Author: animal connection and beyond

  • Giving responsibility back – part 2

    Querida’s story so far The other day I offered the herd a bucket each with some minerals, meadow chaff, and wormwood, plus an apple treat. They love these bucket treats and I never make it a regular occurrence, just when it feels right. In the past Querida has eaten hers as quickly as possible and…

  • Giving responsibility back to the herd

    Giving responsibility back to the herd

    Can our ponies and horses be responsible for themselves? I believe the answer to this question to be ‘Yes’. Do they really need us worrying and stressing over how much grass they eat, whether they are getting too fat, whether that abscess needs digging out, or that cut needs cleaning? I now believe the answer…

  • Releasing expectations with Risada

    A few weeks back Risada and I started to get back into understanding how good it is to be in each others close company. I was starting to let go of my fears around being close to her physically. After 18 months of meditative and energetic work releasing fears, I could begin to allow her…

  • Lam-anx

    Definition : Laminitis Anxiety Meaning : The anxiety we humans have about laminitis. The feeling of nervousness as that first grass blade appears in spring; The feeling of guilt as you put up the fence to keep your pony away from the grass and usually the rest of the herd; The fear that we have…

  • Risada, my mirror

    There are many moves towards looking at the use of horses as therapists, and they can definitely be a mirror to any deep emotional issues we need to resolve. They have an uncanny ability to show us what we need to sort out deep within ourselves before they will allow us to be in the…

  • Going before the head collar, and the grooming..

    It was fascinating to work with Camilles’ herd with the head collar and engage in the ceremony of that energetically, and the ‘whole herd’ engagement, acknowledgement, and release. I had already carried out energetic sessions with Chocolate and Querida (the two pony’s in the photograph) around engaging with the head collar in a way that…

  • The Energy of the Head Collar

    Because we tend to, as humans, have a need to control a horse, we never consider how the head collar feels to a horse, or to ourselves. How many of us fear not using a head collar because we would then not have the ability to control the horse? How many horses have had bad…

  • A Gift from Neige

    A Gift from Neige

    Neige gave me a gift today: she showed me the rhythm of life. It was beautiful. She made sure I knew she wanted to talk and put me in the right place. The rest of the herd disappeared although Timmy wasn’t far away. I feel she thought he would benefit too. I wasn’t sure what…