Category: Living with Laminitis

  • We are a river………..

    We are a river………..

    Risada has now been muzzled. This is a second to last resort for me with laminitis. The last resort is to split the herd. First couple of sessions earlier in the week I sensed her struggling to find peace due to pain in her feet, the muzzle, and not being able to eat. So we…

  • Sometimes things have to get worse before they get better..

    Sometimes things have to get worse before they get better..

    Over the last couple of weeks I have engaged in some healing sessions, with the herd as a whole and, with individual members, around laminitis, and deeper into the digestive systems.  On the basis that sometimes things get worse before they get better, yesterday we have Chocolate with laminitis and mild diarrhoea, Risada with laminitis getting…

  • “How are you?” “I’m in pain.” “That’s ok.”

    “How are you?” “I’m in pain.” “That’s ok.”

    And it is you know… As humans we have been conditioned to believe that pain must be fixed. And yet we are so disconnected we have no idea what needs fixing, so we fix what we see with our eyes and what our heads tell us to fix. We want to control it, to banish…

  • Keeping focus & starting to communicate

    This little 20 minute session, which is only the second time I have asked anything of Querida in the arena, started by getting present and finding our connection, our neutral place. This was a lot quicker today which was fantastic. Once I had the connection, I just started working with keeping that connection while I…

  • Don’t be afraid of the grass!

    Having laminitic ponies or horses to manage can create a plethora of emotions in us humans, which are then communicated to our animals. Animals communicate with feelings. Just because we don’t know how to do that, doesn’t mean we are not communicating how we feel. Think of it like this: There are 3 humans tied…

  • Trying on the harness…

    A long video. An amazing process with Querida bringing peace of mind to introducing the harness, putting it on, and then removing it. Most of the time she is nearly asleep. Such a lovely connection with her. No need to tie her up, and I only needed a slight touch on the rope to bring…

  • A few minutes in the arena with Querida

    This is the first time Querida has chosen to stay with me in the arena. Working at finding a peaceful relationship between us and the head collar has paid off and shows here. The first little bit also shows how we can find peace with not eating very quickly now. This is an important step…

  • A little sleepy time with the ponies

    Both the ponies are a little tender on their feet at the moment, and Chocolate is also struggling with her back leg joints. We have good spring grass (Oh no!) and the ground is very hard as well as we haven’t had rain for ages. So neither are moving very fast or very quick. Talking…

  • Healing emotions that manifest as laminitis with Chocolate – 6th April 2021

    Video summary A phenomenal session with Chocolate this morning which lasted about an hour and 15 mins. It is a place where we are starting to look at transferring the knowledge that, when we have physical issues as humans they are usually caused by emotional triggers that could go back a long way, so why…

  • Lam-Anx

    Definition : Laminitis Anxiety Meaning : The anxiety we humans have about laminitis. The feeling of nervousness as that first grass blade appears in spring; The feeling of guilt as you put up the fence to keep your pony away from the grass and usually the rest of the herd; The fear that we have…