Bodhi Tree Equestrian

10/20/2024

The extended trot.

05/20/2024

I love what I'm privileged enough to do!

05/02/2024

Love this!

05/02/2024

Proud ✨️ of my girl, "Icey" 🥂🧊 today!

I'm just so happy with how far she's come working with Apline Equestrian!!

05/02/2024

04/30/2024

04/29/2024

Once was just too much! 😅

04/29/2024

I haven't updated this page since 2020 and figured a photo dump of my beautiful horses, and some the horses I am privileged enough to love and care for, was very appropriate! 🥰

04/29/2024

✨️ My workplace, my home 🏡 away from home and 👩‍🌾 where my personal therapists/horses 🦄 live!


"Horses reflect our emotions, while at the same time they seem to know how to give us exactly what we need to soothe our pain." - unknown to me.

04/28/2024

Working ❤️ the young horses today!

Icey

04/25/2024

The Army has given an update on the poor horses and riders who were injured when the horses got loose on the streets of London this morning

Read more via link below

04/25/2024

My friend Lauren's Windy Ridge Farm is one of my most favorite places on this planet! Lauren has always made room for me and my horses when we need a place to stay. I love it out there so very much. Lauren has always made her farm feel like a home away from home for me!

04/25/2024

"Icey" aka Champagne On Ice 🥂🧊 representing her breed; a Tennessee Walking Horse (TWHBEA), a Spotted Saddle Horse (SSHBEA), and the Champagne Horse (ICHR).

04/16/2024

Bodhi Tree Equestrian has joined forces with Apline Equestrian!

With Apline Equestrian, I have found a mentor who is teaching me to see horses from a different perspective. I am enjoying learning all I can from Susanne Payne and passing our shared passion and knowledge on to my students!

While I worked at a dressage barn in Gig Harbor, I paid attention to the things that truly interested me in this equestrian lifestyle and industry. I found that caring for the entire horse is a true passion of mine. I love the sport of horseback riding, yet I love the horse more. I enjoy caring for the horse's spirit, their bodies, and their minds.

During the pandemic, *Icey and I were invited to stay on the native reservation in Indianola. I learned I enjoyed being as natural, yet realistic as possible about the care of my horses, and the horses I had in my charge.

My young, amber champagne *Tennessee walking horse, "Champagne On Ice" aka Icey is giving lessons when it's appropriate for both her and the rider(s). My newest horse, a Turbo/Barock Friesian named, "Scotch On The Rocks" aka Scotchy is slowly, carefully, and correctly being introduced into our program. Apline Equestrian has access to many wonderful horses we can use for horseback riding lessons!

Since returning to the equestrian community in 2019 I've run into old friends and have made many new ones! Such as students, parents, and other working equestrians like myself. I've been blessed to have many of these wonderful people return to me or follow me from another barn to my new barn; Stormy Acres Ranch!

I'm excited to be where I'm at!
Susanne and I are currently taking on students and horses! We would be excited to talk to you about what we can do for you and your horse!

- Julie Gibbs-Churchley
Bodhi Tree Equestrian
Assistant Trainer to Apline Equestrian.

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Pictured is "Calypso Breeze" at Stormy Acres Ranch this afternoon.

04/05/2024

I enjoyed my time spent with Kellenbrook Farms, the horses, and the clientele. I needed a place to start my journey back into the equestrian industry, and KBF was a great place to do just that. I came to love so many horses and humans there at Kellenbrook Farms and I'll miss them all so very much. I've found my path back into this world. I had a good place to start again that I'll never forget and I'll be forever grateful.

10/14/2023

Using outside rein to turn correctly vs. Inside rein ......

This is why we turn the horse with the outside rein while the inside rein just asks for flection to point him in the direction.

05/24/2023

Pleas help my amazing sister get through the next chapter of her life! Any amount will help! Please share https://gofund.me/518511a5

04/07/2023

Icee 🥂🧊 and I are ✨️ so happy at 🍃️ Windy Ridge Farm! 🚜