Healing Horses At Blue Star Equiculture

Are horses healing?  I’ve heard from so many people that they are.  I know that having Chloe has opened my eyes to so many issues I need to deal with about myself.  And  our donkeys, Fanny and Lulu,  ground me in away I’ve never experienced with any other animals.  But what I was to experience at Blue Star Equiculture was different.

I woke up feeling low this morning. I  knew it was because of  the holidays.  In the car, on the way to Blue Star, Jon and I talked about choosing to be happy, if it was always  a choice and how to go about doing it.

I was still thinking about it when we got to Blue Star.  But when we pulled in Pamela was heading out for a ride with writer   Suzanne Strempk Shea  and Josie, (who is sixteen, has been volunteering at BSE since she was 9 and won an award at the World Percheron Congress, with her horse Remix.)  I didn’t even get to button my jacket and Josie was off Remix  and offering to let me ride him.  Someone else, (I don’t even know who it was) brought over a step so I could get on Remix’s back.  Josie   whispered something to Remix then told me he’d be good for me.    I thanked her and only realized later how she gave up her ride for me.

I don’t understand why, but when I got on Remix, everything else faded away.  I forgot how down I was as we made our way around the perimeter of the big pasture.   And when we got back to the barn,  I slid off of Remix’s back and thanked him for the ride and for putting up with me.   He seemed to be listening to me, so patient and gentle.

And I felt different.  The dark  nervousness and worry that was churning inside of me was gone.   I felt clearer, more like myself, the gloom of the holidays lifted.

I can’t tell you how it happened, only that it happened.  And yes, I would say, without a doubt that horses are healing, probably in more ways than I’ll ever know.