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Natural HorseVolume 3, Issue 1 – Book Bits and Video 'Views
Equine Raindrop TherapyFeaturing Heather Mack, VMD Holistic Veterinary Services Approx. $40 © 2000 New Era Productions
Heather Mack is a veterinarian whose practice includes the use of essential oils and other complementary therapies. Many of the horses she works with are performance horses, and she deals with some complicated problems. But whether a horse is a performance horse, a backyard pony, or a trail horse, the benefits of essential oil therapy are the same – wonderful. In this enlightening and informative video, Equine Raindrop Therapy, Dr. Heather Mack explains and demonstrates the application of essential oils using a gentle, soothing, yet stimulating technique called Raindrop Therapy. The horse, as she describes it, is mind, body and spirit and Dr. Mack's goal is to bring each individual into balance – physically and energetically. If horses can vibrate 100 percent and stay healthy, they can perform to their optimum. Dr. Mack uses Raindrop Therapy to do just that – strengthen the horse's immune system, uplift the emotions, and help realign the spine. This is preventive medicine as well as therapy. She explains that essential oils are antiviral, antifungal, antibacterial, antiprotozoal, and emotionally uplifting, as well as soothing for sore muscles and useful for pulling toxins out of the system. Performing a Raindrop leaves the horse with an aura that keeps him from getting sick. She has also discovered that Raindrop therapy is helpful before a chiropractic adjustment to relax muscles and realign the spine, and helpful afterward to maintain an adjustment. Equine Raindrop Therapy acquaints the viewer with various essential oils and their benefits. Dr. Mack explains that to be able to do a Raindrop, one should get familiar with the various essential oils. She briefly describes some of the oils and blends she likes to use and why she chooses them. Different conditions and different horses may require different oils. The Raindrop technique is very interesting, and though Heather demonstrates a routine order, specific body areas, a specific number of drops and a specific number of maneuvers at times, she also points out that it can't really be done wrong. One does not need to be a veterinarian or practitioner to do this. She explains that anyone can do it if one follows a few recommendations, and observes a strong caution about staying out of the sunlight during, and for a few hours after, the treatment because of the nature of some of the oils. It is recommended in the video that the viewers experience a Raindrop themselves. Once this is felt and experienced, one can understand the powerful energies that are inherent with this treatment. The benefits are evident in the horse's responses as the therapy is being applied to him. Dooley, the big, beautiful gray in the video, seems to love the treatment. This video provides some helpful and insightful tidbits of holistic information as well. Dr. Mack's knowledge is extensive because she uses several therapies in her practice, including chiropractic, acupuncture, homeopathy, performance mouth dentistry, herbal and nutritional therapy, ozone therapy, and chelation therapy, as well as essential oils. Equine Raindrop Therapy is an enjoyable and educational video with a clear presentation of a useful treatment that can be readily performed at home. The captivating footage of equine athletes in action at the beginning and end is entertaining and reminds the viewer of the power and agility of the horse, as well as the demands we put on them. So why not learn Raindrop Therapy? As Dr. Mack says, "There is no reason NOT to do a Raindrop!"
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