Equine Spirit Sanctuary

02/11/2025

Don't miss the chance of own a beautiful art print by Barbara Meikle! Tickets available through Feb. 13th. Click here for details - https://www.equinespiritsanctuary.org/news/raffle

01/12/2025

January Greetings from Equine Spirit Sanctuary

Welcome 2025!!! Yes, a new year has begun with a couple special happenings here at ESS to get us through the winter cold and snow and ... oops - we haven't seen any real snow yet here this winter. But it has been a bit cold after some very unexpected weeks of daytime temperatures that were a bit too...

01/02/2025

Highly recommend this for anyone wanting to learn more, do more with barefoot trimming!

01/01/2025

01/01/2025

In case you weren't able to make it out to visit ESS for our Holiday Open Barns, and missed seeing the festively decorated facility, here are some photos. Tomorrow's the last day to visit to enjoy the decor. It all comes down soon!

We entered the Kit Carson holiday decorating contest but it was hard to get the entire setting in one little photo. Please vote for ESS's entry by clicking here: https://www.taosnews.com/contest/

We sure could use the prize of a gift certificate towards our big winter electric bills. The bills go way up with all the tank heaters that we put in the horses' water tanks so they have water available all the time that is not frozen - so important to preventing colic in the winter months.

12/25/2024

Wishing you a wonderful, magical, memorable holiday! Following up on the Thanksgiving story from the ESS horses, here is a Christmas story:

12/03/2024

Kicking off the holidays this week at ESS!

12/03/2024

Today is Giving Tuesday! Countless non-profits are asking for your donations today. There's nothing better than supporting a cause that you believe in. ESS is not doing a specific one-day appeal but we are launching our end of the year matching funds campaign to raise $$ for hay for our herd. Click here to go to the donation page. You can also send a check. Any and all donations are appreciated! https://www.equinespiritsanctuary.org/news/2024-yearend-fundraiser

11/28/2024

Happy Thanksgiving from ESS!

Wishing you a blessed and happy Thanksgiving Day

10/01/2024

October News from ESS

Fall has arrived! And what happened to summer and the summer news update? I'm sorry to say that you didn't miss it, I just did not get an email update done. And Facebook updates have been pretty sparse, too. The past few months turned out to be the busiest here at ESS in years, since before Covid. O...

08/24/2024

Sad, sad story about our dear friend Twuana, founder of Loving Thunder therapeutic riding center. She has months of healing ahead after a totally preventable accident caused by a reckless, rude, inconsiderate (I could go on and on!) bicyclist. No excuse. Our best wishes and prayers are with Twuana as she recuperates.

Certain road signs are up in Corrales for a reason – there's a good chance you could come across a horse in your daily commute.

07/19/2024

The way you look at things is not simply a private matter. Your outlook actually and concretely affects what goes on. When you give in to helplessness, you collude with despair and add to it. When you take back your power and choose to see the possibilities for healing and transformation, your creativity awakens and flows to become an active force of renewal and encouragement in the world. In this way, even in your own hidden life, you can become a powerful agent of transformation in a broken, darkened world. There is a huge force field that opens when intention focuses and directs itself toward transformation.

JOHN O'DONOHUE

Excerpt from his books, Benedictus (Europe) / To Bless the Space Between Us (US)
Ordering Info: https://johnodonohue.com/store

Lahinch, Co Clare, Ireland
Photo: © Ann Cahill

07/19/2024

I wish I could go to this workshop! Dora (and Steve) have taken care of our horses here at ESS for the last couple of years. I always learn something from Dora when she's here. I can't imagine how wonderful it would be to do a full clinic with her and Steve. I highly recommend going if you can!

ATTENTION HORSE OWNERS:

*THIS* is the hoof clinic you've been waiting for! Come spend four learning-filled days in a beautiful setting discussing the hoof care topics *YOU* have been asking for. Learn proper barefoot hoof care from a whole-horse perspective from experienced technical educators with over 40 years experience in educating horse owners from around the world.

You'll spend your mornings in air-conditioned comfort discovering what affects hoof health & form with regard to trimming philosophy, anatomy, biomechanics, horse/rider asymmetry, diet, and more. Find out how to identify & address hoof abnormalities & pathologies. And schedule *YOUR* horse for a special diagnostic & assistance session as well!

Afternoons are reserved for learning how to properly trim, along with a host of extras: tool selection & use, shoe removal, lower leg dissection, hoof boot selection & fitting, and tool sharpening.

We'll also have some special training & trimming demonstrations on live horses, including how to successfully train your horse to pick up his feet, and proper horse & trimmer positioning for safe and successful hoof care.

We have options for everyone, including those who aren't interested in learning to trim but want expert help in sorting out their horse's foot problems. And we've made accommodations & transportation options easy, with meals included regardless of where you stay.

And...we promise not to leave you hanging after the workshop is over; help is always available, should you need even more personalized assistance later on!

Check out https://enlightenedequineworkshops.com/ for all the details, but sign up soon - attendance is strictly limited to *only twelve new students* to ensure plenty of quality one-on-one instruction time.

07/04/2024

I love this song. We try hard here at ESS to listen to our horses.

07/04/2024

Happy holiday today! It's been a super busy summer here at ESS. News and photos to come soon!

05/22/2024

Open House this Saturday at ESS

Happy spring into summer! Our Spring Open House is this Saturday. Traditionally this day is the official start of our summer programs. We have some new kids' groups that will be coming out to learn all about horses and lots of great opportunities for new volunteers to learn horse skills with our her...

05/08/2024

Lessons with Blanco and new Blanco.