TACTILE HEALING
The Elephant Matrix • 6m 58s
Three elephants who witnessed their mother being culled right before their eyes, were captured from an African forest and then brutally trained for exhibition to please throngs of people, have experienced a lifetime of physical and emotional trauma. Watch Reiki healer, Elke Riesterer meticulously focusing on key areas of their body using acupressure and deep tissue massage to calm down Lisa, Donna and M’Dunda at the Oakland Zoo in California. They are receiving touch therapy to release their traumatic memories. Click here to find out what we are doing to save Asian elephants, and become part of the solution: https://www.vfaes.org/projects
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