Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Nourishment


A friend was asking me why there are so many different opinions on how to feed a horse (or a dog, or a person) and my answer to this is always the same: It is because all beings are unique and each caretaker has unique experiences to draw upon from past companions or advice from those with such experiences. Someone who has only owned Thoroughbreds will be very much conditioned to feeding and handling in a specific way that is the exact opposite, perhaps, of someone with Shetland ponies. But we can all learn from each other - ways of managing a founder case, or a mare prone to colic will be useful no matter what the breed. So, I have a few guidelines that apply to all horses:


  • Never make sudden changes in feed - add new items gradually

  • Feed a roughage-based diet, adding energy foods when energy demands are made

  • Add fresh vegetables and fruits for enzymes, vitamins, minerals and life force

  • Feed sea vegetables to support health and counter toxins

  • Add fresh and dried herbs (they would have been there for natural browsing)

  • Provide pure, free choice WATER and good SALT
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Horses Heal Us

If you can get you out of the way when you come to your horse, he will show you how to shift your position within the field to a place that supports and nurtures your soul. It's all about how you feel and you empower those feelings and they create your reality and your horse is ready to show you how to feel magnificent.

Compassion not Compulsion

In all of our relationships, the light of integrity is held by Compassion. If we consider something other than our own motives and agendas, we can open to living a real life outside of the world of illusion. With animals, we will establish communication instead of domination. With loved ones, we will share our very souls. With humanity, we will become beacons of reason and unconditional love. We will shift ourselves and those who resonate with Nature to a higher kind of love and life where the demoralizing of others is simply not accepted.

be a lamp unto yourself

be a lamp unto yourself