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Adam Shereston is a well-respected horse whisperer and healer in his field.
Due to his heightened sensitivity he is able to see into a horse's mind and physically mirror their condition. Articles about his work with horses have appeared in national and regional newspapers and he has spoken on the radio both here and abroad.
Here Adam shares with us one of his most recent equestrian experiences, in which he offers an insight into his unique relationship with horses.
This case also illustrates how this type of work can be truly complimentary to conventional veterinary treatment.
“I was scheduled to make a return visit to Halifax to treat a number of horses. The night before I was due to leave I received a phone call from a distressed horse owner called Julie, saying that her horse Welly had developed colic. The vet had been called out and had treated the horse by administering a large volume of liquid paraffin, salt water and agent via a stomach tube to stimulate gut movement. I told Julie that I would see her the next day and to try not to worry too much. On arriving in Halifax the next morning my first priority was to see Welly. As always, I asked if I could be left alone with the horse to see if I could find the cause of Welly’s current problem. This enables me to assess the situation, steadily make contact and form a relationship with the horse with minimal distraction. It is also important for the horse as they need to feel comfortable with me.
As I stood in the stable with Welly, I quickly began to sense discomfort in my stomach. This may sound obvious given that colic is a digestive problem, but the specific area in which I felt discomfort was an important factor in the eventual determination of the underlying cause. The pain seemed to be localised in the upper stomach and it felt as if something had become stuck, thereby blocking entry to the stomach and causing a feeling much like indigestion.
I began to sense the very quiet sound which arrives when I start to open up. It is at this point that I become acutely sensitive to different energies. From a scientific point of view, the energy that runs through the body is a subtle current caused by the electric charge that every cell in the body produces. I am able to pick up on this ‘charge’ along with other energies which cannot always be explained scientifically. When the flow of energy in the body becomes impeded, physical symptoms often materialise, such as an aching muscle or sore throat. If the energy flow is not restored it can result in injury or a more serious illness. When working with a horse I always start with a blank canvas, removing any of my own physical and emotional feelings from the situation. By doing this I know that any sensations or changes in energy which I detect are directly related to the horse. The pain, and therefore energy blockage, at the entrance to Welly’s stomach were being mirrored in my body. In emulating such symptoms I am able to indicate to the owner where the problem lies in their horse, effectively acting as a voice for the horse.
Although I had discovered the location of the problem in Welly I still needed to understand why the food was becoming blocked. Once I have opened up to the energy flow I am then able to communicate with the horse telepathically - essentially through reciprocal thought transferrence. I have also trained my mind through various methods of meditation and mind control to become more receptive to the horse's thoughts. A bizarre concept to many people, and one that I would certainly have dismissed instantly several years ago but the approach that I now use regularly with the horses I treat. Through both verbal and pictorial representation, the horse and I are able to communicate in a way that we both can understand.
Suddenly I started to feel what I can only describe as severe bruising in my throat cavity. With my work, I have to be very patient, as in the past I have found myself jumping to all sorts of conclusions regarding the nature of the problem, before I have actually listened to what the horse is really trying to tell me. Acknowledging these feelings, I slowly tried to find the connection between them all. All of a sudden the left side of my face, jaw and head started to ache intensely, to the point where it was quite uncomfortable. There were two questions that I now had, and I knew only Welly would be able to answer them for me. Firstly, I asked her why the left side of her head and jaw were aching. Eventually the thoughts filtered through. Welly communicated that she was having to chew all her feed on the left hand side of her jaw. I then asked her about the bruising in her throat. It transpired that because her face and jaw were aching so much she was forced to swallow her food before it had been chewed properly, and consequently it was scraping the inside of her throat. But why were her face and jaw aching?
The hollow in a horse’s skull which is located just above the eye is called the temporal fossa. When a horse is chewing the point of the mandible causes the temporal fossa to rise and fall. Whilst we were with Welly, watching her eat, I happened to notice that there was more movement in the temporal fossa above her left eye than her right. This confirmed that Wella was only chewing the food on one side of her jaw. As the food was not being chewed properly it was preventing it from being turned into pulp. Consequently she must have been swallowing her food almost whole, thereby causing the bruising in her throat. These hard lumps of food would of course become compacted at the base of the oesphagus and have difficulty passing into the stomach. Horses cannot regurgitate food due to a muscular flap which allows food to go into the stomach but not back out again, so the compacted food was causing the colic.
Given the problems Welly was having chewing her food, my advice to Julie was to seek a consultation with her horse dentist to see if a probable cause could be found. Satisfied that I had obtained all of the information that I could from Welly, we returned to Julie’s house. It was here that she produced a written assessment from her dentist from a visit two months earlier. On the assessment it stated that Welly was suffering poor movement of the right side mandible. It is always nice to have your findings corroborated, particularly when the owner knows that you have no previous knowledge of a particular condition.
Following my visit, Julie’s dentist went back to see Welly. It transpired that Welly had recently lost a tooth from the right side of her jaw line, which the dentist thought had probably come out within the last two weeks. Also whilst the dentist was there he discovered a loose tooth on the left side of her jaw which he needed to remove. The loose tooth on the right side of her mouth would have caused her reluctance to use this side for eating. The problem with the tooth on the left side would have been additionally detrimental to her ability to chew her food efficiently. Thankfully since this dental treatment, Welly has suffered no further problems.”
Adam travels all over the UK assisting and advising horse owners on the
welfare of their horses. If you think that your horse might benefit from what Adam does, he can be contacted via his website at www.adamshereston.com. Alternatively he can be contacted by telephone on 01775821443 or 07881951581.
Due to his heightened sensitivity he is able to see into a horse's mind and physically mirror their condition. Articles about his work with horses have appeared in national and regional newspapers and he has spoken on the radio both here and abroad.
Here Adam shares with us one of his most recent equestrian experiences, in which he offers an insight into his unique relationship with horses.
This case also illustrates how this type of work can be truly complimentary to conventional veterinary treatment.
“I was scheduled to make a return visit to Halifax to treat a number of horses. The night before I was due to leave I received a phone call from a distressed horse owner called Julie, saying that her horse Welly had developed colic. The vet had been called out and had treated the horse by administering a large volume of liquid paraffin, salt water and agent via a stomach tube to stimulate gut movement. I told Julie that I would see her the next day and to try not to worry too much. On arriving in Halifax the next morning my first priority was to see Welly. As always, I asked if I could be left alone with the horse to see if I could find the cause of Welly’s current problem. This enables me to assess the situation, steadily make contact and form a relationship with the horse with minimal distraction. It is also important for the horse as they need to feel comfortable with me.
As I stood in the stable with Welly, I quickly began to sense discomfort in my stomach. This may sound obvious given that colic is a digestive problem, but the specific area in which I felt discomfort was an important factor in the eventual determination of the underlying cause. The pain seemed to be localised in the upper stomach and it felt as if something had become stuck, thereby blocking entry to the stomach and causing a feeling much like indigestion.
I began to sense the very quiet sound which arrives when I start to open up. It is at this point that I become acutely sensitive to different energies. From a scientific point of view, the energy that runs through the body is a subtle current caused by the electric charge that every cell in the body produces. I am able to pick up on this ‘charge’ along with other energies which cannot always be explained scientifically. When the flow of energy in the body becomes impeded, physical symptoms often materialise, such as an aching muscle or sore throat. If the energy flow is not restored it can result in injury or a more serious illness. When working with a horse I always start with a blank canvas, removing any of my own physical and emotional feelings from the situation. By doing this I know that any sensations or changes in energy which I detect are directly related to the horse. The pain, and therefore energy blockage, at the entrance to Welly’s stomach were being mirrored in my body. In emulating such symptoms I am able to indicate to the owner where the problem lies in their horse, effectively acting as a voice for the horse.
Although I had discovered the location of the problem in Welly I still needed to understand why the food was becoming blocked. Once I have opened up to the energy flow I am then able to communicate with the horse telepathically -
Suddenly I started to feel what I can only describe as severe bruising in my throat cavity. With my work, I have to be very patient, as in the past I have found myself jumping to all sorts of conclusions regarding the nature of the problem, before I have actually listened to what the horse is really trying to tell me. Acknowledging these feelings, I slowly tried to find the connection between them all. All of a sudden the left side of my face, jaw and head started to ache intensely, to the point where it was quite uncomfortable. There were two questions that I now had, and I knew only Welly would be able to answer them for me. Firstly, I asked her why the left side of her head and jaw were aching. Eventually the thoughts filtered through. Welly communicated that she was having to chew all her feed on the left hand side of her jaw. I then asked her about the bruising in her throat. It transpired that because her face and jaw were aching so much she was forced to swallow her food before it had been chewed properly, and consequently it was scraping the inside of her throat. But why were her face and jaw aching?
The hollow in a horse’s skull which is located just above the eye is called the temporal fossa. When a horse is chewing the point of the mandible causes the temporal fossa to rise and fall. Whilst we were with Welly, watching her eat, I happened to notice that there was more movement in the temporal fossa above her left eye than her right. This confirmed that Wella was only chewing the food on one side of her jaw. As the food was not being chewed properly it was preventing it from being turned into pulp. Consequently she must have been swallowing her food almost whole, thereby causing the bruising in her throat. These hard lumps of food would of course become compacted at the base of the oesphagus and have difficulty passing into the stomach. Horses cannot regurgitate food due to a muscular flap which allows food to go into the stomach but not back out again, so the compacted food was causing the colic.
Given the problems Welly was having chewing her food, my advice to Julie was to seek a consultation with her horse dentist to see if a probable cause could be found. Satisfied that I had obtained all of the information that I could from Welly, we returned to Julie’s house. It was here that she produced a written assessment from her dentist from a visit two months earlier. On the assessment it stated that Welly was suffering poor movement of the right side mandible. It is always nice to have your findings corroborated, particularly when the owner knows that you have no previous knowledge of a particular condition.
Following my visit, Julie’s dentist went back to see Welly. It transpired that Welly had recently lost a tooth from the right side of her jaw line, which the dentist thought had probably come out within the last two weeks. Also whilst the dentist was there he discovered a loose tooth on the left side of her jaw which he needed to remove. The loose tooth on the right side of her mouth would have caused her reluctance to use this side for eating. The problem with the tooth on the left side would have been additionally detrimental to her ability to chew her food efficiently. Thankfully since this dental treatment, Welly has suffered no further problems.”
Adam travels all over the UK assisting and advising horse owners on the
welfare of their horses. If you think that your horse might benefit from what Adam does, he can be contacted via his website at www.adamshereston.com. Alternatively he can be contacted by telephone on 01775821443 or 07881951581.
ADAM SHERESTON
- HORSE WHISPERER
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