Energy...

whudson · Energy...

I want to know more about this as well. I was looking for a post...but couldn't find it...I think it was Bit who talked about facing your horse with a soft look and then looking beyond and waiting to see what happens. (I'm sure I fooled that up)

Anyway, I need that explained a little clearer...

Bit?

bit

Not me. Bet it was Mandy's Marty.

PasoBaby_CarolU

I think it was Erin, from a Brent Graef clinic. You'll have to wait until tomorrow. She doesn't have computer access on the weekend.

whudson

I thought for sure that was you Deb...sorry, should have paid more attention

Anyway, thx, hopefully somebody remembers

whudson

Ok this is it....it was Erin.

Quote.....Has anyone else moved their horse with energy? I think I've spoken of this here before. Brent Graef showed us how to do it in the clinic last June. IT IS AMAZING!

Start with just the head. Stand in front of your horse and keep your body as still as possible. Focus your eyes softly - like de-focusing almost - on your horse but you will still be able to see around him. Without moving anything including your eyes any more than you possible can, shift your mental focus from your horse to something else like a neary tree or bush or the barn or anything. Then just wait.

I dare you . . .
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Erin

Please Erin can you explain this to me a little clearer. I thought to bring up energy, you had to be intense

fairhavenranch

I wish everyone who is interested would try this and let me know if you see any light or color (aura).

And of course, if it works for you or not!

Nashama

If someone can point me in the direction for auras I would be very pleased. I feel them, but I can never seem to see them and would love to know where to start.

ElaineW

I am going to try this tomorrow! I will let ya know what happens..

Sunny

learningthedance

Mandy'sMarty

Hi Guys!

I am so glad to finally have a place like this where we can share. It feels good here. It's been a very long day and I feel drained. I just wanted to check in and say "hi". I'm going to go eat some dinner and then call it a day. Thanks, Carol. I'll be around.

imagele

whudson

jackspark

Me too! "Lets get Mystical" We can be weird and no one knows our names.

Nashama

They know mine.

whudson

Can someone explain "aura*

appellativo

isn't it energy surrounding a living thing which can be displayed/perceived as light/color? (or felt, of course.) its sort of like the result of how the spirit/life force interacts with the body. (this is my 'definition' without having looked it up so I could be wrong)

Sunny

You can google it and also look at the google images. I was going to write the definition from the book sitting here, but I don't want to type that much.

whudson

new2thejourney

appellativo

If you want to know what the blue and yellow means, read Michael Newton's Journey of Souls (and later for more details, Destiny of Souls.) If I had to pick one book that I was allowed to read this entire lifetime, it would be Journey of Souls. Required reading for every human being on the planet.

new2thejourney

appellativo

oh come on! we are talking about talking to animals! that pretty much opened the floodgates right there!

When an extremely left brained, non-believing hypnotherapist (actually, more than one if you count Brian Weiss's work) is forced to open his eyes and he isn't even looking for it....well, to me, that speaks volumes for what 'really is!'

jackspark

whudson

Ok, moving on...we all agree this is "outthere"...whatever....I am very intrigued.

I feel comfortable here...comeone to talk to about my weird thoughts.

Didn't talk to my horse today but when I went to the barn, he came to me for the first time in a while...he hates cirlcling game and anything that requires him to move his "feet" and I have been revisiting Parelli. On one sense I feel he enjoys the language we have created and is quite willing, but definetly "not forward". Family horse comes to mind, very safe...steady Eddy as one might call him. Now his story when I first got him does not coincide with that

Anyway, that was called rambling....

When I was at the barn today, I could feel energy...not pleasant stuff, not from the horses...from the people, some good some bad. The horses seem to pick up on the "bad" energy

I have been looking up "aura". Again, would love to be able to read it.

Will keep studying

As I have been reading, I came across the book

The Freedom of Choice by Tom Chalko....has anybody read this?

fairhavenranch

jackspark

fairhavenranch

appellativo

I read Kinship with all Life and in it, the dog did the same thing. It's like they are communicating with the wisdom of the universe or something! Try not to worry too much. Worrying never really solved anything anyways. I heard a really cool quote once, and I wish I had it again verbatim, but it was something like, 'when you finally discover how perfect it all is and that everything is as it should be, you will throw your head back and laugh with joy...' something like that.

new2thejourney

BuffaloBill

4theloveofjake

Hmm, Newbie here also, but I thought since you know your horse and what his normal behavior is, ask yourself,do you believe he felt your energy ? Has he ever swung his head back and forth like that for "no reason?" Knowing him did he react to your energy or Chi as it's also called ?

ElaineW

appellativo

I don't know for sure cuz I wasn't there, but if you were focused on the barn, and then he went to the paddock gate like, 'ok lets go' then he probably heard you.

HopeMissouri

Energy and intention have worked well for me with my dogs. Didn't seem like a big leap to apply it to my horses.

Visualization, picturing in my mind, what I want to accomplish, the results I'm seeking, has made a tremendous difference in my creatures responding to my thoughts.

I find it takes more energy to draw my horses to me, than to send them. But it sure feels good when it works!

ElaineW

well talking about messing up a post! Look at that mess I did with the quotes!! eeeegads!!
I went back to edit it to try to fix it, but got lost in the quote thingies... sigh..
Oh well for what it's worth what I wanna say is in the middle there LOL

bit

One way of checking if it was real is to try it again. Send him somewhere else. Before you do, say hello. It's only polite, and a horsey ritual to boot.
I'm reading Talking to horses and the author says that his experience is, he is more in tune with a certain breed of horse. I'm finding that to be true for myself. I seem to connect with arabs the best. Practice helps. Keep asking, and see what you get. There are no rules, here. Have fun, and come to the table with a lightness in your heart. This isn't a task, or a command. It is an ask. You are touching the miind of your horse. Like a first date. You can even tell him, I'm not sure about this. Would you please move towards the barn so that I know you can hear me? Hawkie was all over, "Today, you will need to do MORE if you want cookies". He volunteered more than he ever has.

misstux

I have been working all kinds of overtime and have had very little time for Scout. When I do have a few minutes to ride, I am so tired all we can do is cruise - the barn is on 10 acres, built up with gravel driveways all around. Tonight I was up for maybe 10-15 minutes. As we were finishing up, I thought "Scout go into the indoor arena and I will dismount there and loosen your cinch". I had the reins on the "buckle" (they are rope reins so there is no actual buckle) and my hand on the saddle horn. Scout cut every corner he could to get to the arena. I had to stop him to make sure there was nobody coming around the corner that we couldn't see. Scout HATES the arena. With a passion. Always stops and tries not to go in. Every time. Without fail. He is a trail horse extraordinaire and to him going in the arena is torture (I have given up my plans of dressage with him for that reason).

Sunny

BuffaloBill

appellativo

I just got the impression from the exercise that the horse would look at whatever object you focused on, too, kinda like, "Tree? What about the tree?"

Peeperpuppy

It depends on how intensely focused you are, your intentions within the focus. If I'm watching a herd of cows & focus on one thinking - that one's close enough - my dogs will move her back away from my 'bubble'. If I'm just admiring that cow, they will often sit beside me & admire too. If I'm putting energy with the focus then the horse or dog will move with or move away from my focus.

I've a dog who will move to protect me if my legs go numb. I have no consious thought of 'dogs I'm in trouble'. In fact those very close to me have learned that if they watch the dogs they'll understand where my back issue really is.

Fasinating stuff.

bit

buffalo bill, what is your name? this is deb. I think the purpose of that experiment was to put your attention on something and have your horse follow your focus. I was wondering if you gave your horse a "why", he might be more open to participating. It works with Hawk that way.
I mentioned that Henry Blake said that we are more connected to certain breeds of horses than others. My very first horse was an appendix quarter horse, and boy did we have an amazing connection. I assumed all horses were like that. Gunner and I had a connection the first time we met, 3 years ago. I realized yesterday, he's an appendix quarter horse paint. drrr. I guess I connect well with arabs, too. Hawk and I have something bloody special. Bit is beginning to explore more, but it's all about cookies for her. Same with Eclipse. Ah hell, same with Tony.
If anyone is experimenting with ac, and it's not working as well as you would like, try a different breed of horse. Think back. Have you ever had a horse that you had a magical connection with? What breed was he? Henry said it is a matter of practice to change your wavelength to match a horse you do not naturally connect with and is not on your natural wavelength.
Horses have wavelengths within the breed, so if you have a herd of 3 throughbreds and 2 halfies, the throughbreds will tend to hang together and the halfies will tend to hang together. I wonder a lot about people who naturally gravitate towards one another. Like us, even. Here we are, a group of individuals, attracted to not only the subject, but one another. I come here, I feel warm, comfortable, safe, home. Is that what our horses feel when we have the same connections with them? Well then, no wonder. That's what it felt like this morning when we left on our pasture walk. It was magical.
Gunner walked up to the back gate, it boarders our neighbors property. He streached out his neck, and gave it a good sniff. I could hear him say, where does this go? (no, not words. It was a block thought.) I told him it went to some wonderful alfalfa, and great adventures. I said we would go there, when the mud dries. I heard Hawk say, Me too??? I turned around and he was looking back towards me, his eyes very wide. I said, yes Hawk, you too. When Kelsey comes, she will teach you to fly, and we will all fly together and have many great adventures! I swear you guys, both horses licked and chewed and licked and chewed.
Is it real? All I know for sure is, since I opened the door to the possiblity, all four horses can't keep their noses off me. They will walk over, touch, sigh, and share breath. I invite them to come with me, and they come. Even the next door stallion is changing. The dogs, the barn cats.
It's like a shift, on a molecular level. Like when the water changes. Doesn't it make sense that we change, when we open the door to this? Just opening the door is enough. It's why I used to warn people I taught to vaporize clouds, "this opens a door that will not close again. Be sure you want to know what's on the other side. There is no going back." I think that's what scares some folks about this. They will be forever changed.

whisperingwindfarms

I typed out this long response and then I thought I hit submit but it's nowhere to be found. So:

Sometimes when I do the energy exercise I see auras. Sometimes they're big and sometimes small. Sometimes different colors.

AND sometimes - this is the cool part - Bucky will actually turn to look at what I'm focusing on or even take a step or two in that direction. I don't send him. I just think in my mind about whatever the thing is I'm focusing on. When he moves in any fashion, I think in my mind back to myself and wait again. Usually within 10 seconds or so, he turns back to me.

bit

Erin, do you think this might be because you and Bucky are on the same wave length? Could you and Bucky be an empathic pair?

whisperingwindfarms

That's my interpretation. He's half Arab and I'm a fairly "sensitive to energy" human being. I have no trouble usually picking up vibes from people, animals or places unless I'm preoccupied.

Bucky and I also have quite a history. So that may explain some of it. I thought I'd try an experiment this weekend since we're on the subject. Since Toby and I only have 1 week's worth of energy, I'm going to try it with him and see what happens.

I tried it with the damn donkey and he just told me to leave him alone.

If we really want to get airy fairy, how many of you have heard of The Silva Method? That's where I first really learned about energy, distance healing, etc. I have had some incredible experiences using the techniques I learned there. Wow - that was a long time ago and yet it seems like yesterday.

I'll post my experiences with an animal communicator on the other thread. She's the first one who told me, "You don't need me. You just need to sit down, shut up and tune in. Animals will let you know what you're looking for." Since that time, I have had experiences where I felt certain things and other experiences where I actually heard things in my head.

My feeling and experience is that once a person opens themselves up to the possibility of this kind of communication, then the experiences begin. BUT then we immediately discount them or negate them. That's where the work lies for me - actually honoring the experiences for what they are.

For those with religious beliefs that this is creeping out, I relate my personal experiences to stories of people being "called" in certain respects. They're all gifts and they all come from Source - whether your Source is God or Spirit or Fred. Just mho . . .

Sunny

whisperingwindfarms

Sunny

Sure thing!

ElaineW

Sunny

Here, check out all of the great people we will get to see! We may have to have a thread for each one!

http://www.rayhunt.com/memorial.htm

alexwein

Does anyone know anything about Lee Smith? Nice to see a woman on the ticket. Quite a group!! Wow.

Peeperpuppy

appellativo

Here's a quote from amazon.com on Buck Brannaman's book Believe.

"There's a point in horsemanship when horse and horseman know enough about each other that a third thing, another dimension, begins to be part of the relationship. It's upon this element that the real ride takes place and in Believe we can see the markers along the journey."
--Tom McGuane

whisperingwindfarms

As Bret Graef says, "This can be as deep as you want to be . . . a little deep or a whole lot deep. You get to choose."

Yes_But_Neigh

Bit wrote:

appellativo

I remember that thread! My cloudbusting experience has been inconclusive but I'll admit I didn't have ALL the factors going for me all at the same time.

Copious_Amour

bit

From what I've experienced, heard and read, we all have different gifts. Some folks hear, some see, some feel, it's all part of our wonderful individual-ness! If you can feel an aura, maybe that's your thing. I wouldn't get too caught up in not being able to do something. Focus on your gifts, the good bits in your life, and you'll get more of the same. Focus on what you don't have, and you'll get more of that.
I'm just touching on that "other" that Brent talks about. It's my favorite part. I don't have that stress of not riding anymore. My time with the herd has a lot of different facets, and the one I would grieve for would be the "other". That's what makes horses magic...or it's what enables us to enter that magical world they live in. It's the key to all that good stuff.