Freedom Reins
Communication and Healing for Animals
and
Their Human Companions

Karen Nowak
PO Box 57
Absarokee, MT  59001
406-326-2192
freedomreins@mtintouch.net

TESTIMONIALS:
What My Clients Experience

I have known Karen Nowak for many years and she always amazes me with her extraordinary gift. Her ability to communicate with animals and spirits is extremely helpful and accurate.

I am confident in her expertise, her wisdom, and I highly recommend her to anyone who wishes to communicate with their pets.  I have consulted with Karen many times with my personal animals as well as others who have come through my practice.

I value her as a trusted friend, and it is always a pleasure conversing with her.  I am also a Reiki Master having studied under Karen.  I find what I have learned is very helpful in my veterinary practice as well as my personal life.

Dennis Dougherty, DVM
Bayport Village Animal Health Center
Bayport, New York

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"Boomer", a draft horse, overcame deeply stored fears and was able to build a relationship with his person, Reva.

It came after two years in a worsening relationship with him.  He finally refused to move at all for me. If a 1700 lb horse doesn't want to move, there is very little you can do!

Using a stick or a whip on him just made it worse; he would go further inside himself and resentment would build up. It was clear that I would have to sell him because I was incapable of working with him.  Strangers and non-horse people would walk in the barn and comment on his attitude -- he would glare at them.

Karen worked on him three times in as many days. After the third session the rage and dead look were gone. Everyone felt the amazing change in his attitude.

Then Karen worked on me. What became clear was that Boomer was terrified rather than obstinate. He was resentful of trying his best and then always being asked for more, way beyond his comfort level. So he would retreat inside. I didn't see the fear only the resentment. After the miracle of his shift to becoming open we are both doing the hard work with Karen's guidance of learning to work with our fears and build a relationship.

Reva Seybolt, Woodstock, CT

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Joan rediscovered the energy connection between horse and rider that she had known years ago with a beloved mare.

I've been re-invented as a horsewoman a few times: Starting as a toddler member of the universal order of females who know they will NEVER outgrow the passion for horses they were born with, I've posed as a Serious Dressage Student, weekend long-distance competitor, cowgirl roper, and post menopausal now-and-Zen trail rider.

All the hats, seats and breeds have fit moderately well, but the most enduring and authentic times I've had were fifteen years and several moves ago when I rode my mare bareback and bridle-less at dusk around my fields and woods with complete confidence and congruence. I'm not a horse guru and I didn't whisper to my mare. But, naively, I developed a connection with her over time that was as deep and intimate, and now missed, as the one that must have existed with my mother before my umbilical cord broke.

It seems important to mention what happened with my now-dead mare because neither before nor after my twilight rides with her has anything like the merged body/mind connection we shared occurred. And I've tried to go there again with lots of other horses, my own or others, winning some silver and blues, accomplishing games or gaits that satisfied but didn't have a pulse.

Until Karen Nowak, Master Reiki practitioner recently guided me through a mounted meditation on Poet, her husband's warmblood I often ride, I hadn't sensed the depth of seeking and finding I once felt. It doesn't matter my own belief system or how just-a-bit dubious I felt insighting on someone else's horse, because I can say that to travel humbly through your own and a horses energy system while you are astride is an unconditional act of love. I recommend the journey to anyone at any level of equestrian pursuit as a way to help clarify a riding relationship and find ones ground from a horses back. While you hold the reins, let Karen offer you her good hands

Joan Muller, Woodstock Ct

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As her dog, "Molly", experienced healing, Christine and Molly were able to build a loving relationship.

My name is Christine Wilcox and I have been working with Karen for several months.  My dog's name is Molly and she came to me at 4 months of age.  Molly had and aggressive nature - she would growl at me and bite me. We thought obedience training would be the best place to start.  She was very smart and picked up her commands with ease. The problem was her biting did not stop and I was left with scars and heartache.  Part of the frustration was that she was aggressive towards me, but not to my boyfriend (who she now saw as her boyfriend).  Molly saw me as a weaker partner in my relationship with my boyfriend, so she took my role.

I was at a loss as to the next course of action I should take and my trainer asked if I would like someone to "talk to" Molly.  At this point it was have someone work with her or give up.  I knew that I had to give her this chance to make a change. 

In my first conversations with Karen we discovered that Molly had seen her mom hit by a car at only a few weeks old and then was hand raised and tossed house to house.  By four months old I was her third home.  She had so much pain she did not know how to respond to kindness and love. Karen explained that she was so hurt that she could not accept all that we were trying to give her.  Molly also let me know that she had been biting me because she wanted me to feel the pain that she was experiencing.

With Karen's help we have made many changes. We have made it clear that I am in a significant relationship with my boyfriend and Molly has a clear role as our protector.  Karen has also started Reiki with Molly and now Molly is requesting help from her.  Molly has started to grieve her mother's death and some days are still a struggle for her.  Molly has come so far.  She does not bite me any more and she is learning to accept love. 

If not for Karen I am not sure where Molly would be right now.  I am grateful for the opportunity to work with Karen, she has been a life saver, literally.

We have also learned that Molly is meant to be a healer and I would hope that by reading this article someone would help their animal companion get the help they need and not give up on them.  I would highly recommend Karen to anyone who loves their animal and wants to help them heal and have a better life.

Christine Wilcox , Putnam  CT

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