News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
Donna Timmerman and friends.
Millions of people in the United States have come to accept alternative health care for their own health.
Now many people are discovering alternative treatments for their ailing animal companions.
Donna Timmerman started Holistic Animal Health in Sisters after operating a successful practice in Sammamish, Washington. Prior to that, she had worked in the computer field. However, animals were always her primary passion.
She practices TTouch, Natural Force Healing, Healing Touch and Therapeutic Touch.
TTouch is a primary methodology that uses a combination of specific touches and lifts and strokes on an animal to relieve pain, release tension and reduce recovery time from injury and surgery.
Timmerman emphasizes that none of her work is intended to replace conventional veterinary care; it is designed to supplement and support that care and she works under referral from veterinarians.
Timmerman is well aware that some of her work may seem esoteric or even silly to some people, particularly applying it to animals. She cheerfully admits that she felt the same way about alternative health care.But personal experience made a believer out of her. An alternative practitioner helped her overcome a back injury sustained when a horse fell on her when she was young.
“I went to a lady who worked on it three times and fixed it,” she said. “So I thought, whatever it is, why wouldn’t it work onanimals?”
Years of intensive training in several methodologies followed. Now Timmerman is certified to teach TTouch. She offers private sessions and will be conducting demonstrations around Central Oregon. One is coming up on April 13 at Grooming by Kellie in Sisters and another is set for 11 a.m. April 23 at Sisters Feed & Supply at 102 E. Main Ave. in Sisters.
That same afternoon she will do a demonstration at Happy Tales at 8369 S. Hwy. 97 at 1 p.m. For more information call 549-0935.
Jim Cornelius is editor in chief of The Nugget and author of “Warriors of the Wildlands: True Tales of the Frontier Partisans.” A history buff, he explores frontier history across three centuries and several continents on his podcast, The Frontier Partisans. For more information visit www.frontierpartisans.com.
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