Author: animal connection and beyond

  • Mindful Regard with Belle

    Mindful Regard with Belle

    17th April 2025 Today Belle put herself in a restricted area which was a great opportunity to work with the Present Moment (PM) and Mindful Regard (MR) around her personal space. As we know she has a large personal space, a boundary that she doesn’t want a human to cross. So we started with some…

  • Playing in the rain

    Playing in the rain

    15th April 2025 Today was all about rolling, moving, getting in on the oils act, running and jumping, and more rolling. Such fun! The herd were full of energy today. The video is a mix of clips showing the fun, but if you want to see the amazing outcome of joining in with the play…

  • Oops..I found myself walking towards a human..

    Oops..I found myself walking towards a human..

    13th April 2025 This short video is the culmination of a 90 minute session, starting with putting in a Trust intention, adding healing essential oils, providing many moments of just radiating peace and light, and asking the herd to help show Belle she can trust us, in whatever way they felt appropriate. Lara, who has…

  • Belle : Herd help with a Trust intention

    Belle : Herd help with a Trust intention

    11th April 2025 This session was quite a long session (about 2 hours) although the video is the last 20 minutes or so. The reason it was long was because there was an intention to be set. What does that mean? When we need to work towards something it is important to set our intention…

  • Lara : A conversation of peace, joy, trust & touch

    Lara : A conversation of peace, joy, trust & touch

    9th April 2025 The beauty of working with Lisa is her understanding that we follow where the path leads, rather than try and map it out. We started from the perspective of working with Belle many months ago, because Belle is terrified of being approached by a human. But Lara showed us that first we…

  • Belle : Her personal space

    Belle : Her personal space

    14th January 2025 Working with Belle’s personal space in the barn is not easy because just by being with her in the barn we have encroached on her personal space. She is responding really well now to the creative reaction technique (from the Trust Technique), where we create a feeling – the present moment or…

  • Apollo : Working with Touch and low thinking levels

    Apollo : Working with Touch and low thinking levels

    14th January 2025 Lisa has done some amazing work with Apollo and his self confidence is a lot better. He is now coming towards us with curiosity and calmness, knowing he will be safe, rather than the wide eyed, ready to run, but “I am also curious, and not sure what to do” approach, we…

  • Lara : Inviting her to participate in having a head collar put on.

    Lara : Inviting her to participate in having a head collar put on.

    18th December 2024 Lara is a pony that always asks the question “What’s in it for me?”. There is nothing wrong with a reward for doing something, in the same way as we want to be paid for our services. What we want to avoid is the reward becoming the focus rather than the activity.…

  • Apollo : A little session on Mindful Regard

    Apollo : A little session on Mindful Regard

    13th November 2024 Apollo is a young pony, age uncertain. His personality is starting to show itself, and he is coming across as a young, curious pony, albeit a little jumpy if you go to fast. He really wants to please. So why is this something that could be a problem in later life? Being…

  • Belle : Stroking at a distance

    Belle : Stroking at a distance

    13th November 2024 When a horse is so terrified of a humans touch trust has to be regained very slowly, and there are different techniques that can be applied with patience, persistence, acceptance and love. Belle has been badly abused by a human to the point of not allowing anybody near her. In order to…