Author: animal connection and beyond

  • An Exercise to help Take Responsibility for your own Boundaries

    An Exercise to help Take Responsibility for your own Boundaries

    Does your horse run away when you approach? Does your dog go to it’s bed when you walk in the room? Does your animal nip or bite when you are in his/her personal space? Does your horse stamp and/or put it’s ears back when you try and touch them? Does your horse rear or kick…

  • Look in the Mirror.

    Look in the Mirror.

    To be able to love other beings without conditions attached, without asking for something inreturn, we have to be able to love ourselves, without conditions attached, without asking for something in return. How can we find out whether we love ourselves? Look yourself in the eyes in a mirror and say this to yourself out…

  • 2023-11-07 Letting go of what we think we need to do.

    2023-11-07 Letting go of what we think we need to do.

    After a quick chat about Astuce walking away when peace is offered, we diverted off into a remote healing conversation at about 1.30 minutes. Just watch how Anah is watching us while we discuss this. It is as though she is assessing the feelings around the discussion and deciding if she is happy with that…

  • In Presence we are One.

    In Presence we are One.

    In the last 3 weeks or so my left knee and hip, and right shoulder have been causing me some problems. It feels like a twist somewhere. I have had this little niggle for a long time, years I think, but like all of us, just got used to it, and compensated. But, now, my…

  • 2023-10-24 Working out the energy balance with Astuce

    2023-10-24 Working out the energy balance with Astuce

    We started this session off with offering Astuce Neroli* essential oil which she inhaled for a long time – about 15 minutes. (I haven’t included this on the video as it was mostly just inhaling and licking and processing for Astuce). Then a little bit of work on touch to make sure Astuce was okay…

  • 2023-10-05 Meeting the new herd, and starting to work with Astuce.

    2023-10-05 Meeting the new herd, and starting to work with Astuce.

    We started this session just chatting about Astuce and how getting a halter onto her is a struggle. Unlike Anah, Astuce is more introverted and not as easy to read. She needs a quiet approach that honors her No. Knowing when she is saying No is the challenge. We spent some time just meeting the…

  • The Mounting Block

    The Mounting Block

    We acknowledge Vie’s curiosity and considered energy levels and how to match Vie. The saddle pad going on (13.00) means ‘relax’ to Vie now, which is lovely.This is a baseline. If anything changes from this baseline, something is not right. At 14.00 minutes you can revisit working with Vie’s hip releases. The first release takes…

  • 2023-09-29 Imagine you are the horse’s body.

    2023-09-29 Imagine you are the horse’s body.

    This is just a short video from a discussion we had with the herd before haltering. I will say that this can be a little controversial because some would say it is an invasion, but I always feel that the animal will tell you something or not. It depends on your intention. Always do this…

  • 2023-09-28 Managing energy levels, saddling & a bit around the mounting block

    2023-09-28 Managing energy levels, saddling & a bit around the mounting block

    2023-09-28 Managing energy levels, saddling & a bit around the mounting block When we went to meet & greet the herd we had a chat mostly about managing energy levels. In order for Vie to understand what is required of her she needs a thinking level of 4 to 5 from the human. This is…

  • 2023-09-27 Finding peace with tying up, and working with Vie’s tension when removing the saddle

    2023-09-27 Finding peace with tying up, and working with Vie’s tension when removing the saddle

    We start out in this session with a discussion about what is happening when tying up. Grounding, or getting present, with each horse after tying up enables us to see if there is any unpeace coming up. It doesn’t happen here, but it could be that somebody ties a horse up next to another one,…