The First Relationship

Learn what it feels like to find your place among a small herd of horses. Practice  observing while being still. Invite the horses to check you out even as you’re getting to know them. The starting point is simple: They know who you are, maybe better than you do. And they  accept you as you are and invite you to do the same. This is an introductory session with horses — who they are, why we work with them, what they offer us today.

Think Like A Horse

This is an introduction to building greater skill in mind-body awareness. Most of us have had our animal instinct and way of knowing stripped from us early on by schools, religious and business institutions. We have forgotten what we once knew intuitively as kids. Our lives, employment options and life transitions work better when we get reacquainted with our body and its way of knowing. This is where horses live and how they speak to us. To those who think this is woo-woo, the horses say — No Bucking Way!

Foundations

Even in the midst of change and turbulence there is a core place in each of us that does not change. It doesn’t need to. It is a foundational center within us which most of us do not know about. Strangely, when things are in flux it is easier to see. In these sessions you will have more active time with a horse and experiment with building a partnership with give and take each way. The key is to move beyond fear and insecurity to that place within that ‘just knows’ what to do. The horses will show you because this is the part they sense when with you.

Boundaries & Belonging

Each of us looks for a place where we belong, where we fit. You have every right to have the life you want with the people and circumstances you want. The trouble is most of us have never gotten training in how to create this life. Worse, we can get tied up in self judgement and bitterness that leave us feeling we are not worthy of the life we want. We tell ourselves we don’t deserve it. Others are often too willing to tell us we don’t belong. Partnering with a horse gives us practice in standing for ourselves and for what matters to us while listening to and considering what the horse wants. A deep collaboration is possible that can serve as a model for other kinds of partnerships — beginning with partnering with the truest part of yourself…beyond all the noise from self and others.

The Road Home

This is an extended series of experiences with horses and a small cohort of fellow vets spread over several weeks or months. It’s purpose is to firmly ground you in your true and highest self, apart from all the small stories you and others have made up about you. You are beyond all definitions and greater than all the stories. Horses know and accept you at your core and know how to bring you home. They have thousands of years of experience. While we call it a road, the truth is there is no distance to cover.