PJ Needs Your Help – Healing Beyond The Physical
Our beautiful PJ has recently been diagnosed with EOTRH (Equine Odontoclastic Tooth Resorption and Hypercementosis), a progressive dental condition that affects some older horses.
EOTRH involves the breakdown and reabsorption of tooth structures, and can lead to pain, infection, fractures, and difficulty eating.
🌟Meet PJ
PJ came to me as a 4-year-old off-the-track thoroughbred. His racing name was Light of Fortune, and he ran just three races before retiring. Since then, he’s spent most of his life with me, apart from a 5.5-year period (2014–2019) when he remained in Sydney. He’s now 23 years old, a wise soul and Energy Master with a strong presence in the herd (particularly with the mares when they’re in season 😲)
💫 The Energy Behind The Imbalance
I’m a big believer that our physical body shows the emotional energies, traumas, and stuck stories we are holding onto by way of physical symptoms. These can manifest as chronic conditions, tension, acute signs, or in PJ’s case, in his bones and teeth.
I also believe in the power of intention, energy, and collective healing that support wellness and transformation.
I’ll be doing in-person and remote healing work with PJ over the coming weeks. But I’d love to invite you to help hold him, energetically and spiritually, as he moves through this. [And this applies regardless of when you read this if you consider that time is not linear!]
🦷 Metaphysical Meaning of EOTRH
- Mouth = Expression, Power, Boundaries
The mouth and teeth symbolise:
- Expression (what’s spoken or suppressed)
- Personal power (the ability to say no, to bite, to push back)
- Boundaries (what we let in or push out)
PJ may be energetically holding deep suppressed emotions from years of holding back, being over-controlled, silenced, or misunderstood, especially in environments where obedience and submission was required.
🔑 Energetic message: “I was not allowed to speak, to bite, to say no. I’ve carried it all. Now it’s breaking down.”
- Hypercementosis = Overcompensation
Excess cementum production can symbolise energetic overcompensation, a long-standing attempt to hold it all together, to be strong.
It may reflect a horse who has:
- Overperformed for years
- Pushed beyond his comfort
- Braced himself for life, silently and loyally
🔑 Energetic message: “I built up walls to stay strong. Now the walls are crumbling.”
- Tooth Resorption = Release of the Past
Tooth resorption may indicate the body trying to dissolve something old, toxic, or energetically unprocessed. It might reflect:
- Unreleased trauma or emotional energy from early life
- Long-term Suppression of instincts or soul needs
- Emotional burdens from this or past lives
🔑 Energetic message: “I can’t hold this anymore. It’s time to let go.”
🌸 Emotional Themes Often Present in Horses with EOTRH:
FYI PJ has been a riding horse for most of his life, initially as a galloper on the track, then as an eventer / show jumper / dressage horse
- Long-term stoicism or emotional restraint
- Suppressed rage or grief
- Lack of voice or autonomy
- Fear of punishment for self-expression
- A deep yearning to be seen, heard and understood
🐴 PJ’s Personality Traits
The following traits describe the PJ we know and love. And they all interconnect with the words and tendencies above.
- Loyal
- Stoic
- Sensitive
- Compliant
- Emotionally complex
- Wise
- Resilient
- Kind
💖 How You Can Support PJ Energetically ⬇️
You don’t need to know Reiki, be psychic, or meditate daily to help. Simply bring loving awareness to PJ and hold him in your thoughts.
You might like to let him know, aloud or silently:
- It’s safe for you to let go of what you’ve held for so long
- It’s OK to say no,
- It’s OK to express yourself wholly and authentically
- Soo, the herd, and the land are holding you safe as you go through this process. You are not alone.
- You are seen, you are heard, you are held, and acknowledged
Even a quiet thought or moment of acknowledgement can ripple out and make a difference.
🙏 Thank you
PJ is a soul teacher and energy healer. And now he’s teaching us about what happens when we hold too much, and how we begin to release.
Thank you for helping me hold space for him.
With love,
Soo
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