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To: alison@sandfordtherapies.co.uk

Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 4:53 AM

Subject: Equine Reiki

Dear Alison

I read your article on the web. I have done Reiki for a number of years, but never professionally. I don’t even do much on people other than send them energy when I feel they need it. Why I am writing to you, is that I fell in love with a gelding 6 months ago and bought him very much on the spur of the moment. He has since bucked me off twice (he is 17hh), and I have always felt that both instances were not caused by him being horrible or mean to me but fear induced and now I realise pain induced as well. I had a message therapist massage him today and he has had some injury to his back as those muscles are very tender. We both realised that this is the cause of much of his unhappiness under saddle. If you Help me in hand placements for horses it would be great, as I am not sure as I only human placement where the horse equivalent placements would be. I would very much like to give him Reiki to supplement the massage and acupuncture we are going to start with him. I would appreciate any help with this as we don’t seem to have Equestrian Reiki people in the area I live. (Sydney Australia)

I look forward to your reply

With much love, light and laughter

Ruth

p.s My big horse’s name is Mr Bojangles, as he can sure dance. Bo is what he is usually called.

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From: Alison Sandford [mailto:alison@sandfordtherapies.co.uk]
Sent: Tuesday, 23 March 2004 11:30 PM
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Subject: Re: Equine Reiki

 Hi Ruth,

thank you for your e-mail. I took the liberty of tuning into Bo for myself to see what I could pick up. Sometimes being completely unattached to the situation can give more clarity.

First of all I have to say I very much like the feel of Bo. A gently giant, with a bit of a sense of humour would some him up, I think. As for his physiological problems, it seems to me that he has got himself in a bit of a tangle. I am going to give you the things that I felt in the order that they occurred to me. They may make more sense to you than me.

Head and upper neck. pressure across the forehead and into the right side. constriction at about C2/3 . If your massage therapist is coming back she may find this helpful.

Aching in low back, muscular around L4/5.

Constriction behind shoulders. It may be a good idea to get your saddler to check the fitting of his saddle, particularly around the forks. If you have been doing a fair amount of work with him or his condition has improved since you got him the could well be a need for adjustment. Once this is done then tune into the saddle yourself and give it some Reiki. Note how it makes you feel. If your tumble has knocked your confidence then you could well find that anxiety stored in the saddle. Similarly with Bo if he sees his work as traumatic he could well be storing that energy in the saddle. You see how very quickly the saddle can become a focal point for negative responses between horse and rider.

Next is the genitalia. I know he has been gelded but he may well have issues surrounding it. What is he like around mares and other geldings? Does he have his own little hareem that he will defend from the other boys? This kind of fits in with the muscular stuff around the sacral area.

Throat felt constricted he is desperately trying to communicate. Tune into him while you are sitting in meditation and ask him what he would like you to know. Don't worry if it takes a few attempts to he will be a bit surprised that you are trying to make contact but when he gets the idea he will have a lot to say.

Right buttock. This could be the cause of your bucking because it was quite a sharp "tweak" Kind of like when you just catch something when you move in a certain way.

There is a sadness for him, the loss of a companion, I feel and I also feel that at some point there has been quite a lack of food for him. The left lower hind came up but I feel that this is a compensation for the right buttock.

Please check the saddle.

As for hand positions - well I think it is easiest if I tell you the positions of the chakras first. Base is at the dock sacral is at the point of croup, solar plexus is at the back end of where that saddle sits. Heart is just behind the withers, brachial major is just in front of the withers and in the dip where the neck meets the shoulders. Throat is at the top of the neck just behind the poll. Third eye is in the centre of the forehead just above the level of the eyes and crow comes through the poll.

work your way around the whole body and try to be as intuitive as possible about where and in what order you place your hands.

Please let me know if you can relate to any of this. I always welcome feed-back.

All light, all peace

Alison.

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 Hi Alison

Thank you so much for your reply. You were very quick. I must say that you have Bo smack on the button. I have only been able to see him once since I emailed you and was able to spend about a half hour with him. I am sending him Reiki though and my time with him seems very much more relaxed and he seems a lot more comfortable – as if to say, okay I am happy now that we are starting to communicate.

You have very accurately pinpointed the areas along his spine that he is sore. The off fore shoulder has also been an issue. Bo was separated from a friend when I bought him, and he gets very closely attached to others in the paddock. He has a few geldings and mares that look up to him. He even gets possessive (puts his ears back at them as if to say, back off I’m getting the attention over here) of me when the other horses come near us in the paddock when I’m putting him back. He also recently lost another good friend who left the stables, so the poor man has had a few changes of friends in the last 6 months. He now has another friend which is good.

The saddle – well there is a history of saddle, but I think it is more mine. I had a wonderful Kieffer saddle, which I sold very regretfully. I didn’t have a horse for quite a while and my husband really wanted a video camera, so I sold it to buy him the camera which I regretted straight away. It wasn’t a “fully giving gift at all” and so when I bought Bo (which was a bit of a shock to my husband) I couldn’t afford the same standard of saddle. I have bought a synthetic dressage saddle, but an excellent make, and it does fit him well. (But I have been missing my Kieffer) The saddle Could be better at the shoulder in front but doesn’t stop the movement. I will be using a extra saddle blanket, but it is air pumped – ie as you ride it pumps up or something to that effect. So the saddle is me and probably Bo is feeling it too, and it is all coming together. I will release all that negative energy. I have given Bo a weeks rest since the massage, and will slowly get him going again will light lunging prior to riding so assist in warming him up. I am positive all the Reiki and massage will work. I will definitely take your advise and start communicating with him.

I will let you know how it is going and thanks assisting – I feel so much more positive about our relationship. I am so glad that I did go with my instincts when I saw him the first time, and I was right about him. For a while I had myself worried that I was wrong about him, and the others were right.

With love, light and laughter

 Rita