Category: The Herd Connection

  • Finding neutral in the arena with Risada

    Learning together is about a shared understanding of our response to each other in any given moment When Risada comes into the arena she loves to have a roll, then run off to eat the grass round the edge. This time we let the roll happen, almost requested it, then asked her to be peaceful…

  • Head Collar Peace with 3 out of 5

    Video explanation The first section of the video is Querida. She loves and seeks out the present moment feeling of peace. She now head collars softly and nearly helps. We have started working with her to, firstly, find a really peaceful place once the head collar is on, and you can see her thinking levels…

  • Finding Mutual Trust

    Finding Mutual Trust

    The video says it all. It is a privilege to be trusted by the herd.

  • Meet the herd on their track..

    Have fun meeting the herd and following us around one of their tracks..

  • 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…

  • 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…