Dolphin therapy: bathing with dolphins

Bathing with dolphins causes bright positive emotions that becomethe first step to recovery. These good-natured and sociable mammals have to themselves the most self-contained person and make him smile. Stress in everyday life, break with a loved one, problems in the family, dismissal from work - an occasion to undergo dolphin therapy, which will give only positive emotions and make you look at problems with other eyes.

Bathing with dolphins not only improves the physical characteristics of a person, but also has a positive impact on the psychoemotional level. Dolphins also help overcome the severe fear of water.

What gives swimming with dolphins

Dolphin therapy to healthy people increases mood, provides relaxation, making them more harmonious. Bathing with dolphins has a positive effect on pregnant women. Even in the early stages, dolphins feelpregnancy and treat these guests more carefully. Ultrasound, published by them, stimulates the development, work of the hearing and heart organs of the baby. Improves the overall well-being of the future mother.

Dolphin therapy It is used as an additional treatment for the following diseases:

• cerebral palsy;


• disorders of the central nervous system;


• speech and hearing disorders;


• Down's syndrome and other genetic pathologies;


• sensorineural hearing loss;


• minimal cerebral dysfunction;


• mental retardation;


• depressive disorders;


• memory disorders and learning disabilities;


• neurosis and post-traumatic neuromuscular disorders;


• chronic diseases of the cardiovascular system and the musculoskeletal system.

Dolphin therapy is divided into free interaction withanimals and organized communication. During the first direction the patient builds relations with dolphins independently: acquaintance, play, general swimming. The session is supervised by a specialist who provides security. In the second direction, bathing with dolphins
acts as a background, and the main tasks of organized communication are psychotherapeutic, physiotherapeutic, psychocorrectional.

Bathing with dolphins is contraindicated for oncological, epileptic, infectious skin diseases.

It is important to know

• Before you go swimming with dolphins, talk to a staff specialist who will pick up the best course of dolphin therapy and tell you about its features.


• At the sight of the new guests, the dolphins seem to be discussing them. Then swim closer to get acquainted.


• Bathing with dolphins is best done in a wet suit or a sports swimsuit.


• While swimming with dolphins, do not put your fingers in the breather (hole on the head), you block their access to oxygen.


• Do not impose your communication. If they swim away, do not hold them, but try to interest. Call the dolphin by name, sprinkle water, throw his favorite toy.


• You can scare off the animal if you touch their eyes and ears (holes behind the eyes).


• Children under the age of 4 may be scared of a large dolphin, so dolphin therapy will do more harm than good.

Dolphinariums usually contain bottlenose dolphins and beluga whales. Afalines have a long "beak", a dark brown color from aboveand light from below. They dwell in the Black, Mediterranean, Red Seas, Indian, Atlantic and northwestern Pacific Oceans. They live in the coastal zone, they eat fish. The dolphins are easy to train. Scientists have proved that dolphins are able to talk with a person and understand some words (5-10 words, and some - up to 25). Afalines love when they scratch their abdomen. If he throws you the ball, play with it, but do not impose your game. Rely on the dolphin's flair - he knows how to treat you.

In comparison with bottlenose dolphins, beluga behave more calmly. Swimming with them is recommended for those who do not hold fast to the water. They love madly when they scratch the sky, but not everyone will dare at it when they see their teeth.

Often bathing with dolphins is recommended as family psychotherapy for sharing a session with your loved one. They inexplicably calm quarrels, teach tolerance and give harmony in relationships.