For those of us that can feel energy it can sometimes feel surprising strong.
So, what happens when our horse feels it?
Sometimes it can feel warm and soothing as in the case of healing, at other times it can feel like they have just walked into an electric fence!
Horses coming into contact with leylines will sometimes feel a fluctuation in energy levels. Those disturbed by what they feel can appear to have behaviour problems, such as napping, rearing, bucking and running backwards or even rushing past a certain area.
I worked with a horse named Roadie. Whilst out riding his owner told me that at a certain point in the road, he always seemed unsure and uncomfortable. I asked Roadie what the problem was. He gave me a mental image of a line, which was silver and trickling across the road. He explained to me that when he got near it he felt ‘funny’.
He asked me to tell his owner that the next time they were approaching it, please could she hold the reins by the buckle so that he was able to put his nose down to investigate the cause and make him feel more comfortable with it.
What Roadie was feeling was a leyline. A leyline is an earth equivalent of a meridian in the body, so basically it is an earth meridian. There are also earth vortexes, which are an equivalent to charkas within our own bodies.
Another horse I worked with had a severe problem with napping and spinning in circles in the road to the point he was dangerous to be ridden. He appeared genuinely afraid every time he was out. He communicated to me that he could see black holes everywhere and that when he ‘touched’ them he felt that they would spark and hurt him, as you can imagine he was very frightened.
From how he explained things, I took it to mean that the black holes he was describing were in fact negative earth energies so I went in search for a solution to his problem. I asked his owner to attach a piece of rose quartz to his bridle or saddle and to make sure he was wearing it whenever he was taken from his field.
From the moment he first wore it he was calm and the erratic behaviour stopped after many months of him not being ridden due to his fears.
There are many such cases of horses shying in certain corners of a school, or napping at specific spots on a hack time and time again. If this is something that happens to a horse or another animal you know, before it is labelled a problem horse, consider if they are just reacting to something their heightened sensitivity and awareness is showing them.
I have even come across horses who have been diagnosed with neurological problems due to certain behaviours, even ones whose owners have been advised to have destroyed as they are dangerous. Many of these horses actually had problems of an energetic nature which within a few hours were cured.
Always look at the wider picture, just because you can’t see, sense or smell something it doesn’t mean your horse can’t.
This article first appeared in Natural Horsemanship Magazine