Welcome, Dr. Wood! How wonderful to have you here. I really appreciate all you're doing through Simcha to advance the understanding of holistic animal health and physiology. Please find the Welcome Start Here conversation and introduce yourself. Take a venture through the tabs at the top of the page to gain access to the resources and add your comments to the ongoing conversations. I hope you enjoy the community, and thank you for joining us.

If you are here, you are probably looking to learn more about your connection with your animal companion... how to understand them in a deeper way, how to understand what they want you to know, how to communicate physically, emotionally, energetically and intuitively. As a member of this community, you have free access to my premier course: Looking Beyond Behavior This foundational course offers a compassionate, relationship-based approach to moving beyond frustration, overwhelm, and behavior struggles toward greater calm, trust, and understanding with your animal companion. As you move through the lessons, you are encouraged to slow down, observe patterns, and notice the subtle forms of communication that often go unseen in everyday interactions. Lesson 1: A Different Way of Understanding Lesson 2: Behavior as Communication Lesson 3:The Influence of Environment Lesson 4: Connection and Co-Regulation Lesson 5: Introduction to the 5 Elements I invite you to take this journey at your own pace and you can access it again anytime you like. It will give you great insight into the innate needs of both you and your animal companion and help you to understand why you connect and where there may be issues to work through. START HERE: Looking Beyond Behavior - Looking Beyond Behavior · Moving Beyond Words Enjoy your Holiday Weekend! Arlana

Let's welcome Lesley Forrester We are so happy to have you join us! When you are ready, please start by Introducing yourself in the post below and then you are welcome to explore the conversations taking place. You can find lots of conversation, polls and information in the Classroom section as well. (located at the top of the page) Leave some comments, ask some questions, whatever is on your mind and heart. I look forward to getting to know more about you and your furry family companions. Check out this Welcome post to learn more: Moving Beyond Words