We are all so very tired this morning. A comfortable rhythm of life has given way to unwelcome change. Shifts happen all the time though. Just like the plates moving below the Earth’s surface, we hardly notice it sometimes. Other times these shifts can be so great in magnitude they…
Ring the bells that still can ring Forget your perfect offering There is a crack in everything That’s how the light gets in That’s how the light gets in I started this as a piece of art that would spend a long time as a work in progress. I had…
When I ventured into starting my first company (a therapeutic riding center in Las Vegas) back in 2007, I was navigating uncharted waters for sure. Though I had been involved and working in the equine industry for some time, and had years of training and experience in working with individuals…
I am writing this post today to honor my dear friend Sara who has committed herself to bringing more awareness to mental illnesses and the stigma associated with them. Both Sara and myself, like so many others, have intimate, first-hand knowledge of what it feels like to experience depression, as…
Horses serve as powerful guides on our personal path of growth and discovery. Their acute sensitivity to energy and their desire for congruency in those around them means that they reflect back to us, moment by moment, our own state of being. They will reflect both those moments when we disconnect…
It’s home to me. Each month my horse journals and magazines come to my door and I devour them eagerly. They are full of things only horse people would enjoy reading; the latest research on equine colic, how to care for a puncture wound…
Before you begin reading this, you have to try a “horse breath”. If you feel silly, that’s probably a good thing. First, take a deep breath in through your nose. Now relax all your muscles especially that furrowed brow, tight jaw, and tense shoulders. Finally, release your breath through your…
Last winter my OTTB (Off-Track Thoroughbred) mare Rasa, suffered a fracture to a bone in her foot. She required five months of stall rest. This is the equivalent to an eternity for a young horse with a strong work ethic who had only just begun her second career. After this long…