Phi-Star Holistic Healing with Zabrina Barteaux

Phi-Star Holistic Healing with Zabrina Barteaux Massage therapy, Craniosacral therapy, Acupressure, Reiki, Digestive Health

Raise your hand if you love October in the Okanagan πŸ™ŒSome notes:Reminder 🍁🍁🍁 I am away first two weeks of November.  I a...
10/26/2025

Raise your hand if you love October in the Okanagan πŸ™Œ

Some notes:
Reminder 🍁🍁🍁
I am away first two weeks of November. I am completely booked full between now and when I leave. 🐝
There is very limited space left in November when I get home. Don't worry my monthly regulars I have times for you saved.

🦩reminder I am anticipating hip surgery in January so I'm not standing on one leg anymore. This means once the surgery happens I am off work for weeks! I really appreciate everyone's support and understanding! My return to work will be GRADUAL and it will be people before horses.

Lastly πŸ’° stuff
I haven't raised equine session prices for quite a while, and it's time. There will be an increase in base session cost in 2026. Remember that my travel is always included in my price and that I have to charge gst. Rates will depend on distance traveled from Vernon.

Thank you all of you, thank you for your support, your caring for your horses well being and for caring for yourself. This ripples out for the benefit of ALL πŸ™

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Kaleb, Pie, and Oreo.
My equine support team.

On Saturday October 18th we hosted a soundbath at The Equine Connection. Tina Berlin led the participants and the horses...
10/21/2025

On Saturday October 18th we hosted a soundbath at The Equine Connection. Tina Berlin led the participants and the horses through an epic journey of frequency. I was up and on my feet, to make sure all participants and horses felt safe and comfortable with each other throughout the entire experience. This makes the journey a different one for me, as I get to observe the group, witnessing how the experience unfolds for everyone. There is something very special and sacred in holding this position.
I smiled as Aggie reveled in the contact with the people and the sounds, our little magic white pony, she had so much fun!
Oreo stood beside the wheelchair of a participant she has a special connection with, deep in trance but alert enough to guard the space, telling the other horses to stay out of the bubble she created around the wheelchair. Eventually she moved to share the vibes with some other people, making her gentle contact, and then allowing herself to play with the bowls a bit and to just receive!
Trixie pony danced and twirled, enthusiastic even as the frequency activated some of her body pain. She visited all over the place, loving the moment and exuding gratitude for being with us and alive in this moment.
Kaleb stood outside the arena, the only male horse, holding the space, quietly observing and providing solid grounded presence.
And then there was Pie. For me, it was witnessing Pie's process that sparked such an immense feeling of awe that my tears flowed.
Pie went down onto the ground and let Earth hold her as she went into deep trance and journeyed to a place I shall never see. She nickered softly.
In July we laid dear Bandit to rest, the white gelding that was like Pie's older brother for her entire life (12 years). Bandit helped to raise her, he shared his meals with her (and only her!), he was her rock.
Pie has had to move through the BIG GRIEF of someone we love so much, departing.
What happened on Saturday is too private to share in entirety. I must honor Pie's experience and be grateful I was able to be a part of it.
The photo below is from years ago. It was a day I had session for myself, facilitated by our friend Piri. This is me and Pie.
In this photo we can see something that Pie wishes us all to know.
We grieve together, we heal together. There is no separation. What happens to one is felt by the whole. Horses and humans, our journey is together. The body of each is sacred.

It's officially autumn, a time of year I love, and yet also feel the mourning of the long summer days and the warmth sli...
09/23/2025

It's officially autumn, a time of year I love, and yet also feel the mourning of the long summer days and the warmth slipping away...
I want to keep my clients as updated as possible on the coming months and what my schedule looks like. Firstly, I'll be taking the first two weeks of November off to fly to the other side of Canada and meet Dominic in Ottawa. He will be wrapping up working in Quebec at the end of October (yay) and then we will drive back across the country together.
The big news is that I will finally be going for hip replacement surgery, it looks like January (fingers crossed for January as that is my ideal time, December or January! ). A lot of you know, and probably also a lot don't know, I have lived with advanced osteoarthritis in my left hip joint for many many years. The last few years it has limited my ability to walk and hike in Nature the way I would like, I haven't ridden horses for years because of it, and I stand on my right foot and leg all day with the left side collapsed the majority of the time. The right foot is complaining about this, as is the right hip and I can't blame them one bit! I do treatments regularly that keep me in tip top shape all things considered, and avoiding dairy and gluten helps as well, but it is time to allow modern medicine miracles to help me out ❀️
When the surgery happens, I will be off work in people practice for approx 4 to 5 weeks if all goes well. Horses will be longer, I have been advised to not resume my horse practice for an absolute minimum of 8 weeks, and I think I may even give it 10 weeks. The femur has to grow around the implant, a bump or fall could be catastrophic I'm told, and I want to do everything in my power for this to be a huge success! Then I'll be back!
I'm told they can only book me a month in advance, so I won't know until December if January is indeed the month, and when. In December I'll decide if I go ahead and make bookings in January and cancel if needed, or what my plan is.
Thank you everyone for understanding! And thank you all for a wonderful, very busy 2025 up to this point!

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