ANIMALS – MY GREATEST TEACHERS

When I came to train with the great Monty Roberts in 1997– who is a wonderful horse trainer and psychologist but more commonly known as the Californian Horse Whisperer – little did I know that his work would bring me to the healing profession.

I soon learnt, whilst working with traumatized and misunderstood horses, that what they also needed was help with their emotional and physical bodies. 

Horses rarely misbehave unless they are frightened or in pain.

For four years I did little else but work with hands on healing with horses.  Quite often this was hands off healing as some of the equines were intent upon harming me as I was initially perceived as one of those dangerous beings on two legs who caused them pain. 

So I learnt to work across fields, balancing from rooftops and ultimately to become proficient at working from a distance. 

I learnt to listen to messages I received psychically from the animal and I developed a kind of X-ray vision.

It is, quite rightly, against the code of conduct for healers to give diagnosis as we are not medics or veterinarians, but it was often the case that I could identify for the vet an area in which the animal was somehow ill or damaged. 

This ability is also present when working with humans.

Animals, just like us, dissociate from their bodies when the physical reality becomes too much for them to cope with. 

My job is to make their bodies and situations happy for them to return to being fully present. 

This can mean working too with the owner to help the owner appreciate the animal’s perspective on the situation. 

Our animals can take on our pain, just as we take our parents pain when we are children in an attempt to help. 

Sometimes this pain can overwhelm them as it did us as kids – helping understand and heal this dynamic is a wonderful gift to bring.

Tina works mainly with small animals from time to time and welcomes these to her clinic with open arms.