The Organic Equine July 06 Article
The Magic of Reiki with Valee More

Hock Trauma
A Case Study

Lisa is a passionate student of equine Reiki whose partner own's Woody a 12 year old Stationbred gelding. Unfortunately, Woody is possessed of a degenerative joint condition (arthritis) in his off hock which gradually became apparent over a 6 month period, although he was sound to ride. He eventually became so mistrusting and sensitive due to the pain of flexing the hock joint during shoeing that he would not let anyone groom or handle the area, let alone allow the hoof to be picked up. Now some people would say that he was being difficult to handle but Woody would be telling a different story: "I don't trust you, you hurt me when you pick up my leg and now I don't want you to touch that area at all"!

Session 1

So armed with her new equine Reiki, Lisa uses Woody for one of her case studies. Her intention is to assist the hock condition, to help destress Woody and regenerate his trust and wellbeing. Now the beauty of Reiki is that it can be performed anywhere and from a distance if you like. Lisa conducts her first session with Woody loose in his paddock. He accepts the Reiki from his head through his body to his quarters and walks off not allowing her to go any further - I wonder why!

Sessions 2-3

Lisa brings him in for his second session and ties him up. He is happy to accept the healing and the energy pours into the sacrum, the point of hip and the stifle on the off side. He again moves away from treatment to the off hock - Lisa decides to direct the energy to his hock off his body instead. On the next session he accepts the energy being directed to the off hock for about 5 minutes and to have it handled briefly before moving away. Outside of these treatments he is happy to have the hock handled but still not happy to have his leg picked up - a big improvement.

Further Sessions

Lisa is now able to groom Woody's off hock comfortably and on his fourth session she is able to give Reiki directly over his hock for about 3 minutes before he moves away. And Woody is getting increasingly happier having his hock handled in between time. The fifth to seventh sessions are much the same but are getting shorter - Woody enjoys the treatment especially to the sacral area and again accepts a short healing to his hock.

Between the eighth and ninth treatment he becomes happier to have his leg lifted for picking out, although he could not hold it up for too long, and on the eleventh session he accepts six minutes of Reiki to his off hock.
Arthritis is a long-term condition and Woody is still receiving Reiki for his general health and activity levels. He is now quite happy having his off hind picked up for shoeing having had 1 day's retraining before hand. Lisa says "he seems much more comfortable with his leg and once again trusts his human companions". (Lisa is available for treatments in the Kaukapakapa/Warkworth area,
ph 09 422-5073.)

Simply put, the Reiki energy flows through the chakras and meridian pathways to the practitioner's hands (and feet), which is channelled to the recipient. It is the recipient's own healing wisdom or intelligence that heals whether it's for physical, mental or emotional healing. And the Reiki energy accelerates the healing process right down to the cellular level. In this case it helped to release memory and tissue trauma, and helped to restore trust.

The above case study shows a normal flow of improvement for this type of problem. I expect to see some improvement from each session and depending on the horse and the circumstances, treatments may be as few as 1 or 2 sessions.
Valee More offers free equine Reiki demonstrations to groups in the Auckland area and regularly teaches and practices from Massey, West Auckland .

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