For example, there is a television series that starts this week on Wednesday the 8th February, on BBC1 (UK), called Super Smart Animals hosted by Liz Bonnin  on the BBC, which truly shows that things are changing!  Take a look at this remarkable clip for a taster! (I apologise for those of you outside the UK if you can not view this.)

Another example; I was reading the BBC’s Wildlife Magazine this week and there was a featured article all about animals abilities to experience emotion and stating that there is more and more scientific evidence that supports that they are sentient, intelligent and incredible beings.  Now I know that we all know that already, but it makes my heart soar to see other people shouting about this, especially in the mainstream!

So I am very excited to observe others doing the same thing and  I feel so very honoured to be a part of the soul team helping this shift in consciousness, for the good of all.

With this in mind I am so delighted that our conference Awakening to Animals is going to build on these themes, as it brings together some of the worlds leading experts in the areas of animal wisdom , intelligence and sentience.  The community that is coming together for the weekend of the 17-18 March 2012, is going to be holding a vision of Equality for All Life and sending out that energy vibration around the world.  If you would like to come along and be a part of this community please visit our website Awakening to Animals to get your tickets and for all the details.

Also, one of my other projects The Purpose of Species is going to be published at the perfect time too, delivering the first 44 messages from the collective consciousness of animal species.  The animals offer their wisdom to humanity to assist in the rebalancing of the planet.  These messages are posted on the website too, so if you’d like to receive updates when new channellings are posted, please do visit the site and sign up.

So, as we take one step at a time in our own lives, breathing in, breathing out, my request to all is that we do what we can to assist in the rebalancing of the planet.  This could be any action aligned with compassion and the good of all, for example, putting some food out for the birds regularly, or donating to an ethical animal charity, or playing for just a bit longer with our beloved animal companions today.  Whatever you do, know that it counts.  It does help and it DOES make a difference.  Imagine for example the shift in energetic vibration around the globe if all animal guardians were simultaneously showing their love and affection for their animal friends, think about the energetic waves that would flow out around the world…  This makes a difference.

Sending much love and blessings to all.  More news very soon. Julie. XXXXX

Hello Cherished Animal Ambassadors!  Wishing you all a very happy new year and that 2012 really does see some profound shifts in the way humanity views and treats animals, for the good of all.

I have just looked back on my last blog post, three months ago now, it seems so long ago and it made me realise that this really is a new chapter for me, for Voice of the Animals and for everyone, whether consciously aware of it or not.

Much is being said about 2012, a lot of it nonsense, some of it truth.  For sure there are huge shifts and changes taking place all around us, the planet herself is changing and moving, as she always has and always will.  Our human systems; political and financial, to name but two, are crumbling and falling apart, ready to be replaced by the new.  So many of us are reaching a tipping point in our lives.  Questioning what we are doing, how we are doing things and, most importantly, why we are doing the things we do.

As humans many of us are strongly conditioned to view these changes as frightening, fear producing and threatening but what is happening is all meant to be, all a part of the letting go of the old ways and creating the new world that we need in order to rebalance all on the planet and beyond.  Many of the changes occurring are challenging, tough and dramatic and the reason this is so it that often it is the ONLY way we will make change in our lives, when we, seemingly, have our hand forced.

For the animals on the planet much is balanced on a knifes edge.  Many species, too many to list, are on the brink of extinction, losing their habitat, losing their families and/or being treated in horrific ways by a scared and desperate humanity still asleep and draped in the amnesia of the old ways.  The animals are reaching out to us, like never before, appealing to us to awaken and to remember.

Thankfully, many of us are reawakening and remembering that the balance of the planet is all important, that we are indeed all one and that this mindfulness of our interconnected nature is the key to creating shifts that are now so needed to realign and rebalance. Many of us are hearing the animals and listening to the wisdom they have to offer us.

Many of us can see what is happening on the planet, can see what is needed.  We are changing the way we spend our days, moving away from the individualistic ways of living, my career, my car, my house, my finances, my family  and moving toward our community, our planet, our well being, our responsibility.

I am noticing that the people in and around me are leaving their old jobs, unable to continue being in the old world, the old systems and vibration and are bravely setting out on their new chapters, following what they are passionate about, what their true service is that they offer to the world and stepping into these new ways of being.  It is wonderful to witness.  If you are doing this, I encourage and wholeheartedly support you, follow your heart and all will unfold beautifully, despite not being able to see the path ahead or to even really know where the path is leading you to!

For me, I have parted from my old career, it has been a gradual process over the last few years, but as of the end of 2011 I officially stopped working as a training consultant and entered into my animal ambassador role completely.  It feels exhilarating, sometimes scary and often highly challenging and I know it is exactly what I am meant to be doing.  I don’t know where this path will take me, I don’t know how things will turn out but I do know that this is what I am meant to be doing and that feels incredible.

So what is on the agenda for 2012 for Voice of the Animals?  Who knows for sure but I am co-creating some amazing things and I want to share with you over the coming few blog posts what they are and how you can become a part of it, should you choose to.

To give you a flavour and to wet your appetites I am co-founding a conference that is the first of its kind, a conference that will build each year a community of light minded souls and together we will assist in raising the energy and vibration for all life, searching for equality for all life.  It is called Awakening to Animals – Bridging New Science and Animal Spirituality.  It is taking place in March and we have gathered a group of fantastic speakers to share their latest work and discoveries about the true nature of animals and how we can learn and evolve by connecting with them on deeper levels.  We are donating 20% of all profits to two amazing animal organisations too.

I am running a truly unique retreat in Canada in August called Learning From The Heart Of The Herd.  We will spend almost a week with an incredible herd of horses who have lived wild on 320 acres of pristine British Columbian landscape, learning from them and opening ourselves up to our true potential and power.

I have launched four different types of Playshop for 2012. A two hour taster session, a one day introduction, the two day foundational playshop and a one day advanced playshop.  These are aimed to provide a better selection of opportunities for you to learn and practice intuitive animal communication, dependent on where you are on your path to remembering and your level of experience and skill.

I am continuing to build The Purpose of Species, the collection of messages channeled from the collective consciousness of as many animal species as possible.  I am currently contacting a range of publishers to get the first book published, look out for news of this.

Of course there is much more than this going on but this gives you a flavour of a few of the guided actions I am aligning with.

My next few blog posts will share more about the Conference story, about how 18 months or so ago, I started feeling guided to co-create a conference to build a community and many miles north of me a wonderful lady called Elaine Downs, who I hadn’t even met at this point, was also feeling the same guidance.  A few months later we met up and exchanged with each other this information and agreed, alongside the wonderful Sue Reid, to start building the conference!  The Universe is now moving in amazing ways to assist this co-creation – in the next few blogs I’ll share some of the incredible co-incidences that have been happening to bring it together.  It reminds me of a line in the film Fields of Gold, “If you build it they will come…” :0)

So 2012 is lining up to be an incredible year, I wanted to share my wishes to you that you allow yourself to follow your heart, to listen to the calling of source guiding you to become the person you are meant to be, to know that you are surrounded by light minded others, to trust that you are provided for now and always and that you must apply the wisdom that you are remembering.  2012 is a time for surrender, letting go of the old, embracing the new, connecting to the all and thinking “We” instead of “I” and “You”.  It really is all about entering into the age of Unity Consciousness and living and breathing this truth.

I’d love to hear from you, your stories, your paths and the guidance you are being given.  Please do use the comment box to add your messages so that all can benefit.

Sending much blessings and love to all.

Julie XXXXX

How To Communicate With Animals Intuitively
Weekend Playshop with Julie Lines
24th-25th September  2011

Wildcroft Rare Breeds Farm, nr Guildford, Surrey, England.

Can you imagine how wonderful would it feel to be able to communicate intuitively with animals?  Would it be reassuring to know that you could ask your animal friends anything you wanted and be able to understand their responses? How would this change your relationships and your life? Well, it is possible and you can learn how.

This Playshop is held at a wonderful rare breeds farm where the wide variety of species are all ready and willing to help you to practice communicating with them!

Our Playshop is designed to give you all you need to be able to reactivate this amazing and humbling ability. All you need to do is bring an open heart and mind coupled with a willingness to practice and learn.

You will get everything you need to allow you to explore these topics in a highly practical, positive and supportive way including; practice with guest animal teachers and photographs, guided meditations, group discussions, and personal reflection. You will also be given a playbook containing key information and plenty of space to write your own notes.

Included in this Playshop you will learn and practice how to;

• Centre yourself
• Quieten your mind and reopen your receptivity
• Re-sensitise yourself
• Receive animal communication
• Conduct a body scan to identify “dis-ease” within an animal
• Track lost animals
• Channel the collective consciousness of animal species

The weekend is facilitated by Julie Lines, a talented animal intuitive who has been training and developing people for over 15 years. She is passionate about sharing these skills to change the way humanity views and treats the animal kingdom. Julie was trained by Amelia Kinkade, the highly acclaimed animal intuitive and has developed this Playshop to centre on you as a learner, sharing with you all you need, regardless of your current level of knowledge and skills.

Here is a brief glimpse of one of our earlier Playshops to give you a flavour.

Click here to view the embedded video.

8 places only.  If you book before the 1st September benefit from a great discount of 25% !!

£150 if you book before 1st September, £200 after.

To book your place now e mail Julie, submit a comment below or
telephone +44 (0)845 838 6801 or +44 (0)7968 038279 for an informal chat.

Hello Everyone,

This week I have added a new channeling to The Purpose of Species blog.  If you aren’t familiar with this blog, I am co-creating a book that shares the purpose of as many animal species as possible.  This is written not from our perspective but is actually channeled messages directly from the collective conscious of the animals themselves… If you want to receive a weekly e-mail when new channelings are added please visit the site and simply sign up in the pop up light box.

I awoke at 4am last Thursday and heard clearly in my mind  “We are the Sun Bears and we have a message for humanity”

This is the first time I have been addressed quite so directly, the more usual way I receive channelings is that I start to see lots of pictures or TV programmes about the animal.  Then they start turning up in my thoughts and finally their message just pours out of me, normally just before dawn!  I write it all down in my journal, fall asleep and awaken to read the channeled words as if for the first time.

It is amazing, humbling and very moving to know that the animals on the planet so want humanity to awaken and to rebalance, what is now a planet massively out of balance. (By the way, we can all connect like this with animals, if you want to learn how read more in our website!  If you already able to do this and would like to contribute, please submit channelings to The Purpose of Species website.)

So, I thought I’d find a Sun Bear You Tube clip to share with you that shows what is happening with these spectacular and beautiful bears.  It is, sadly, yet another story of a species reaching the bring of extinction BUT there are things happening to change this.  I also found a blogsite for the Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre where a wonderful man called Siew Te Wong has established an amazing centre out there, do take a read and support them in whatever way you can.

Things are changing, things are massively shifting across all things.  Our role is to find a way of being most useful and to get on and do the things we know we are really here to be doing…. following our hearts, our passions and our intuitive guidance.

I believe it is crucially important that we all stay positively focussed on what we can do something about, even if that is simply sitting quietely and holding a vision of peace and balance across the world, each day for two minutes.  That does make a difference.

Click here to view the embedded video.

Sending blessings and love to you all,

Julie XXX

How to Communicate with Animals Intuitively
Weekend Playshop With Julie Lines
2-3 July 2011
Near Guildford, Surrey, England.

Can you imagine how wonderful would it feel to be able to communicate intuitively with animals?  Would it be reassuring to know that you could ask your animal friends anything you wanted and be able to understand their responses? How would this change your relationships and your life? Well, it is possible and you can learn how.

This Playshop is held at a wonderful rarebreeds farm, so there is a wonderful range of different animal teachers waiting for you!

Our Playshop is designed to give you all you need to be able to reactivate this amazing and humbling ability. All you need to do is bring an open heart and mind coupled with a willingness to practice and learn.

You will get everything you need to allow you to explore these topics in a highly practical, positive and supportive way including; practice with guest animal teachers and photographs, guided meditations, group discussions, and personal reflection. You will also be given a playbook containing key information and plenty of space to write your own notes.

Included in this Playshop you will learn and practice how to;

• Centre yourself
• Quieten your mind and reopen your receptivity
• Re-sensitise yourself
• Receive animal communication
• Conduct a body scan to identify “dis-ease” within an animal
• Track lost animals
• Channel the collective consciousness of animal species

The weekend is facilitated by Julie Lines, a talented animal intuitive who has been training and developing people for over 15 years. She is passionate about sharing these skills to change the way humanity views and treats the animal kingdom. Julie was trained by Amelia Kinkade, the highly acclaimed animal intuitive and has developed this Playshop to centre on you as a learner, sharing with you all you need, regardless of your current level of knowledge and skills.

Here is a brief glimpse of one of our earlier Playshops (held in Preston Capes) to give you a flavour.

Click here to view the embedded video.

15 places only.  If you book before the 1st June benefit from a great discount of 25% !!

£150 if you book before 1st March, £200 after.

To book your place now e mail Julie, submit a comment below or
telephone +44 (0)845 838 6801 or +44 (0)7968 038279 for an informal chat.

I saw this on Facebook yesterday, shared by a wonderful lady called Barbara Nock from Willows Animal Sanctuary in the North of Scotland and wanted to share it with you too, it really does sum up the way of being these days…. Let us hold the intentions, the visions of the way we want things to be, and live our lives in accordance with this way of being.  This is the way to allow change to happen.

Enjoy and see what you can vision today, that will take us towards peace for everyone.  Blessings and love to you all. XXX

Click here to view the embedded video.

I watched this video today, a friend shared it on Facebook and thought you would enjoy it.  It takes about 8 minutes so next time you are having a cuppa do take a watch.  She is a wonderful lady, Chris Griscom, speaking in New Mexico at an event.  She speaks so eloquently about the role our beloved animal companions play in our worlds…  Enjoy! :0)

Love and blessings to all,

Julie XXX

Click here to view the embedded video.

For those of you that have known me over the past decade, yes it’s that time again! I’m embarking upon my fourth charity challenge!

This time, a cause that is especially close to my heart. Organised by the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA),  I am raising funds to protect the Orang-Utan from extinction. The challenge is The Borneo Adventure 2010.(this link gives you a flavour of the last trek in 2009) If you would like more information I can send you some further information about the wonderful work being done.

To give you a flavour, this challenging jungle trek takes place between the 5th-15th November across Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo, one of the least visited parts of the dense rainforest.  We will be raising funds desparately needed to protect the precious Orang-Utan from extinction.  This great ape shares over 96% of the same DNA as humans and its numbers are dangerously dwindling at around 50,000, a decline of over 80% in the past 100 years.

Mass deforestation for logging and creating huge palm oil plantations are the main cause of this incredible animals demise, something that we can and must change. Orang-Utans are being killed, maimed and/or orphaned by the people/organisations that are profiting from this unsustainable money making operation. For those of you that saw the film Avatar, I’m sure many of the images created in this film give a glimpse of what it must be like for the animals affected by this hideous devastation to our precious planet and their natural habitat. Not to mention the damage we are causing to the balance of our beautiful planet. We must readdress this balance to ensure our future generations survival. The sad truth is that this is not an over dramatic claim, it is a statement of fact.

WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO GET INVOLVED TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE, PLEASE?

OK, so that said, here is what I would like you to consider doing in order to support these vital fund raising efforts;

I have organised two sponsored abseills in different locations;

• The first on Friday the 13th August (yes, Friday the 13th, an extra excitement/challenge!!!) at RAF Alconbury, Nr Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire.
• The second on Thursday the 19th August at a wonderful Viaduct, near Plymouth, Devon.(once you commit, I’ll send you a further e-mail with full details of the location and how to get there.)

Each event will have two sessions that you can attend, either 1-5pm (ask your boss for time off!) or 6-9pm.

All you need to do is;

• Agree to do one (or both!) and raise a minimum of £50 (for each if you do both!)
• If this is really not your cup of tea, enlist friends/family to take up the challenge in your place – please pass on this mail to anyone you think may be willing to get involved.
• If you can’t do either then please consider making a donation directly to the cause by visiting my fund raising website link at Virgin Money Giving (all of the proceeds go directly to WSPA, as they are commission free)

My aim is to get 40 people to abseil for each date (including myself of course!) which would raise a minimum total of £4000. This would make a HUGE difference to the work that WSPA would be able to do, if for example you know that it costs £100 to rescue an Orang-Utan and just £50 to feed one for two months. A small amount of this (£400 plus VAT) would go to the safety instructors for their time but at a much reduced rate.

If you are willing to get involved in the abseilling please contact me by e-mail and I will send you out full details and a sponsor form. Confirm back to me which slot you would like and which date/venue. Then, using the sponsor form attached, get to work finding people to sponsor you or you could just make the donation yourself, its entirely up to you!

PLEASE WOULD YOU LET ME KNOW IF YOU ARE GOING TO COMMIT TO ABSEIL BY THE 21ST JULY LATEST. This enables me to gauge numbers and to secure the services of our wonderful safety instructors. Please do commit to this once you agree as you can imagine it is two days out of our safety guys working week, that they could be earning their normal rates, plus it would be a real shame to turn away willing people if the sessions are seemingly full, only to find out too late that there are spaces available.

I will send out confimation to all of you that do commit, nearer the time of your abseil, to give you all the important details, like the venue address and parking, a list of who is attending and to remind you about the essentials!

If you would like to do the abseil and yet you are a first timer or a little apprehensive, please do give me a call or e-mail and we can talk further.

Thank you so much for reading and considering this post, I really hope you will be able to come along and enjoy a very special event for a very special purpose and help to make a positive difference on our precious planet. Thank you whether you choose to abseil, find others that will or donate directly, your efforts will be contributing to a very special and worthwhile cause.

Just one last thing to be aware of. I am away on holiday between the 4th and 14th July so please don’t worry if you don’t hear from me during these dates, rest assured I will contact you on my return!

Warm wishes,

Julie

Julie Lines, Animal Intuitive,

Voice of the Animals

0845 8386801

07968 038279

julie@voiceoftheanimals.org.uk

www.voiceoftheanimals.org.uk

This November I will be trekking for five days across the rain forests of Borneo in order to raise much needed funds for the protection of these beautiful animals. Vital habitat is being destroyed by the logging industry and then replanted with Palm trees to sell the oil, often illegally.

I will be raising money that will go directly to the World Society for the Protection of Animals and paying the cost of the trek itself from my own funds.

If you would like to help this important work please consider joining us on the trek or make a donation at the following site;

www.virginmoneygiving.com/JulieLines

Take a look at the WSPA site for more information about the challenge and the work the charity does at  www.wspa.org.uk

Every penny helps and it would be fanstastic to see you there on the trek itself!

Thank you.

Julie Lines

I wanted to share a suitably Wintery tale, particularly for you all in the Northern Hemisphere experiencing some pretty wild Winter weather.

This short piece is just delightful as the wonderful lady (in her taxi!) narrating the story is so thrilled and delighted to be around them.  She really understands and adores the bears, unlike many others who just see them as a threat and to be destroyed.

In addition to the stunning pictures of these majestic creatures playing so gently, I loved watching her enchantment and hearing her beautiful laughter,  hope you do too…

Click here to view the embedded video.

With thanks to my wonderful friend Barbara Nock for sending me this short clip.

As always, this beautiful animal simply took my breath away, what an amazing, gracious, compassionate and loving soul in a leopard seals body.  Enjoy!!  Blessings and love to you. XXX

Click here to view the embedded video.

I have been reading and learning about the decline in bee numbers across the world.  I am fascinated to hear your views on why this is happening and what the human race should be doing about it. 

From the bees perspective it is reasonable to assume that they have been treated pretty poorly by humans, from the general dislike of stinging creatures, to use of pesticides and other harmful chemicals, to the systematic taking of their honey for our own profits and consumption…  Let’s send out a message of love and compassion to all bees, please stay with us!  Take a look at this short trailer if you are interested in learning more.  Love and blessings, Julie XXXXX

http://vanishingbees.co.uk/

Enjoy on this lovely Friday!!  Thanks Cyndee for sending this over! Love and blessings Julie XXX

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