ByRobyn Harris
Another way to look at this is to imagine that we have a ‘stress bucket’. The capacity of the bucket can vary from person to person depending on the experiences we’ve had in our lives and how these have shaped our beliefs and mindset. Stress comes in to the bucket from a variety of different…
ByRobyn Harris
Unfortunately we have become conditioned to a culture where things are expected to be instant: access to information, or entertainment, and even fast food. This means that we often look for a ‘magic wand’ – a pill or procedure that will make us well – but in doing this we are relying on external things…
ByRobyn Harris
“Only by being in harmony with our inner nature, and the Nature all around us, can we truly experience wellbeing and flow” Robyn Harris It almost seems that ‘busy’ is the new black! In our culture it appears that this is the way we measure success, or value, but when we put pressure on ourselves to maintain…
ByRobyn Harris
Something we need to consider when our horses are stabled is what and how we feed them. Think about how the horse eats and drinks in the wild. Here they graze for up to sixteen hours a day, eating grass growing on the ground. In contrast we often feed concentrates at set meal times and…
ByRobyn Harris
Many of the situations in which we keep horses mean that it’s not possible for them to be turned out all the time. We therefore need to think of ways of making their time in the stable more ‘natural’. For example, think of how the horse interacts with his surroundings when within a herd. He…
ByRobyn Harris
Last week I mentioned that stabling can be stressful for horses, so what can we do to provide them with a more appropriate environment? Where at all possible it is best to try to create natural conditions as far as possible. Ideally this would be for the horse to be turned out, day and night,…
ByRobyn Harris
Last week I looked at some of the similarities and differences between us and our equine friends. One of the ways we can see this is in our use of body language. For example, when two horses meet, they introduce each other by approaching slowly, often at an angle rather than directly. They are very…
ByRobyn Harris
Horse Psychology can be defined as: ”the scientific study of the horse’s mind and its functions. Encompassing the mental characteristics or attitude of the species” – http://www.training-horses-naturally.com/horse-psychology.html (link no longer available) This field of study is growing so hopefully, as we come to understand horses better, our care of them, and thus our relationships with…
ByRobyn Harris
In the previous 3 posts I’ve shared what happened at a recent zoopharmacognosy (self selection) session with a canine client of mine, Willow. The session was offered via Skype by Rachel Windsor-Knott of My Animal Matters. Having asked Willow’s owner to fill out a detailed consultation form Rachel then sent a box of samples and,…
ByRobyn Harris
In the last 2 posts in this series I’ve described a zoopharmacognosy (self selection) session offered by Rachel Windsor-Knott of My Animal Matters to one of my canine clients, Willow. Having offered all of the remedies that Rachel had sent – of which Willow accepted every single one – we then put each remedy on…
ByRobyn Harris
Last week I started sharing a little about a recent zoopharmacognosy (self selection) session with a canine client of mine. Rachel Windsor-Knott, of My Animal Matters, sent a box of samples to Willow’s owner and, via Skype, talked us through how to offer them and what signals to watch for. Having offered some essential oils,…
ByRobyn Harris
I’ve recently been working with a canine client, Willow, who has been experiencing loss of strength and sensitivity in her hind legs. The vet diagnosed a lesion, within her spinal canal but outside of the spinal cord, causing compression at the T7 vertebra and resulting in weakness and loss of sensation. Over the next 4…