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Communication with awareness creates understanding
There are many definitions of communication but these are my two favourites : Communication is the transmission and interchange of facts, ideas, feelings or course of action. Leland Brown Communication is the sum of all things one person does when he wants to create understanding in the mind of another. It involves a systematic and…
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Mutual Regard creates Respect
This is the third understanding of Animal Connection and Beyond. You will be regarded and respected by others if you love yourself (Understanding 1), if you are vulnerable to your feelings (Understanding 2), and if you take responsibility for your own boundaries and honour the No. You will regard and respect others who love themselves,…
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Stepping into Timmy’s aggressiveness
This post follows on from my two previous posts, as this could not have happened if I hadn’t worked with my own feelings around Timmy getting aggressive when I offer him peace. Those two posts are: Additionally we would not have gotten to this point together without the work already done together around his cribbing,…
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Co-operative muzzling..
Co-operative muzzling.. And other muzzling things. We are back in the spring season, when the grass grows lush and sweet, the dandelions provide sprinkles, and the horses put on weight. For some this is amazing, and a great time to run around, find good nutrients and pick up some weight after the winter. Timmy (Thoroughbred)…
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Starting to consider the halter – 2023-03-20
We started today with two oils : Sea buckthorn which is a good all rounder for health particularly in moulting season; and Violet Absolute releasing anticipation of pain. There is an emotion that Anah, Astuce and I have to work through each time, which is the ‘stranger/danger’ feeling. Who am I and why am I…
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Scratches with Astuce 2023-02-06
At first the donkeys didn’t want to talk, but after a while they chose the place where they were happy to engage and have a conversation. At the start it was about sharing the present moment and then approaching, and then sharing the present moment again, and then approaching again, until I was at the…
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Acknowledging memories..
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A lot of woo-woo…
Remote energy healing connections, EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) Tapping, crystal healing and how everything is coming together.. I was watching an amazing instructional follow along video from ‘Listen to your Horse’ on accessing the areas of concern in laminitics and releasing the emotional element of laminitis. Something I am exploring deeply with my herd and…
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Risada showing the pain anticipation behaviour..
This is a follow on from a post on August 21 2022 about Pain Anticipation with Risada; http://animalconnectionandbeyond.fr/2022/08/21/pain-anticipation-with-risada/ ; and a post on 16th October 2022, regarding why Risada still bites the farrier; http://animalconnectionandbeyond.fr/2022/10/16/why-does-my-horse-still-want-to-bite-my-farrier/. This is a few clips of how Risada throws her body about when she anticipates pain. This is quite mild now…
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Opening up to a conversation
