Why do animals need bodywork?

Until very recently, the idea of ​​providing bodywork for animals was promoted by just a few worried carers. Recently, though the idea was caught, it is necessary to deepen the understanding of the practice. When the owner is facing an animal that needs bodywork, the first question to be addressed is "Why?" Yes, it is important to relieve pain and restore functional movements to animal friends, but bodywork is not fixed, healing is important, time consuming and maintenance is necessary.

The biggest problem with horses and dogs is probably trauma. Every horse is undergoing some kind of trauma in our life. While working with them, my focus is on the experience at hand. As they are all different, each animal needs to approach differently. When an accident or abuse causes trauma, the body treats it in the way necessary to survive. In many cases, the caregiver reports "It seems to be fine" after witnessing or reporting that the case affected the short-term behavior of the animal. I think this is funny, because they are assuming that things are okay, they say that their words intuitionally question the problem using the word "look".

What happened is that you succeeded in avoiding or compensating for the affected part as the body passed by. Horses are mastering by compensating. As their vertebrate genetic memory tells them that weakness is picked out by predators, they pay great effort to conceal abnormalities and weakness as beasts . It means some sort of death. Animals, like people, compensate for some reason until they can not relieve stress. So when I saw the problem, especially the mysterious, somewhat obscure problem, for example the animals with ff and hock problems, I found a compensation pattern that was built for a while and did not arise there I doubt.

There is a possibility that the problem appearing there has started with the mandible or pelvis. Conversely, a blow to the lower limb causes the animal to mistakenly bind a part of its upper body and use it, in other words, it causes a compensatory pattern on the waist, the pelvis or the shoulder, for example. In any case, the balance of the overall structure of the animal is obliged to function from the position of imbalance, the influence of this situation is innumerable, potentially dangerous to the health of the animal. My job as a bodyworker is not to diagnose. That is to listen to animals and their energetic patterns. All that I am doing is to spend time listening to what is being said and what is not. Then I will make it easy to recover the balance by using every aspect of my tool box.

Another aspect of the need for bodywork is the burden mentioned here. Like birds of prey, horses think that there is an obligation to hide the weakness from the outside world. Understanding this is important in order to understand how extensive it is in circumstances that compromise the ability of a horse to function normally. And not just physical level. It is also essential to understand the emotional impact of obstacles on horses. Disability due to trauma can be dealt with at a physical level, but we need to deal with emotional level as well. I personally consider damaging the ability of the horse to act on the instinct of fighting and flight, so we will consider locking down the obstacles. Animals with these disorders feel weak to the eyes of the outside world, so bad conformation or visual acuity contributes to overall anxiety.

During bodywork sessions, horses may want to move around, especially when dealing with old-fashioned wounds, those embedded in the memory of the animal's body. It is important to allow this. They are releasing or loosening the blocked pattern of energy. Another force to make animals move is to plant trust and respect by admitting that they need to move.

It may be difficult to relax the rigid discipline that some caregivers maintain their manners, but during bodywork sessions you must admit freedom and self-expression of animals. Indications of changes in the body's rhythm, various indications of liberation during the session are licking, chewing, swallowing, yawning, lowering the head. Changes in posture and / or breathing pattern may also occur.
All work I do is respect the innate abilities of the body and the desire to heal myself. I will not handle animals. I am willing to keep in touch with them and to regain balance. The results speak for themselves. Long-term interests depend on many things. I believe that the desire for animals to participate in the healing process is the main thing. Factors affecting this motivation include a caregiver's commitment to respect animals and provide a safe, comfortable and loving environment.