WWW.YOURHORSE.CO.UK WWW.YOURHORSE.CO.UK SEPTEMBER 2012 YOUR HORSE YOUR HORSE SEPTEMBER 2012 Horse care Boosting body and mind Radionics explained We explore the peculiar and fascinating world of radionics, a form of remote healing believed by many to hold the key to good health and happiness in both horses and humans Words Helen Milbank At the heart of the therapy is the belief that every living body has a subtle energy field Radionics can be used to identify a myriad of problems R adionics is a healing technique that’s been used on horses and humans since the 1920s and challenges the world of conventional human senses as it taps into our natural intuition. As with all complementary therapies, it has its ardent followers and its sceptics, but those who trust in, and practise, radionics believe firmly it can help to balance the life, and boost the health of horse and rider, improving their relationship by opening previously untapped lines of communication. Read on for our beginners’ guide to radionics as we explore what this therapy has to offer you and your horse. The therapy explained WHAT IS RADIONICS? Put simply, radionics is a form of distant energy healing. All that’s needed initially is a sample of hair or something else unique to the patient, together with written ‘case history’ information, for a radionic analysis to take place. The analysis is followed by on-going treatment, which can take several months, depending on the nature of the problem, as a ‘to and fro’ relationship builds between practitioner and patient, or the patient’s owner if it’s an animal who’s being treated. The Radionic Association says that at the heart of the therapy is a belief that every living body has a subtle energy field. Should this field be weakened, for example by stress, the physical body also becomes weak, leaving it susceptible to illness. Radionics aims to identify any weaknesses and re-balance them, treating the animal or person holistically to promote self-healing, boost performance and wellbeing, aid recovery from illness or injury and support the immune system. HOW CAN IT BENEFIT MY HORSE? Advocates of the therapy claim it can be used to help identify, support and resolve a myriad of physical and behavioural problems in horses, such as lameness, sore joints, sweet itch and wounds, as well as stress, inability to load, a change of environment and preparation for competitions. The therapy can be applied to people as well as animals. Students undergo a three-year professional training programme to qualify as a human practitioner before taking a shorter equine course. As with all complementary therapies, vets are usually accepting of radionic treatment when it’s being used alongside conventional veterinary care, and common sense must prevail – radionics is no substitute for proper vet care. TOOLS OF THE TRADE In addition to their conventional human senses, radionic practitioners use dowsing techniques to ‘augment’ their intuition and identify sources of weakness in the body’s energy field. Dowsing with a pendulum to pick up vibrations from the patient, as well as asking carefully focused questions, enables them to select treatments to help overcome these weaknesses. Patients and practitioners never need meet. Instead, a signature, hair sample or similar acts as a proxy or witness, due to the belief that each of us is linked via a ‘universal’ mind.
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Horse care Boosting body and mind
Radionics explainedWe explore the peculiar and fascinating world of radionics, a form of remote healing believed by many to hold the key to good health and happiness in both horses and humans Words Helen Milbank
At the heart of the therapy is the belief that every living body has a subtle energy field
Radionics can be used to identify a myriad of problems
Radionics is a healing technique that’s been used on horses and humans since the 1920s and challenges the
world of conventional human senses as it taps into our natural intuition. As with all complementary therapies, it has its ardent followers and its sceptics, but those who trust in, and practise, radionics believe firmly it can help to balance the life, and boost the health of horse and rider, improving their relationship by opening previously untapped lines of communication. Read on for our beginners’ guide to radionics as we explore what this therapy has to offer you and your horse.
The therapy explainedWhaT is Radionics?Put simply, radionics is a form of distant energy healing. All that’s needed initially is a sample of hair or something else unique to the patient, together with written ‘case history’ information, for a radionic analysis to take place. The analysis is followed by on-going treatment, which can take several months, depending on the nature of the problem, as a ‘to and fro’ relationship builds between practitioner and patient, or the patient’s owner if it’s an animal who’s being treated.
The Radionic Association says that at
the heart of the therapy is a belief that every living body has a subtle energy field. Should this field be weakened, for example by stress, the physical body also becomes weak, leaving it susceptible to illness.
Radionics aims to identify any weaknesses and re-balance them, treating the animal or person holistically to promote self-healing, boost performance and wellbeing, aid recovery from illness or injury and support the immune system.
hoW can iT benefiT my hoRse?Advocates of the therapy claim it can be used to help identify, support and resolve a myriad of physical and behavioural problems in horses, such as lameness, sore joints, sweet itch and wounds, as well as stress, inability to load, a change of environment and preparation for competitions.
The therapy can be applied to people as well as animals. Students undergo a three-year professional training programme to qualify as a human practitioner before taking a shorter equine course.
As with all complementary therapies, vets are usually accepting of radionic treatment when it’s being used alongside conventional veterinary care, and common sense must prevail – radionics is no substitute for proper vet care.
Tools of The TRadeIn addition to their conventional human senses, radionic practitioners use dowsing techniques to ‘augment’ their intuition and identify sources of weakness in the body’s energy field. Dowsing with a pendulum to pick up vibrations from the patient, as well as asking carefully focused questions, enables them to select treatments to help overcome these weaknesses. Patients and practitioners never need meet. Instead, a signature, hair sample or similar acts as a proxy or witness, due to the belief that each of us is linked via a ‘universal’ mind.
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F or life-long horse lover Eleanor Buxton, radionics has been a way of life ever since she was a child riding show ponies for
producer Joni McMillan. Joni was good friends with Lavender Dower, one of the original ‘queens’ of radionics, and her
influence on the ponies’ health and behaviour was such that Eleanor grew up convinced that radionics was a normal and essential horse management tool.
“The ponies were at the top of their game and very highly strung,” says Eleanor, “and radionic treatment was used to help keep them poised and calm so they could perform at their best.
“The relationship between Joni and Lavender was a real partnership – Joni would simply tell her how she wanted each pony to be at a competition, and Lavender would send a treatment. It was just how things were – I never thought to question it. I’d get on a little hot-headed pony at a competition and Joni would say, ‘don’t worry, the pony will be fine – Mrs D’s sorted it’, and true enough the pony wouldn’t boil over. I’d sense a real change in him – and that was always the case. Riding’s so much about feel, and when ‘Mrs D’ had done her work I could always feel the pony relax and focus.
“It was used to keep the ponies fit and well on a day-to-day basis, too. If they had any niggling lameness or a health problem the vets couldn’t quite put their finger on, Lavender would help pinpoint where the problem was.
“Lavender eventually retired, but her influence remains. I’ve always used radionics to balance the health and wellbeing of my horses, as well as my family. My children, Laura and Freddie, have had radionic treatments to help them through exams and see it very much as an on-going support network. Just the other weekend, Laura was feeling unwell and texted her radionics practitioner for help. The bond you build goes far deeper than the usual ‘patient-doctor’ relationship, and it’s a hugely valuable sounding board.”
Now her children are older, Eleanor’s decided to train as a practitioner herself. “I’m three quarters of the way through my training, which consists of a mix of study weekends and one-on-one sessions with the School of Radionics Teachers,” she says. “It’s a fascinating subject and I can’t imagine radionics not being part of my world.
“Over the years it’s been an invaluable part of our family life and a key factor in how we enhance our lives. It’s also interesting to witness how comfortable horses are with the treatment.”
Read on for three case studies of Eleanor’s ponies and horses.
how does it work?Each practitioner uses a different instrument to analyse and treat any physical and emotional weaknesses in the body. These instruments are unique to them and can vary from a computerised machine to a more simple device – they use whatever works for them. Once any weaknesses have been identified, specific healing treatments are conveyed to the patient with the aid of said instrument.
Human patients may report an increased feeling of wellbeing, followed by an improvement in their physical symptoms. Regular contact with the practitioner during treatment is an important part of the long-term healing process.
a radionic instrument serves to focus the thoughts of the practitioner
Jemima stewart has used the therapy to help her horse
little dragon through health problems
Reader offerThe first access course usually costs £285, but The Radionic Association is offering Your Horse readers a 10% discount if they sign up before 24 August, 2012. Call 01869 338852 to find out more.
hoW much does iT cosT?Costs vary, but as a rough guide you can expect to pay around £60 for an initial radionics analysis, with further treatment charged at around £45 per month. You can safely assume that a three-month trial may be enough to reveal the benefits of the therapy, with ongoing treatments to follow, depending on the nature of the problem.
eleanor has been a keen advocate of radionics since she was a child
laura and Tallulah enjoyed a successful
partnership, aided by radionics
‘Radionics has always been part of my world’
case study
The hot competition ponyEleanor is convinced that over the years radionics has helped to boost the health and well-being of a number of her horses, including her daughter Laura’s 14.2hh mare Tallulah, who’s now retired.
Naturally highly strung, she was a great little pony, but Laura had just left the ‘comfort zone’ of a 12.2hh pony she loved, followed by a disastrous and short-lived relationship with a 13.2hh, so her nerves were frayed when Tallulah came on to the scene. At their first show together Eleanor knew both pony and rider needed a confidence boost to set them on their way, so she turned to her radionics guru Galea Parsons for help.
“I told Galea about the show and what we were planning to do, as well as the time of Laura’s class,” says Eleanor. “I remember glancing over at Tallulah and there was this ‘hot’ little pony, at a big buzzy show, standing outside the show jumping ring with her eyes shut, resting a leg. When it was their time to jump she was completely awake, yet relaxed and calm. They popped round the course very easily and an hour later Tallulah was back to her normal exhuberant self.
“Galea had timed her treatment to perfection, and I’ve seen the same reaction in lots of competition horses who’ve been treated radionically.
“In Laura and Tallulah’s case, I’m sure regular radionic treatments helped them build a happy, trusting bond faster than they would have done under normal circumstances.”
Radionics helped them build a
trusting bond
can i have a go?Introductory access courses via The Radionic Association are available to give people a feel for the dowsing process and help them tap into the world of radionics. This is held over two weekends and serves as a basic introduction to healing at a distance, along with individual mentoring sessions with qualified practitioners.
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Find out moreThe Radionic Association – the world’s leading body representing qualified radionic practitioners – is the place to go for more on the therapy and to find a practitioner. Visit radionic.co.uk or call 01869 338852.
Radionic practitioner Caroline Stewart was drawn to the therapy when she gave it a try in a bid to treat her long-term knee pain after years of conventional
NHS treatment and acupuncture had failed. Originally dispelling it as ‘wacky nonsense’ she was so impressed by the results she spent three years training as a human radionics practitioner, and later undertook the equine course, having grown up around horses.
“My knee problem was so severe it was really affecting my life and radionics was a last resort – as I’ve discovered it so often is with the patients I now treat,” says Caroline, who’s based in the Cotswolds and works with horses, people and small animals.
“I began to feel the benefit within a few weeks, and within six months was off the medication and virtually pain-free. Radionics produced a change in my knee
‘it was a last resort’
A keen polo playing family, when Eleanor and husband Peter welcomed polo pony Gorda into their Wiltshire-based yard four years ago she’d just arrived from Argentina, and both the journey and her sporting career has taken their toll.
“Gorda had a lot of miles on the clock and was very stiff behind,” says Eleanor. “Using radionics we were able to pinpoint the areas that needed help, and our practitioner Galea highlighted a particular vertebra as a cause
for concern. A few months later a pus-filled sac appeared in that exact spot, and when it had finally drained Gorda was far happier and sounder for it. Galea gave treatments to support the sore draining and then healing.
“Gorda’s 12 now and my son Freddie still plays polo on her. She suffers with sweet itch, too, and I’m convinced radionics has helped prevent it becoming a huge issue, used in conjunction with conventional preventative measures.”
During her lengthy eventing career, 15.2hh Dante had risen to the top of the sport, ridden by New Zealander Blyth Tait at four-star level, but when she came to Eleanor as a 20-year-old retiree, her ‘prima donna’ ways proved tricky to deal with at first. “Dante was a real drama queen and found it difficult to settle – she wouldn’t eat and was generally tricky to handle,” says Eleanor. “A mix of calm, consistent handling, common sense and radionic treatments helped pull her round and she went on to become an amazing Pony Club horse with my daughter Laura.”
However, Eleanor believes the true benefits of radionics came to the fore when Dante went off to Pony Club camp at the age of 25. “She was stabled with the other ponies and hated it – she whinnied all the time and wouldn’t eat. I was at a loss as to what was wrong, so I asked my radionics practitioner for help. She told me Dante hated being stabled with the other ponies, so we moved her to the other yard where the horses were all stabled and she was as good as gold!”
Radionics has supported polo pony gorda, seen
here with freddie
dante the ‘drama queen’
The retired four-star eventer
The argentinian polo pony
nothing else had managed to achieve. “I think people often expect miracles,
but if you’re dealing with a long-term chronic condition you can’t just wave a magic wand. At its very root, radionics deals with the cause of a problem as well as the symptoms. If the problem is a simple fracture of a bone, the cause and the symptoms are clear, but in the case of arthritis or a long-term skin condition for example, a radionics practitioner looks beyond the symptoms to the cause and seeks to re-balance the body’s energy, emotional and mental fields, as well as specific emotions that may be having a detrimental effect on the immune system.
“As a practitioner my patients usually fall within two groups. Some come to me for help with a specific problem, then come off treatment once that problem’s resolved. Others will come to me for ongoing treatment over a period of several months or years. This could be for the maintenance of a long-term behavioural problem if I’m treating their
horse, or a chronic physical condition. “I have different levels of charging
depending on each patient’s needs, as it’s easier for me to ‘tap’ into an animal or person who I’ve worked on before than it is to do an initial radionic analysis.
“I’ve helped riders from all disciplines and worked on top eventers and show horses. I see radionics as an important tool in the care and maintenance of both our animals’ lives as well as our own, and find it rewarding when I become part of their lives and well-being.”
