Hatha Equus

09/10/2025

Calling all horse loving equine professionals who are looking for the next career opportunity! Wildsong Ranch, the beloved home of Hatha Equus, is searching for a new ranch manager.

The ranch manager works closely with Hatha Equus to ensure the wellbeing and enrichment of the horses at the ranch…and there may be an opportunity to work with the HE team in training!

Please check out the job description and contact Elizabeth if you or someone you know are interested! 😍🐴❤️

RANCH MANAGER AT WILDSONG RANCH Position Requirements: Who is WSR looking for? Wildsong Ranch is looking for a kind-hearted, uplifting, and detail-oriented leader who embodies our core values, and upholds our barn rules which creates a safe and positive environment for its workers, clients an...

09/08/2025

09/03/2025

Next week!
Can't wait!
North Carolina Dressage & Combined Training Association
Shining River Ranch

🎉10 Days🎉until the 2025 NCDCTA Equine Festival and Harvest Moon Schooling Show at Carolina Horse Park!

Join us September 12-14 for the Equine Festival.
🥳4 Clinicians (Stephen Hayes Dressage , Hatha Equus , Richard Malmgren ,
Pressure Proof Coaching Academy
🎊32 riders participating in the clinics
🎈Over 10 lectures throughout the weekend
🥳Shopping for our lineup of vendors

💫Get your tickets here: www.eventcreate.com/e/equinefestival2025

🐎𝗪𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗲? 🐎
The 𝑯𝙖𝒓𝙫𝒆𝙨𝒕 𝑴𝙤𝒐𝙣 𝙎𝒄𝙝𝒐𝙤𝒍𝙞𝒏𝙜 𝙎𝒉𝙤𝒘 is accepting entries until Saturday, September 6! We're offering something for everyone, with classes including dressage, western dressage, and combined training from tadpole (ground poles) through Training Level. Don't miss out! Sign up here:
www.eventcreate.com/e/harvestmoonschoolingshow2025

08/23/2025

Why kicking your horse repeatedly and incessantly for 40min (with spurs) is actually counter productive (anong other things).

Here on social media, we usually try to be positive, uplifting and humorous.
Today, I didn’t feel like doing our usual.
Today I needed to be an advocate. I hope this reaches as many humans in the world, whose horses need them to hear it.Let’s all do better, folks.

02/12/2025

Let’s get one thing straight. When we say “soft,” we don’t mean weak, permissive, or lacking in boundaries.

We’re talking about:
*𝗘𝗺𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘆: The ability to understand and share the feelings of another being
*𝗦𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆: Being highly attuned to subtle cues – body language, energy shifts, emotional states.
*𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀: A commitment to ethical, kind, and respectful interaction.
*𝗘𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲: Recognizing and managing your own emotions, and responding appropriately to your horse’s.

Also known as: 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘀.

It’s about refusing unnecessary force, choosing understanding over dominance, and allowing yourself to feel with your horse.

Horses are masters of enhanced perception and subtle communication. Their survival depends on it.

As a highly sensitive human, you have a unique advantage. You’re already wired to pick up on the subtle cues that others might miss. You’re speaking the horse’s language – the language of feeling, intuition, and nuanced communication.

This is the deepest possible access point to opening communication channels with a super-sensitive animal. If we’re aiming for “communication among equals,” we need to meet them where they are, in a space of heightened awareness.

Kindness and empathy aren’t just ethically sound; they’re scientifically proven to be more effective for learning.
I’d love to go down the rabbit hole of explaining how with nervous system and more, but that’s what all of our love and online is for.

For now, here’s an invitation:
Let’s create a horse world where feeling 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 our horses is the norm, not the exception.

A world where empathy, understanding, and co-creation are valued above all else.

Yours truly, in Science and Soul,
Hatha Equus

02/06/2025

There’s one participant spot left for our upcoming Co-Creational Horsemanship clinic in Louisburg, NC (Feb 21-27), and plenty of auditor spots.Comment “Louisburg” below and we’ll DM you the link with all relevant info 🤗

02/01/2025

If “just trail riding” is uncool, consider me the happiest uncool rider ever.

For some reason, there’s this whisper in the equestrian world that trail riding is a “lesser” pursuit.
That recreational riders “just” trail ride.

Ehm…someone explain the “just”, please?

I mean, let’s not pretend that trail riding is some walk in the park (pun intended).

A happy, sound and safe (for themselves and for humans) trail horse is:

🚚a happy loader
〽️a happy traveler
🧗🏼an athlete who can handle varied terrain for hours…while carrying a human weight
🎯a confident partner who doesn’t freak out at every rustle in the leaves

That takes serious (awesome!) work to get to…together!

And even if it 𝔀𝓮𝓻𝓮 easy…who cares? 🤷🏼‍♀️

The whole point is to find what makes you and your horse happy, right?
Isn’t that the dream we’re all dreaming, anyway?

How about we stop trying to fit other humans, ourselves or our horses in 📦boxes📦 made from bits and pieces of other humans’ definition of happiness?

Let’s saddle up, hit the trail (or the arena, or wherever your and your horse’s hearts lead!), and ignore the noise.

You be you.
And you’re amazing.