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By the time I brought her to my rescue, Micheala, an aged, 16 hand
Thoroughbred mare, had given up on life. She was no longer interested in
eating and even the mares lowest on the pecking order could chase her off
her food. When I separated her from the others to give her a chance to
eat, she refused to eat at all. She had been having diarrhea for some time
and was generally in very poor condition. Her ribs were quite visible
under her dull chestnut coat.
Poor Micheala could no longer move quickly either as her left hind leg
tended to collapse without warning. So despite all the loving care I gave
her, she refused to respond and spent her days standing asleep in the sun.
I have to admit to being skeptical when Sara [Light-Waller, MA LMP,
ESMT] laid out her plan to use Acutonics® tuning
forks on one of my rescue "kids." I had never seen the therapy
before and it seemed a bit "New- Agey" for me. Nevertheless, I
needed to try something to help Micheala get back on her feet. She
had a nice new home waiting for her when she was strong enough to go
there, but at that point I didn't know when, or if, she ever would be.
Sara and I discussed the possibility of giving Micheala a massage but
as Sara said, "Cheryl, there's just nothing there to massage.
Why don't we try Sound Therapy?"
As Sara set out a series of colored tuning forks, I stood by and
watched. Could this help? I didn't know but I figured it certainly
couldn't hurt.
Sara spent about 40 minutes working around Micheala's body with her
tuning forks while my husband and I watched. She explained that due to
Micheala's extreme level of weakness, she was doing the Acutonics
treatment off Micheala's body, in her energy field. She also explained
that her intention for this session was to stimulate the mare's digestive
functions, appetite, and to build up her strength. I didn't know at the
time that she was tracing particular energy meridians, the same used in
Acupuncture, and that there really was a form under the dance that she was
doing around the old horse.
Sara also worked over the mare's weak hind leg trying to strengthen its
weakened muscles.
As the treatment progressed, I watched Micheala's mood brighten. When
Sara was done the mare's eyes seemed more focused and she was definitely
more interested in life.
Sara told me that many times it took 24 hours for an Acutonics
treatment to take effect. In cases of extreme weakness it might take as
long as 36-48 hours to see an effect, she warned. After that, we should
she a change, she said.
After Sara had gone I didn't know what to think. Something had
happened, but what? I knew that only time would tell.
A few days later, I noticed a remarkable change in Micheala. It started
at feeding time 48 hours later. When I came out to feed dinner she was
hungry. She started eating and with a gusto that I could never have
anticipated. Happily, I began giving her as many small meals as she could
scarf down. Her diarrhea had disappeared and she even began chasing the
other horses away from her food. I couldn't believe it! There'd been no
other changes in her life besides Sara's Sound Therapy treatment a few
days before, so I knew that it was Acutonics that had done the trick.
I watched Micheala for another two days before I got the chance to give
Sara a call back. During that time I saw the mare get a renewed interest
in life. She began regaining weight rapidly. Her coat began to get its
shine back, and even her hind leg seemed to be working much better.
When I did call Sara back, I told her that she'd saved the mare's life!
And she had. After only one Acutonics session Micheala was well on her
road to recovery, and adoption. Ten days later, she was healthy enough to
be adopted out to her new home. She lives there today, happy, healthy, and
in great condition, especially for a horse in her late 20's.
- Cheryl Arnold, owner Kuitan Rescues, Stanwood, WA.
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As an equine
therapist, working on rescue horses can pose quite a challenge.
Frequently, the horses that are in most need of therapy won't
accept human touch readily, not even when its gentle. This can pose quite a
challenge to the massage therapist. When touch cannot be used to heal,
Acutonics® can be the answer. Even for horses
with an extreme fear of touch, healing sounds can be used to address a
variety of physical and emotional problems. If the animal won't accept
the touch of a tuning fork or other sound healing tool on its body, the
sounds can be used in a non-threatening manner in the animal's energy (auric)
field. Sound like magic? Only if one forgets that we can sense things
going on around us quite readily. For example, have you ever felt
someone walk up behind you before you ever heard them? Or, have you
ever noticed a stranger sitting uncomfortably close even when they
weren't actually touching you? These are examples of feeling through the
energy field. Animals, who are generally much more sensitive to sound
and touch then humans, have no trouble receiving the healing benefits of
Acutonics healing forks without applying them directly to their starved or abused
bodies. On this page is a series of photographs using Acutonics in
the energy fields of horses that can't be touched or handled in any way.
Working in herds can be a bit dangerous, as the horses will
jockey for position to be treated, but generally everyone waits their
turn and is quite eager for their Acutonics session.
