RECLAMING YOUR TRUE SELF By Angela Dunning
The Healing Power of Grief & The Loving Embrace of Horses
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number of years ago I had an experience with my herd of horses which remains crystal clear in my heart and memory to this day.
Stress, pressure and tension had been building steadily in me for weeks if not months. I was feeling physically isolated and the constant financial pressure involved with running a business single-handedly was getting to me. I was gradually finding the simple daily tasks of looking after the horses like giant mountains to climb, while simultaneously needing to be fully present and calm for my clients, no matter what I was feeling. On one particularly challenging day the wind was blowing hard up on the hillside where the horses lived, the electric fence was down, again, and I was once more alone trying to rectify everything around me. Then, suddenly, something in me gave-way; I had reached breaking point inside and I was done with trying to manage and keep things together.
18 THEEDENMAGAZINE.COM e November 2019