Tui Na massage: Wouldn’t it be something if your horse could have a consistent, harmonious flow of stomach chi and could avoid colic, founder, stomach ulcers, and any other digestion issues horses are prone to have? Wild horses roam and … Read full article
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Homeopathy for Animals – Q&A with Shirley Moore
We receive a LOT of questions about homeopathy for animals: which remedies to use for various conditions, how to give the remedies, and most of all, questions around preventing and treating Lyme disease. Shirley has very kindly been responding to … Read full article
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Friday Links: Altruistic Animals, Homeopathy and Cancer, Hero Dog Returns Home
By Cattie Coyle
No More Cosmetics Animal Testing in India India recently banned animal testing for cosmetics, making them the first country in South Asia to do so. … Read full article
What Is Manual Ligament Therapy (MLT) for Animals?
Manual Ligament Therapy is a revolutionary osteopathic massage technique that was developed by Arik Gohl after years of working on people with chronic … Read full article
Equine Craniosacral Therapy
By Cattie Coyle
Today’s post is about Craniosacral therapy, a modality that I have been curious about for a long time, and just recently tried for myself. I grind my … Read full article
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