|
Perspective and Self Empowerment
Key Components in Healing
by
Karen Nowak
April 2008
How many times in our interactions with animals do we
forget to invite them to be part of the equation, doing things to them,
and not with them? A shift in perspective can change the animals
feelings of being powerless to those of being empowered by remembering
to include them as an active partner. This change can manifest many
positive results.
For many years, prior to the age of present day
medicine and its accessibility to the mass population, we relied more on
ourselves for our healing. Over time we came to believe that through
Allopathic medicine, the doctor or veterinarian was all powerful in
making us or our animal well. Forgotten was the idea of what the origins
of an illness meant and that the entire body was out of balance. The age
of addressing the symptom, and not the cause, became the norm. A
prescription was written and off we went to await the outcome, we
believed healing was in the hands of someone else.
Many years ago my horse became gravely ill from a tick
born disease and endured numerous procedures to save her life. At the
time I just held her in my heart and attempted to console her. Gone was
the pride of a Morgan who controlled her world and in its place was
submission, fear and loss.
I was very grateful to all the wonderful people who
helped her. Yet a key component to healing remained illusive to me. It
wasn't until some time later that it became apparent. This mighty Morgan
had lost her power and belief in herself. Having been raised in a
society that believes in western medicine, it took time for me to
understand what was missing. I needed to change my perspective.
Our animals respond to all the vibrations of the body.
The Animal Kingdom did not narrow, as man did, to believe that the
vibration of the vocal chords was a primary means of communication. They
never veered from using the whole of their being to give and receive
information.
In modern day veterinary practice most often a
diagnosis is made and the care giver embraces it. After many weeks of my
horse being ill, I was told her days of being ridden were over. She had
sustained permanent damage to some of her organs and was not expected to
recover further, this was now her life. Traditional Medicine could do no
more. The Mighty Morgan's return to health is a story of its own, but
after including her in her own healing, she went on to take second place
in three 25 mile endurance rides.
When a dire prognosis is given, we feel sadness and
brace against what is believed to be the inevitable. Our animals may not
interpret speech as we do, but they hear and feel the vibration of
hopelessness. After hearing a diagnosis of cancer for my canine
companion I began to add that information to what I thought and felt
about her. I now gave off a vibration she began to embrace. In my quest
to find what was missing I found a holistic veterinarian who said, "stop
thinking of your dog as having cancer, she is more
than that, and
besides you're shortening her days." That was a moment of revelation for
me. As a healer I was caught up in doing the healing, or so I thought.
After his statement it became apparent to me that if I opened to
shifting how I viewed her cancer I was no longer giving off a "good bye
it's all over" energy. When I began to be only half the equation in her
healing that was the first of many shifts for both of us. Moxie began to
improve and we went on living together and loving each other for four
more years.
Expanding the way in which we feel and understand what
is going on for our animals can greatly influence the thoughts we hold
to support them in their life. When we include the knowledge that the
body knows how to be a part of healing itself, we take back a component
of our power. When we offer that understanding to our animal, we place
awareness in a supportive role.
Perspective and self empowerment are key components in
bringing balance back to both animal and their human companions.
|
