#MustangMedicine

As I move along my personal journey amidst the energy that is with wild horses and the earth, I am remembering all the modalities of healing and atunement that I have learned and that have meant a great deal to me.  Horses, wild and domestic have always been the conduit for me in terms of personal growth and service.  By the amount of incredible people reaching out to me on this issue with amazing loving and grace, I am moved to organize and develop what I will call #MustangMedicine. 

I learned a few years ago through specific instances in my life with horses that horses are not victims and are in fact our greatest allies and teachers.  The following quote by Henry Beston expresses my sentiments with crystal clear clarity.  

We need another and a wiser and perhaps a more mystical concept of animals. Remote from universal nature, and living by complicated artifice, man in civilization surveys the creature through the glass of his knowledge and sees thereby a feather magnified and the whole image in distortion. We patronize them for their incompleteness, for their tragic fate of having taken form so far below ourselves. And therein we err, and greatly err. For the animal shall not be measured by man. In a world older and more complete than ours they move finished and complete, gifted with extensions of the senses we have lost or never attained, living by voices we shall never hear. They are not brethren, they are not underlings; they are other nations, caught with ourselves in the net of life and time, fellow prisoners of the splendor and travail of the earth.

My beIief is that by using #MustangMedicine to explore all the wonderful healing modalities in the context of earth, animals, and importantly the wild horse issue we may begin to understand their true meaning and purpose.

This in no way should detract from #WildHorseHealing but is a separate avenue to understand and incorporate the wonderful gift the horses are sharing with us.  It can be an adjunct for those who desire.

There are so many options to us in this arena that we do justice to the best part of ourselves as human beings and to the gifts we have in our lives.  I am excited by the infinite possibilities. 

I will post the energetic modality/focus every Saturday for those interested, to play with.  We can meet on tweetchat on Thursdays- 10 pm EST and 7 pm PST.  The hashtag is #MustangMedicine.  

It’s a great way to learn and to share as well as heal.

I will post later today for Thursday, May 20^th and maybe even have a full  outline of all the options we have. A cosmic menu for sure J

 

#WildHorseHealing Vision Quest/Meditation

As I am preparing myself for our second #wildhorsehealing meeting on tweetchat, I feel it would be a good time to clarify some of my thoughts on this next installment.  

This type of energy work focused within a group is very powerful and as such needs to be treated with the utmost integrity and positive intention.  

It is always better to open up the channels of love and understanding without trying to influence others free will. To do so would be a form of manipulation and any misuse of energy, even if it is done innocently will be returned.

It is important to not pray to sway others but to open channels with love and understanding, so the best possible outcome for all concerned will be achieved.

I have included a meditation I would like to share with you. It came to me as I was sharing space with my equines. Please feel free to use this as a guide or a jumping off point for your own vision quest.  A nice addition may be to burn some sage as this is native to the wild horse’s home ranges. 

Feel free to do your meditation/vision quest at any time that is convenient. Prior to the tweetchat meeting, try to take some time to center yourself and tune into the group. Always ask for personal protection when entering into an energetic space. 

We will be meeting Monday, May 17 at 10 pm EST-7 pm PST.

To participate, go to tweetchat, log in with your twitter name and enter the #hashtag #WildHorseHealing in the space provided.     

Meditation/Vision Quest

The air is cool and clear as you set out on the path.  It meanders along ancient stone walls and as you walk along the grass carpeted path you feel a sense of purpose.  You are relaxed and calm but energized. 

The twigs and fallen leaves crunch under your feet in a rhythmic cadence.  You hear all the sounds of nature and with each step you feel more and more connected to your source.

The path leads past rivers and waterfalls and opens up in a vast meadow.  As you cross the meadow you notice all the birds and animals peacefully co existing with you.  You become aware that you can see each and every blade of grass moving. 

You hear wild horses in the distance and are eager to follow where they are leading.  They take you to the edge of the meadow and as if by magic, you are now in a beautiful desert with skies of golden orange and clouds that seem to breathe with the earth. 

In the distance you see a faint campfire and are drawn to it.  The wild horses are leading you to the campfire. As you get closer you see there is a man sitting by the fire. He is surrounded by books and legal pads.  He seems relaxed but engaged in deep thought.  As you approach he sees you and smiles, genuinely happy to see you.  He stands and introduces himself to you – he will be hearing the legal case on the Calico Complex wild horses. 

He invites you to join him and recognizing you as someone who has understanding of the situation, he asks you to share your thoughts with him, so he may have a better understanding. 

You share with him all your experiences with wild horses.  You share any and all experiences that you feel will help him make a wise, and if need be, a courageous decision in the case.   

There is all the time in the world for this exchange. He is listening and cares what you are saying.  He offers to share with you what he has written in his notes. 

You take time to listen to what he is sharing with you. 

When you feel the time is right you rise to leave.  He rises with you and you exchange a handshake or an embrace, with heartfelt gratitude that he has listened and shared.  

You take a moment or two to share your strength, courage and wisdom with him as he does with you.  As you leave for home, he sits again beside the fire and takes up his books.   The wild horses rejoin you.           

 

  

           

Some #WildHorseHealing thoughts for May 17th 10 pm EST on tweetchat

   

With the ruling on the lawsuit regarding the Calico Complex, Nevada wild horses due no later than May 25^th we should think about beginning to surround the judges deliberations with our positive loving thoughts for a ruling that is in the best interests of all concerned in the situation.  Many will be effected by his verdict in this case. 

Since it is best not to try to directly influence anyone when working on an energetic level, as this is a violation of someone else’s free will, I would like to share some of my thoughts.

If we each mediate on what our experiences with the wild horses and what the experiences mean to us we can open up a line of communication with Judge Friedman so he can feel and understand aspects of the situation that he may not otherwise understand.   

By meditating on and then sharing our feelings and thoughts on the wild horses, their home ranges, our public lands and what is happening to those formerly free horses now in captivity we can open a pathway of communication that will enable Judge Friedman to rule with courage, honesty and understanding.  

The idea behind this wild horse healing session will be that through our meditation/healing we share fully with the judge what the situation means to us and by doing so we bring a fuller experience of the situation to the judge so he can make a fair decision. 

A possible meditation can take the form of a conversation between your higher self and another’s higher self, an exchange of ideas, thoughts and feelings.

A river flows both ways. We can allow ourselves to be open to gaining new understanding into aspects of the situation we may need to understand.

Sometimes I like to think of having a conversation with someone’s guardian angel. 

More will follow on a specific meditation since some find that helpful but by beginning to think about these things may be of help in opening up the flow of energy to this next meditation/healing.      

Please join the #WildHorseHealing hashtag on tweetchat Monday 10 pm EST 7 pm PST

 

The overall concept is that as people are focusing loving energy on the wild horses, they are indeed sending healing energy to the situation.

 

By reaching out to one another and focusing loving energy on the wild horses and their current plight, we will be working to heal the deep wounds thousands of mustang families have suffered at the hands of the BLM and other vested interests.  

 

We will ‘meet’ there each Monday at the focus of our energetic intention will change as the situation evolves.

 

A guided meditation written by @fourlegsandasoul is below and will be available as a podcast on website soon to help you.

 

Please share this with your friends and loved ones, encouraging them to join, too.  The more people sending love to the wild horses and burros, the more power our healing movement has.  

 

Below is a guided meditation for week one of #WildHorseHealing

 

 

WILD HORSE HEALING MEDITATION

[Monday May 10^th 10 pm EST and 7 pm PST]

 

Please join us for the Wild Horse Healing Meditation followed by a Twitter discussion using the #WildHorseHealing hashtag.  

 

Group distance healing has a tremendous ability to bring blessings to those in need.  It is not necessary for you to be a trained energy healer.  All that is required are your loving thoughts focused on the horses and hope for their future.  Intention is everything.  As you meditate, think of sending healing love and the horses will receive it.  The combined power of our group's positive intentions will be inspiring and will only become more vibrant as more people pray and meditate on the peace and freedom these magnificent wild horses and burros deserve.  The effect of our prayers will multiply as more and more souls join our #WildHorseHealing group.

 

Prior to joining the group discussion on Twitter, please set aside 15 minutes (more if you like) to meditate on the wild horses: those "gathered" into captivity in holding pens, those adopted out and living in unfamiliar surroundings, those still running free with their families, those who have been separated from their herds... all wild horses everywhere.  Please feel free to use the following script, to write your own or simply to meditate freely.  It may help you to record yourself slowly reading the script and then play it back to guide your meditation or prayer process.  By opening yourself to this journey on behalf of the mustangs who crave freedom, you are becoming a vessel through which love and healing and positive intentions can flow directly to the horses who need it most.  In addition, as a group, we will become a force for change with a unified voice to speak up and be heard by the BLM and other government agencies perpetrating atrocities against one of the greatest symbols of freedom America knows.

 

Thank you for reaching out and joining up.  Every voice and every heart counts.

 

MUSTANG MEDITATION script:

 

Close your eyes and breathe deeply.  Take three deep breaths.  In through your nose and out through your mouth.  

 

Clear your mind and be present.  Begin to feel yourself relaxing into the moment.  

 

Feel the green of the earth reach up through the bottoms of your feet, connecting you to the natural world.  The vibrant green energy of Mother Earth fills you, surrounding and relaxing each cell of your body as it travels up through your legs to your heart.  

 

From above, feel the brilliant blue of the sky and Higher Power dropping down through the top of your head and behind your eyes and into your throat, merging with the green earth energy at your heart.

 

Swirling together in your heart, the vibrant green and brilliant blue become brighter and brighter until you cannot distinguish them and the light from your heart is blinding.  Silver white light expands your heart and fills your whole body from the top of your head to the tips of your fingers and toes.  That bright light is the pure love in your heart, growing stronger and stronger.  This is your healing energy.  The truest expression of healing energy is love and compassion.

 

As this light grows brighter and brighter within you, the walls of the room fall away, the floor dissolves into the earth and you are outside.  Walking in a meadow.  Tall grasses grazing your legs as you move out into this beautiful open space.  Wildflowers just beginning to bloom.  

 

The air is fresh and cool and damp with dew.  The sun is low in the sky, gently warming the horizon.  In the distance, you hear a whinny.  A soft blowing neigh from a mare calling her foal closer.  You cannot see the horses but you smell them faintly and know they are not far.

 

Walking deeper into the meadow, you feel the land undulating into foothills dotted with trees.  And you hear the whinny again.  That soft sound almost like a sneeze.  Almost like the leaves of the trees rustling in the wind.  Such a gentle noise could easily be mistaken but it calls you and you feel sure the horses are near.  You follow the sound of the mare talking to her foal, gathering her family closer.

 

As you rise up into the hills, you take some time to appreciate the grandeur of your surroundings.  There are no other people.  The space goes on seemingly forever.  The sky is as wide and endless as you can imagine.  The smell in the air is so crisp but also so familiar and comforting.  The feel of the rough grasses tickles your feet as you continue to walk.  

 

And then you see him: a mustang stallion alone on the rise of a distant hill.  His black mane is backlit by sun as he shakes his head and arches his neck.  His profile is unmistakably regal and his protective stance makes his intentions clear.  His family grazes behind him.  Will he welcome you?  You take your time now, admiring his beauty, his freedom, his nobility.  And you treasure this moment, totally alone, observing the definition of wild peace.  

 

Take some time to listen to the stallion and learn from him.  He has gifts to share that are just for you.  Learn his secrets.

 

After awhile, the stallion turns and you understand that you can follow.  He is leading you to his herd.  You are welcome here.  This fills your heart with humble pride.  You are deeply touched.

 

You follow the stallion, walking in his steps, feeling the heat left behind in his hoofprints and the stories his hooves have to tell.  He shakes his mane and steps aside to reveal the whole herd.  Large and healthy, this wild herd has horses of every color, size, age and character.  You marvel at their beauty and the way they welcome you, surrounding you with their warm flanks and flicking tails.  

 

One of the horses reaches out to you, touching your hand with his or her muzzle.  Spend time with this mustang, learning who he or she is and what message he or she has for you.  This wild horse has much to share with you and much to ask of you.  Listen to what the wild horses need and how you can help them.  

 

Share the healing you are carrying in your heart.  Allow the bright white light in your heart to spread to all the horses, connecting your heart with theirs one by one until the whole hillside is suffused in brilliant silver light and the healing spreads across the country to wild horses everywhere.

 

Take your time sharing and experiencing the pure healing light.

 

When you are ready, say good-bye to the horses.  The stallion escorts you down from the hillside as you take your leave of his band of wild beauties.  

 

Eventually, the stallion must return to his family.  He allows you to touch him now and you run your hand along his sleek, shining coat.

 

And then you are walking alone through the meadow again, feeling the grasses swaying against your legs.  Taking one last deep breath of the sweet smell that permeates the wild horses' home.

 

Once again, you become aware of the room around you, the walls and floor and ceiling back in place.  You return to your physical body, rolling your shoulders, stretching, wiggling your toes and your fingers.

 

When you are ready, open your eyes and remember the love the wild horses have shared and the passion you feel to help them stay forever free.

 

Please join us on Twitter using #WildHorseHealing to share your experiences and ideas and honor the mustangs wild hearts.

 

Brooke Baxter

Four Legs & A Soul

 

www.fourlegsandasoul.com

brooke@fourlegsandasoul.com

http://twitter.com/fourlegsandsoul

... for a healthy, stress-free relationship with the animals in your life.

 

 

 

Unique Protest Rally in Nevada for Wild Horses

 

WHAT?  DON'T TAKE MY BALLS!
                Las Vegans will rally in sympathy with the young stallions under 4 years of age that were painfully castrated last week by the BLM at the Fallon Nevada holding pens. If the BLM wins the federal lawsuit, they will castrate all the remaining mature stallions from the Calico roundup. The BLM has severely limited public access to the captive Calico horses despite public demands for transparency. 
      We will hang bloody balls from lariats and circulate petitions asking President Obama to rein in the BLM, an outdated agency and friend of welfare cows.
 
WHERE? RED ROCK CANYON SCENIC OVERLOOK ON HIGHWAY 159, from Las Vegas Strip, go west on Charleston, past the 215 Beltway and Red Rock Canyon entrance gates

WHEN?   SUNDAY APRIL25, 2010 from NOON to 2pm
 
WHY?   Castration is a way of wiping out the unique gene pool of the mustangs that have unique bloodlines and unique traits adapted to their specific area. Pictures of the castrated horses taken by Craig C. Downer appear below.
 
BACKGROUND?  In January 2010, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) conducted a deadly roundup of 1922 wild horses from the CALICO MOUNTAINS COMPLEX in northwestern Nevada, despite a federal lawsuit underway to stop the roundups and the recommendation of the federal judge that BLM should NOT conduct a roundup in the dead of winter. The Calico horses were not starving and had not damaged the public range, meanwhile the BLM sharply increased the number of private cattle allowed to graze at subsidized cost on the horses' range. Stress and trauma lie behind the majority of the 86 wild horse deaths (to date) and 40 spontaneous abortions, a report issued today by the American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign (AWHPC) concludes. AWHPC notes the expense of the Calico roundup which will cost taxpayers at least $1.3 million through April, and $1 million a year to warehouse the non-adoptable horses over their 20+ year lifespans. This costly policy, which relies on expensive roundups every four years, is pursued while cost-effective, on-the-range management strategies are ignored.
 
CONTACT PERSON?  ARLENE GAWNE (702) 277-1313 artistfromafrica@hotmail.com 

Info on volunteering for the wild horses go to www.grassrootshorse.com

 
FOR MORE INFORMATION, see:

American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign http://www.wildhorsepreservation.com/

The Cloud Foundation press releases: http://www.thecloudfoundation.org/index.php/news-events-a-media/press-releases

News Story on Calico, rising death toll & skewed numbers from George Knapp (KLAS- Las Vegas): http://bit.ly/9f1DYb

BLM Daily Reports from Calico Roundup/Fallon Holding: http://bit.ly/aSaeVc

American Herds - http://americanherds.blogspot.com/

Mestengo. Mustang. Misfit.  America’s Disappearing Wild Horses - A History

http://www.wildhorsepreservation.com/resources/wild.html

Roundup Schedule- updated February 2010  http://bit.ly/bOhwdk


 

Donations to save Abandoned Florida Mustangs and to Honor a Good Man Betrayed

The 15 mustangs abandoned in Florida have quite a history. More on that later but right now, we need help.

Homes are secured for all fifteen- yippe. Auction is tomorrow !

We have to go to auction and bid against kill buyers and homes known to be unfit- fined or arrests for either cruelty or neglect. Nice system huh ?

Anyway- Brogan Horton is on the ground in Florida, representing the twitter, FB, rescues & regular people who care enough to take action for these mustangs. And WE NEED YOUR HELP. The horses need you.

We are raising funds in this effort and if you can help- the horses need you. Whatever you can give is needed and appreciated.

CJ Animal Acres has agreed to take donations through their site for us http://www.cj-acres.org/ tax deductible too. Mention Florida Mustangs. Please add MyFlyingCloud too so I will know whose praises to tweet. Loudly !

The mustangs had belonged to Larry Jones, well know mustang lover and advocate who believed everyone needed to step up and be responsible for saving these mustangs from what he believed was the government/BLM plan to destroy them. He was betrayed by an even closer enemy, his son.

He dedicated his life to saving the mustangs and any horse needing a home found one with him, for life. Sadly this great man believed his family’s word that they would carry on his work and care for his beloved mustangs, many of whom were sweet, gentle saddle horses. He was wrong. He died of cancer in February 2009 and soon after his son began abandoning the horses in different locations, in batches- there were 90 horse in Larry’s herd. He sold some to the rodeo for “wild horse stock”- a horrific end for these horses he so loved and cherished. He dumped others in state parks and along rivers. 

Please pass this on to anyone who may help.      

Florida Mustangs Abandoned in Okeechobee

To Whom It May Concern:

 

You are hereby notified that I will offer for sale and sell at public sale to the highest and best bidder for cash the following described livestock:

1.       Bay, Mustang, colt, left hind white fetlock, right front white pastern, approx 2 years and 13hh

2.       Bay, Mustang, colt, white star, approx 1 year and 13hh

3.       Bay, Mustang, mare branded on neck and numbers on quarters 6820, approx 10 years and 14hh

4.       Blue Roan, Mustang, mare, approx 8 years and 14hh

5.       Dark bay, Mustang, mare, approx 8 years and 14hh

6.       Brown, Mustang, filly, approx 2 years and 14.2hh

7.       Bay, Mustang, filly, left hind white pastern, right hind white fetlock, white star, approx 2 years and 14hh

8.       Bay, Mustang, filly, tiny white star and thin white stripe on nose, approx 2 years and 14hh

9.       Gray, Mustang, colt, left hind white pastern, right hind white fetlock

10.   Bay, Mustang, mare, right hind half white pastern, left hind white pastern, white star, approx 2 years and 14hh

11.   Bay Roan, Mustang, mare, white pastern to fetlock, white star, approx 3 years and 14hh

12.   Bay, Mustang, filly, left front club foot approx 8 months and 12hh

13.   Bay, Mustang, filly, approx 1 year and 13hh

14.   Bay, Mustang, mare, right hind white half pastern, left hind white fetlock, tiny white star, approx 5 years and 14hh

15.   Bay, Mustang, colt, right hind white pastern, approx 2 years and 14hh.

 at 12:00 o’clock, pm on the 22^nd day of April 2010, at 1885 Hwy 441 N Okeechobee 34972 (Rodeo Grounds) to satisfy a claim in the sum of $1590.00 for fees, expenses for feeding and care and costs hereof.

 

Animal Control

of Okeechobee County, Florida