Regarded as an authority on the subject of
dolphin and whale communication, Joan Ocean developed the remarkable
methodologies for this pioneering work and authored two books translated into
four languages: Dolphin Connection and Dolphins into the Future.
For nearly two decades, Joan has led thousands the world over into the waters to
swim and communicate with the dolphins, to discover the wondrous, often mystical
world of these intelligent beings with abilities that continue to amaze and
baffle us all.
PJP: How did your work with dolphins and whales begin?
JO: It was surprise to me! I didn?t even know how to swim when I first
met the dolphins. It was back in the early eighties and people were not as aware
of dolphins back then. The dolphins first came to me while I was in meditation
and gave me a beautiful message of having much to share with humanity. The
energy felt very good. But, I was a little embarrassed to tell anyone that I was
receiving messages from dolphins. So, I kept it secret. I wondered, how could
I work with dolphins and whales when I don?t even swim or go into the ocean at
all?
Finally, I shared the dolphin?s message in a newsletter that circulated
throughout the United States. There was a great response to it. Many people
wrote in making statements like, ?I felt all along that one could communicate
with dolphins. Thank you for sharing the dolphin's message.?
This encouraged me to talk more openly about it and I continued to have more
experiences. Then as fate would have it, I was invited on a trip to the Amazon
River in Peru to meet the river dolphins. Since I already had contact with them
in meditation, I agreed right away.
It was a beautiful experience. I still didn?t know how to swim. But I wore a
lifejacket and the water was quite calm, so I felt okay with it. After that, I
began traveling to other countries sharing stories about my experiences with the
dolphins. That's how it all began.
PJP: Did you also have experiences with the whales at that time?
JO: The whales affected my vibrational frequency right in the beginning.
Around this same time, I met Jean-Luc Bozzoli, an incredible dolphin and
visionary artist whose art touched my heart. We began traveling together: I
would tell stories about dolphins and he would show his art. As a result, we
were invited all over the world to meet and swim with dolphins.
One time, we were involved with an environmental group in a month-long project
off the coast of British Columbia. We lived in tents: and at night, we sat
around the fire on this beautiful, uninhabited island where eagles, Orcas and
whales lived. The experience was wonderful.
One day, we were standing on the shore when a California Grey Whale came in
really close. He seemed to be rolling on the pebbles beneath the water,
scratching his back to remove barnacles. When he came in even closer, there was
eye contact. As I looked into that eye, and as he returned my gaze, I felt all
this love and wisdom pouring into me in vibrational waves. I felt as though he
understood and knew me. It was powerful.
There came a point where I couldn?t take any more of those waves of love: I
thought I might melt or disappear! The moment I had this thought, the whale
stopped sending those "love" waves. It was then that I realized that whales
could communicate with us: he had received my thoughts and knew to stop sending
those waves of love.
From then on, my interest has always been in communicating with dolphins and
whales, and to share my experiences with others.
Deep with Death Valley National Park is
a place called the Racetrack Playa. It lies 3,708 feet above sea level, 2.8
miles long and 1.3 miles wide. It is almost perfectly flat the north end is only
five centimeters higher than the south end. It is called the Race Track Playa,
and is home to a unique phenomenon. It seems that while no one is looking, the
dolomite rocks which crumble from the cliff face at the southern end, travel
whimsically across the vast dry lake bed. The rocks leave trails behind them as
they make their way, the only testament to their unruly behavior. The phenomenon
was noticed over a hundred years ago by explorers and gold miners, but was not
really studied scientifically until about 1948. To this day, the reason for
their wayward ways has not been fully explained.
There are two main schools of thought
surrounding it, one which says ice sheets are responsible for the rocks travails
and the other that a combination of dampness and tornadic winds provide the
force. Interestingly, proponents of each have debunked the others claims, by
showing faults in the scientific process at which the various conclusions seem
to reach. It has even been suggested that the rocks motion is the result of
teenage pranksters. This theory can be ruled out right away as the footprints of
the culprits would be visible as well. Some of the trails, including foot prints
of people, can be fossilized for years before fading. The furrows of the rocks
show that the Playa is wet when they do move. As a rule, it is never considered
that the rocks might also be moving when the Playa is dry, leaving no trails,
except by lunatic fringe extremists like myself. One school of thought is that
ice sheets form on the lake bed in the winter, and sections break off and are
squeezed and pushed along, thus providing the much needed force to push a 700
pound boulder for 3/4 of a mile in a winding, twisting path. The theory though
faces several inconvenient facts...
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Regarded as an authority on the subject of
dolphin and whale communication, Joan Ocean developed the remarkable
methodologies for this pioneering work and authored two books translated into
four languages: Dolphin Connection and Dolphins into the Future.
For nearly two decades, Joan has led thousands the world over into the waters to
swim and communicate with the dolphins, to discover the wondrous, often mystical
world of these intelligent beings with abilities that continue to amaze and
baffle us all.
PJP: How did your work with dolphins and whales begin?
JO: It was surprise to me! I didn?t even know how to swim when I first
met the dolphins. It was back in the early eighties and people were not as aware
of dolphins back then. The dolphins first came to me while I was in meditation
and gave me a beautiful message of having much to share with humanity. The
energy felt very good. But, I was a little embarrassed to tell anyone that I was
receiving messages from dolphins. So, I kept it secret. I wondered, how could
I work with dolphins and whales when I don?t even swim or go into the ocean at
all?
Finally, I shared the dolphin?s message in a newsletter that circulated
throughout the United States. There was a great response to it. Many people
wrote in making statements like, ?I felt all along that one could communicate
with dolphins. Thank you for sharing the dolphin's message.?
This encouraged me to talk more openly about it and I continued to have more
experiences. Then as fate would have it, I was invited on a trip to the Amazon
River in Peru to meet the river dolphins. Since I already had contact with them
in meditation, I agreed right away.
It was a beautiful experience. I still didn?t know how to swim. But I wore a
lifejacket and the water was quite calm, so I felt okay with it. After that, I
began traveling to other countries sharing stories about my experiences with the
dolphins. That's how it all began.
PJP: Did you also have experiences with the whales at that time?
JO: The whales affected my vibrational frequency right in the beginning.
Around this same time, I met Jean-Luc Bozzoli, an incredible dolphin and
visionary artist whose art touched my heart. We began traveling together: I
would tell stories about dolphins and he would show his art. As a result, we
were invited all over the world to meet and swim with dolphins.
One time, we were involved with an environmental group in a month-long project
off the coast of British Columbia. We lived in tents: and at night, we sat
around the fire on this beautiful, uninhabited island where eagles, Orcas and
whales lived. The experience was wonderful.
One day, we were standing on the shore when a California Grey Whale came in
really close. He seemed to be rolling on the pebbles beneath the water,
scratching his back to remove barnacles. When he came in even closer, there was
eye contact. As I looked into that eye, and as he returned my gaze, I felt all
this love and wisdom pouring into me in vibrational waves. I felt as though he
understood and knew me. It was powerful.
There came a point where I couldn?t take any more of those waves of love: I
thought I might melt or disappear! The moment I had this thought, the whale
stopped sending those "love" waves. It was then that I realized that whales
could communicate with us: he had received my thoughts and knew to stop sending
those waves of love.
From then on, my interest has always been in communicating with dolphins and
whales, and to share my experiences with others.
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One of the ways most animals communicate is with sound, they may neigh, bark,
purr or quack; we speak. These auditory messages convey
meaning for the species concerned. We understand words,
horses understand neighs, dogs understand barks and so on.
Quacks don?t correspond with words, neighs
mean little to cats, but what is universal is body language.
Animals can understand the body language of their species and of others.
They usually recognize an aggressive or submissive posture.
This picture shows a seriously submissive
small dog. She is trying to make herself very small.
Her body is hunched, her head is down and she is looking at the floor.
The young cat is striding purposely across the floor with a look of
determination on her eyes. She is not going to be
sidetracked by the dog. From this picture, it is very likely
that the cat has previously demonstrated and confirmed her rank with the dog.
The duck just seems to be looking on and assessing the situation.
Remember these
two words:
aggressive - to be ready to fight.
submissive - to try to avoid a fight, to cower
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