Mar 27, 2022 15:00:00

An increasing number of people are seeking healing through 'therapies that hug cows'

When you hear '

animal therapy ' that heals your mind by interacting with animals, many people associate it with animals such as dogs and dolphins. However, in recent years, therapies that hug 'cows', which have a strong image as livestock, are becoming more widespread.

This Cow Hugging Therapy Program Is Provided by a Cow Sanctuary
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How hugging cows can help with mental health --ABC News
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Cow Hug Therapy at the Gentle Barn in Santa Clarita Can Help You De-stress – NBC Los Angeles
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The Gentle Barn , an animal protection organization based in California, USA, has been protecting many animals in abusive environments since it was founded in 1999. At the same time, he has provided animal therapy to people such as drug addicts, abused children, and veterans. Among them, the founder Ellie Laks focuses on the therapy of hugging cows.

You can see what the cow hugging therapy offered at The Gentle Barn looks like in the movie below.

Mental Health Monday: Cow Hugging Therapy (Nov. 29)-YouTube


A woman leaning on the flank of a sitting cow.

Some women shed tears while stroking the cow's neck, probably because their hearts were healed.

Laks, the founder of The Gentle Barn, commented that hugging and staring at a chunky cow makes you feel like you're a little baby and leaning on your parents' shoulders. Also, if you put your cheeks on the cow's body and close your eyes, your heartbeat will slow down as the cow's slow beats. Laks argues that people who hug cows get the feeling that they are mentally supported, healed, and loved.

The Gentle Barn's cattle hugging therapy was originally linked to programs such as foster parent programs, shelters for victims of domestic violence, and the War Veterans Center. However, in recent years, the pandemic of the new coronavirus infection (COVID-19) has caused more people to be mentally injured, so even individuals who have not received a specific program can receive therapy. That.

Mr. Laks seems to have started activities to protect the abused animals from his childhood experience helped by healing from animals. In the process, he realized that he was healed by the cow he rescued, so he began to provide therapy to people who were mentally distressed.

The cows hugged by the therapy to hug the cows were also rescued from the place where they were originally seriously abused and neglected. In addition to cows, The Gentle Barn breeds a variety of animals such as turkeys, emu, pigs, sheep and llamas.

'We live in dark times. Many things are happening all over the world right now, but I just know to people that The Gentle Barn is here for them,' Laks said. I want it. '

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

states that close interaction with animals helps to increase well-being and reduce stress, while animals carry bacteria that cause a variety of diseases. Pointed out that there is a possibility. To prevent bacterial illness received from animals, we recommend that you wash your hands frequently when you come in contact with them.