MY WAY WITH THE HORSES
FROM LONGING TO VOCATION
Health is not always achieved through medicine alone. More often, it is a direct result of inner stillness and peace in heart and soul. It is a result of laughter and love.
Fascination Horse
Animals, especially horses have always fascinated me and have magically attracted me from a very young age. Whenever the opportunity presented itself, I chose to spend time with them.
After graduating high school it came with no surprise that I answered the question of what I wanted to do with my life by saying "Definitely something with horses!"...
No obstacle that I encountered along the way was too big to overcome. After various internships, I obtained an education as an equine professional with strong emphasis in breeding and husbandry. Since I always had a strong passion for western riding, I got my first job as an assistant trainer with a well-known western horse trainer, who was riding for the German national team at that time.
After about two years in the international equestrian sport business, I realized that my passion was much more about the health and vitality of the horses than about winning ribbons and trophies. I remembered why I had actually started working with horses: Because I love them!
However, due to the daily pressure of competing, I increasingly lost the intimate and loving contact with the horses that was so important to me. So I reoriented myself and turned my attention to those horses that could't survive in the professional sport system in terms of their health. I founded a rehabilitation center for horses. With my team of veterinarians, osteopaths and farriers, I took care of all those horses that came to us with unexplained lameness and chronic health conditions. Many of these animals had already been deemed incurable by the vets, so called hopeless cases. Nevertheless, we had a success rate of over 90% in rehabilitation.
Each one of these horses that crossed paths with me in my career became one of my teachers and provided layers of insights into the complexities and interrelations of equine health, nutrition, science of anatomically correct movement, hoof health and husbandry. In order to be able to help even more precisely, I studied energetic equine osteopathy, natural hoof treatment and other therapeutic modalities.
I began my study of spiritual healing methods to integrate body, mind and spirit. I know that the interconnection of these components is far greater than that which is visible on the surface. We focus our healing efforts on more than on the physical body.
This laid the foundation for energetic healing and animal communication in my work with the horses and thus I developed an even more holistic and multi-layered approach in most recent years.
Since 2016 I offer mobile services and visit horses for bodywork and therapy. I also advise and educate horse owners on common topics such as nutrition, husbandry, hoof health and communication.
I also offer online consultations.
Why Natural Spirit?
Natural Spirit expresses how I feel about myself and my being, and the ways which I choose to align and shape my life and work. I am strongly connected to nature and I love to explore the forests and mountains, barefoot and with my animals by my side. I feel a deep love to the beaches and oceans of this world.
When I connect with nature and all its elements, I experience my biggest healing moments. For all life and health issues, I first try to see how nature would solve them. In addition, I began the journey of my spiritual development in a very early age. I met my teachers in my early 20's, some of whom still accompany me in my own healing process today.
Natural Spirit describes my relationship with consciousness and nature-based wisdom. Natural Spirit is the feeling of being in alignment with the divine at all times, and being able to draw all my answers from this innate connection.
Here you can find an overview of all my education and training courses