Susie is a heart-centered soul, with an ingrained love of animals and people. Although she came from a fast-paced corporate world, discovering natural healing put her on a very different path in life.

After training in reiki, aromatherapy and as many holistic therapies as she could, Susie decided to put her new skills to good work. With no previous experience in the world of horses, Susie agreed to carry out some reiki treatments at a local sanctuary. This is where she met Daisy.

When the sanctuary was forced to close, Susie offered to take Daisy and a new resident, Billy, and give them a home. Taking her new equine family to a local livery yard catapulted her into a very different world than she was used to. The key language used was force.

“There has to be a better way…”

Over the next few years, Susie became known around the Midlands as she used reiki and her other holistic skills to help the horses she worked with.

When her name spread as far as Kidderminster, fate intervened and she agreed to rehome Inca, bringing her herd up to 3 members.

With 3 horses in her care, Susie decided to start her charity in 2008. The Healing Horse Sanctuary welcomed another 2 rescues within its first year. The Sanctuary has continued to grow each year, with Susie’s philosophy of using holistic methods and kindness as a guiding light.

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