In June of 2014 one of my dreams came true. I’ve always wanted to meet a dolphin and swim with him. During our summer vacation in 2014, I and my husband were able to spend a wonderful day in the Dolphin Therapy Center in Antalya.
Axel Linke’s team greeted us warmly and accompanied us relaxed and happy through the day. Time and again we were able to observe the care and love with which they work with the animals.
As preparation, the trainers gave us much information about the dolphins, and contact with the animals was handled step by step. The dolphins appeared quite calm and curious to us. Axel Linke also provided us with much background information regarding the Dolphin Therapy Center and dolphin therapy.
The final high point of the day was swimming with the dolphin that was part of my program “Dolphin Trainer for a Day”. Because I was able to experience the atmosphere around the dolphin all day long, the dolphin swim was an extremely intensive experience for me.
The impression we came away with was the competence and love with which the dolphins are treated. The well-being of the dolphins is ensured by great attention to their needs.
A big Thank You to Axel Linke and his team for an unforgettable day in the Dolphin Therapy Center Antalya!
If you want to get in touch with that family concerning dolphin therapy related questions please contact us.
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An unforgettable day as a Dolphin Trainer
Posted by Dolphin Therapy Team in Therapy TestimonialsNo Comments »/In June of 2014 one of my dreams came true. I’ve always wanted to meet a dolphin and swim with him. During our summer vacation in 2014, I and my husband were able to spend a wonderful day in the Dolphin Therapy Center in Antalya.
Axel Linke’s team greeted us warmly and accompanied us relaxed and happy through the day. Time and again we were able to observe the care and love with which they work with the animals.
As preparation, the trainers gave us much information about the dolphins, and contact with the animals was handled step by step. The dolphins appeared quite calm and curious to us. Axel Linke also provided us with much background information regarding the Dolphin Therapy Center and dolphin therapy.
The final high point of the day was swimming with the dolphin that was part of my program “Dolphin Trainer for a Day”. Because I was able to experience the atmosphere around the dolphin all day long, the dolphin swim was an extremely intensive experience for me.
The impression we came away with was the competence and love with which the dolphins are treated. The well-being of the dolphins is ensured by great attention to their needs.
A big Thank You to Axel Linke and his team for an unforgettable day in the Dolphin Therapy Center Antalya!
If you want to get in touch with that family concerning dolphin therapy related questions please contact us.
Sixth Dolphin Therapy for Stefan
Posted by Dolphin Therapy Team in Therapy TestimonialsNo Comments »/For me it was already the sixth dolphin therapy back to back. It was a little bit exhausting for me because I was having either physiotherapy or cranial therapy afterwards. The therapy has always helped me very much after six months. Then I was also able to concentrate more easily and to improve my ability to learn. I personally always thought the therapy was super because I could do so much with the dolphins. Read the rest of this entry »
Johannes love dolphins
Posted by Dolphin Therapy Team in Therapy TestimonialsNo Comments »/The therapy was very, very successful for Johannes! He was able to improve significantly once again in all areas. His focus improved, he refined his gross and fine motor skills, his stubbornness decreased, speech comprehension improved, he is able to convert verbal information significantly faster, and he tries more and more to apply the words that he learnt.
He was also able to perfect the numbers and colors. Read the rest of this entry »
Gerd Sachse about his stay in Antalya with the dolphins
Posted by Dolphin Therapy Team in Therapy TestimonialsNo Comments »/Written by Gerd Sachse
Dolphin Therapy from 7. May 2007 to 21. May 2007 in Antalya
My name is Gerd, I am 46 years old and suffer from Muscular distrophy (HSMN II) since I was 5.
I have always been searching for relief from this muscle illness and at the beginning of this year I became interested in Dolphin Therapy. So I looked it up in Google. I read everything about dolphin therapy that I could in the whole net and compared the different offers. Axel and his team was at the top of the list. At the beginning of March I made an application and couldn’t believe it that I was able to come to Antalya on May 7. This was just after the opening of the Therapy Centre. I thought about it for 3 days, but then I confirmed the date . Although it was only 8 weeks away, time dragged. But the date arrived ‐ 7 Mai 2007. Read the rest of this entry »
Luke is swimming with dolphins in Turkey
Posted by Dolphin Therapy Team in Therapy Testimonials1 Comment »/We were there!!!! The journey to Turkey was very exciting for us because both kids hadn’t flown on a plane before. Thank God everything worked out without problems.
On the first day we had the meeting with our dolphin-therapist Barbara. She explained which therapies would be executed. There were three therapies, physical therapy, cranio-sacral therapy and of course Luke’s dolphin lady „Daisy“. Read the rest of this entry »
Cranio-Sacral-Therapy with Dolphins – A successful course combination
Posted by Dolphin Therapy Team in Dolphin Therapy News,Mixed Info,Therapy TestimonialsNo Comments »/In cooperation with Matthias Mösle, head of the Upledger Institute in Switzerland, the idea of offering a combination course of Cranio-Sacral Therapy and dolphins in Europe was created.
Since I have been working as leading physical and cranio-sacral therapist in the Dolphin Therapy Center in Antalya, Turkey for 7 years and am blessed to witness animal-supported therapy in a unique concept combined with traditional therapies together with children from all over the world, I of course was very open to start such an experiment at our center. Read the rest of this entry »
Successful dolphin therapy for Stefan
Posted by Dolphin Therapy Team in Help, Sponsoring & Stories,Therapy TestimonialsNo Comments »/This was the fifth dolphin therapy for Stefan already. Stefan had meningitis and since then has had problems with concentration, communication and combination. Luckily for us, he has always been very ambitious and participated in every therapy. He especially liked the dolphin therapies of course. We noticed every time after about half a year that he made improvements, especially in combination like for example in math.
The therapy was planned great, the therapists and trainers were very nice and welcoming, the interaction with the animals as well. The combination with other therapies like craniosacral was also great, as well as the fact that we didn’t have to drive anywhere for them but everything was accessible from the hotel by foot.
It is unfortunate that this therapy is not recognized as such and that health insurance does not cover it at all. For Stefan, only these therapies as well as hippotherapy were successful because he was branded as autistic by school medicine, and there is nothing to help and as parents of such a child you are forced to either accept that or look for help yourself, and you can see that it was successful.
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Marie´s Dolphin therapy
Posted by Dolphin Therapy Team in Media Reports,Therapy TestimonialsNo Comments »/Artikel von SEBNITZER ZEITUNG, 21.10.2013, Autor: Katarina Lange
The half-paralyzed girl from Neustadt was able to swim with dolphins. The therapy shows its first successes.
Careful, this is crawling! Dolphin lady Daisy is tenderly tickling Marie’s feet. The half-paralyzed girl was able to work with specially trained animals in water in Turkey. They might see each other again next year.
The wet snout is tickling Marie’s feet. The six-year old girl is especially ticklish there. No respect is being paid to that. Marie is supposed to simply laugh.
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Therapy with dolphins for Antonia
Posted by Dolphin Therapy Team in Therapy TestimonialsNo Comments »/„Hallelujah“ from Antonia from Voerde. We now have the green light to visit you again in 2014. We are all looking forward to it.
A lot has happened with us. Antonia is continuing to develop and surprises us with things that we didn’t think possible. Her vocabulary is growing and growing and she is partially able to request her needs.
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Dolphin Therapy for Vroni
Posted by Dolphin Therapy Team in Therapy TestimonialsNo Comments »/Wake up at 2am on Monday, in the car at 2:30am, in the air at 6am, arrived in Dalaman, Turkey at 8:30am. Then to the Hotel Mares by bus.
Me, Hanni and Leni have our own bedroom. We tried the pool after lunch and went to the Mini Disco after dinner. And then into bed dog-tired.
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