Equine Reiki & the Reiki Precepts

We know that the Precepts were created by Mikao Usui as an example of how we should endeavour to live each day, reflecting upon how we can improve the way we think, feel and behave in order to live a more balanced, contented and enjoyable life, often encouraging those around us to do the same.  This is all well and good for us and our relationships with other humans, but how do the Precepts affect our relationship with our horse?As an Equine Reiki Practitioner you will already know that whatever emotional ‘state’ you are in when you come into contact with your horse, will have a positive or negative impact on your horse at that point in time.  Your horse can be extremely good at ‘mirroring’ whatever state you are in.  For example, you might have had an argument with someone before you go and visit your horse.   You probably want to escape and help yourself to some healing ‘horse energy’ which is a good thing to do in itself.  However, if you haven’t cleared yourself of this negative emotion before you get to your horse, the chances are that your horse will reflect your leftover feelings straight back at you.   A recipe for potential conflict!Remember, your horse is highly sensitive and always ready for a ‘flight’ reaction at any ‘sense’ of danger.  Your horse always receives the vibration of your thoughts and feelings (emotions) and will react to those vibrations, often creating an imbalance for your horse (as well as youself).  It is therefore better to emit positive, calming and relaxing vibrations when you are with your horse so that s/he can enjoy the sense of calm, peace and wellbeing.  You will be in better balance as well of course!As we work through the Reiki Precept do not anger… think about times when you have been with your horse in a less than calm and relaxed state and what the outcome was…The following outlines what anger is and how it affects our health and wellbeing (balance), what you can do to help rid yourself of this feeling using Reiki, Crystals, EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique), Meditation and Affirmations.  At least one of these techniques can be used quickly and effectively in any situation where you feel yourself becoming angry.  The key point is to be able to allow your ‘balanced state’ to be recovered as quickly as possible (if you can’t prevent the feeling of anger in the first place).  You do not want to harbour these feelings as they can have a negative impact on your physical, mental and emotional wellbeing.At the bottom of the article, you will find your Personal Action Plan which I encourage you to complete as it will remind you of how you have been able to change your angry emotions to being relaxed about the situation that caused them in the first place.

Anger is a negative feeling ‘state’ that we experience when someone has said or done something that we don’t appreciate or we are in a situation that we cannot control.  Anger produces the energy within us in order to respond.  We have a choice of  ‘flight’ or ‘fight’ which relates to our basic survival which would have been extremely useful when we were hunter-gatherers. This physical response created by our bodies releases stress hormones (adrenaline and cortisol) which prompt us to take the action we feel necessary at that time.  However, in today’s society this type of response is no longer appropriate, but our hormones still respond in the same way.Often anger is often released by shouting, arguing, swearing, being sarcastic or throwing things around.  Sometimes people can become physically aggressive and this leads to more serious issues.  However, if we keep our anger to ourselves, it will fester and we might look at other ways to let go of the anger such as: