Equine and small animal healing

What is healing?

Every living being has a life force or spirit – a field of energy. Due to emotional, physical or mental problems this energy field can become unbalanced which can lead to disease and illness.   Healing can restore this balance by the healer linking into the animal’s energy field and directing a positive flow of universal energy to release negative energy. Healing is a safe, complementary therapy which helps the animal to access its own resources to stimulate further healing, giving a sense of wellbeing and peace. Healing can be given ‘hands on’ with a light touch or given at a short distance away from the body with equal benefit. Ideally healing should be given where the animal feels at ease and can rest during and after the healing treatment. It may be necessary to make changes to the animal’s environment, management and/or training for the healing to be beneficial long term.

Benefits of healing:

• Boosts the immune system. • Gets to the root cause of a problem, not just the presenting condition. • Brings out the positive aspects of the character, allowing the animal to express its emotions and release negative energy from the past. • Helps improve the rate of soft tissue and bone repair in a physical illness or injury and before or after an operation. • For pain relief. Healing releases natural painkillers - endorphins and aids relaxation. • For trauma and shock. • For the maintenance of good health. Healing can be given preventatively - energy becomes imbalanced before an illness or disease becomes apparent and is therapeutic particularly for elderly horses. • Healing can be successful when other treatments have failed. • At times of stress and depression. For example a change of owner and/ or home, loss of companion and death. The animal will receive healing at the level needed at that time.

Responses to healing:

• Becoming sleepy and relaxed in response to the release of endorphins being released from the brain into the blood stream.  • Sighing. • Licking and chewing. • Yawning. • Nostrils and whiskers quiver. • The facial muscles relax – around the eyes, the mouth sags. • The ears move back a little indicating the animal’s attention and acceptance of the healing. • The animal looks round at the body. • Muscle twitching. • Stretching of the neck, back and one or both hind legs. • The back drops and a horse may rest a hind leg.

How often should healing be given?

For chronic problems healing can be given every few days.

For acute problems or long term  rest for illness or injury healing can be given every day. Healing may be successful after one treatment.  However, usually more than one treatment is beneficial as results can progress over a period of time. What conditions can be helped with healing? • Shock or grief. • Change of owner or home. • Trauma and stress. • Injuries, accidents and illness. • Wounds. • Pain relief. • Arthritis. • Behavioural problems. • Illness including terminal illness. • Old age, to reduce pain or suffering.

Disclaimer - please note:

Healing is not a substitute for veterinary care and advice. Healing cannot regenerate severe organ or tissue damage or prevent the horse’s natural life span coming to an end. The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons recognises as acceptable, in terms of the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966, the complementary treatment of animals by contact healing.