Wyld Spirits Holistic Healing

05/12/2023

Wings.

I hope that you find what you are looking for.

But I hope that what you are looking for is driven only by things like love, and mending, and a soul at peace with where it resides.

I hope that all of the parts of you that still remain fragile, grow sturdier and braver with time.

That you choose sometimes, to do the harder things in life so that when you encounter an unexpected storm, you will already have some flight behind your wings.

I hope you feel deeply and fall with arms wide open beneath you.

I hope you heal.

Even if you do not yet know where the path is leading you.

I hope you find your spirit in tact and filling.

That you find the kind of water that quenches your thirst and the kind of shelter that does not crumble.

I hope that you are able to find something to hold on to when the winds change direction.

And I hope that somewhere along the way, you find yourself too.

~ ullie-kaye

15/11/2023

Absolutely 💖

If you don't want to get criticized, hide from the world.

Be nobody, stand for nothing.

Never express yourself.

Keep your creativity hidden.

But realize, that a life lived in fear and anonymity is no life at all.

Progress and growth demand bravery.

Have the courage to be disliked while staying kind.

Meet cruelty with grace and stand tall in who you are.

No matter the noise.

~ Vex King

01/11/2023

Beautiful as always ❤️

There are bridges you have yet to walk across.

Mountains you have yet to look up at.

Airports you have yet to touch base in.

Souls you have yet to encounter.

Oceans you have yet to immerse yourself in.

Sunsets you have yet to see.

Flowers you have yet to pick.

So why would you ever imagine that all you have already experienced is all that there is?

Your soul is seeking to feel.

Your soul is seeking home.

The home in your own heart that exists beyond the conditioned ways you have been told you need to be in this world.

A home you can take with you anywhere.

The world often pushes us in directions that seem right.

Yet it is only your soul that knows what is right for you.

Your soul knows what feels good.

Your soul knows what it takes.

There is a whole world out there waiting for you.

Allow your soul to light the way.

08/09/2023

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Selfless.

Do you ever want to run away and start over?

Wipe the slate clean.

Begin all over again with a blank canvas?

It’s ok, we all feel that way sometimes.

It doesn’t mean you don’t love your life or the people in it.

It doesn’t mean that you wouldn’t give your last breath to see them happy.

Sometimes when we yearn to be selfish, it means we have been selfless for too long.

~ Lang Leav

(This quote brought me to tears this morning)

21/07/2023

4 easy tips for feeding a forage-only diet successfully:

1. Forage should be the foundation of your horse’s diet, fed at around 1.5-2% of their body weight1. The average 1,000 lb horse, at maintenance, should eat 15 to 20 lbs per day.

2. Provide a quality diet balancer to cover essential vitamins & minerals.

3. Test your forage to make sure your horse is getting enough calories, understand macro and micro-nutrient composition, and ensure your hay is high in digestible fiber. Studies show that forage cut at an early plant maturity stage provides high fiber digestibility and energy content, while late-cut forage does not8.

4. Use a hay net to encourage all-day grazing, and slow down easy-keepers.

18/07/2023

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06/07/2023

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

02/07/2023

So true 🐎

𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐢𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐬?

I find it completely bizarre that often common sense isn’t used when we are handling our horses, actually it’s something that boils my blood and considering I have this platform I feel I can try help the most important person/animal in this situation … the horse.

You would have thought we’ve moved on from “old horsemanship training methods”, “being the boss”, “getting after the horse”, basically scaring them into submission but unfortunately we haven’t.

Now, I’m not here to attack anyone or anyone’s “training” methods but what I do hope is that people can take a look at how they handle their horses at a different perspective.

Imagine if someone walked up to you, demanded, in fact shouted tasks they want you to complete and they stand back and wait for you to do it… would you do it?
Our horses are not here to follow our commands blindly, they should be here to be a horse first and our friend second, and friends do things for each other it’s never a one way street otherwise in my eyes that’s a pretty miserable friendship.

I often see owners getting frustrated and upset when their horse doesn’t do what they ask, they often punish them for not doing the task they were asked, I remember as a child I struggled learning Mathematics, I was not good at it at all (I’m still not) I often got discouraged by teachers and talked to in a negative way for getting it wrong.
Do you think I wanted to try again? Nope, I wanted to avoid any situation that resulted in me failing, because it didn’t feel good.

It’s important to remember that often our horses don’t know what we are asking of them, usually they don’t follow through with an activity because they are confused at what we are asking. 𝐑𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐲, and ask them again. It’s like we are saying “Good try buddy, but that wasn’t quite it, can we try again?”.

𝐏𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐛𝐨𝐱. It sounds self explanatory doesn’t it, but for some it isn’t. For some this is all they know. Again this where our common sense comes in, how would you feel if someone used physical violence to your child to get them to “learn”… it hasn’t, doesn’t and will never work. All you are teaching is that life is scary, painful and unpredictable. All you are teaching is trauma.

Let’s all say this together…..

𝐇𝐎𝐑𝐒𝐄𝐒 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐎𝐖𝐍 𝐆𝐀𝐈𝐍, 𝐇𝐎𝐑𝐒𝐄𝐒 𝐃𝐎 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐆𝐇 𝐅𝐄𝐀𝐑. (In fact no living being learns through fear)

𝐖𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐬𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐭’𝐬 𝐝𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫.

Written By - The Fearful Rider - For The Horse♥️

Art Work By - Dorota Kudyba Art

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30/06/2023

❤️❤️

You are not the darkness you endured.

You are the light that refused to surrender.

~ John Mark Green

13/06/2023

It does ❤️❤️💜💜💜

Fate whispers to the warrior.

And it is up to you to hear the call.

You could live as the warrior you are called to be.

The choice is yours.

And you are not alone.

You are part of a lightworking network of souls around the earth that are here to assist in the healing, awakening and acsension of humanity.

You are not alone.

There is an army of guides, angels and ancestors on your side.

They are supporting you through your journey.

Keeping you safe.

Protected.

They love to see you dance through the adversities that are the stepping stones to your greatness.

12/06/2023

Common sense should tell you, but just in case .

22/05/2023

Foraging fun with hogweed?

Hogweed - Probably on e of the most commonly selected herbs by horses at this time of year. Up there with Cow parsley and Cleavers.
Heracleum shondylium. Such a lovely latin name 🙂 and not to be confused with Giant hogweed. The noxious, toxic definitely don't want to touch variety.
Common hogweed is a prolific, easily recognizable native species. Found in hedgerows and margins throughout the UK. It is one of the few native plants that has little folklore or mystical context outside of its general and medicinal use. Possibly missing a place in historical lore due to its close proximity to everyday life. Despite this:
Hogweed is rich in vitamin C, boosting the immune system but also helping in the absorption of many vital elements
It is indicated in kidney and heart inflammation due to its diuretic action, while also helping stimulate the circulatory system
Through its cooling action it can help with urinary tract inflammation and infections
Hogweed has a cooling nature that helps in reducing fever.
It is especially helpful with rheumatic and arthritic complaints, it was traditionally boiled in water, allowed to cool and fed to cows in winter.
The herb additionally acts as a carminative, helping to expel gases. Super helpful for windy horses.
So while it is prolific in the hedgerows and bridal ways horses can be very selective about the time of year when they enjoy it, many horses usually favouring it in early to mid Spring.
It does have a photo toxic quality so if you or your animal is sensitive take extra precautions. Wear gloves if your picking it up for your horse and limit exposure.
Medicinally it can offer much to metabolic horses at this time of year due to the diuretic qualities.

19/05/2023

Always,for all living things 🙏💖

08/05/2023

And proud to be one too💕

05/05/2023

Whatever you feel goes straight to the horse 🐎

19/04/2023

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19/04/2023

I've always believed them to be a mirror of yourself 🙏

18/04/2023

05/04/2023

Reiki can help relieve their anxiety and stress, bringing calm to mind ,body and spirit.

01/04/2023

Always warm your horse up in walk for at least 15 minutes whether you are in the school or out hacking.

09/03/2023

The Rubber Band Effect in Horse Training:

Let me compare horse training to a rubber band.

When you rush horse training and try to obtain a certain result on your timeline and not the horses, you stretch the elastic band.

You can stretch and stretch that elastic band and for a time, it’ll seem like you’re getting further ahead.

And for a time, it’ll actually be true.

But, as you push on, the tension will build and eventually, it will become too much and that elastic band may snap, rebounding back with much more of a sting than what would’ve otherwise have existed if tension was relived earlier.

If you had just relaxed and slowed down, allowing the horse to build the flexibility, fitness and understanding for the work being asked.

If the horse’s fear and tension was honoured and sought to be relieved instead of punished and pressured on for a result…

If there had just been a little more patience, result could’ve been different. The fall out that is a snapped rubber band, a broken or traumatized horse, need not exist. The damage may be mental, emotional or physical, but the damage is still apparent.

When we push and we push, eventually, the horse will hit a breaking point and once you get to that point, the physical and mental damage the horse sustained in the process can come rebounding back in a manner much more severe than what would have been had the time been taken in the beginning.

Trying to fix something that is damaged or broken is a lot more difficult than not damaging it in the first place.

If you’re interested in more training help, tutorials on reading equine behaviour or other learning resources, I have several options:
http://milestoneequestrian.ca

01/03/2023

Touch -

The physiology of how the information travels in the nervous system is the exact same!

On top of that, the area of the brain that processes the touch is the same area that elicits emotions.

Touch is social. Touch can be associated with good feelings or bad feelings.

Because the brain is changeable and moldable, we can help horses have a good relationship with touch.

Think about how many horses have a bad relationships with touch - anywhere on their body.

Anything from physical abuse, to a saddle that didn’t fit, to an accident or bad injury

The nervous system is AMAZING. Let’s work with it for the good of the horse.

18/02/2023

So true,you need to be their safe place

25/01/2023

Today I had the pleasure of meeting Mickey,a very handsome gent to give him his very first Reiki session. He was unsure of the energy at first so I started at a distance for him to get used to the feel of it. He soon accepted it with hands on. He gave some amazing releases ,his body was really relaxed afterwards. Even after we left him to process the changes and feelings he was having ,he was still yawning. Safe to say I think he enjoyed it.💖

14/01/2023

That's usually the case

“Why doesn’t he do it for me?” “She’s just hard in her mouth” “If he doesn’t do it, it means he doesn’t listen, you have to push harder!” “Don’t let her get away with it” “He just does not want to do it, he’s just being lazy”

This and other examples of a mindset that horses have the exact same cognition as we do and consciously choose whether they WANT to do something for us or just simply don’t.
It’s not that they don’t have a cognition or a free will - but it’s less complicated and less “thought of” as with us.

Most horses WANT to do stuff for us. And most cues are not a question for WANT but for “if you don’t then …” and an animal rather chooses to obey than to fight as long as their nervous system believes its the best choice.

And that’s the clue: if a horse does not do something we ask, it’s a nervous system decision to not do it - therefore the horse CAN’T do it. It doesn’t matter if that’s physical or emotional - mammals have a quite strong connection with their bodies unlike us, so if it’s a mental ‘no’ it’s also a physical ‘no’.

Important is, that we change that mindset from not wanting to not being able to. If a horse ‘does not listen’ ‘yield’ ‘canter’ ‘stand still’ ‘give hooves’ etc., it is because it’s nervous system probably prohibits its body to do so.

It makes no sense to punish or accuse someone who is physically not able to do something for not doing it. It is not a personal attack or a gaining advantage for malicious intent. It’s simply a protecting of their own integrity. And that’s in our best interest - because who knows better if the ligaments, joints or muscles can do something if not the horse itself?

Asking ‘why’ a horse won’t do something is the first step to change perspective. Why does he can’t? And how can I help him find confidence and comfort to learn to do it in the future?

06/01/2023

Absolutely

Maybe the amount of extraordinary things that happen in your life…

Depends on what you notice.

03/01/2023

Hope that you all have had a fabulous Christmas and New Year. Please contact me if you'd like to book a session for your horse,pet or yourself. I look forward to hearing from you, thanks Tracy x