Woman finds stable career healing horses with reiki

Amy Lawrenson, 34, is bucking the trend with her novel technique of helping horses overcome injury or trauma and get back in the saddle. She passes on her own body's energy by gently pressing her hands on the animal's body to encourage a stress-free "energy balance". Amy, from St Helen's, Merseys., said: "I get the mind to become and more focused and I can help animals become more relaxed and help speed up their recovery. "It's much easier to do with animals than it is people because you don't have to convince them of anything.