Complimentary Animal Care
Energy Unblocked
By Amanda Bader

Healthy Living Magazine Fall 2003 Winter 2004

Critical and accurate observation combined with an inuitive sense is a key element in many complimentary therapies. Cindy Brody has combined energy balancing, Reiki and massage into what she calls CinergE. Not only does she have horses and dogs as regular clients, but she is now giving sessions where people learn how to do the work.She is essentially teaching these students to rely on their powers of observation and to develop and trust their own intuitiveness.

CinergE involves identifying and removing blockages and redirecting Chi.

This type of energy work helps keep muscles supple and soft, making it easier for horses thier potential for strain. It can also soothe injuries, reduce nervousness, and compliment veterinary treatment for a variety of conditions, including equine colic, back pain, and various types of lameness.

The work is done using a systematic "flick test," where the fingers are run lightly across critical areas of the animal's body by an involuntary flick of the finger.Light circular motion is then applied to the blockage to release it and allow energy to flow unimpeded.More resistant blockages might require point work - a sort of laying on of the fingers. Animals that are too uncomfortable for hands on work can be treated by passing the hands above the body, using the heat that indicates problem areas as a guide.

Brody who has been doing energy work for about two decades, is consistently encouraged by the response of her animal patients. " I can't tell you how often a hores that rolled it's eyes and stood at the back of it's stall when I first arrived comes forward to greet me on my second visit."

She began her work on humans, but had always been drawn to animals, particularly horses. As her practice developed, she wrestled with whether working with animals was as meaningful as working with people. She came to the conclusion that animals, especially horses, were less equipped to care for themselves - they can't always say whats happening and they don't have other resources - so she felt like she was doing something that wouldn't necessarily get done otherwise.

Though energy work is not supported by a body of scientific research, it must be doing something real, as Brody is busier than she can handle. She sees between 35 and 40 horses per mont, and works with 15 or so dogs and approximately 20 people in the same time period. To enable her to accomodate more clients, she has begun working with an associate Renee Reinhardt, and teaches the clinics that train people to care for their own animals.

This year she has given four adult / equine clinics, one for teenagers - "they get work like that," she says snapping her fingers- and one dog clinic. " I have always been intuitive, aware of things that others weren't, and I believe I can teach almost anyone to tune into energy and do this work."

The common thread among all holistic practitioners is that the patient's owner is usually highly involved in the animal's day to day life.Often these are performance animals, dogs and horses, who compete but as frequently they are just valued companions whose health and well-being are of primary importance to the humans in their life.

See Cindy's feature article from the Woodstock Times
January 2, 2003

Wildwood Farm clinic Oak Harbor, Washington article

Article from the Kingston Daily Freeman September 10, 2001

Rosendale Blue Stone Press
Susan Krawitz (7/7/2000)