Check out this article in the Yorkshire Post on 27th July 2012! I’m really proud of it! Big thanks to Nicky for being so interested and to Tailwaggers Pet Shop in Chapel Allerton for originally putting Lesley in touch with me.

Here’s the link:

http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/features/why-alternative-therapy-can-work-for-pets-too-1-4772594#

These are some fab photo’s taken for the article by the Yorkshire Post photographer of Jasper & me!

We’ve a 2 day course coming up in August –  please check out the Upcoming Events Page for details.

Warmest wishes

Jo & the horses

when things go wrong as they sometimes will, when the road you’re trudging seems all up hill

when the funds are low and the debts are high, and you want to smile but have to sigh

when care is pressing you down a bit, rest if you must but do not quit

success is failure turned inside out, the silver tint of the clouds of doubt

and you can never tell how close you are, it may be near when it seems so far

so stick with the fight when you’re hardest hit, it’s when things go wrong that you must not quit.

It’s been a funny old 12 months and I haven’t done much with the site to be honest. Losing Solo has been very difficult to deal with. It’s at these times you realise who your friends are and it has reinforced how blessed I am with my family – human, horsey & animals. It’s time to look up again and I’m lucky and grateful for the support and lovely people in my life.

So with this in mind, I’ve spent the past few months re-evaluating things, where I am up to, where I’m going etc, etc, etc. The conclusion I’ve come to is that I’m in a pretty good place all in all & the balance in my life is good!

Andy and I have re-vamped the website & I have a course coming up in late March – check out the ‘Up coming events’ page! Would be fab to see you there.

Take care & hope to see you soon

Jo xxx

The Tailwagger Club, Harrogate, North Yorkshire is hosting 3 Reiki days in
April 2010

Introduction to Reiki
For those interested in finding out about Reiki & energy healing, how it can help you and your animals and whether it’s for you!

Saturday 3rd April 2010
10am~12.30pm

£15 only!
Proceeds donated to equine rescue and re-homing
www.equinerescueandrehoming.org.uk

Reiki One Certificate
No experience necessary, for those
interested in learning the art of Reiki and hands on-healing. Reiki One Practitioner Certificate awarded at the end of the day.
Saturday 24th April 2010
£100
10am to 4pm approximately

Animal & Equine Reiki
For those wanting to use Reiki with animals and horses.
(please note: a Reiki One Certificate required)

Sunday 25th April 2010
£110
10am to 4pm approximately

Save £60!
Early booking for both Reiki One & Animal Reiki – £150!

Please email me at jo@gemsolreiki.com or press the link on any of the other pages if you would like more information or to book a place. Hope to see you there!

Take care

JO xxx

Introduction Day
Reiki Holistic Healing for
Pets & People
Would you like to develop a stronger loving & healing
connection with the animals & people in your life?
Are you interested in alternative healing for yourself & your
animals?
Would you like to meet your Animal Spirit Guide?
If so, join us at Touch Canine Centre, Harrogate on:
Saturday 30th January 2010
10am until 4pm
£45 per person
Limited Places Available so please contact
Jo on 07747 306585 or email: jo@gemsolreiki.com to confirm your place
Refreshments available, please bring your lunch

Hope to se you there!
Take care xxx

Solo & Jasper
They both had really good reiki sessions afterwards—check out the photo of them looking totally chilled after the session, I thought Solo was in danger of falling over she was so relaxed!

Tillie & Simba
Met some gorgeous dogs this week, Tillie and Simba who had some great positive reactions to their Reiki sessions.

Ruby
Also been looking after Ruby, a beautiful cat all week and she has had some reiki as she was on her own as her humans were on holiday. She was like a sponge, absorbing the energy and by the end of the week was climbing on my knee and settling there for ages! She was found in a supermarket car park in a bad way before she was ‘rescued’ by her current humans—she certainly landed on her feet with them and has the life of riley now! She is such a star!

Jessica
Jess is Mum’s latest rescue dogs. She’s quite old and her muscles are very weak. She had her first reiki session a week ago and she lapped it up! Here she is with Amelia a few days later enjoying a stroll! Big strides forward for Jess and Mum reported she has even started walking with the other dogs now and attempted a run barking at a dog on the field a few days ago! You go Jess!!!

Have arranged to run a Reiki One & Animal Reiki course in October & am really looking forward to that. Hopefully planning further courses for the new year so watch this space!

A big thanks to Ang from Tailwaggers Training Club for inviting me to their club at Touch in Harrogate—it’s a fab place! I’m looking forward to working with them in the future—will get their details on the Links page asap. If you’re into dogs, then this place is definitely worth checking out.

Signing off now, Amelias first day at Nursery school tomorrow so am rather nervous—she’s fine and can’t wait!

Happy Trails
Jo xxx

The second’s a rare picture of me, mum & Amelia (both mum & Luke are camera shy so this will really please them!!!)

Meeting with an old friend in a few weeks who runs a dog behaviour training place to discuss how reiki could help some of her clients so will let you know how we get on.

Jasper and I are continuing well with the waterhole rituals—Solo joined in today too! Spent some time just hanging out with them today after their reiki sessions, Jasper was so calm and gentle afterwards whilst Solo seemed to be revitalised and back to her cheeky self! It’s amazing how different they are and how the react to the reiki.

We’re in the process of re-vamping the site to include some pics and make it less wordy, it’s amazed me how many pics we’ve got and how I don’t like any of me!

Take care & Happy Trails

Jo xxx

Wow, what a month! A big thank you to everyone who has visited the web-site. Things have been really busy with us recently– Jasper and I have been back to Learning to Listen near Masham (check out their web site www.learningtolisten.co.uk , its an inspirational place). We went to do one of their Warrior leadership programmes for 5 days, and then Alex and I worked with Jasper in the evenings. You can check out our progress on their blog, its very technical and they are able to put videos on with a ‘flip’ thingermyjig! (the above quote was on my card given to me at the end of the course and I’m aspiring to do just that!)

The leadership programme really made me think about things and brought up some issues from the past I thought I’d dealt with (but clearly not!). My aim with Jasper was to be riding him by the end of the week (now he’s been declared sound by our vet). After 3 days though, it became clear we’re not ready and the trust isn’t there to the level I think we need to get to before we tackle riding (more my issues than his I think, but I want to get it right for him too). We spent lots of time looking at trust between us and I even ended up crawling under his belly by the end of the week (Sarah was on hand to capture it on the ‘flip’ too!). We’ve started looking at the Waterhole rituals by Carolyn Resnick– truly inspirational stuff! It’s all about working in partnership with horses at liberty to truly trust each other and work together – I’ll let you know how we get on with it.

Solo was unwell for a few days last week but I’m glad to say is back to her old self! She was accidently given unsoaked sugar beet nuts by the blacksmith who thought they were pony nuts. The result was 24 hours of real discomfort and pain as the nuts had to dissolve in her oesophagus and her body’s reaction was to produce excessive saliva to break them down. I’ve never seen anything like it from a horse, it was like she was constantly being sick from her nose and mouth and every 30 mins or so, she took a sharp intake of breath like she couldn’t breath properly due to a spasmodic pain. The vet said horses can get very distressed and I gave her reiki which she lapped up, she was so brave and incredibly calm throughout it all. 24 hours later she was back to her normal self!

Andy’s been scanning all our old photos into the computer lately, so I’ll leave you with my favourite photo of me and Gemma.

Well, am back to work in the real world tomorrow so should really go and get sorted– not even sure where my work bag is!!!

Take care
Jo x