MOBILITY IS LIFE!
HELLO, AND A WARM WELCOME!
OSTEOPATHY
Osteopathy is a manual therapeutic method that focuses on finding and mobilizing restrictions that can affect all structures in the body. Any loss of mobility anywhere in the body can cause an imbalance in health.
LASER-ACUPUNCTURE
(Laser-)Acupuncture is powerful in addressing the energetic restrictions in the body that can be found along the meridians (energy pathways) that run throughout the entire body.
I AM FENJA
Animals have been a big part of my life for as long as I can remember. Horses especially have had a special place in my heart. I’ve always loved their innate sense of wildness, honesty, and power and at the same time the peacefulness, and ultimate presence they exude.
In my work it’s essential to look at the animal in its entirety – as a bodyworker this of course includes the animals physical state, but it is just as important to me to know the animals emotional state as well, because e-motions (‘energy in motion’) can have a massive effect on the health of the entire body.
This is why I’ve gotten my certifications in multiple different bodywork modalities, including an extensive four year training to become an Equine Osteopath EDO®.
Because the psychosomatic effects on the body is something that is very important to consider, I continue to immerse myself in my own self-growth, working on my emotional well-being and wholeness, in order to be able to show up for your animal to the best of my ability.
I believe that only when we look at the animal in its entirety, including the psychosomatic side of things, its environment, its guardians, its social life, etc., do we have a chance of finding the root cause of the symptoms that your animal is showing me and addressing it fully.
WORKING WITH HORSES DURING A BODYWORK SESSION
If you’ve ever had bodywork done yourself, you might know it’s not always comfortable – as a human we can understand that and deal with it accordingly. Our horses communicate what’s going on for them a bit differently and some horses are more direct than others. So when I am working on a horse, I take any differences in behavior or demeanor as information and adjust accordingly if necessary, but I never punish – as long as I can keep myself, the horse and the guardian safe, I just take in what the horse is saying and don’t react to it otherwise.
This means when a horse tells me they don’t like something I’m doing, I will honor what they are saying. For my sessions that means if I repeatedly get a clear no from a horse, I know there is a specific reason for the horse to say no to what I’m doing. And that could be as simple as the horse not being ready for that yet or it could be something else. In those instances, I might try a different approach or leave it for the next session to work on.
Bottom line is I don’t want to fight with the horse I’m working on because that won’t help achieve the healthy balance I’m striving for. Yes, I might do things the horse doesn’t like as much, but what I want to stay away from is doing things the horse’s body isn’t ready to receive yet.
