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Manifesting Magic in 2024 My favorite moments this year were when I really surrendered and FINALLY was able to fully detach from a specific outcomes of things. I was WORKING SO HARD to manifest (which is exactly the opposite of what you are supposed to do) AND DEEP DOWN I KNEW THAT! 😅

THIS.

One can never hope to have true connection with their horse when learned helplessness is is their “normal”.

A horse with true trust also knows that she can say NO and will still be seen and heard.

Learned helplessness is the behaviour exhibited by being subjected to enduring repeated aversive stimuli beyond their control🥲 Its not horsemanship,
Every day is a school day.
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Here's a spicy one for you this evening - because i havent made a career limiting post in a hot minute(!)

How complicit are you in your own (or your horse's) suffering?

I appreciate we all have horses for a reason, and I appreciate their care and management is a complicated thing.

When I work with people, sometimes I have to say things they dont want to hear:

"Your horse shouldnt be ridden right now" - because theyre in pain, their posture is too compromised, they barely have enough muscle to support themselves yet alone a rider, their saddle doesnt fit.

"You shouldnt be jumping your horse" see above reasons why.

"You shouldnt be cantering right now" because it will definitely strengthen the compensatory pattern.

Compromise can be made when making the argument between streamlining the process - not riding will get quicker postural changes, but if you want to ride and ultimately the horse isnt in overt pain/discomfort, then that should be fine.

But I really dont compromise when your horse is in pain. Nor should you.

There are SO many people who are wonderful when they hear this -

"I just want my horse to be happy" - literal music to my ears

But there are many people who want their horse to be happy - stating as much - but when it comes to taking the above guidance, they push back.

It's not the answer that they want to hear.

Yet they've been chasing an issue with their horse for months or years and you've given them a solution... its just not a solution where they get to do what they've always done...

And I wonder about the graveyard of professionals behind me, who have given them appropriate advice that again was not heard because it wasnt the answer that they wanted to hear.

I understand that professionals dont always get it right. I also understand that there are many professionals that get it really really quite wrong -

I just find it to be very profound that when you point out the behavioural indicators of pain, the lameness and the biomechanical dysfunction, you can still be totally ignored -

Especially when your friend in the stable next door (with no formal training in anything equine related) says their horse does the same thing, so therefore your horse must be fine!

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📸 sharing a moment with a lovely patient during my most recent trip to Aberdeenshire 🤍

They’re not fine. They’re just incredibly generous, even when they’re on their way to being broken. 💔

Yes!✨

I truly believe that we get to live a life with horses in it because they are here to teach us. 💜

Best laid plans of mice and men-

Most of us buy or acquire a horse for a purpose- to show, to develop for a specific purpose, for a project to fulfill some need in us. Whether we admit to ourselves or not, whether we’re aware or not, we are usually driven to horses for some purpose, and we have some ideas about how the future will go together.

There’s a saying, “if you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans.” We get a lame horse when we wanted to compete- a horse who doesn’t excel at our discipline, a road block, a question with no answer, a problem to be solved, and our plans are derailed.

I really believe that horses are part of a universal plan to aid in the development of human consciousness- that we get the lesson we need to learn, until we learn it.

I believe horses come into our lives to teach us what we struggle most with: patience, flexibility, humility, awareness, open mindedness. I believe when we get set on a philosophy, we find a horse in our lives that doesn’t fit the box. They didn’t read the manual, and they are here to teach us, if we’re open to it.

Fascia is amazing! It looks like beautiful, delicate spun sugar, AND has such strength and power. 🙌🏾

Yes. 🙌🏾

For those of you wondering about ALL the things I’ve been learning and trying to incorporate with my time with my own horse as well as clients, THIS is a fabulous read!

I follow and greatly respect and admire ALL of these women and the work they are doing to shift the horse world in such beautiful, magical ways. ✨✨✨

My love goes out to each and every one of them as they bless the the world of horses and humans with this transformative work. 💜