Jen is having some sessions with Pam Sourelis of Reiki, Communication, and Neuromuscular Retraining. I will keep this page updated with her progress, but here is the report of her first session.
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1/3/08
Hi Michelle. Here are the notes for Jen's session.
Hi Michelle. Here are the notes for Jen's session.
I began the session by placing one hand on her chest, one on her hind end and just channeling Reiki while gently rocking her from front to back. She pulled in a tremendous amount.
I was then led to take her sternum in small circles. This is ordinarily not something I would do at the beginning of a session, as this is a very private area of the body. I also like to work with the spine and ribcage first. But this is where Jen wanted me to work, and so I did. The circles were very smooth and clean, no sticking.
I then channeled Reiki to the entire underside of her body, then to the muscles along her spine, and then up through her seat bones. When sending the Reiki through her seat bones, I saw dark areas in her lower spine and off to the sides of her spine. I place my hands on either side of her lower back and channeled Reiki while gently rocking her from side to side. The dark area cleared fairly quickly, within two or three minutes.
I noticed gray energy further up her spine, and so I moved my hands further up the spine, one hand on either side, and continued channeling Reiki. This energy also cleared fairly quickly. I repeated this process with my hands on her shoulders.
Jen then presented her chest to me. I wasn't sure if she was presenting her physical chest/sternum or her heart chakra, perhaps both. In any event, I channeled Reiki to the area.
Jen then led me to her left shoulder. Standing on her left side, I channeled Reiki to the area, which was rather dark and seemed quite stiff. I did not attempt to initiate any movement. I then moved to the right shoulder. I channeled Reiki to the area and then took the shoulder in small circles. They were smooth, no sticking.
Jen then led my hands to the area just below her withers (still on her right side). After channeling Reiki to the area, I moved a bit lower on her spine, where I held and lifted the muscles beneath the spine (taking over the work of the muscles). I "walked" down her spine, and when I reached her haunches, lifted and held the muscles of one haunch at a time, while gently rocking her from side to side.
I then sent Reiki up through Jen's feet. She felt much softer at the end of the session than she had at the beginning.
I started to speak to Jen several times during the session, to ask her questions, but I thought better of it. It felt invasive. She wasn't interested in communicating in that way. My sense is that she is standoffish because she is physically uncomfortable and doesn't want to be jostled by the other horses. This could change with additional NMR work.
After I wrote these last two paragraphs in my notebook, I turned my attention to Jen again to end the session. I had planned on taking her face in my hands, but she positioned my hands higher up, just behind the poll. As I channeled Reiki to the area, I felt her neck loosen.
She told me that what I had just written was correct. She stretched her neck and back and communicated the energy of smiling broadly. I stroked her mane for awhile and then swept her aura to close the session.
Thank you for allowing me to work with this lovely creature.
Please let me know if you notice any changes in her demeanor or behavior.
Be well, Pam
Reiki Energy Healing
Animal Communication
Neuro-Muscular Retraining
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1/9/08 -
Hi Michelle. Here are the notes for Jen's second session.
Hi Michelle. Here are the notes for Jen's second session.
As I connected to her with Reiki, I told her that it's OK for her to be off by herself as long as she is happy. No one is asking her to change her personality.
When I began working with her body (mostly Reiki), I noted that her lower back was stiff. I channeled Reiki to the area, did some gentle rocking, and very gently "bent" the hind a tiny bit around the lumbar/sacral joint.
I then sent Reiki up her spine and into her shoulders. I still noticed darkness in the left shoulder and to a lesser extent the entire left side of her body. I channeled Reiki to the left shoulder, then took it in small circles (which she didn't want me to do last week, so this is progress).
I then took her sternum in small circles. They were smooth; this is good, too.
My sense of her is that she is still fairly closed, not as willing as Leroy to let go of pain. She needs to find something else to replace it (like play).
I then channeled Reiki to the rest of her body and chakras.
I said a prayer for release of pain, release of fear, and I asked that those spaces be filled with love and light. I assured her that how she behaves after that is up to her; she is free to remain reserved if she likes.
I ended the Reiki by holding her head in my hands for a few minutes. I then swept her aura.
While I wasn't comfortable speaking to her last week, I took a chance this week: Pam: Jen, do you have anything you want to say? Jen: Not really, not yet. I feel that I am healing. I appreciate what you are trying to do. I am trying to move the darkness aside and bask in the light.
At this point, I said good-bye, ending the session. Her comment (along with her bucking episode!) is very good news. As long as she is open to information and to healing energy, my sense is that she is going to be fine.
Thank you for allowing me to work with her.
Be well, Pam
Reiki Energy Healing
Animal Communication
Neuro-Muscular Retraining
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1/16/08
Hi Michelle. Here are the notes for Jen's session.
Hi Michelle. Here are the notes for Jen's session.
I began as I most often do, rocking her gently from front to back while channeling Reiki.
She then led me to her left shoulder. I spent a lot of time here, channeling Reiki until the area was "softer" and then taking the shoulder in small, smooth circles.
I then did the same on the right side, but for a much shorter time, as the nervous system transfers the information from one side to another fairly quickly.
She then led me to her sternum, where we also worked for quite awhile, channeling Reiki and taking the sternum in circles.
She then led me to her neck, at first the whole general area and then the spine, then to the area below her withers (both sides) and then the withers themselves. Most of the session was spent in these areas: shoulders, sternum, neck, withers.
But then, much to my surprise, she led me to her poll. I channeled Reiki to the area for awhile, then left one hand on her poll , placed the other under her chin, and gently (I'm talking about very tiny movement) coaxed her chin towards me. The purpose was to show her that the poll can move, and that the movement can be free and comfortable.
Jen then led me to her hind end, where I sent Reiki up through her tail to her poll, up through her hind feet (to stabilize the hind), and then up through her seat bones towards her poll.
We ended the session as we had begun, with gentle rocking front to back.
As I told you on the phone, when she placed my hands on her poll, I said, Michelle isn't going to believe this; she's going to think I just went here because of our conversation, and Jen was all, Oh, be quiet and do the work. She's a stitch.
Thank you for allowing me to work with her. Please keep me posted on her progress.
Be well, Pam
Reiki Energy Healing
Animal Communication
Neuro-Muscular Retraining
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Jen had 3 Reiki/NMR sessions, as you read above. I have seen some emotional changes in Jen, that are very interesting. Jen seems to have realized that she is entitled to an opinion, and she is testing out sharing that opinion. I can't say that she has completely opened up yet, but it feels like she's trying out the theory ;-) So we're working through a few emotional things. She kicks out at the other horses now, which she didn't do before. She's been the bottom of the pecking order, and not she's telling them to f--- off when they push her around. She's still bottom of the pecking order, but sharing her opinion. She is learning that we don't kick out or push other horses INTO the human (Leroy is the only horse under her that she can push). That is something I don't tolerate, and I fully expect to be able to walk around the paddock with hungry horses and not be run down. The rest of them have learned, and Jen can learn as well. Don't chase other horses near the human, that is the #1 rule.
Also, instead of locking up and bracing when I handle her, she is now throwing her head up and bugging her eyes out. It seems to me, that she's telling me that she is worried, rather than withdrawing into herself with the attitude of: "OK, FINE! Do what you have to do to me and get it over with already." So, although on its surface it is quite annoying, I'm taking this as progress. I'm currently handling it by doing my best to keep my emotions out of it (my first thought being: "you stupid horse, we've been doing this every day for almost a year, why are you freaking out NOW about it???" So I take a deep breath, and just wait.
One day I had to wait almost 10 minutes to take her halter off, she kept throwing her head up and popping her eyes out and ready to run away every time I reached toward her halter. Finally, she sighed, dropped her head, and licked and chewed for the first time ever! Then I was easily able to take her halter off, and she wandered off (rather than ripping away like she had originally planned to). It actually looked so funny at the time to see her lick and chew, I guess I hadn't realized how tight she always holds her mouth and jaw, always clenched tight. She is doing a lot of l/c now, everytime I handle her she walks away licking and chewing.
Unfortunately, Ana is still nursing. She actually seems to be nursing a bit more than she was in December, darnit. Jen is so darned herdbound though, I really am reluctant to force wean them. She's already been ripped away from her other daughters, while they were starving, and she really misses them, I don't want to do that to her again. I guess I'll just keep pouring the feed in, and as soon as the weather gets better, I'll spend more time taking them away from each other incrementally and doing fun stuff with each one so it isnt' so worrisome.
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