‘A moving, essential book . . . Nobody writes about Nature with more beauty and grace than Jay Griffiths’ Brian Eno<\/b><\/p>\n
From celebrated author Jay Griffiths comes a unique and heartfelt insight into the healing nature of our relationship with animals<\/b><\/p>\n
All animal-lovers instinctively know that animals heal. This book offers the evidence, drawing widely on scientific discoveries, history, and Indigenous knowledge.<\/p>\n
Original, playful and wise, How Animals Heal Us<\/i> explores how animals can have a role in every level of healing, from the individual to the collective, guiding us in how we might create societies that are healthier, fairer and kinder. From a pot-bellied pig who saved her owner's life to dogs who can smell cancer; from birdsong healing the hurt psyche to wolves teaching humanity ethics, How Animals Heal Us<\/i> puts animals at the heart of a restorative vision of health.<\/p>\n
‘Fascinating’ Observer<\/i><\/p>\n
‘A fabulous and important book’ Joanna Lumley<\/p>\n
‘A pure praise poem to the more than human world’ Jackie Morris<\/p>\n
‘Animal magic in Jay Griffiths’s uniquely beautiful voice’ Laline Paull<\/p>\n
‘Marvellous, urgently important and compellingly readable’ Charles Foster<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Pet-owners and animal-lovers instinctively know that animals heal. This book offers the evidence, drawing widely on scientific discoveries, history, and Indigenous knowledge. We meet a pot-bellied pig who saved her owner’s life, lions who guarded a girl from kidnappers, dolphins and whales rescuing people in danger, and dogs who can smell cancer and phone the Emergency Services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[142],"product_tag":[610,2250,1807,2352,16833],"class_list":["post-118947","product","type-product","status-publish","product_cat-general-non-fiction","product_tag-animals-society","product_tag-complementary-therapies-healing-health","product_tag-domestic-animals-pets","product_tag-health-psychology","product_tag-social-cultural-anthropology","pa_book_author-griffiths-jay","pa_cover-paperback","pa_dewey-590-edition23","pa_imprint-penguin-books","pa_language-english","pa_pages-8281","pa_publisher-penguin-books","pa_readership-general-trade-code-k","first","onbackorder","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"yoast_head":"\n