Our Animals Are More Connected And More Intelligent Than We Thought

Philippa came into a horse clinic with a shell around her so thick that it took her really dangerous horse to actually generate enough fear to get through to her. She had probably disconnected from her emotions when she was sexually abused as a little girl and didn't know what I was talking about when I talked about the physical "feeling" that I got in my solar plexis when I was afraid or angry.

Philippa's magnificent and compassionate horse, The Bear was her guide at the beginning of this journey with The Questions. Because at the beginning, she didn't feel anything, The Bear showed his displeasure by going back to grumpy looks and sometimes even threatened to bite again. That was her signal that it was time for her to ask:

And has it all gone yet? And keep asking the first two questions until The Bear, the kindly and gentle giant, warmblood horse gave her a warm look that kind of said "Well done Mum!"

You may find it hard to believe, but I know from the consistency I've seen with others, that this magnificent horse was acting absolutely deliberately - working as a sentient, thinking healer with this "used to be wounded" lady. This deliberate healing seems to happen most often when the horse is completely unafraid.

From this process, Philippa has started to feel again -- which has opened up her ability to feel incredible joy too.

I had tears of joy in my eyes when I saw them dance together, horse and person, sooo ... connected and swaying in exact unison, forwards and backwards, side to side - this supposedly dangerous horse and his incredibly courageous "mum."

Since the clinic, Philippa has discovered a connectedness to other people and animals and uncovered an amazing talent as a fledgling "healer".

Go girl!

I spoke to Philippa just this morning as I was editing the book. She talked about a ball of "stuff" that she had felt in her stomach when we were doing the Spirit of Horse clinic, that she had not been able to identify when she asked The Questions at the time. She's since had word from England that her mother has bowel cancer and doesn't have long to live. Then she felt the "ball in her stomach" feeling again. She asked if it was her mother and it went away ... Imagine what other ways a daughter so far away from her mother could use such a beautiful connectedness!

There's another important point to be made here. You might not always get it straight away, but keep your eye out for it -- you WILL get it!

If this story strikes a chord and your pet acts out of character, you might like to ask yourself The Questions too and see what comes up!