Animal Kinesiology

26/01/2026

Our animals are holding up a mirror day after day, year after year, showing us the same patterns through their behaviour, until we finally understand.

How they never give up on us, even when we're so focused on "fixing" them that we miss what they're actually showing us.

They know something we've forgotten.

That beneath all the conditioning, all the armour, and all the roles we've learned to play- there's a truer version of us waiting.

And they can see that person.

They chose us because of that person.

The one who isn't afraid to feel.

The one who trusts their intuition.

The one who sets boundaries without guilt.

The one who is enough, exactly as they are.

That's who they're reflecting back to us - not just our wounds (though they show us those too).
But our wholeness.

The journey with your animal isn't about making them better.

It's about remembering who you've always been.

📣 I'm exploring this more deeply in a free masterclass I'm hosting on the 31st of Jan.

If 2026 feels like it's calling you toward a truer version of yourself...
If you want to honour the journey your animal has been inviting you on...

The link is in the comments. ⤵️🤍

I'd love to have you there.

~ Claire 💫

24/01/2026

I am so excited to announce this brand new masterclass! 📣🤩

As an animal practitioner, the last 6 month of 2025 was intense, with so many animals bringing forward shared emotional patterns with their humans for clearing.

Exploring these shared patterns was fascinating, as many of them originated from the early days/weeks of the animals lives - and the early childhood of their devoted human.

The timing of these patterns coming to the surface was nothing short of perfect - as it was the very thing that was preventing them from being able to move forward with more ease into 2026.

Of course this also has numerological significance with 2025 being a '9' year of pattern release, and 2026 - a '1' year of new beginnings.

This intense period allowed me to map emotions held in the energy field we share with our animals - and decipher the clear patterns rising the surface for clearing.

I am now so excited to share this work with you - and teach you the Animal Mirror Method!

So, I'm hosting a free masterclass to help you decode the emotional patterns you share with your animal.

🌟 The 2026 Release: Discover the Emotional Pattern Keeping You and Your Animal Stuck

We're diving into:
✨ The science of emotional mirroring (it's wild)
✨ The 5 patterns animals reflect most
✨ How to identify YOURS
✨ What to do about it before 2026

📆 Jan 31
⏰ 9am AWST (Perth, Australia)
// Free & online

📌 Click the Link to register 💫 ⤵️

http://animalenergytherapies.com/2026-emotional-mirror-masterclass

🎥 Can't make it? A REPLAY is available for all registrants.

Your animal chose you for a reason. Come find out why.

~ Claire 💫

20/01/2026

When meaning becomes a distraction from healing.

We often reach for beautiful spiritual language to make sense of what our animals are going through - soul contracts, lessons, unconditional love, divine timing. And yes, there is meaning in our relationships with our animals.

But sometimes, meaning becomes a shield.

If an animal’s anxiety, reactivity, or distress can be explained spiritually, we don’t have to question our own nervous system, our attachment patterns, or the emotions we’ve learned to live with but never truly healed.

Animals don’t mirror us for symbolism.
They mirror us because something is still active - and they’re sensitive enough to carry it.

This is where spiritual bypassing quietly enters animal healing. When insight replaces action. When awareness feels like enough. When nothing actually changes except the explanation.

💫 Real healing asks more of us.
💫 It asks us to regulate what’s unregulated.
💫 To face what’s uncomfortable.
💫 To heal what’s still alive in our system.

And animals know the difference.
Between being understood…
and being supported through real change.

If this resonated, your animal may already be showing you where to look. 👀⤵️

💬 Comment MIRROR and I’ll send you a free copy of my eBook
“The 5 Emotional Wounds Animals Mirror.”

Insight opens the door.
Healing is what changes everything.

18/01/2026

Over the years, my work has shown me something important - and it changed the way I see animals.

I used to say I wasn’t a cat person. 🐈
Not because of cats themselves - but because of what they stirred in me.

Let me explain...

It’s not only the animals we love that mirror us.
Sometimes, the animals we resist are holding up an even clearer reflection.

Our discomfort, irritation, or unease isn’t random.
It often points toward qualities we were taught to suppress—
rest, independence, taking up space, honesty, freedom.

In my latest Substack essay, I explore how the animals we avoid can become unexpected teachers - not by forcing us to change, but by gently revealing parts of ourselves we may have learned to hide. Read what I learned about myself through my feelings around cats - and more!

This isn’t about judging yourself.
And it’s definitely not about forcing yourself to love animals you don’t connect with.

It’s simply an invitation to get curious.

✏️ The Animals You Resist: The mirror to the parts of ourselves we've been taught to suppress or deny✨

Read the essay here:

https://claireforsyth.substack.com/p/the-animals-we-avoid

I’d love to know ⤵️

Is there an animal you’ve never felt drawn to? And what might it be reflecting back to you?

~ Claire 💫

15/01/2026

Inviting Awareness - Not Blame

When an animal shows signs of anxiety, reactivity, or withdrawal, it’s not a failure or a flaw. Often, it’s a reflection of emotions that they haven't yet learned how to hold.

And often - this is a mirror of your own unmet emotions.

This isn’t about fixing your animal.
It’s about noticing what they may be gently pointing toward within you.

Because as we learn to meet our own emotions with presence and compassion, healing can happen in tandem.

✨ Healing happens in relationship.
✨ Regulation happens together.

If this resonates, pause for a moment today and simply be with your animal - no agenda, no fixing. Just presence.

~ Claire 💫

09/01/2026

🐾 When your animal keeps hiding… it might be because they’re showing you what you need to do.

The other day I worked with a beautiful cat named Poppy.

Poppy had been living with anxiety for some time. She was extremely shy when visitors came to the house, immediately retreating to the wardrobe until they left. Loud or unexpected noises had the same effect - straight into hiding. The wardrobe had become her safe place.

But something significant happened in November 2025.

A tradesman visited the home and sat on a patio chair outside while completing an inspection. That chair just happened to be Poppy’s favourite spot — her daily place to curl up in the sun. From that moment on, Poppy refused to sit on any of the patio chairs and began spending most of her days withdrawn in the wardrobe instead.

She simply couldn’t let the incident go.

When I muscle tested for the core imbalance triggered by this event, what came up was surprising.

Poppy wasn’t struggling with weak boundaries — she was holding them too firmly. She was rigid, inflexible, and unable to find balance between being social and allowing herself gentle retreat, safety and solitude.

Then we explored the emotional mirror. 🪞

It became very clear that Poppy wasn’t just responding to the incident — she was communicating something important to her human.

Her human was feeling overwhelmed by responsibilities outside the home and had been pushing through without rest. Poppy was modelling the very thing her human wasn’t allowing herself to do - retreat, lay things down, and reset in solitude. 💖🐈

Here’s the mirror:

Poppy was holding boundaries that were too rigid, while her her human needed to hold firmer boundaries around rest and solitude.

Same core imbalance. Expressed in opposite ways.

THE MESSAGE:

Your animal isn't broken. They're not "just anxious." They're mirrors, messengers, and healers- showing you exactly what YOU need to address in your own life.
Poppy brought her human the message at the perfect moment to ease the stress for them BOTH.

How does it get any better than that? ✨

~Claire 💫

05/01/2026

We talk a lot about animals as our teachers.
About soul contracts and emotional mirroring.

And while those ideas are true…
they can quietly become a way to avoid doing the inner work our animals are actually asking for.

This is called spiritual bypassing - when spiritual insight replaces real healing.

Your animal doesn’t mirror you so you can explain their behaviour away.
They mirror you because an emotional pattern is still alive in your system - and theirs.

When that pattern shifts, animals often soften too.
Because they no longer need to carry what was never theirs to hold.

If you’re ready to explore this more deeply, comment MIRROR below and I’ll send you a free copy of my eBook:

📗 “The 5 Emotional Wounds Animals Mirror.” 📗

Your animal already knows what needs healing.

The question is - are you ready to meet it?

~ Claire 💫

04/01/2026

We love the idea that our animals are our teachers. 🐶
That they chose us. 🙏
That there’s meaning in the struggle. 💫

And sometimes… those beautiful ideas become a place we hide.

When an animal is anxious, reactive, overwhelmed, or unwell, the emotional mirror they’re holding up isn’t asking us to understand it better.
It’s asking us to do something different.

This essay explores the uncomfortable truth of spiritual bypassing in animal healing, and how concepts like soul contracts and emotional mirroring can quietly keep both you and your animal stuck when they replace real inner work.

If these ideas resonate and you’re craving space to explore them more deeply, my Substack 'Reflections Unleashed' is the home of the Animal Kinesiology blog - where these concepts are given the room to breathe beyond the limits of social media.

For just $9 per month, paid members get access to all essays, deeper reflections, and ongoing insights into emotional mirroring, healing, and the unseen dynamics between animals and their humans.

I'd love for you to join me.

~ Claire 💫

👉 Read the essay here and join as a paid member:

https://claireforsyth.substack.com/p/when-spiritual-insight-becomes-emotional

Sometimes the most spiritual thing you can do… is actually heal. 💚

How soul contracts with our animals can keep both of us stuck

01/01/2026

As we step into 2026, I want to pause and offer my deepest gratitude. 🐶🙏

To those of you who trusted me with the care, healing and stories of their animals this year - thank you. It is never something I take lightly to be invited into that bond, and to be part of the journey. 💖

To the students who chose to learn with me - not just techniques, but deeper self-awareness, growth and responsibility, I thank you for your openness, your courage, and your willingness to look beneath the surface.

And to this wider community, I thank you for being here. For choosing to listen to the hidden language of energy. For recognising that what is unseen is still shaping behaviour, health, relationships and healing - and that when we slow down and listen, our animals are always communicating something meaningful.

I also want to acknowledge that this year has not been easy for everyone. Many have carried quiet struggles, uncertainty, and grief. At times the world can feel heavy and dark. If that’s been your experience, please know you’re not alone.

My hope for 2026 is that it meets you with more ease, more steadiness, and moments of peace - and that, in your own way, you continue to shine your light into the world, for yourself, for your animals, and for those around you.

Thank you for walking this path together.

Happy New Year 💚✨

~ Claire 💫

30/12/2025

Lately, I’ve noticed something powerful shifting.

Animals aren’t presenting with new problems -
they’re bringing old, unresolved patterns to the surface.

Behaviours that seemed “managed” are now appearing louder.
Anxiety may be re-appearing in the form of hyper-vigilance.
Fear, reactivity, aggression re-emerging without any obvious trigger.

This isn’t regression.
It’s completion.

We’re in a 9 year - the energetic phase of release.
And your animal is doing what animals do best: holding up the mirror to what’s still unfinished.🐶

Not to punish you.
Not to create chaos.
But to ensure you don’t carry old wounds into a new chapter.

Your animal isn’t breaking down.
They’re inviting you to look - gently, honestly, and bravely
at what’s ready to be felt and released.

I've been delving into these unresolved patterns with my own animals over the holiday break - and it's been tough! BUT.....I can't wait to share my honest thoughts and awareness it can created over the coming weeks.

✨ If this resonates, I’ve created a free guide:
“The 5 Emotional Wounds That Animals Mirror.”

💬 Comment or DM MIRROR and I’ll send it straight to you.

This is sacred work.
And you’re not late - you’re right on time.

25/12/2025

✨ Merry Christmas from sunny (and sweltering!) Australia ✨

As we wrap up another year, I’ve been reflecting on the quiet, powerful ways our animals have supported us through all the highs, lows, and growth in between.

Here in Australia, Christmas isn’t snowflakes and mulled wine - it’s 40-degree days, sandy feet, and dogs racing into the ocean like they’ve been waiting all year for this moment. While we humans juggle the heat, the to-do lists, and the Christmas chaos, our animals remind us of something simple and profound:

Connection matters more than perfection.

Presence matters more than plans.

And joy can be found in the smallest moments… like watching your dog sprint straight into a wave.

So this Christmas, I hope you find a little space to breathe. To slow down. To share a quiet moment of stillness with the animals who love you without condition.

Whether this year has stretched you, softened you, or transformed you - I’m sending you warmth, peace, and gratitude for walking this path with me.

From my heart (and my beach-loving dogs) to yours -

Merry Christmas. Stay cool, stay kind, and soak up the magic of the season. 💛🐾🌊

~ Claire 🎄

17/12/2025

Healing animals is not just about care, it's about connection, which reflects back on our own health and wellbeing. 🌿🐾

So often we approach healing as something we do for our animals.
But the truth is far more beautiful: healing is something we experience with them.

When we support an animal through anxiety, pain, stress, or imbalance, we’re not just tending to their needs, we’re entering into a shared field of energy, emotion, and resonance.

💫 Their healing invites our healing.
💚 Their shifts create space for our shifts.
🐶 And the bond deepens in ways that go far beyond behaviour or training.

This is why modalities like Animal Kinesiology, energy work, and emotional mirroring are so powerful. They help uncover the root causes - not only within the animal, but within the partnership itself.

If your animal has been showing signs of stress, imbalance, or behaviour changes…
It’s worth asking:
What is this moment inviting both of us to explore? 🤔

Your animal’s wellbeing is intertwined with yours — and when one heals, both transform. 💛

If you'd like support in understanding your animal’s deeper emotional or energetic needs, you’re always welcome to reach out.

~ Claire 💫