Tania Kettle

Do you ever get days when you want to say, Ummmmm this is not what it looks like...

Yeah, well, I had one of those days.

First off, Suz is still hanging round with half a jacket on.  And that's slightly embarrassing, but on a good note, it's had a surprisingly positive end result.  Suz is teaching me how to listen to Energy and not in a small way, I mean, in an exact and very precise way.  It's super cool.  So, we've just dumped the jacket (I mean, it's still half on but you know what I mean) and just work with Energy.  She shows me how to turn, touch, run and play with the Energy and believe it or not, we both have fun.  It's not the way I would have chosen to work with Suz, but now we are working this way it feels right.  That's the best way I can describe it.  

I feel both happy that she's teaching me and embarrassed that she looks like a bloody lost urchin.

And then my lovely farrier turned up.

Gave me a growl about Az's hooves, which to be fair, they were fine and then not, but then there was all that bad weather and Boom! here we are.  I got a lesser growl over Caps but Caps was like, Don't you be playing round with my hooves too much thank you, it's taken me years to teach Tarns what works but did allow a small trim.  Az did nothing but look over Steve's shoulder, giving him nuzzles and generally just standing there chatting with everyone.  Steve really wanted to growl at me but Caps and Az were so good, and happy, that he just gave me a medium one and made me promise that he can turn up every 8 weeks rain, hail, snow or shine.  And I don't even need to be here.  

Steve's a really nice guy and kept stopping his trimming to give Az a pat.  I really like that.

But the funny (no, not ha ha) thing was Ralph and Chew who were one paddock over and did nothing but stand at the fence, not moving, staring at Steve the whole time he trimmed Caps and Az.  They did not move one hair.  Or blink.  They just stood there.  In the end he said, Are they asleep?

No.  

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There is nothing better, not one thing better, than standing with your Mares, in the sun with your hand on baby Mares and he's doing the mamba with you, Hey T,...boom kick..Whatcha doing?...boom, kick...check out my somersaults...boom, boom kick...

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And on a funny note, Suz and I are having the best fun.  Nothing like how I've worked with any horse before but you know, run with the Energy.  

So, Suz still has half a jacket on, but I've completely changed my headspace.  I go in every day to play with the Energy with her.  

Not to get her jacket off, touch her or play with her head, just play with the Energy.  Learning how to turn left, right, standstill, walk, trot, canter, do a little side step... 

Well, today she was like, WTF?  No really, what the fuckity fuck fuck are you doing?  You're supposed to be trying to get my jacket off, trying to touch me and play with my head.

Well, yes.  But we both know how that game ends, so I want to play with Energy with you instead.  Because you're really good at it.  Off you go now, walk on...

And that's what we do.  I praise her and tell her how good she is, because she is, and we enjoy our time together.  We never talk about jackets or touching or heads, just play beautifully, and then when we've finished I feed her and leave.   

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So Mr J and I have just spent the last hour and a half not getting Mares's urine.

First off, Mr J brought her in from the paddock, and yes, she is super fine for me in the paddock, but as soon as she knows she's coming up, she's like, Yeah, no, I don't think so...  Anyway, she came up, went into a stall, Mr J whistled and I hovered with tupperware container.  No, no, no and no.  Then after a while while Mares was not participating, we decided to give her a huge drink of Molassas water.  She sucked it down like Whoomp! and then was like, No, thank you, I don't wish to pee and then, I swear, hand on hoof, she held it in for the next hour.  

We fed her, we took her back to the paddock and whistled for her there, but no, no pee.

In fact, she started looking like a human, crossing her legs trying not to pee, but if mind over matter rules, then she wasn't peeing for love nor money.

In the end we gave up.

For a start, the urine test was going to be useless.  I never give Mares molassas because it upsets her tummy, and once her tummy is upset, it will upset the enzymes in it, which will affect what shows up in the urine.  Also, she started getting a bit stressy, which again will upset the balance in her tummy, giving a wrong reading.  

Result wise it was a complete waste of time.  

It also says to me that this test is not the right one to be doing, because overall Mares is not difficult, but she was telling me in every way she could that this was wrong.

I also don't believe she wants to go back racing.  There is such a difference when she goes up to the stables, you actually see her stress levels increase.  It's like she is two completely different horses.

That's cool, she's a beautiful Mumma.

On a funny note though, at all times when she was out of her paddock, she was watching to see that I was with her.  However, I still can't lead her up.  

So, I guess the question is: Would I change being able to talk, touch/play and ride the Energy with Mares and baby Mares, to be able to lead Mares up if I could?

No.  Hell, no.  Not in a thousand lifetimes.

This is a double edged sword.

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On a completely different note the natural deodorant is working - there's no body odour, which I find weird.  However, I did find that my face broke out in pimples which was weird, so there were definitely toxins coming out but no bad smell.  Actually, if there was a smell, it was sweet.  I can't describe it any better than that, just sweet. It is a pain to put on, it's hard, so you have to rub it between your fingers then rub on, which is super annoying.  I've used the lavender one and have just started with the "no scent" one.  Just remember, that all essential oils have benefits which means all oils will play with your hormones so either get the "no scent" one or understand your cycles and how to ride the Energy.

So, that's been our week:  There's been huge Energy work, which is always fun, and it's been a lot lighter this week.  I need to re-say that word, because that is not accurate.  It has been very dark in some areas.  However, the darkness has been outside me, not around me, if you understand.  I shut the house down to a degree, we kept the magic inside, rather than participating and that ended up working really well for us.  

The horses are talking easily and freely and we just played with magic.  

In our own way.

In our own time.

Wishing you much love my friends, and of course, my humans.

Caps, me, Spirit, Az, Ralph, Chew, Suz, Fenny, Flash +1 and of course, my darling Mares and baby Mares.

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* Tumeric tea is a win for increrasing serotonin levels!  You have to make it fresh from ground up root (not bloody supermarket tea) and don't add honey.  It's hard to get the doseage right because if you use too much it upsets your tummy, but when you get it right, you really get it right.  

Super pleased with myself.

** If you truly believed that what you put into your body made a difference to your thoughts, feelings, actions and hormones you would make a change at this exact moment.  

It's not about weight, dieting, starving yourself (although I am a believer in counting calories) but the absolute soul balance that happens when you ride the Energy.  

And get it right.