My Journey

I was raised in a family of chiropractors, my uncle and my great uncle were both chiropractors. My uncle actually taught at Palmer Chiropractic College and was president of the Tx Chiropractic Association. So, I was already very familiar with the importance of chiropractic therapy for people.

I had a horse that had a 103 speed index, she could mortally fly! We set several new arena records. I took her to a rodeo one night and she got hurt.

She had a roll back style turn, and as she was coming around, she slipped and fell. Her front end was going in one direction and her hind end was going in the other. When she got up, she could not extend her left rear heel to the ground. She was three legged, head bobbing, lame. I gave her Banamine, loaded her on the trailer, and took her to the vet. Because, that's what you were supposed to do.

The vet said to give her Bute and leave her up for a week. She was still lame. So we gave her Banamine, and turned her out for a week. She was still lame. He said to give her six weeks off, we did, and she was still lame. We gave her six months off, and she was still lame. My vet told me, "this horse is probably never going to be sound again". Well, I was not ready to give up on her yet.

My uncle called my dad's house one day, and asked "how's the rodeoing going?" I told him, "it sucks, because my horse got hurt". I told him what happened, and he suggested that I find a chiropractor to work on my horse. Well, at 17 years old, I had never seen a chiropractor work on a horse before. I happened to be at a show after that, discussing my horse and what my uncle had said with some friends, and they told me that there was a man there named Dr King. He happened to be a chiropractor who worked on horses. I found him, made an appointment, took my horse up there and literally within 30 minutes, she walked off completely sound!

He said not to ride her for three days because she was going to be sore from walking around limping for over six months. I took her to the rodeo that weekend, we won both, the Friday and Saturday night performances. By Monday or Tuesday, she was three legged lame again. I gave her Banamine, loaded her in the trailer and drove her back to Dr King. He worked on her again, she walked off sound and he said don't ride her for three days again. Friday night and Saturday night we won, and Sunday afternoon we won the average. By Monday or Tuesday, again dead lame! I called my uncle, and told him I felt like I was filling up a flat tire and the adjustments were not holding. He said "you're not addressing the muscle memory". I said, "what the crap is that? You told me to take her to a chiropractor!"

So, that is how my journey began.

I shadowed with Dr King on and off for 2 years and then I found Dr. Daniel Kamen, DVM. He was a veterinarian who could not get other veterinarians on board with the importance of chiropractic in animals. So, he took it upon himself to start teaching lay people how to adjust their own horses. I got my first canine and equine chiropractic certification through him. I then studied trigger point and stress point therapies to address the soft tissue issues. However, I did not like using those therapies, because I thought there was too much potential to bruise the tissue or damage the nerves. Besides, massage can be really hard on the practitioner and the horse! My friend and I travelled together and she introduced me to BioScan. This scanner machine could pick up irregularities in the acupuncture meridians and there was another soft red laser unit that could actually change the vibrational frequencies in the body to a balanced state.

I studied the fundamentals of acupuncture through BioScan and under the written works of Dr. Marvin Cain, DVM.

Then, I found Bowen Therapy! It is BY FAR, THE BEST all-around therapy I have found in my 35+ years of studying energy therapies! Bowen therapy is like hitting a "reset" button on your autonomic nervous system. This system is for everything in your body you can't consciously control, pulse rate, hormones, salvation, sweating, muscle spasms, etc. Bowen can soften scar tissue, open lymphatic drains, reset muscle memory, lower blood pressure and so many more benefits!

I have been fortunate to train directly under Carol Bennett at the Animal Connection Network. She is the developer and founder of Touch Balancing/Animal Bowen™ and for the first several years, the only one authorized to teach this method by the BowTech Academy of Australia.

Well, in 2001, I decided to do the horse therapies full-time. My liability insurance company requires me to do continuing education hours every two years. So, in compliance, I began looking for modalities that complimented what I already had in my “toolbox”. I trained directly under Carol Komitor, founder and developer of Healing Touch for Animals (HTA). Then, I studied Kinesiology, Applied Kinesiology, Neurokenetic Therapy, and Quantum Touch therapies.

The last several years, I have been studying more "human" therapies. Alas, I will not be forever young and I get bit, kicked and thrown around occasionally working with the horses. I decided I needed something I could (safely) do after I decided to retire from the "horse world". I still have a desire to carry on God’s will and help others.

At this point, I need to share an important part of my life story. Almost 20 years ago, I lost all 8 of my horses in a barn fire. I could not do anything except sit there and watch it burn. We lost everything horse related that we owned that night. There are just no words. I tried to open the barn doors and the fire back drafted, it burned my face and eyebrows. The fire truck got stuck in the road, there was not enough hose to get to the fire, the horse trailer was on fire, the fence was on fire and the woods were on fire. I could not do anything except sit there, cry and watch it burn with all of my horses in it. I had PTSD from that night, to the point that, I could not smell smoke, watch a bonfire, smell meat cooking on the grill or light a gas stove without getting triggered. I was very angry at God, I could not sleep, I did not want to eat, and could not get away from the constant smell of smoke. I remember praying and telling God, "if this is the cross you've given me to bear, then you need to give me a way to deal with it, because I am not handling this very well and I'm pissed at you". 

At that time, I was moderator for four different forums on the Internet.  God was working behind the scenes though. The next day I got an email from a woman in the UK asking for assistance was a case that she had. At the bottom of her email with a trailer for EFT, Emotional Freedom Technique. I clicked on the link, started reading, and down loaded the 96 page manual that night. I started "tapping" and using this technique for the negative emotions I was having about the fire. I think I finally slept about three hours that night. By the next day, I was almost back to my busy, organizing self!

Several years after the fire, my husband got sick. ( I have been widowed almost 9 years now.) I remembered in April of that year, that my Continuing Education hours were due in August! Well, I had been doing EFT for almost 11 years at this point. So, I decided I would just go get certified in that. I thought I knew just about everything about it and it would be an easy class.  I was so wrong! 

(God has ways of humbling you. 😂)

I had the most wonderful instructor, Karin Davidson. She told me that she thought I had a gift and she encouraged me to take the advanced class also. So, I did it, I took the advanced class, Matrix Reimprinting. It was the most challenging thing I have ever done. It's also one of the most rewarding!

It's very humbling, how intricately,  God allows you into peoples lives! I do volunteer work with rape, sexual assault, incest and sex trafficking victims. I also work with people who have anxiety, performance issues, physical pain and all types of negative emotions, PTSD and trauma. I recently took a fundamentals class, Natural Lifemanship, for Equine Assisted Psychotherapy (EAP). I have helped run the EAP program at Ark Farms for several years. 

EFT SAVED MY LIFE AND MY SANITY. So, I have this and many other personal testimonies as to what my therapies can do! I have NO DOUBT, that GOD was directing my path and this was the beginning of the rest of my life. My life has never been the same since I learned all of these therapies. I think Bowen is the best physical therapy and I know EFT/Matrix is the best psychology therapy! 

I am ALWAYS learning new techniques and new ideas (way more than just what is listed here). I use soft red lasers, herbs and advice from people who know more about some things than me. (Did I mention God humbles us?) God always seems to put me where I'm supposed to be, when I'm supposed to be there. I KNOW I don't do what I do, without God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit! Thank you for taking time to read my story and hopefully, God will allow us to come together for fellowship and restoration!