Self Empowerment and Perspective, Key Components of Animal Healing

How many times in interactions with our animalssustained permanent damage to some of her
do we forget to invite them to be part of theorgans and was not expected to recover further,
equation, doing things to them, and not withthis was now her life. Traditional Medicine could do
them? This change alone can manifest manyno more. The Mighty Morgan's return to health is
positive results by changing their feelings of beinga story of its own, but after including her in her
powerless to those of feeling empowered.own healing, she went on to take second place in
For many years prior to the age of present daythree 25 mile endurance rides.
medicine and its accessability to the massWhen a dire prognosis is given, we feel sadness
population, we relied more on ourselves for ourand brace against what is believed to be the
healing. Over time we came to believe thatinevitable. Our animals may not interpret speech
through traditional medicine, the doctor oras we do, but they hear and feel the vibration of
veterinarian was all powerful in making us or ourhopelessness. After hearing a diagnosis of cancer
animal well. The age of addressing the symptom,for my canine companion I began to add that
and not the cause, became the norm. Ainformation to what I thought and felt about her. I
prescription was written and off we went withnow gave off a vibration she began to embrace.
the belief that our healing was in the hands ofIn my quest to find what was missing I found a
someone else.holistic veterinarian who said, "stop thinking of
Many years ago my horse became very ill from ayour dog as having cancer, she is more than that,
tick born disease and endured procedures to saveand besides you're shortening her days.That
her life. At the time I just held her in my heartmoment brought me a revelation. As a healer I
and attempted to console her. Fear,submission,was caught up in doing the healing, or so I
and loss had found a home, replacing self trust.thought. After his statement it became apparent
I was very grateful to all the wonderful peopleto me that if I opened to shifting how I viewed
who helped her. Yet a key component to healingher cancer I was no longer giving off a "good bye
remained illusive to me. It wasn't until some timeit's all over" energy. When I began to be only half
later that it became apparent. This Morgan hadthe equation in her healing that was the first of
lost belief in her self. It took time for me tomany shifts for both of us. Moxie began to
understand what was missing. I needed to changeimprove and we went on living together and
my perspective.loving each other for four more years.
Our animals respond to all the vibrations of theExpanding the way in which we feel and
body. The Animal Kingdom did not narrow, asunderstand what is going on for our animals can
man did, to believe that the vibration of the vocalgreatly influence the thoughts we hold to support
chords was a primary means of communication.them in their life. When we include the knowledge
They never veered from using the whole of theirthat the body knows how to be a part of healing
being to give and receive information.itself, we take back a component of our power.
In modern day veterinary practice most often aWhen we offer that understanding to our animal,
diagnosis is made and the care giver embraces it.we place awareness in a supportive role.
After many weeks of my horse being ill, I wasSelf empowerement and perspective are key
told her days of being ridden were over. She hadparts in healing of the self.