Walking On Volume 4, Issue 10, October 2017 | Page 9

rop Therapy
to support health and performance
A sore-backed lesson horse at
Asbury University getting his
first sniff of an essential oil
during raindrop. By the next day,
he was much happier carrying
riders and no longer pinning his
ears and trying to bite during
tacking.
Horse 2:
This little quarter horse mare was rescued out of
a terrible situation in a breeding barn in NY state.
In the three weeks since her rescue, she had already
gained 100 lbs, and needed to gain 100 more. She
was totally out of alignment in her hind end and
it was suspected that she had been bred and given
birth very young, mis-aligning her hips. She stood
with both rear fetlocks on the ground and neither
hind foot was actually contacting the ground. She
could barely walk. She had been dewormed as soon
as she was rescued, but had not been given any more
dewormer for 2 ½ weeks. We spent about an hour
with this little mare, gently administering oils to her
feet, legs, and spine. By the we had finished, her hips
had leveled and she was standing on both hind feet
and was walking much better. I cannot explain it,
and I cannot claim that the oils had anything to do
with it, but it was quite an amazing turnaround. The
next morning, her owner reported dead parasites
in her stool. Within 2 months of receiving regular
raindrops from her owner, this little mare was work-
ing under saddle.
Horse 3:
I taught raindrop technique to a friend who owns
an eventing and lesson barn, in Lexington, KY. She
loves using it on the lesson horses to keep them
happy with beginners bouncing on them all the
time. It is great for spine support. She has a pony
who becomes rather plump in the summer. She
messaged me that this little guy had been foundering
for 5 days. She had done all she could think of with
icing, soaking, and was considering putting him
down. She wondered if she should try raindrop and
I heartily agreed. The next morning, she messaged
me again to tell me her pony was completely back to
normal.
The most important part of the technique is using
the right oils, because it is not so much the strokes
used, as it is the type of oils used and the order they
are used in. It is extremely important to use oils that
come from verifiable sources so you know they are
pure, safe and effective. Raindrop technique will not
work with most health food store, or internet pur-
chased oils. Because they are regulated as a cosmet-
ic, the FDA says that an essential oil can be labeled
“pure, therapeutic grade” with only 5-10% actual
essential oil in the bottle, and no other ingredients
need to be listed! Many oil supply companies simply
buy from another source and rebottle the oils.
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