 News and Success Stories
August 16, 2008
Lola is feeling better after she had another bout of nausea and diarrhea last night. Good thing I did not have to go to work today, staying up all night again. This morning she was playing with her ball again and she was able to keep water and some food down since. Yay! Well, what I really wanted to write about today was, that it is now already a year since Lola and me made the roadtrip out to Colorado to take the Massage class. A year full of life lessons, experiences and personal transformation. When I look at myself now compared to a year ago, I see a different person. I am so much more calm thanks to my Reiki self-treatments and I have more confidence in my abilities than I ever had. My journey however is far from being over. This year has a lot more to come with me going back to college!
August 11, 2008
My dog Lola got really sick last night. She just kept on vomiting every 20 to 30 minutes, keeping me up all night. She was also extremely restless due to the nausea and I could tell she was in pain. After a rather violent dry heaving spell, I got her to lay down and offered her Reiki. After about two minutes she surrendered and relaxed and was fast asleep shortly after. Her breathing slowed down and she sighed a couple of times. I could hear her stomach rumble and work. About five minutes into the treatment the rumbling stopped. I continued to offer her Reiki for about half an hour, when she woke up and gave me a look that told me that she had enough. She fell back asleep and did not have to vomit again for more than an hour and a half. Reiki really did give her some relief and much needed rest. I still had to take her to the vet in the morning, since she was rather dehydrated. She is now peacefully sleeping under the Bougainvillea in the yard. She was able to drink water and eat a little bit and so far kept it all down. Yay!
August 1, 2008
I am trying to advertise more now that I have my website up and running. I actually have an advertisement in a magazine! You can find it in the Equine Wellness Magazine in the Wellness Resource. It was so exciting to open that magazine and see my ad for the first time. Quite frankly it still is exciting to see it, just doesn't get old. I also advertise on Shammies World (a great website for all stuff pet related) and also on petfinder.com (super website if you are looking to adopt a new pet, they are awesome). Every once in a while I will also put an ad up on craigslist. However, I have been getting flagged constantly lately, without a plausible reason. It seems to be quite an issue on craigslist lately, some people simply have nothing else do to than to flag perfectly fine ads. Anyways, just wanted to share.
July 12, 2008
I wanted to take a Range of Motion and Stretching course for horses with Equinology, but the class was unfortunately cancelled. I looked around for other courses to take that will benefit my services and decided to finally take an Animal Communication workshop with Carol Gurney. She is up in Agoura, CA and is offering a workshop on the last weekend in August. I just signed up for it, yay! I am very excited! I bought her book on Animal Communication a while ago, her method really makes sense and I can't wait to finally meet her in person.
June 11, 2008
I took Lola to the Equestrian Center for a walk (I always walk around it twice, nice walk) and we checked on the Bulletin board real quick to see if I need to replenish business cards. On the way back out to the bridle trail, I noticed two people trying to get a horse out of a turn-out paddock. The horse was freaking, running and jumping in circles, eyes rolling, head up high. The man and woman could not get close to it. I watched the spectacle for about a minute (the horse was gorgeous) when I got the inspiration to offer the horse some Reiki. I drew my Reiki symbols and offered the horse and situtation the energy. I immediately felt the energy pull in my hands and the horse stopped dead in his tracks, turned around and looked at me. It then came over to the fence and just stared at me with curious eyes. I could see the horse relax, the eyes weren't as wild anymore and the head started dropping, it was just standing there, all the fear and panic had just "fallen off". The man was then able to calmly walk up to the horse, put the holder on and lead it out of the paddock. It followed the guy like a lamb. I then felt the energy pull in my hands lessen and stop. I felt such joy, I started to cry. It was such an amazing thing to witness! Reiki really does work! This experience made me a true believer! :)
May 29, 2008
I enrolled at Pierce College earlier this year and just now was finally able to register for Fall Semester. I am majoring in Horse Sciene (not clear yet if it will be a AS degree or a Certificate of Completion). I will be taking three classes next semester, Horse Production (Basic class for the major), Equitation and Horseback Riding. I am very excited and can't wait!
April 24 - May 19, 2008
During my stay in Switzerland I worked on four different horses. Two of them did not have any specific problems and I gave them full body massages for relaxation and overall well-being. They both enjoyed it very much, heads low, eyes closing. My Mom was amazed to see how much the massage relaxed the horses. The other two did have issues. One of them, a beautiful gelding was very saddle sore and also had issues in his neck. His owner warned me, saying that he would not stand still, especially if touched on the left side of the neck. He fidgeted around a little bit in the beginning, but once I really started deep work he totally relaxed and let me do my job. He stood completely still after that for the full hour! His owner later took him to training and she told me that he was working really well and didn't mind the neck so much. Over the course of three weeks I worked on him intensively (twice a week) and I could tell a difference in his reactions on the back and neck. He wasn't as tight anymore right behind the shoulders and in the sacrum area. His owner also said that he wasn't that fidgety anymore and she was able to groom his neck without any trouble. The fourth horse had very stiff front legs and a tight neck and shoulder (she is 19 years old). Unfortunately I wasn't able to work as intensively on her due to her owner being away on business. But she also enjoyed the treatments very much and seemed to walk much better afterwards.
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