Merging Boundaries
Herd meditation blog posts are about communing with the herd energetically. I was drawn, as so many horse guardians have been in recent times, to spend time just being with the horses. This was partly as a result of developing what I have called the energetic connection, which is simply the language of nature, available to all.
In our sessions we have discovered so many ideas and processes related to our relationship. Conditioned pathways connected to the traditional treatment of horses. Ways of healing and perspectives I could never have explored on my own.
Although we have begun our training again, as a result of the journey we made during herd meditation, it will always be the heart of our relationship.
One of the challenges I have been experiencing during the last ten years is finding peace concerning the relationship between the horses and the dogs in my life. These journeys which seem to unfold in the outside world, are actually happening within. A spiritual gymnasium where growth and development leads step by step into acceptance of the present moment.
I realised when I was out walking with the dogs recently, that it is not just that I love nature, I am nature… the realisation was not a thought, but a feeling. It was a sense of physical belonging to the earth and everything that grows.
Jewel and her healing story illustrates what is possible with love and faith in potential itself. I have been exploring distance healing since I realised that it is possible to connect with energetic systems wherever you are. The energetic world is the source of everything we can see and hear and feel around us, existing below and beyond thought.
Following the energetic connection has gradually become my vocation over the last five years. Before this purpose became so clear, I had been exploring how to tune into other animals energy, and people, for a long time. I had limited this to the category of ‘healing’ in my mind and in my life. Then one day it occurred to me to see if I could feel it while I was actually riding a horse.
The Head Collar Ceremony was a powerful cleansing of current pathways of control which opened space for new pathways to form. It came out of that special space of limitless potential which can seem so impossible when you have many routines and expectations. This is often the case for us with our horses, and the reason why it takes time to gently and compassionately disengage ourselves from everything that imposes control over our partnership.