Being Reiki on Horseback

I am gearing up for a trip to Iceland this summer, where I will spend 5 days riding Icelandic horses through the country side and staying in huts and farmhouses along the way.  To say this is the trip of a lifetime is an understatement.  As a child that grew up bombing around on horses throughout the mountains of southern Vermont, working ranches and stables throughout my teens and 20s, and then taking a hiatus from riding in my middle years, it is a dream come true to be spending time in the saddle again as I prep for this adventure.

But how do you prepare for this kind of a thing?  I can work on core strength, I can re-up my riding skills, I can read and learn about the culture and landscape, and none of that will actually prepare me for whatever comes.  It will help, but it won't be enough.

And so I get to go to this enchanted island and simply be.  I get to live each moment.  I will breath into my belly and find my grounded nature.  Open my heart and experience love for those around me.  Clear my mind and welcome in all that I witness.  Expand my field to incorporate the amazing animal that will carry me along with such grace.  Ah- there may be pain with the joy, there may be loss with the gifts.  But this is being.  This is being whole and full.  This is being Reiki!  Being Reiki on horseback.  Yes!