Welcome to our Tenth Anniversary Edition
“Horses possess the inherent ancestral ‘knowing’ of the collective. It’s an instinctive sacred circle of care and safety - a holy and protected space, which they generously summon us into through an interspecies invitation.” Eleni Argy, Sacred Circles
I couldn’t have offered a better invitation to share our beautiful previews. This year we are so blessed to have fourteen authors from around the globe sharing stories, insight, wisdom and the voice of the horse.
Here you will find their previews or as I like to call them, sneak peeks, of what their full articles will offer.
Our theme this year: Horses Colouring in the Space for Humanity’s Tender Evolution. We know that evolution is a gradual process of change. When we think of tender evolution in humans, we are invited to explore that space with compassion and gentleness. And nothing on earth can do that better than the horse. These previews share a plethora of journeys along that evolutionary path guided by the herd. As I sit and read our sneak peeks, I am reminded of Equine Leadership’s vision. We believe that horses, living as close to nature as possible, can provide a paradigm of living that is clear, authentic, and heart-based. This paradigm can assist humanity in creating a brighter future.
“As humans are introduced to horses and learn to enter their world, a beautiful unravelling begins to unfold.” Kelly Jones, The Journey from Doing to Being
The horses, authors and I invite you to read on and let the unravelling begin.
From our open and loving hearts to yours, Lynda J Watson and the Tenth Anniversary EL Team.
“Horses possess the inherent ancestral ‘knowing’ of the collective. It’s an instinctive sacred circle of care and safety - a holy and protected space, which they generously summon us into through an interspecies invitation.” Eleni Argy, Sacred Circles
I couldn’t have offered a better invitation to share our beautiful previews. This year we are so blessed to have fourteen authors from around the globe sharing stories, insight, wisdom and the voice of the horse.
Here you will find their previews or as I like to call them, sneak peeks, of what their full articles will offer.
Our theme this year: Horses Colouring in the Space for Humanity’s Tender Evolution. We know that evolution is a gradual process of change. When we think of tender evolution in humans, we are invited to explore that space with compassion and gentleness. And nothing on earth can do that better than the horse. These previews share a plethora of journeys along that evolutionary path guided by the herd. As I sit and read our sneak peeks, I am reminded of Equine Leadership’s vision. We believe that horses, living as close to nature as possible, can provide a paradigm of living that is clear, authentic, and heart-based. This paradigm can assist humanity in creating a brighter future.
“As humans are introduced to horses and learn to enter their world, a beautiful unravelling begins to unfold.” Kelly Jones, The Journey from Doing to Being
The horses, authors and I invite you to read on and let the unravelling begin.
From our open and loving hearts to yours, Lynda J Watson and the Tenth Anniversary EL Team.
The Horse Told Me to Keep Walking
A Journey from Loss to Abundance
Anita La Selva, Canada
A woman enters a barn full of horses. She is broken, exhausted and at a loss. She has just lost her partner to addiction. She approaches a large Thoroughbred who is standing quietly in his stall. As she looks into his eyes, her grief begins to overflow. The Horse holds her gaze. The two stand in silence while sharing a moment of mutual understanding: “I know…I get it…I live with grief too. I understand.” In the paddock during their therapy session, the Horse is gentle and compassionate yet firm and direct in communicating his intentions to the woman. He will not allow her to wallow in her grief. He communicates deeply with her, guiding her and offering wisdom and encouragement. She leaves the ring, sensing she has had a beautiful and profound experience. What she doesn’t realize at the time is how this encounter with the Horse would inspire a chain of events that would change the course of her life as an artist: that this Horse would be at the crux of a creative undertaking she would dedicate the next five years (and counting) to. This story is about love, loss, creativity, and the power of healing: how being present and listening to Horse wisdom can illuminate an alternate path to engage in a more authentic approach to living life and creating art.
SACRED CIRCLES
The protective unity of the herd
Eleni Argy, Australia
I have often marvelled at how horses look after each other in the herd. They stand side by side, restfully, in an intentional togetherness. They position themselves mindfully as the protective sentinels watch over their herd members, allowing essential rest and respite within their band. Horses possess the inherent ancestral ‘knowing’ of the collective. It’s an instinctive sacred circle of care and safety - a holy and protected space, which they generously summon us into through an interspecies invitation. They await patiently while we humans explore our self-focused journey of individual discovery to arrive at a sense of self that is – finally! - so utterly forgiving of our anguish that we can settle into the loving embrace of the herd. When our hearts are fully ready to be welcomed, heard within the herd, and held in this gentle way, the horses are there to guide us into a soothing sense of allowing. I have experienced many decades of being protected in this divine way by horses and I have been a witness to this sanctified haven that horses extend to humans, like a gracious olive branch for us to find peace. In this blessed space, there is no ego. The tragedy of our human existence disappears. Our repetitive human story is alchemized. Within this pure and holy place of collective protection, individual healing unfurls and dissolves into a serene stillness.
Three Grey Ponies
Georgie McBurney, UK
“Astrology is one of the earliest attempts by man to find the order hidden behind, or within, the confusing and apparent chaos that exists in the world.” Karen Hamaker-Zondag
In the early 20th century Astrology was reduced to twelve generalised ‘star’ signs for tabloid entertainment and is now often dismissed as pseudoscience. As part of my master’s research, I had my astrological birth chart done. The astrologer, Lotta also looked at the chart changes during some of my key life events. Those events included three grey ponies that had come into my life at chaotic times. I was curious, can we do a birth chart for a horse? How was it from their perspective when I came into their lives? I was lucky with Pixie, the youngest, her birthday, time, and location happened to be on YouTube. The language of the stars looks like complex mathematical diagrams and symbols to me. I waited for a translation. Lotta made lots of joyful exclamations about matching patterns and planetary alignment. “You were destined to be in each other’s lives! Wow!” I smiled; I had always felt that. It was both validating and beyond belief. Come with me as I take a starry look at the ponies that brought order into my chaotic life.
In the early 20th century Astrology was reduced to twelve generalised ‘star’ signs for tabloid entertainment and is now often dismissed as pseudoscience. As part of my master’s research, I had my astrological birth chart done. The astrologer, Lotta also looked at the chart changes during some of my key life events. Those events included three grey ponies that had come into my life at chaotic times. I was curious, can we do a birth chart for a horse? How was it from their perspective when I came into their lives? I was lucky with Pixie, the youngest, her birthday, time, and location happened to be on YouTube. The language of the stars looks like complex mathematical diagrams and symbols to me. I waited for a translation. Lotta made lots of joyful exclamations about matching patterns and planetary alignment. “You were destined to be in each other’s lives! Wow!” I smiled; I had always felt that. It was both validating and beyond belief. Come with me as I take a starry look at the ponies that brought order into my chaotic life.
The Journey From Doing to Being
Kelly Jones, USA
“Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.” Rumi
The black mare gazed towards the horizon, and each of the other mares in her small band joined her, silently watching the coyote trot across the pasture moving north. As the coyote disappeared over the hill, the mares returned to grazing, calmly enjoying the fresh grass provided by the recent rains. This event was something that they experienced as it unfolded, and the response was appropriate, calm, and intentional. I marvel at the ability horses have to exist in a state of calm awareness. With all of their senses online, they are able to live in and experience moments as they unfold, allowing action as needed, casting no judgment or story upon the here and now, and being receptive to the moment just as it is. Within their gaze, they can see things that are beautiful and also potentially chaotic, remaining receptive and curious.
As humans are introduced to horses and learn to enter their world, a beautiful unravelling begins to unfold. The human ego, often blinded by expectations and judgment, begins to move away as the connection to a sense of authentic self emerges. This brings about the ability to notice subtleties of relationships that bring about a deep sense of strength and knowing. We learn what it really means to just be.
The black mare gazed towards the horizon, and each of the other mares in her small band joined her, silently watching the coyote trot across the pasture moving north. As the coyote disappeared over the hill, the mares returned to grazing, calmly enjoying the fresh grass provided by the recent rains. This event was something that they experienced as it unfolded, and the response was appropriate, calm, and intentional. I marvel at the ability horses have to exist in a state of calm awareness. With all of their senses online, they are able to live in and experience moments as they unfold, allowing action as needed, casting no judgment or story upon the here and now, and being receptive to the moment just as it is. Within their gaze, they can see things that are beautiful and also potentially chaotic, remaining receptive and curious.
As humans are introduced to horses and learn to enter their world, a beautiful unravelling begins to unfold. The human ego, often blinded by expectations and judgment, begins to move away as the connection to a sense of authentic self emerges. This brings about the ability to notice subtleties of relationships that bring about a deep sense of strength and knowing. We learn what it really means to just be.
To One Self Be True
Standing In Your Authentic Power
Wendy Firmin-Price, UK
Do you find yourself holding back from what you really want to say for fear of confrontation?
Maybe you feel anxious asking for your needs to be met in case you receive a no or rock the boat.
Perhaps you find yourself becoming an ever-changing chameleon to suit others in case people would reject or not like the “real you.”
All these questions and dilemmas can be answered through the magical healing power of horses. When you allow these enigmatic equines to show you the way to stand in your authentic power, set clear boundaries, and be true to yourself, you feel empowered, energised, and able to enjoy life again. Discover where your limiting patterns and beliefs originate from, what need is not being met, and how to feel safe being congruent with your own real needs and values. Receive spiritual insights, and a new mindset, heal blocked emotions, and learn practical tools to support living your truth, speaking your truth, and being your truth.
Maybe you feel anxious asking for your needs to be met in case you receive a no or rock the boat.
Perhaps you find yourself becoming an ever-changing chameleon to suit others in case people would reject or not like the “real you.”
All these questions and dilemmas can be answered through the magical healing power of horses. When you allow these enigmatic equines to show you the way to stand in your authentic power, set clear boundaries, and be true to yourself, you feel empowered, energised, and able to enjoy life again. Discover where your limiting patterns and beliefs originate from, what need is not being met, and how to feel safe being congruent with your own real needs and values. Receive spiritual insights, and a new mindset, heal blocked emotions, and learn practical tools to support living your truth, speaking your truth, and being your truth.
Freya's Last Gift
Dying Well & The Power of Sorrow
Tina Turner, Canada
“Life doesn’t feed on life. Life doesn’t nourish life. Death feeds life … Our deaths can, in every sense the word can mean, feed life – unless we refuse to die, or fight dying, or curse dying, or spend all our dying time not dying.”
~ Stephen Jenkinson, Die Wise: A Manifesto for Sanity and Soul
I first met Freya when I was wandering a field of about 60 rescue horses, somewhat overwhelmed at the prospect of finding one who would like to join our new herd project. These were early days; I was following a whisper of a vision. When I came across Freya standing quietly by herself, I felt a strange bond with her. A shared recognition of the power of sorrow. As though everything else disappeared, and suddenly there was only her, sorrow, and myself in a moment of pure presence. Of course, she joined us. For five years I felt her rise up again and again, like a phoenix, continuing to live, grow, and love in her old, troubled body. But it was her dying time - a mere twelve hours - and the extraordinary gifts she gave to life, my life and the herd, that became the rich soil for so much more. Join us as we walk into the long summer night surrounded by the herd, as Freya teaches me what it could be to see your dying time as your one last, perhaps most precious, gift to life.
~ Stephen Jenkinson, Die Wise: A Manifesto for Sanity and Soul
I first met Freya when I was wandering a field of about 60 rescue horses, somewhat overwhelmed at the prospect of finding one who would like to join our new herd project. These were early days; I was following a whisper of a vision. When I came across Freya standing quietly by herself, I felt a strange bond with her. A shared recognition of the power of sorrow. As though everything else disappeared, and suddenly there was only her, sorrow, and myself in a moment of pure presence. Of course, she joined us. For five years I felt her rise up again and again, like a phoenix, continuing to live, grow, and love in her old, troubled body. But it was her dying time - a mere twelve hours - and the extraordinary gifts she gave to life, my life and the herd, that became the rich soil for so much more. Join us as we walk into the long summer night surrounded by the herd, as Freya teaches me what it could be to see your dying time as your one last, perhaps most precious, gift to life.
Paths to Wholeness Guided by Horses
From Separation to Connection
Judy Brightman, Australia
“It’s easy for us to feel separate from other people and from other forms of life, especially if we don’t have a reliable connection to our own inner world.” Sharon Salzberg
Our sense of separation is a barrier to our ability to heal and to feel whole. Separation from ourselves or parts of us, separation from others, and the separation of head from heart, mind from body and soul, all result from our industrialized cultural conditioning. Join me in four encounters with horses that offer paths to connection and wholeness. Allow the experiences and reflections in these encounters to support you in rekindling the spark of connection and dissolving barriers.
Our sense of separation is a barrier to our ability to heal and to feel whole. Separation from ourselves or parts of us, separation from others, and the separation of head from heart, mind from body and soul, all result from our industrialized cultural conditioning. Join me in four encounters with horses that offer paths to connection and wholeness. Allow the experiences and reflections in these encounters to support you in rekindling the spark of connection and dissolving barriers.
Iberico and I
An Unexpected Story of Contraction and Expansion
Patrycja Linden, Portugal
A tree at the neighbour’s house caught my attention. It reminded me of my dear grandfather’s orchard, a physical and mental refuge. I sat down and closed my eyes, keeping a mental image of the tree and the blue sky. I experienced it wipe my psyche of darkness and despair, just like it had done in childhood. Somewhere between me being in a meditative state and drifting away into a nap, I heard him approach, the crunch of the red earth under his hooves. As I opened my eyes, his head was lowered down to mine. He touched my forearm with his muzzle and rested it there. After weeks of trying to gain his trust, it took such passivity for Iberico to feel safe enough to connect with me. Our resting and connecting phase was coming to a natural end; the horses were slowly awakening and moving away, towards the water buckets. Once Iberico finished drinking, I approached him and extended my arm with the intent of touching him; he startled and walked away. A sudden and big contraction. I felt jolted back into “reality,” as if the connection that had just taken place never happened.
Join me as I continue experiencing an awakening of my ‘felt sense’, expanding my capacity for connection, in the context of a journey abroad to care for a herd of two. Experience a parallel human-horse process of expansion and contraction, between myself and a Spanish stallion, during a slow Mediterranean summer.
Join me as I continue experiencing an awakening of my ‘felt sense’, expanding my capacity for connection, in the context of a journey abroad to care for a herd of two. Experience a parallel human-horse process of expansion and contraction, between myself and a Spanish stallion, during a slow Mediterranean summer.
Only the Horses Can Bring Us Back Home
Mena Canonico, Canada
It’s a song lyric in Only the Horses by Scissor Sisters. In my experience, it’s TRUTH.
My soul felt like it was dying when I finally took a leap of faith and left corporate despite my fears. I was unaware that horses would soon come galloping back into my life OR that they could help us connect to who we REALLY are and what we are truly capable of. My love affair with horses began when I was six. We had moved to a hobby farm, and I would admire the neighbour’s horses across the fence. Then, I read Black Beauty. “Mom, Dad, can you buy me a horse?” I persisted relentlessly and was overjoyed when Dad brought Lady home one day. As someone who believed I was unlovable, I felt LOVED. That changed after a traumatic experience with Lady. Feeling powerless and abandoned, I withdrew. At eighteen my parents divorced and sold the farm, severing my connection with horses…for twenty-four years. It was a teenage girl in Florida who reignited the love affair and helped me see that I was meant to partner with horses to help women build their confidence. As I committed to overcoming my fears, another Lady played a pivotal role, as did horses from around the world, including my own herd.
Take a magical walk with me and the Freedom Herd and explore how horses can guide us through the necessary transitions that lead us home and to our soul’s calling.
My soul felt like it was dying when I finally took a leap of faith and left corporate despite my fears. I was unaware that horses would soon come galloping back into my life OR that they could help us connect to who we REALLY are and what we are truly capable of. My love affair with horses began when I was six. We had moved to a hobby farm, and I would admire the neighbour’s horses across the fence. Then, I read Black Beauty. “Mom, Dad, can you buy me a horse?” I persisted relentlessly and was overjoyed when Dad brought Lady home one day. As someone who believed I was unlovable, I felt LOVED. That changed after a traumatic experience with Lady. Feeling powerless and abandoned, I withdrew. At eighteen my parents divorced and sold the farm, severing my connection with horses…for twenty-four years. It was a teenage girl in Florida who reignited the love affair and helped me see that I was meant to partner with horses to help women build their confidence. As I committed to overcoming my fears, another Lady played a pivotal role, as did horses from around the world, including my own herd.
Take a magical walk with me and the Freedom Herd and explore how horses can guide us through the necessary transitions that lead us home and to our soul’s calling.
Harmony Leads the Way
Horses are Relationship Masters
Suzanne Carter, USA
I loved being able to spend time with my horse, Harmony, when she lived on a thousand-acre ranch in Evergreen, Colorado. I learned much from her and her forty other herd-mates. The greatest wisdom was around relationships. Horses truly are relationship masters.
The learning started as soon as Harmony arrived. The ranch manager told me that Harmony would need to be in a large outdoor pen for a day or two while she and the other horses got to know each other over the fence. My first thought was how amazing it is that they can be slow to get to know each other. No rush in their world to speed up that process. It was so delightful to observe how the horses would come to the fence and sniff her. Sometimes she would sniff back, and sometimes she would snort at them and do a little shriek. It was so interesting to watch how they took their time to build that relationship.
I learned to simply be with Harmony because our relationship was one of equality. Our feet were and would always be on the ground together, side by side. When I took clients out to be with Harmony, I told them the goal was to be like the horse. Those who stepped into that space of equality experienced a profound transformation, especially in the world of relationships. Let’s look at twelve reasons why horses are relationship masters.
The learning started as soon as Harmony arrived. The ranch manager told me that Harmony would need to be in a large outdoor pen for a day or two while she and the other horses got to know each other over the fence. My first thought was how amazing it is that they can be slow to get to know each other. No rush in their world to speed up that process. It was so delightful to observe how the horses would come to the fence and sniff her. Sometimes she would sniff back, and sometimes she would snort at them and do a little shriek. It was so interesting to watch how they took their time to build that relationship.
I learned to simply be with Harmony because our relationship was one of equality. Our feet were and would always be on the ground together, side by side. When I took clients out to be with Harmony, I told them the goal was to be like the horse. Those who stepped into that space of equality experienced a profound transformation, especially in the world of relationships. Let’s look at twelve reasons why horses are relationship masters.
Under the Canopy of Connection
Vivian Evans, Canada
There is a great returning, as a society, where we seek out the wisdom of nature. It’s an ancient knowledge that lures us to uncover our deepest feelings of peace. It’s a language that is familiar and yet one we cannot articulate. We are moved beyond words into tears, not of sadness but of finding ourselves whole again.
To take a step into the world of the horses is to surrender yourself onto the forest floor surrounded by the sounds, the smells, and the creatures that build diversity into an untouched landscape. The senses become immersed by the whispers of the breeze fluttering through the leaves. Nature’s sounds that are close and far have become familiar and soothing to the herd. Everyone’s lower lip hangs as they deeply rest in the comfort they find in one another’s presence. They wonder about us just as much as we do about them. Vultures soar while chipmunks warn of territory that belongs to them. The buzz of flies coming and going does not seem to disrupt any of the tranquility. It’s a world so perfect and complete, that it makes you stand still. I often facilitate here, and just for that moment, we forget we embody form. When with the herd, we experience non-embodied form. Energy extending and flowing together through the cycles of wind and nature, mirroring one another as a whole.
To take a step into the world of the horses is to surrender yourself onto the forest floor surrounded by the sounds, the smells, and the creatures that build diversity into an untouched landscape. The senses become immersed by the whispers of the breeze fluttering through the leaves. Nature’s sounds that are close and far have become familiar and soothing to the herd. Everyone’s lower lip hangs as they deeply rest in the comfort they find in one another’s presence. They wonder about us just as much as we do about them. Vultures soar while chipmunks warn of territory that belongs to them. The buzz of flies coming and going does not seem to disrupt any of the tranquility. It’s a world so perfect and complete, that it makes you stand still. I often facilitate here, and just for that moment, we forget we embody form. When with the herd, we experience non-embodied form. Energy extending and flowing together through the cycles of wind and nature, mirroring one another as a whole.
The Felt Sense of Horse Connection
Michaela Slade, UK
Being able to feel the energy in a moment of alignment with horses is an experience of another level of consciousness. Tuning into their presence and being has profoundly healed and guided my life. The moments are fleeting, yet they hold everything that is, encompassed into a timeless connection of what I can only describe as pure energy or love. I would like to take you on a journey through a lifetime of love held in a moment of shared connection with horses: my experiences of how one horse helped me during my darkest days as a young teenager when I was lost, confused, and in so much pain. I couldn't see it then, but these experiences paved the way for my future. Without horses, animals, and nature in my life, I would have died, if not physically, then emotionally. They gave me a future.
How Time Works
As Learned Through a Lifetime with my Horse
Stephanie Sawtelle, USA
Dear fellow time traveler:
My first horse, Downey, taught me how time works. Most of us know linear time, measured time. We know this as seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, and years. It passes like water from a leaky faucet, one drop at a time. Within that common experience of past, present, and future, she also taught me that time freezes, stretches, and stops. You might think that's all, but she showed me there's even more to it than that. By way of explaining, allow me to start at what I once would have called the end.
I sit across from the medium, a tangle of anticipation, excitement, and fear. I want a message, proof, some piece of tangible evidence that tells me life isn't over when it's over. I am beside myself with the implications of any potential outcome of this meeting, and I have brought the pressure of my question-filled vacuum to sit with me in front of the medium. She says some words that I desperately want to assign meaning to. This message from beyond could be from my grandparent. Or my cousin. Or my friend's aunt. But wait, surely, a real message, proof, would be from an undeniable, identifiable source, right?
I start to worry that this message will live in my memory as a carrot dangling from a stick, constantly tempting me to swipe and grab, only to feel nothing of substance in my hand. At the end of my time with the medium, my heart horse, who has passed on, who I was 100% sure would be first in line to give me a message from beyond, hadn't spoken up. I am crushed by the unfairness, disappointed in my expectations, and feeling unmoored. My question of why she didn’t reach out through this obvious channel turns the gears of my memories, and I think back on my life with her.
The clock hands begin to tick.
My first horse, Downey, taught me how time works. Most of us know linear time, measured time. We know this as seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, and years. It passes like water from a leaky faucet, one drop at a time. Within that common experience of past, present, and future, she also taught me that time freezes, stretches, and stops. You might think that's all, but she showed me there's even more to it than that. By way of explaining, allow me to start at what I once would have called the end.
I sit across from the medium, a tangle of anticipation, excitement, and fear. I want a message, proof, some piece of tangible evidence that tells me life isn't over when it's over. I am beside myself with the implications of any potential outcome of this meeting, and I have brought the pressure of my question-filled vacuum to sit with me in front of the medium. She says some words that I desperately want to assign meaning to. This message from beyond could be from my grandparent. Or my cousin. Or my friend's aunt. But wait, surely, a real message, proof, would be from an undeniable, identifiable source, right?
I start to worry that this message will live in my memory as a carrot dangling from a stick, constantly tempting me to swipe and grab, only to feel nothing of substance in my hand. At the end of my time with the medium, my heart horse, who has passed on, who I was 100% sure would be first in line to give me a message from beyond, hadn't spoken up. I am crushed by the unfairness, disappointed in my expectations, and feeling unmoored. My question of why she didn’t reach out through this obvious channel turns the gears of my memories, and I think back on my life with her.
The clock hands begin to tick.
Their Bonded Hearts
Two Herds Connected through Intimacy
Lynda J Watson, Canada
“This was a bond that neither space nor time could damage. The friendship awakened an eternal echo in the hearts of the friends; they entered into a circle of intimate belonging with each other.” John O’Donohue
The horse herd and the human herd have shared a bond through millennia. There are documented and known tales of being side by side through thick and thin. Through valor and strife. There are also the stories less told, which tell the tale of two herds and the bonded heart they share. The horse~human connection will guide humanity on the path back to their hearts, a path that many have strayed from over time. Although that bond has existed since time immemorial, it is just now that the human herd is beginning to understand and feel the wisdom in the heart of the herd. It is not the surface history we read about but the innermost tale of our bonded hearts. This story will lead us back to our authentic souls. The wisdom of this connection is humanity’s way forward to a future of belonging and compassion. When we connect with the heart of the horse, we connect with the divine, around us and within us. Let us play in that space of the heart. Join me as we explore the intimate friendship that humanity shares with the collective heart of the herd.
The horse herd and the human herd have shared a bond through millennia. There are documented and known tales of being side by side through thick and thin. Through valor and strife. There are also the stories less told, which tell the tale of two herds and the bonded heart they share. The horse~human connection will guide humanity on the path back to their hearts, a path that many have strayed from over time. Although that bond has existed since time immemorial, it is just now that the human herd is beginning to understand and feel the wisdom in the heart of the herd. It is not the surface history we read about but the innermost tale of our bonded hearts. This story will lead us back to our authentic souls. The wisdom of this connection is humanity’s way forward to a future of belonging and compassion. When we connect with the heart of the horse, we connect with the divine, around us and within us. Let us play in that space of the heart. Join me as we explore the intimate friendship that humanity shares with the collective heart of the herd.
Gratitudes for the horses that are shared in the photos above.
Cover photo and The Horse Told Me To Keep Walking: Redman, SpiritWalker & Braveheart from Horse Spirit Connections. LyndaJWatson Photography
Welcome photo: Dudley from Takoda Equine. LyndaJWatson Photography
All preview photos taken by author unless otherwise stated.
Cover photo and The Horse Told Me To Keep Walking: Redman, SpiritWalker & Braveheart from Horse Spirit Connections. LyndaJWatson Photography
Welcome photo: Dudley from Takoda Equine. LyndaJWatson Photography
All preview photos taken by author unless otherwise stated.