News FROM FOUR LEGS & A SOUL
BROOKE’S RECENT AND UPCOMING APPEARANCES
In early November, my husband, Wood and I and our three lab mixes, Belle, Harmony and Scout, took a road trip down to Louisville, KY for the Healthy Paws Festival of Healing for Pets. This holistic expo and education conference focused on alternative therapies and preventative health for animals. It was a wonderful weekend of working with fellow practitioners, broad-minded veterinarians and caring pet owners, helping them to better understand and connect with the animals in their life. In addition, I taught an exciting introductory workshop on animal communication techniques. Everyone who attended was able to leave with a few new “tools in their toolbox,” skills they could take home and practice right away with their animal companions.
On Saturday, November 21 and Sunday, November 22, Four Legs & A Soul will have a booth at the Horsemen’s Council of Illinois’ 2009 Equestrian Lifestyle Expo. With more than 150 vendors at the new Lake County Fairgrounds’ Expo Center, it promises to be a fun and vibrant weekend focused on all things equine. If you are in the area, please stop by and join us!
BROOKE’S AFRICAN ADVENTURES
During the end of September and first half of October, Wood and I traveled to Africa for the third time, revisiting the continent of our dreams. In Uganda, we trekked through Bwindi Impenetrable Forest to spend time with several families of rare and endangered mountain gorillas. Then, in South Africa, we traveled to three different wildlife regions to meet white rhinos, leopards, African wild hunting dogs and many other incredible species.
Along the way, I talked with the animals, gaining perspective on their way of life, survival techniques, familial relationships and more. The divide between prey and predator became potently real: herd animals in the wild just don’t have time to chat the way well-fed pack members do!
I had a particularly stunning Reiki experience with a female cheetah in the Timbavati region, which is situated on the border of the famed Kruger National Park. This particular cheetah had a severe injury to her right front leg and according to the ranger, had not been weight-bearing on that limb for over two months. During this time period she had been scavenging birds, lizard and other very small or injured prey in order to survive.
When we located the cheetah, she allowed us to approach closely in the vehicle. I worked on her at this distance from the open Land Rover. Two and a half hours passed as I sent healing, loving energy to her lame paw, helping to clear the scar tissue, bone calcification and inflammation that had encased the old fracture. At the end of this super session, to the ranger’s astonishment, the cheetah moved off with a far-smoother gait, put weight on her right front and was able to sprint for the first time in months. After a few minutes of getting used to her renewed regal bearing, the cheetah left us to hunt, loping off in hot pursuit of a steenbok gazelle. A beautiful morning in Africa!
THIS MONTH, BROOKE RECOMMENDS…
Lavender is an incredible essence to use in healing and in everyday life. Unlike many oils, lavender is completely safe for all animals (including cats and birds) and humans of all ages. Lavender is anti-bacterial, anti-microbial, anti-fungal, anti-septic, anti-tumoral, anti-convulsant, anti-inflammatory and definitely anti-anxiety. It is wonderfully soothing on burns and open wounds, and on animals, helps the hair coat grow back smoothly and quickly. Lavender calms skittish animals, relaxes hot, tense horses and enhances the brain’s ability to focus on the task at hand and think clearly.
It is very important to use therapeutic grade essential oils, which is why I recommend Young Living’s well-researched products. They are of the highest quality and integrity. It is particularly vital to use lavender oil from a pure source because many brands use synthetic or hybrid lavender, which do not have the same healing properties and may even burn or sting delicate, injured tissue.
WITH LIGHT,
FOR THE ANIMALS,
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