Unicorn Dreams Wholistic Touch
Equine, Canine, and Small Animal Bodywork and Reiki Services
As of 2016, now also offering Human bodywork and massage!!
Unicorn Dreams Wholistic Touch
Carroll County, MD
United States
ph: 443.738.4639
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Published Articles
Articles: published articles, written articles, and articles we are mentioned in.
Treating the Whole Animal
Summer, 2013~ Maryland Dog Magazine
Why a Healing Team is Important
Injury or illness is often the result of an imbalance in an animal's physical, mental, emotional, or spiritual being.....................
Click here for the article: Creating a Healing Team
Kneading Animals? Healing More Than Muscles
Fall 2012~ The Virginia Maryland Dog
click here>> "Kneading Animals? Healing More Than Muscles."You can find us on pages 30-31
http://issuu.com/thevirginiadog/docs/18694_va_dog_web?mode=window&backgroundColor=%23222222
Let Sleeping Horses Lie
2013, March 6
How many of you see horses “down” and go into a slight “panic” and/or rush out to “get them up” only to find out they were just trying to take a nice nap?? I know I have! The last time I was in a “panic” was shortly after Dusty joined our herd in 2010 (he is the dark bay “standing watch” over the others as they rest in the included photo)...
click here for more: Let Sleeping Horses LieI'm a Bodyworker! I know what straight is...
2013, March 21
A couple of weeks ago I had a (long overdue) session with my bodyworker. She specializes in myoskeletal (re)alignment, “more” than massage, not quite chiro (though I do have a chiropractor I visit fairly regularly). While on her table, face up, she told me to align my body where I felt I was most balanced and “straight.” Easy peasy I thought.. So I made some adjustments, gave her a nod. She asked, “this is where you feel straight and balanced?” I gave a very firm “yes, “ thinking in my head that I TOTALLY aced it! She looked at me, pursed her lips very briefly, and said, “Ohhhhkayyyy..” She then placed one hand one the side of my left ribcage, and other hand on my right hip and literally moved my ribs over a few inches. “THIS is where you’re straight,” she said. “What?!?! No way! How can that be?? I’m an animal body worker for crying out loud! I KNOW what straight and balanced is!” I thought. She then had me line my fingers at the top of each of my hip bones and glide them to my midline. Right hand an inch or two above my left. Same thing at the bottom of my ribcage… again, right hand slightly higher than my left. “My dear,” she said, “Your proprioception is a bit off, dontcha’ think??” We then went on to discuss muscle imbalance, posture, neural pathways, and next steps to kick start my proprioceptors as she worked diligently to get me and my body back into balance. I’ll save the compensatory conversation for next time, today I want to focus briefly on *proprioception* ......
click here for more: I'm a Body worker!!
"Feature Friday-Inez Donmoyer-Unicorn Dreams Wholistic Touch"~ By Dutch Henry
2013, March 22
Inez says she was born with a "horse gene" and began riding her pony Speckles when she was four. She credits Speckles with giving her the thirst to learn. Her next teacher was Kasey, a rescue horse who really needed rescuing. Inez was twenty when she took in Kasey and together they shared many happy hours. It was then that Inez began to go to horse expos and meeting the great trainers, and first realized it's important to look at life from the horse's point of view. As she explored the new-to-her ideas, she and Kasey made wonderful strides together. Kasey, Inez says, was truly a fine teacher. Through the years there have been other horses, each tasked with, and accepting the job of teaching Inez more layers of understanding. And encouraging her to learn more............
click here to read more: Feature Friday- Inez Donmoyer- Unicorn Dreams Wholistic Touch
Other news and articles we've been in:
If you've been thinking about setting up a "whole horse" event to benefit a youth-oriented group, Suzanne Warsinsky has some great ideas. Read her recent article "All About Balance: 4-H Camp & Clinic in West Virginia."
http://www.naturalhorse.com/PDF/kids-roundup-balance.pdf
4-H Goes Bare and Booted
2013, March 26
I still remember one of my first 4-H meetings, the topic was trail riding. The club member presenting had a very nice power point presentation - one of the slides showed a rocky trail and she said you must shoe your horse to protect the hooves. I remember looking over to my mom in confusion, our horses were barefoot so this made no sense to me. Attitudes about shoeing have changed a lot since then. People have become more educated on the subject and are more open to barefoot horses and hoof boots. Today, almost all of the members in my 4-H group keep their horses barefoot - some members stopped shoeing and transitioned to barefoot and there are new members whose horses were already barefoot. It’s been fun talking about hoof care and hoof boots (seeing who wears what kind and arguing about which one the favorite is). The best part of 4-H is getting to ride with the other kids...........
read more here: 4-H Goes Bare and Booted
Unicorn Dreams Wholistic Touch
Carroll County, MD
United States
ph: 443.738.4639
info