Insanity; “Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results” (Esco Buff). Every single person has been there when it comes to our horses. You know something is off, so you call your vet, your farrier; you may even go outside the medical realm and call a chiropractor, equine massage therapist/tension release therapist. Things seem to get better for a little while, but then your horse becomes “off” again. More than likely, your horse is out of balance and the vet, farrier, chiropractor and massage/tension release therapist will help to maintain balance. Have you ever thought about the emotional health of your horse? Yup, it is true, your horse has emotions. Science has recently established that horses do have emotions and can recognize the emotions and facial expressions of a human (guess that is why they use them in therapies such as Wounded Warriors).
Unresolved negative emotions are energy that is alive in the physical body. All dis-eases are a consequence of unresolved negative emotions that have been buried or ignored. Prevention Magazine quoted Emrika Padus from her book The Complete Guide To Your Emotions And Your Health; “It is estimated that 90 percent of all physical problems have psychological roots” (1992, p.563).
As I search for more information to back up what I have seen and experienced myself with The Emotion Code, releasing harbored emotions has profound physical as well as mental positive effects. Compare the two pictures of Ariana, a rescued Paso Fino horse. She is slightly swaybacked with what was thought to be started too young. However, after releasing 3-4 negative emotions, Ariana’s topline rose nearly 2 inches.
Ariana was nearly starved to death before animal rescue was able to step in. The emotions of abandonment, despair, rejection as well as sadness were released using a pendulum to ask her body what emotions were stuck and a magnet along the Governing Meridian to release the emotions. I never dreamed that the results would have been physical.
According to Karol K. Truman, author of Feelings Buried Alive Never Die…states, “Most of us recognize that we are not just a piece of flesh. We are at least five-dimentional. By this I mean: spiritual, emotional, mental, physical, and social” (2003, p. 5). Horses are also at least five-dimentional; they have each of these attributes. A horse I worked on grieved for nearly 3 months for her pasture mates. Have you ever been a witness to a mare who has lost her foal? Seen a horse grieve for pasture mates when one has been sold? Now…what about those horses subjected to horrendous training methods and devices? Don’t you think they hold on to the energy of negative emotions? Have you ever seen a horse that has shut down? If you have horses, you know what I am talking about. The subconscious remembers.
identifying the negative emotions is imperative in order to release and resolve them. According to Dr. Bradley Nelson, author of The Emotion Code says “Trapped emotions are truly epidemic, and are the insidious, invisible cause of much suffering and illness, both physical and emotional in nature” (2007, p. 21).
Negative emotions have an effect on people; it does on horses also. In order to maintain balance and for peak performance from your equine partner, releasing negative emotions have an intense effect on the physical and mental well-being.
References:
Nelson, B. (2007) The Emotion Code. Mesquite, NV: Wellness Unmasked Publishing.
Truman, K.K. (2013) Feelings Buried Alive Never Die…St. George, Utah: Olympus Distributing.
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