Wildsong Ranch

08/30/2024

Hello Wildsong friends! Are you (or is someone you know) looking for a part-time job that will get you out of the house and into the sunshine? And do you have horse experience?? We may have a place for you here! We are looking for a new team member with a positive, can-do attitude, who can't help but smile while shoveling poo. 😁💩 (Don't worry, this job is more than just mucking.) Must be able to lift 50 lbs, CANNOT BE ALLERGIC TO HAY OR HORSES. 10-20 hours per week. Pay starts at $16 hour. Comment below, or email [email protected] if you'd like more info!

06/12/2024

Hello Wildsong Ranch friends! Are you looking for a part-time job? One that will get you out of the house and into the Colorado sunshine?? And do you have horse experience??? We may have a place for you here! We are looking for a new team member with a positive, can-do attitude, who can't help but smile while shoveling poo. 😁💩 (Don't worry, it's more than just mucking.) Must be able to lift 50 lbs, CANNOT BE ALLERGIC TO HAY OR HORSES. 10-25 hours per week. Pay starts at $16-18/ hour (DOE). Comment below if you'd like more info!

04/09/2024

Say hello to Wildsong’s newest additions, Berries, Rosie, and Handsome! 🍇🌹🤵‍♂️

04/01/2024

01/26/2024

We still have work to do, but I think this country has come a long way in the last 50 years or so with its treatment of animals, and horses in particular.

I’m so glad that we have a boarding facility centered on horses’ health and well-being, and even more glad that people have shown up to board here! A place where horses are given what they need to be physically, socially and emotionally healthy, and are given a choice and a voice (thank you !). I don’t know that that would have happened 50 years ago, or even 20 years ago!

Cheers to everyone striving to give their horses the happiest, healthiest lives possible! Let’s keep showing that kindness and respect matter, even to those who can’t always ask for it.

What makes your horse happy?🐴

01/05/2024

T.G.I.F.! Waffles is ready for the weekend! Who else has fun plans with their horses coming up? Feel free to share below!

01/01/2024

Welcome to 2024! As crazy as it seems, Wildsong just celebrated its 5th birthday!! 🤯 We have absolutely loved sharing this magical place with the horses and humans (and dogs and cats and chickens 😁) that have become part of our extended family.

We have exciting news for 2024! For all of you horse and animal lovers not residing in Boulder County Colorado, we want to bring Wildsong to you!

We will begin sharing more of everything that makes this place special. We realize there are many people out there who would absolutely be a perfect fit here at Wildsong, but distance (and space constraints at the ranch!) make that next to impossible. Well, this year is for YOU! Welcome!! 🤗

We'll be sharing more horses, more daily adventures, more ranch animal antics, and more of the love and joy that come with sharing the ranch with all these beautiful beings.

Wherever you may be, we wish you much love, joy, and peace in 2024! ❤️

Love,
The wild bunch at Wildsong

12/25/2023

Merry Christmas from all of us here at Wildsong Ranch! ❤️✨🎄

03/08/2023

Meela, I don't know what Wildsong Ranch will be like without you. You've been here from the beginning, greeting everyone who came, and keeping a watchful eye on all the "naughty" horses and your rambunctious doggy friends. 😊 I'm glad that your mom and dad and so many of your favorite friends were there with you today to see you safely to the other side. 🌈 We will miss seeing you and giving you scratches and belly rubs!! But we're grateful for all the memories, and grateful to know that your spirit will still be here. Thanks for keeping watch over us at Wildsong. Love you forever sweet girl. ❤️❤️❤️

09/07/2022

Wildsong Ranch is in search of another Part-time helper for up to 20 hours/week! Starting wage is $13-17/hr depending on qualifications!

There are also opportunities to spend time with horses and learn from Hatha Equus through apprenticeship programs.

If you know of anyone who would like to hang out at an amazing/inclusive community with wonderful horses and humans please contact us at [email protected] 🤗🦄❤️

08/12/2022

Tomorrow! 😍

04/06/2022

Meela, the perfect hostess, overseeing a film crew at Wildsong Ranch, ensuring the energy remained calm and joyous!

04/01/2022

After a two year hiatus, we’re starting up service days at the ranch again this Saturday! If you’re interested in getting out and helping with some fence projects at the ranch, sign up to claim your spot and we’ll see you Saturday!

Sign up here:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050e4fa4af28a0fd0-service

Or for more details see here:
https://mailchi.mp/c178357b02b5/volunteer-opportunity-this-saturday-wildsong-ranch

12/16/2021

What does persistent 40-60 mph wind look like? Well, for one it'll start tilting your view of things over time!

Come and watch the horses migrate along the track each day as the clouds form and disappear above their heads, and the sun moves across the sky casting shado...

11/13/2021

Presence.

What does this word really mean in the context of the work with horses, in movement art? To me, it is obvious to mean that we should be “in the moment” (to use a somewhat tired phrase)! We should be in the here and now, as the horse is, then we can harmonize with them.

This is very true, but to me presence is so much more.

Presence is stepping in to the promise you’ve made to yourself about who you are…about who you know you can become. We can hold this space for our horses too. When we hold the image and feeling, and promise of their best selves in our minds and bodies, they can walk in to that promise! And this can happen only when we are, you guessed it, “in the moment with them!” 😜

Here’s the formula: My Presence + the Horse’s presence + Being Present= Moments of Connection= Magic= Art 🦄✨🌈

I have had the vision of Riggins rearing like this, on cue, forever (his presence). In this session, I felt calm, clear, confident, playful and like I could take on the world (my presence). When we were both in the moment TOGETHER under the right circumstances (present), I cued the pesade, and VOILA! Magic.

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10/30/2021

2021 Halloween Party at Wildsong Ranch

10/08/2021

River just can’t seem to stay on her pony 🤷🏼‍♀️😜😅🐴

Ps-is this pony an angel or what?! 😍🙌🏻🦄

09/17/2021

The Obstacle is the Way!!!
When we are facing a perceived setback with our horses, we should ask ourselves “What is the opportunity here for growth?!”

09/14/2021

Such an awesome trailride at Lagerman Reservoir yesterday! Ease, flow, relaxation, joy, fun, and reconnection! Those were the intentions that we all set before the ride! Each were achieved and it was a blast!

Great job and for joining us on foot! 😍🙌🏻🐴🦄

09/04/2021

Look what Sue and Ed accomplished today! 😍🙌🏻

I just walked around the corner to this wonderful discovery!

Ed has been haltered before but not on his terms! This is the next step for us in introducing him more to the world of humans in a compassionate and co-creative way!

Sooo proud of you Ed and Sue and I cannot wait for the next steps in Ed’s journey. The world is your oyster pal! We love you!!! 😍🙌🏻

09/01/2021

Our Magical Mustang friend, Ed, from , graduated from his pen to the track where he will have the freedom to move with his new friends!

He followed his stall neighbor (and future BFF) Phoenix to explore their new territory! He met Cash and Nero over the fence, and got to kick up his heels!

We have been waiting to release Ed onto the track until he had a friend to share the experience, and most importantly we wanted to be sure he was ready to be haltered and handled on his own terms! He’s shown us lately that he is interested in every person who walks by, so we decided that it’s time!

For track integrations we typically walk the horses around by hand to let them see all of the boundaries first, but Ed got to explore it at Liberty! What a blast to watch! 😍🐴🙌🏻

08/30/2021

Well it’s been 20 years since I did a shoulder stand on a horse and this was SoHo’s second time ever as a vaulting horse! I think it went pretty well overall! 😅 Horse happiness is our priority at Hatha Equus (which is in part why I stopped vaulting back in the day) so I was delighted that Soho told us that she was totally fine with monkeys crawling all over her! 😂🤷🏼‍♀️ She seems to enjoy the simplicity of the job and of course the attention and cookies she gets from the cuties who were learning how to better their seat and confidence…and of course practicing their falls! 😅 Thank you Soho!! We all had sooo much fun! 😍🙌🏻🐴🦄

08/27/2021

I guess it is National Dog Day! 😍🐺 So Happy to the bestest ranch dog on the planet! Meela wears so many hats at Wildsong. She is the main greeter, healer, arena obstacle, horse trainer, cat wrangler, dog heeler, and best friend a ranch could ask for. Meela I love you more than words and can’t imagine Hatha Equus without you!

(Also shout-out to Giorgia Ghizzoni’s amazing doggo Aria! Featured in picture 3 😍)

08/13/2021

Hatha Equus responds to FEI ad and talks non-judgement as we all go out to with our horses!

07/29/2021

What are are some of the realities of the Olympics and what can we learn from them?!

Karen Jones

07/15/2021

Let’s talk about Intrinsic Motivation! What is it and Why is it important for every horse?! I answer these questions in today’s Thursday thoughts!

07/09/2021

Let’s talk about non-linear learning and progress for horses and humans!