Helen the Healer

Friday, 15 November 2013

Swinging Spirit, the Hungarian circus pony

Each day Spirit and his mate Blacky have a ritual they seem to like; this includes the order of how they go out into their respective fields, having their raincoats on or their summer fly sheets, the order in which they come home, where they stand to have their feet cleaned and how they have their dinner. It was during one of these rituals that Jessica thought she had a new dancing pony on her hands:

As is their way, after Blacky goes back into his stable, Spirit comes home and likes to tease Blacky over his stable door from the yard. They can move from loving kisses to vicious bites between them, each giving as good as they get whilst Jessica cleans Spirits feet and brushes him down.

On this occasion Jessica had left taking Spirit’s ‘little red riding hood’ coat off until last and was pre-occupied bending half way down his body with his grooming. Jessica was content they were behaving quite well with each other so took her eye off them for a moment. Sub consciously she was thinking how agile Spirit was being, he seemed to be moving back and forth with such ease almost like a ballet dancer. As this continued the thought came more to the fore of her mind. Eventually taking much more notice of this unusual movement she began to stand, seeing the wonderfully relaxed face and eyes of Spirit almost in a trance then noticing his sway back and forth like a gentle swing. Looking further up his body she was amazed to see Blacky’s teeth with a firm grip on the top of Spirits red coat; he had lifted Spirits body completely off his feet and was swinging him back and forth by his coat, what is more; Spirit was enjoying it! Jessica could not believe her eyes, she stood back to see the complete picture for another 30 seconds before Blacky lowered him onto terra-firma as if it was an every day occurrence.

Where is the camera when you need it!

Friday, 25 October 2013

Wooden top Spirit the Hungarian Circus Pony

I paid Spirit a call last week to give him some healing on his feet and a top up on his knees which I could immediately see were bouncing well: as I rounded the corner of the yard expecting to see Jessica and Spirit waiting for me I found it empty, peering into the distance of their field I could make out a frantic Jessica, muzzle in hand, trotting after Spirit who seemed to be doing a wonderful impression of Spotty Dog from the old children’s programme The Wooden Tops. His knees were bouncing up as high as he could get them as he ran from Jessica almost teasing her with his silly step: ‘I am not going to wear that muzzle and you will have to chase me all day to catch me!’

After much laughter Jessica put the muzzle away and returned with the treats to entice him home.

His feet were not too bad but still not right. His knees were great, his back fine, he stood taller than I have ever seen him, a shiny red coat and long mane all suggested he was in good health, all apart from his two front feet. I kept remembering the suggestion from Jessica’s farrier about putting special shoes on Spirit with cushion soles. When I mentioned it again to Jessica, she was reluctant to have it done as it would mean Spirit being pulled about for some hours to have them fitted. Stress for a laminitic horse can be very dangerous as it can bring on the symptoms more. ‘I think you should have them done’ I said, ‘I’ll give him lots of healing and you can use homeopathic remedies to calm him too, I have a good feeling about it’.

Jessica said she would think on it.

Tuesday, 22 October 2013

The progress of Tazz dog

My second visit to see Tazz, a week later, found him greeting me at the front door with his barking; he was greatly improved from his operation, though only time would tell whether it was due to the growth being healed or simply a recovery from the anaesthetic.

Sheila told me how Tazz seemed more interested in life around him and had become more vocal, chatting away to people in the home. She was also amazed at how deeply and how long he slept after my last visit; ‘I’m glad you warned me he would sleep so much otherwise I would have been worried’ she said.

As I joined Tazz on the floor this time, he went straight to his bed beside me and lay himself out across it as if to say ‘I’m ready for that healing when you are’. Sheila and I laughed as he let out a heavy sigh.

I was pleased to feel that he needed less energy this time, still in the same areas, as expected but not so intense and with less urgency. Again, I sneaked out of the house as he slept.

We had decided on a gap of two weeks before the next healing session but Sheila would call me in the mean time if she was worried, especially with his three week dead-line coming up! …….

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