The dolphin/human connection and healing The connection between humans and dolphins has been documented historically since ancient Grecian times and possibly even earlier. It has been proposed that the notion of unconditional
positive regard that dolphin encounters create is healing in itself. Dolphins seem to possess the extraordinary ability to trigger the healing processes within us. People have reported feelings of profound inner peace and states of euphoria after swimming with these incredible marine mammals.
Sufferers from psychological and physiological disturbances, such as acute depression, attention deficit disorders, post-traumatic depression and bi-polar disorders have made remarkable and in some cases, even permanent recoveries after swimming with wild dolphins. The sound vibrations
emitted from dolphins are said to have potent influences on the body, mind and spirit.
This hypothesis has been reinforced through the work of Dr Horace Dobbs. Dr Horace Dobbs first noted the idea that dolphins have healing powers in the UK in the mid-1970s.
Two incidents convinced him that dolphins have a special therapeutic influence on the human mind and spirit. In the first, Geoff Bold, a lifeboat mechanic who was close to nervous breakdown, swam with a friendly dolphin called Donald. After this encounter, Bold's depression was considerably lifted. A few years later, when Dr Dobbs took a group of people out to see Simo, a friendly bottlenose dolphin swimming off the coast of Wales, he was intrigued to note that the dolphin spent most time with one man, Bill Bowell. Then aged 54, Bowell had previously suffered both a heart attack and a nervous breakdown, and had slipped into a state of deep depression. The meeting with Simo was a
remarkable turning point for him. He described the dolphin encounter as more therapeutic than all the anti-depressant drugs he had been taking. After subsequent swims, Bowell started to change from being apprehensive, withdrawn and nervous into an altogether more confident and outgoing
person.
�Dolphins have always evoked in me most of the values we humans are striving for, especially freedom and love. I could never justify their confinement. Since I started in 1974, I have conducted all of my research with wild dolphins in the open sea. It was their choice to participate. They were always free to swim away at any time - and often did. It was a challenge, but I succeeded in showing that it is possible to work with totally free wild dolphins that chose to associate with humans.� - Dr. Horace Dobbs
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