“Mary Brown and her energy work have been a life changer for a 16-year-old horse named Stan. He is a horse in the 2nd Company Governor’s Horse Guard, a historic cavalry unit whose mission is weekly drills and parades for beginner/intermediate adult riders. His job is to walk and trot behind or next to his fellow horses and perform drill maneuvers. He lives in a herd with ten other horses and has no stressful life. He was purchased at an auction two years ago, and his previous job was to pony race horses on a race track. Stan had issues after several months, minor injuries, abscesses, and lameness which he was treated for, and has been sound for over a year. Stan’s problem with riding was only during drill. He would start off calm and pleasant, then he would charge around, canter instead of trotting, then he would bite at his belly and shut down to even move forward. We would then take him back to the barn and turn him out. We changed tack with the track fitter, treated him for ulcers, which he did not have, and had him vet-checked several times, concluding this is anxiety. We tried some calming pellets and paste, which helped for a couple of weeks, but he returned to this behavior.

Mary came to the Guard to give a clinic on her energy work and demonstrate its effectiveness. She asked to use a guard horse, and I offered her Stan to work with in the hopes she could help his anxiety and strange behavior. They instantly connected with each other; Stan would not leave her side, even loose in the large arena. He stood perfectly still and relaxed while she did her energy work. We asked Mary to come to one of our drills to see Stan’s anxiety and behavior inaction; he did not disappoint. She worked with him immediately, putting positive energy into him and trying to pull out the negative energy. Stan was beside himself, trying to avoid and escape this new process. He was spinning around, pawing the ground, throwing his head, charging, all of this while trying to get him back to the barn. Mary calmly worked with him on cross ties, and you could see the calmness and relaxation that came over him with energy and chakra treatments. She helped Stan release anxiety and stress, and he’s learning to release it independently. For the next 6-8 weeks, Mary came once a week to work with Stan. When he saw her, he would come up to the gate and want his treatment. At first, he needed a horse friend with him, but after the second week, he was so relaxed and calm that he didn’t care. Mary worked with Stan each week for an hour or so; now Stan is calm, relaxed in drill work with his fellow horses, and has not been biting at his belly. We realize Stan is a work in progress, but without Mary’s help with her energy work and her dedication to helping Stan, we would not be able to keep him.” — Melanie V., Client