Welcome everyone!
This is my first ever blog so I think I should introduce myself. My name is Julie and I live in Scotland. Im not really sure what my blogs will contain but I have felt drawn to starting one for a while and think it would be a good way to track the pathways that I follow.
From being really young I have loved ponies, starting out at riding schools and progressing to owning my own, I had a break while I had my daughters and then was blessed to be able to buy another back in 2002, enter Polly closely followed by Diddee and then Penny. Polly and Diddee still live with me plus 3 others, Momo, Sally and Izzy. Im sure they will feature a lot here and you will be introduced to each one in turn. sadly we lost Penny to acute grass sickness back in 2010.
I have learnt a lot over the years but have definitely found my own way in life. The best complement I had as a pony owner was when the animal health lady (who came to blood test our sheep) told me that I didnt seem like typical horsey person. I dont think I am.
Other ponies have lived here too plus there were others in my life when I was younger, I will mention them now as they all played a part in my pony life. Lady, Magic, Adonis, Georgie, Dusky, Tor.
I love complementary therapies, I started with Reiki, working through the stages and gathering experience and then becoming what is called a Reiki Master/Teacher, I can now teach to others which I do enjoy but havent done any this year. My passion is Reiki with horses and ponies. I started sharing this out there in the local horsey world and met some lovely horses and people but this year, I felt, needed me to step back, I had other ideas in my head of what I wanted to be doing, I didnt want to take the easier route of working just with people, I could have altered what I was offering (not just Reiki, other therapies too) and built a little business of it, but it didnt appeal to me. It would have been a compromise and I didnt want to do that.
I had all these things in my head about the connection between pony and person, the bonds we share, our relationships but I couldnt put it all together. I see people struggling out there with this very thing.
Something else about me, I work with my own intuition, if it feels right then it is, this is also very important to me.
I am also an empath. I pick up on emotions and feelings which sometimes is good but can be not so good too. I really feel negativity which isnt always easy.
Thats a very basic intro for you, if you are interested. I think most of my blogs will be about my time with my ponies, what I learn, what I see and feel and our progress in what we do together.
I started this blog a while ago and Im picking up again today, 24th January 2021. So watch out for more coming in the next week or so!!
