The systems theorist Gregory Bateson, once noted: "The major problems in the world are the result of the difference between the way nature works and the way man thinks." The distortions in the way humans think have arisen from our loss of contact with nature.

We live over 99 percent of our adult lives knowing nature through detached words, stories and pictures. This detachment of our psyche from its biological and psychological origins stressfully and hurtfully estranges us from nature's supportive, non-verbal wisdom, spirit and love within and about us. This loss creates the insatiable wants and greed that underlie our disorders. In today's frantic world we have a growing number of people who are failing to adjust to the pressures put upon them. They become psychologically addicted to rewarding technologies and relationships that often have destructive side effects.

For 500,000-years animal and natural systems have provided balance, support and restoration for troubled people. For many people contact with the natural world creates a profound and immediate atmosphere of safety and peace, helping people regain awareness, balance and connection and find or rediscover their place in the world.

It is ANIMAL SYSTEMS’ mission to help people reach their full potential by making contact with animals and nature a standard intervention in education and health care.

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