Carr Equine Therapy

04/13/2025

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02/26/2025

Your Horse Feels What You Carry...

Before you even touch the lead rope, your horse is reading you. Your energy, mindset, and emotions set the tone for every interaction.

Next time you approach your horse, try this:
✔ Pause & Breathe – Before stepping into their space, take a slow breath and release any tension you’re carrying.
✔ Check Your Thoughts – Are you already expecting resistance, or are you open to connection?
✔ They will follow your Energy – If they’re unsure, bring calm. If they’re distracted, bring quiet presence.

Your horse isn’t just responding to what you ask—they’re responding to who you are in that moment. The more self-awareness you bring, the deeper your trust will grow.

➡️ Try this today and let us know what you notice! Drop a comment below.

11/04/2024

Makes sense ♥️

Many people are surprised to find that pain is rarely an animals highest priority. `Humans also will endure magnanimous amounts of pain, and if not connected to trauma, the experience will not have a lasting effect.

What does happen when an animal is in pain and forced to do a job against its will? Well that is trauma.

Trauma creates a broken system of social engagement and the animal or person will now ONLY have the primitive defense mechanisms of flight/fight or freeze which makes them 'difficult'

Problem is, taking away the pain, DOES NOT now repair this system and the non painful being will continue on being difficult until the mammalian social engagement system is repaired also.

There are a lot of ways to help horses and other sentient beings find their way back to the emotional homeostasis that goes along with feeling safe.
I have worked on emotional regulation with my horses with Tara Davis through zoom and the results have been life changing for my herd.

Most of MY work addresses both systems which is why it is so effective !!

Did I mention my Nervous System Seminar has received RACE APPROVAL !!! Cant wait to share more about how to optimize performance using the nervous system in 2025 !

10/18/2024

I love the healing progress of this splint bone fracture after 12 weeks of a strict cold laser therapy protocol. Such clean lines 😁

10/16/2024

All of this 🙌
The journey has begun!!! I’m excited and also apprehensive but to better understand the horse & horse/human connection I’m all in.

To change your horse,
you must first,
change yourself.

If you have done any reading on horsemanship, taken lessons , scrolled on Facebook, or searched "Inspirational Horse Quotes" you have probably seen or heard the above quote.

This can be hard to do! We are animals of habit ourselves. We are products of our experiences, regardless of how we have chosen to handle them. Creating new patterns, breaking old and progressing is challenging and uncomfortable.
Changing ourselves to be better for our horse means potentially looking at things we don't want to see, acknowledge or admit. It can also mean looking at greatness we don't believe is worthy or possible. But by challenging ourselves with an open mind and dedication we can create shifts that are fulfilling and beneficial.
As I go further down my own horsemanship journey I dig deeper into lifemanship. I am hungry for greater understanding and insight, for my horse, myself, my family and for those I work with....it's all connected. Shining light on areas of need hasn't always been easy, but oh so incredibly rewarding.
I enjoy supporting, inspiring and guiding horse and handler. I am passionate about better understanding the horse, to help the horse be better understood.
Horsemanship isn't about the destination, but the journey.
Another true inspirational quote ;)

10/15/2024

10/13/2024

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Let’s give thanks to all the mares that have come into our lives and have challenged us to be become better advocates for our equine counterparts. They carry so much strength and wisdom and are a mirror into our souls, so let’s embrace their power and see the beauty in their communication with us so we can continuously fine tune our listening skills.

Beware the trainer who stereotypes mares as being too hormonal, too b*tchy, too difficult…

Their aversion to an entire s*x of horses says nothing about mares and everything about how they approach training and horses in general.

Mares are hardworking, loyal and honest.

The people who tend to strongly dislike them are typically the ones who want to force mares to work through pain, stress, discomfort — or otherwise wish to ignore communication attempts.

They tend to “prove” their mindset correct by eliciting reactions from mares after ignoring warning after warning.

So, yes, they encounter a lot of “cranky” mares but the common denominator is them.

The sad thing is that the hatred towards mares is all too common in this industry.

Despite it being so female dominated.

We need to reframe the way we think about things.

A mare having pain that results in behavioural change due to her cycle is a normal thing.

It is not a sign that she should withhold communication that she’s uncomfortable.

Most of us who also cycle can attest to the discomfort of cramps and how we aren’t always going to feel our best.

Mares are a great lesson in consent and communication.

They are the matriarchs of the herd and the horses who are given the immense responsibility of educating youngsters and teaching them what it is like to be a horse.

Of course they are going to be open with their communication.

The success of their species has been reliant on them educating their young with such communication skills.

Mares have much to teach, to those who wish to listen.

And for those who don’t… well, mares serve as a great litmus test for who actually wishes to improve their horsemanship and honour the horse in the way they should.

10/13/2024

it’s not important that you never make a mistake, that’s unrealistic and damaging to growth. The most important part is how you recover : you commit to yourself to regroup and start over, because you deserve it. And you commit to the horse to regroup and start over, because they deserve it. You’re teaching them too that it’s ok to make mistakes, and how to rebalance.

Mistakes are life. Go forward, and rebalance.