Introduce yourself, where you're from and share a picture of your animal(s) 🐵🐕🐈🐎🦄 My name is ______, I'm from ________ and my animals are _________________

Hey everyone, Greatful to see this little community of animal lovers steadily growing 🐾❤️ I'd love to know, where in the world are you? I've been scheduling calls for UK evening time, but conscious this might not be a suitable time for everyone and happy to adjust moving forward 😊

hello hello 😁newbie here! my name is Indee. i run a new animal sanctuary in Topeka KS as a church for animals, using my minsterial ordination to help steward them. i want to connect with others on a similar path or simply people who love animals universally. grateful to be here!

For this months theme of regulation, we will be exploring more about co-regulation and how your state influences your animals behaviour and your relationship with them. This is often the missing piece when people are having ongoing issues with their animals. We are so used to rushing from one thing to the next, but we hardly ever stop to think how that dysregulated state is influencing those around us - especially our animals as they are so in tune. Anyone in this group who has horses will know it is imperative to leave your feelings at the gate. Because horses are prey animals and we are predators, they are experts at reading us. The same goes for dogs, they have honed their human reading skills over centuries of domestication. Here is the link for this months blog post, take a look and let me know what you think: https://morethanhuman.uk/nervous-system-for-animal-training/

Last month we explored self-trust. This month, we’re going one layer deeper. Because your nervous system shapes your relationship with animals long before any technique does. Before cues, corrections or training plans. Animals respond to state first. So in March inside Animals Make Us Human, we’re going to explore regulation in three different ways: Call 1 - Cognitive: Understanding Regulation - We’ll unpack what nervous system regulation actually means in real life. - What co-regulation looks like. - Why safety must come before behaviour change. - And how small internal shifts can transform interactions. This is about clarity and awareness. Call 2 - Embodiment: Practising Regulation - This will be a slower, more experiential session. - We’ll practise simple grounding and settling exercises you can use before walks, handling, training or difficult conversations. - Learning how to come back into your body first. Call 3 - Reflection: What Changed? At the end of the month, we’ll reflect. - What did you notice? - Did any interactions feel different when you slowed yourself down first? Regulation isn’t a technique you add on: it is the foundation everything else rests on. If this topic resonates, you’re very welcome to join us live or simply follow along at your own pace. Because reading about regulation is one thing. Experiencing what it feels like to create safety in real time, for you and your animal, is another.