| How many times in interactions with our animals | | | | sustained permanent damage to some of her |
| do we forget to invite them to be part of the | | | | organs and was not expected to recover further, |
| equation, doing things to them, and not with | | | | this was now her life. Traditional Medicine could do |
| them? This change alone can manifest many | | | | no more. The Mighty Morgan's return to health is |
| positive results by changing their feelings of being | | | | a 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 day | | | | three 25 mile endurance rides. |
| medicine and its accessability to the mass | | | | When a dire prognosis is given, we feel sadness |
| population, we relied more on ourselves for our | | | | and brace against what is believed to be the |
| healing. Over time we came to believe that | | | | inevitable. Our animals may not interpret speech |
| through traditional medicine, the doctor or | | | | as we do, but they hear and feel the vibration of |
| veterinarian was all powerful in making us or our | | | | hopelessness. 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. A | | | | information to what I thought and felt about her. I |
| prescription was written and off we went with | | | | now gave off a vibration she began to embrace. |
| the belief that our healing was in the hands of | | | | In 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 a | | | | your dog as having cancer, she is more than that, |
| tick born disease and endured procedures to save | | | | and besides you're shortening her days.That |
| her life. At the time I just held her in my heart | | | | moment 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 people | | | | to me that if I opened to shifting how I viewed |
| who helped her. Yet a key component to healing | | | | her cancer I was no longer giving off a "good bye |
| remained illusive to me. It wasn't until some time | | | | it's all over" energy. When I began to be only half |
| later that it became apparent. This Morgan had | | | | the equation in her healing that was the first of |
| lost belief in her self. It took time for me to | | | | many shifts for both of us. Moxie began to |
| understand what was missing. I needed to change | | | | improve and we went on living together and |
| my perspective. | | | | loving each other for four more years. |
| Our animals respond to all the vibrations of the | | | | Expanding the way in which we feel and |
| body. The Animal Kingdom did not narrow, as | | | | understand what is going on for our animals can |
| man did, to believe that the vibration of the vocal | | | | greatly 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 their | | | | that 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 a | | | | When 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 was | | | | Self empowerement and perspective are key |
| told her days of being ridden were over. She had | | | | parts in healing of the self. |