Nina Dale: I've been in a loving relationship with nature and animals all of my life.  So, it's not too surprising when I became an attorney, I chose environmental law as my specialty.  What is surprising - constantly surprises and pleases me - is that when I speak to animals they understand me, and I receive messages from them, as well.  I've been involved with animals since I was a child and formally involved with animal communication since 2002.  In addition to being an animal communicator and an attorney, I am a shamanic practitioner.  This means that I can go into an altered state of consciousness (similar to a meditative state) to acquire information.  I do this primarily to assist animals in need, but I also work with groups of other shamanic practitioners to effect healing in our communities.  I am an ordained minister in the Circle of the Sacred Earth Church, a church that believes in spirits of all animal species and all things in nature.   Credentials: I studied Animal Communication with Joanna Beth Seere and Penelope Smith.  I am Certified in Communication and Spiritual Healing for Animals.  I have an eclectic approach to shamanic practices, having studied with John Perkins (Shuar/Ecuadorian), Alberto Villoldo (Peruvian), Hank Wesselman (Kahuna/Hawaiian), Malidoma Some (Dagara/African), Tom Cowan (Celtic Tradition), Sandra Ingerman and the Foundation for Shamanic Studies.  I am a Certified Shapeshifter Practitioner and been trained in Celtic Healing and Visionary Arts.  I am also a Reiki Level II Practitioner.  But, of course, my greatest teachers are the animals themselves.   Affiliations: Founding member of the Society for Shamanic Practitioners.  Minister, Circle of the Sacred Earth Church.