and online, spends millions of dollars every year in the attempt to get you to judge their books favorably. But isn’t it expensive to hire a professional graphic designer?

Couldn’t I just find a few graphics online and reproduce them? This article will discuss a few points about purchasing a professional graphic design, and the pitfalls of using free graphics found on the internet.

In todays highly competitive world of professional graphic design, it is possible to obtain fresh designs which follow the latest trends for a fraction of what you might have spent only a few years ago. With a little searching you might be able to turn up one of the up and coming stars of the graphics industry. Of course for every highly-qualified professional graphic designer, there are probably a thousand others who cannot produce the quality your project deserves, the quality your must have if you want to survive the competition.

Look for a designer who uses the proper tools like Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator. It is also important to make sure the designer is using original images; so many kitchen-table designers just take the same stock images everyone else uses and tries to rework them. A professional graphic designer should have an extensive portfolio and be able to point out work they’ve done for real customers. If a graphics company cannot provide you with examples and references, then simply move on to the next designer.

Although there are a plethora of sources for free online graphics, these images may not be the best option for your particular project. Not only is it likely these images have already been plastered all over the Internet and beyond, but there is a good chance it may not even be legal for you to use them. If the graphic images you find for free online are being offered by the graphic designer who created them, then the designer has probably limited them from commercial use. This sort of graphic is usually intended for use on hobby websites. If you find a large collection of free graphics all on one website there may also be limitations as far as commercial use is concerned, but an even bigger concern is the copyright issue. It is possible the graphics being offered on even the most reputable free site may not have been intended for such use by the graphic designer who created them. Many of the large collections available include graphic images that were lifted illegally from the designers website. If you would like to avoid messy legal situations in the future, it may be best for you to avoid the use of free graphics in your project.

So with all the competition, a professional graphic design is well within the means of even the most modest project. Whether you are looking for images to include in a printed project or are designing a new website, the graphics you purchase or have designed by a professional will alleviate the problems you may encounter by using free graphics.

 

The use of multimedia has become a common occurrence in websites of all types. Various types of web multimedia solutions are being applied for inserting that attraction factor. Today’s market trends emphasize on grabbing the attention of the target audience and drive them to go for a sale. Multimedia is a very vast field, making use of different elements like music, text, interactive audio-visual presentations, animation, and more.

 

Multimedia is extremely popular with the masses, as it is very easy to understand and relate to. Sometimes text cannot effectively explain every point. This shortcoming is easily overcome by effective web multimedia solutions. It is an interactive mode of online communication which can be easily understood by even a person who does not have a lot of technical knowledge. Due to its acceptance by the masses from all parts of the world, its use is increasing in websites with every passing day.

 

Instead of employing multimedia professionals in a business on regular payroll, companies are utilizing multimedia services from specialized multimedia development companies who work on a project basis. A tremendous amount of money, time and energy can be saved with this option. These multimedia companies have the latest technical knowledge, and supply their clients with their best work in order to sustain a long term business relation with them. These streaming media services produces both 2D and 3D animation, corporate presentations, business presentations, products/services showcases, and much more.

 

The use of technology in multimedia should be in accordance with the client’s designing needs and complimentary to other design elements of the website. Apart from designing skills, technical expertise is equally important in order to create the desired multimedia web solutions. Everyday there are new improvements in the field of multimedia. Designing opportunities are endless, but the trick is to use the right kind of multimedia development methods that complement your websites. Multimedia services should accommodate well with the changing requirements of modern businesses.

 

The World Wide Web has become an extremely competitive market place where companies strive to grab the maximum visitors and establish their brand identity. Multimedia services offer many graphic designing and animations features to be explored. Make sure that the use of the multimedia is in relation to the web content and your company’s business. The application of web multimedia without any relevance to the website’s goals, products/services, and text, looks very absurd and gives a very bad impression to the user.

 

There are several companies that offer a good quality of high-tech multimedia solutions in your budget. Perform an extensive search for them, and evaluate important facts before giving them the responsibility to handle your multimedia project.



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Animation is the speedy display of a series of images of 2-D artwork in order to create an illusion of movement. One of the most common ways of presenting animation is a motion picture or video program, although several other forms of presenting animation also exist. Because of the highly entertaining value it has, animation has been used in films as it has the capacity to attract an audience of various age groups, from 8 to 80.

The use of animation in films probably began in the year 1890. J. Stuart Blackton was the first man who put animation in his film titled ‘Humorous Phases of Funny Faces’. The film featured a cartoonist drawing faces on a chalkboard, and the faces actually coming to life. After that many filmmakers and producers started using various animations in their films that apparently brought life to their pictures.

Soon, the stage came where the audience gradually got the chance to see films or movies where each and every character was animated. Those are full fledged animated movies. If we take a look at the list of the block bluster movies, we will be surprised to find that animation movies are equally contributing to this list.

Movies like The Lion King, Shrek, Monsters, Toy Story, Aladdin, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Ice Age, Tarzan, A Bug’s Life, etc. are considered as the top 10 animated movies both by the viewers and critics. Giant entertainment companies like Walt Disney, Pixar, Fox Entertainment, Dream Works, etc. have invested millions of dollars behind these animated movies and their profit was also up to the expectation.

The Lion King produced by Walt Disney Feature Production is one of the most thought provoking animated movies. It was originally titled the King of the Jungle. In order to achieve perfection the animators who worked on this movie studied the activities and the movements of real life animals too. In fact the filmmakers were such perfectionists that they went to Kenya to study the natural habitat that is used as a background in the film. The film featured green grass, the smoke from the fire, and the waterfall, all presented in perfect animation. The characters were built using 3D computer programmes that looked perfect.

Shrek is based upon a fairy tale picture produced by Dream Works. Though the film is meant for children, the theme has also attracted adults. The plot of the movie is simple and humorous. In fact this movie became so popular that computer games were made on Shrek.

Aladdin, the animated film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation, is based on the story of Aladdin and the magic lamp of Arabian Nights. The character of Aladdin was drawn by keeping in mind the faces of various Hollywood heroes and at the end it was decided that he would look like Tom Cruise. Special computer animations were used to develop some scenes of the movie. Some such instances are the full view of the palace, the magic carpet, the breaking up of the cave, etc.

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, produced in 1937 by Walt Disney, is considered as one of the first commercially successful animation films. The film is a pioneer in many ways. It took three years to make this film because at that time the animations were not developed. They used many techniques that were in the primary stage of development at that time. They used animations to create rain, lightning, water, reflections, sparkles, magic, etc.

Toy Story, produced by Pixar Animation Studio is an animated movie that is fully created on computer. The story revolves around the toys of a nine year old boy and the story of the film is told from the toy’s point of view.

A Bug’s Life, again produced by Pixar Animation Studio and released in 1998, tells the tale of ants which think that they are warrior bugs and they have the courage to fight with the greedy grasshoppers. John Lasseter directed it. The story is based on the famous Aesop’s fable of the Ant and the Grasshopper.

One can see that most of the animation movies are meant for children. But elders also equally enjoy these because these animation movies have various layers of meaning. With the rapid developments in various animated software, one can surely expect a solid future in producing animation films.