Embracing the Spirit of the Horse
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“There is a perception of ourselves that we offer for others and beneath this lies the truth and the essence of who we are and
what we are most willing to allow others to see. If we can seek to reveal what truly lies within our hearts,
we will easily offer the purest and rawest nature of who we are and where we are meant to be.”
— Jackie Ladouceur
what we are most willing to allow others to see. If we can seek to reveal what truly lies within our hearts,
we will easily offer the purest and rawest nature of who we are and where we are meant to be.”
— Jackie Ladouceur
We move through life being shaped by our experiences and we are taught to believe certain things about ourselves in relationship to how we show up in the world and through this process we are often at risk of losing the connection to the core essence of who we are…to the nature of our Spirit. As we move into adulthood our lives begin to change, sometimes in unforeseeable ways, and we carry larger responsibilities and pressures that prevent us from recognizing the barriers we create for ourselves in seeing a clearer and more authentic path forward.
I believe that as children we were clearer than ever about who we were and we were so attuned to the nature of our core essence that we knew how to innately live from a heart centered and intuitive way of being. Our curiosity and wonder floated freely through our imaginations and we were so engaged in the magic and mysteries of life that we knew how to dream and could foresee the path towards fulfilling those dreams.
As a young girl being raised in the beautiful Rocky Mountains of Montana, home to wild horses of the west, I was blessed with the opportunity to truly embrace the wild and majestic Spirit of the horse. There was just something uncanny about the Spirit of the horse that resembled my deepest desires to seek and attune to the freedom, beauty and authentic essence of my own Human Spirit.
There is something very profound and magical about the Spirit of the horse that calls us back towards the authentic path of the heart. The sheer power of their bodies, the magnificence of their beauty, the freedom and gracefulness in their movement and strength in their presence reflects for us what we so innately desire to seek within ourselves. There is deep sense of freedom and personal power in understanding ourselves to the level that horses can take us to. Their wisdom and teachings truly carry us back on a journey to the resilience and brilliance of the human heart, the place that I believe holds the true nature and essence of who we are.
How we carry ourselves, how we walk our path and the way in which we physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually show up in the world, is reflected through how we show up in relationship to the horse. Their ability to attune to us at this level is a gift that allows us to shine light on the darker areas of our awareness so that we can bring life to that which we most need to learn or heal. When we learn to embody the Spirit of the horse, we learn to trust that what our hearts most want and need us to know is our authentic truth. This is the truth that guides up back to the core essence of who we are and towards the path of living life with greater purpose, passion and joy.
When we are in the presence of a horse we naturally attune to the stillness and presence that lies within us. This place of inner peace and calm is what allows us to access the core of who we are, our inner being, and the place that offers us the beauty, power and magic of our own existence. It is the place where we acknowledge our pain, heal our wounds and release the weight of the emotional burdens we carry so that we can fully open our hearts to that which we most desire to receive. Acknowledging what wants to be revealed from a place of self-love and compassion is the first step on the journey home to the heart. Staying connected to this place of higher knowing, your essential self, through the Spirit of the horse is the path that can lead you there.
I believe that as children we were clearer than ever about who we were and we were so attuned to the nature of our core essence that we knew how to innately live from a heart centered and intuitive way of being. Our curiosity and wonder floated freely through our imaginations and we were so engaged in the magic and mysteries of life that we knew how to dream and could foresee the path towards fulfilling those dreams.
As a young girl being raised in the beautiful Rocky Mountains of Montana, home to wild horses of the west, I was blessed with the opportunity to truly embrace the wild and majestic Spirit of the horse. There was just something uncanny about the Spirit of the horse that resembled my deepest desires to seek and attune to the freedom, beauty and authentic essence of my own Human Spirit.
There is something very profound and magical about the Spirit of the horse that calls us back towards the authentic path of the heart. The sheer power of their bodies, the magnificence of their beauty, the freedom and gracefulness in their movement and strength in their presence reflects for us what we so innately desire to seek within ourselves. There is deep sense of freedom and personal power in understanding ourselves to the level that horses can take us to. Their wisdom and teachings truly carry us back on a journey to the resilience and brilliance of the human heart, the place that I believe holds the true nature and essence of who we are.
How we carry ourselves, how we walk our path and the way in which we physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually show up in the world, is reflected through how we show up in relationship to the horse. Their ability to attune to us at this level is a gift that allows us to shine light on the darker areas of our awareness so that we can bring life to that which we most need to learn or heal. When we learn to embody the Spirit of the horse, we learn to trust that what our hearts most want and need us to know is our authentic truth. This is the truth that guides up back to the core essence of who we are and towards the path of living life with greater purpose, passion and joy.
When we are in the presence of a horse we naturally attune to the stillness and presence that lies within us. This place of inner peace and calm is what allows us to access the core of who we are, our inner being, and the place that offers us the beauty, power and magic of our own existence. It is the place where we acknowledge our pain, heal our wounds and release the weight of the emotional burdens we carry so that we can fully open our hearts to that which we most desire to receive. Acknowledging what wants to be revealed from a place of self-love and compassion is the first step on the journey home to the heart. Staying connected to this place of higher knowing, your essential self, through the Spirit of the horse is the path that can lead you there.
“Somewhere beneath our older and wiser self, awaits the opportunity to once again
meet the innocence and purity of our dreamer and child-like self.
For me, it is from this place, where I access the freedom to remember the spirit of the dream.”
— Jackie Ladouceur
meet the innocence and purity of our dreamer and child-like self.
For me, it is from this place, where I access the freedom to remember the spirit of the dream.”
— Jackie Ladouceur
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Jackie Ladouceur Bio
Jackie Ladouceur, a Certified FEEL facilitator, was born with an innate passion for horses and first realized her passion as a young girl being raised in Butte, Montana . After moving to Ontario in her early teens she spent many years learning about horses in the Canadian Pony Club and was an avid competitor on the Hunter and Dressage show circuits. She continues to be a supporter of Natural Dressage, Liberty and horsemanship methods and is deeply passionate and dedicated to the fields of Facilitated Equine Experiential Learning (FEEL) and Life Coaching. In her chosen career fields as a Registered Veterinary Technician and Primary Care Paramedic she is equally passionate about helping and healing both animals and humans. After graduating as a Stress and Wellness Consultant with the Canadian Institute of Stress, Hans Selye Foundation, Jackie went on to study and graduate from Erickson College, Vancouver, B.C. as an Erickson Certified Life Coach. She is the founder of Fields of Wisdom, an organization dedicated to transforming the lives of people through horses, where she currently integrates the FEEL horse work with her life coaching sessions and workshops as well as in her energy work as a Reiki Master. She is grateful to be a founding member of the FEEL Honoring the Horse committee in which she dedicates her time as an advocate for the voice of the horse in the FEEL work as well as a published author in Healing with Horses, Growth and Transformation through the Way of the Horse. For more information on Jackie and Fields of Wisdom, please visit www.fieldsofwisdom.com Photography credit (all photos): Jackie Ladouceur |