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Pam Simmons stands with Wellington, a Percheron and one of the horses Simmons’ new program, Divine Equine, will use to help participants reflect on themselves. (D. Lobkowicz photo) |
By Dominik Lobkowicz
A Jefferson woman’s new business will use horses as a sort of mirror to help people learn about themselves and overcome negative energy to find peace, she says.
Pam Simmons has just started a new business called the Divine Equine Program, based out of her Windkist Farm on Maple Lane in Jefferson.
Simmons, who has worked for the last 20 years in the healing field with massage therapy, reiki, and polarity, hopes to incorporate and utilize the sensitivity of horses to a person’s energy in her program.
Horses react to what is not peaceful in a person if they’re off center, Simmons said, and mirror back to a person what isn’t right.
“Horses are purely honest,” Simmons said. “They are like your truest friend. Your truest friend will never lie to you.”
Inspired by a similar program she found in Virginia in recent years, Simmons said Divine Equine is not a program for riding.
Instead, participants will connect with a horse they’re drawn to and spend time with it in a manner of
their choosing – just sitting with the animal, walking it, brushing it, or even mucking its stall if they want, Simmons said.
Participants would spend the time reflecting on what the horse shows them about themselves and journal their experiences; Simmons would then work with the participant to identify what emotions are disrupting their peace, she said.
With her work with healing energy, Simmons says she can sense people’s energy and help them identify and release it.
Negative energy can manifest in the body as pain or tightness, but once someone is able to recognize their source of negative energy they can start to deal with it and achieve peace, Simmons said.
Windkist Farm has seven horses of varying size which will be a part of Divine Equine, from the two miniature horses, Bitz and Starlight, up to the 17-hands-high Percheron named Wellington.
“We have horses of every size, for everyone,” she said.
For more information or to make an appointment, call Simmons at 350-0147.
