Heart Equine

11/25/2025

I’m not here to sell anything.

There is no book, no course, no ‘exclusive’ method.

I’m trying to sell the idea of timeless work that is universally accessible, through the horse and our own trusted feel.

I’m not interested in positioning myself as a source of authority.

I’m not a source, I’m a doorway. Go THROUGH me.

This isn’t about what I can accomplish, because this isn’t MY work. This is THE work.

It existed long before me, and will exist beyond me.

I just get to try to experience it and share it for awhile.

We can try to distill it or commodify it, but it doesn’t belong to us.

We can try to reinvent it or oversimplify it, but it will always be bigger than the limitations we put around it.

It is wisdom that predates and outlives any individual.

So…
Learn from the book, the course, the method.
Make a living from the book, the course, the method.

But understand…
The true beauty of The Work is the transformation of horse and human- mentally, emotionally, physically, spiritually- when we transcend beyond.

BELOW:
Asymmetry rehab with classical in-hand and ridden work from 2024
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/19TjrbutZY/?mibextid=wwXIfr

11/25/2025

💚❤️💛🤍🖤

Appreciate the beautiful, everyday moments, and begin to appreciate the goodness you hold within.

11/24/2025

Did you know that in some cultures women do not experience menopause symptoms ??

11/23/2025

Hahaha so true ! I am learning ‘ mule ‘ patience which is epically challenging but I believe an excellent experience!
It’s amazing to me how many great ‘horse’ equestrians are so wary of working with mules and donkeys - I think they really level up my game because everything is so slowed down you can’t help but learn the nuances 😊 it’s really hard and always grateful for my team of trainers who help me!

11/23/2025

‘SHUT DOWN’ HORSES AND THE THALAMUS

One of the many things I learned at the HEALING OASIS convention this year was that everything we were taught about the thalamus way back when was vastly under informed.

As it turns out, everything goes through the thalamus!!

The one comment by Dr Douglas Gould that got me thinking was

‘It’s the thalamus that puts that spring in our step’

Now they were talking human but isn’t that what SO MANY of our horses are lacking???!!!!

I’m always looking for ways to shortcut the journey from shut down and disconnected to embodied and joyful - time to learn a little more about what the thalamus does !!

I love love and love functional neurology! It’s just so great when you can use real world interventions to guide the brain and body back to safety without further trauma 💚❤️💛🤍🖤

11/21/2025

TEACH THEM TO CARRY THEIR NECK BEFORE ASKING FOR LOWERING/LENGTHENING

Manolo Mendez says ‘long the neck, short the body’ and I totally agree but first, biomechanics.

The domestic riding horse presents quite the little engineering problem. You have a table, a 250 lb lever arm on one end and you want to put Thanksgiving dinner aka a giant turkey in the middle of that table
Hmmm

‘Up and out’ is not necessarily a developmental sequence arising from ‘long and low’

Is asking the lever arm to go down and out going to make the table stronger by opposing and balancing against that force ?

Maybe if the table is strong and can use all 4 of its legs to offset the weight and lever of the arm ( head and neck )

Not a bad idea if the table is ‘ready’ for that move, as in a STABLE TABLE

A TERRIBLE idea if the table isn’t ready.

The legs furthest away will have to resist the urge to buckle and change their orientation to stay straight turning into a giant brace. The front legs will weaken and collapse under the the force and the head will become leg number 5.

I have now worked with multiple horses to restore normal biomechanics that have been practicing this movement and have developed new symptoms.

A better method i have found is that before asking the table to handle more lever on the lever arm, teach the table to carry itself

I call this static self carriage
Can the horse carry their head and neck and able to go into extension and flexion as well as lateral movement without moving their feet ?

A big part of the problem is that many things in our daily husbandry, even if we are not specifically asking, will ask our horses to carry their heads down and out and they might not be ready and need options.

EATING 😱😱

I hear you wild horse eat on the ground all day long.
Most wild horses probably are not strong enough to carry a turkey on their back without building new muscle groups.

If you want both you have to train both.

BUT
You need to strengthen the neck and the connections it has to the body before you stress those connections by asking them to lengthen.

What are some signs this might be happening with your horse ?
Asymmetrical front legs when grazing ( Louie’s problem)
Wanting to go Behind the vertical while riding
Any kind of front end collapsing, carpal wobble.

I have just offered Louie more upright feeding options and he always takes them. In the meantime, along with a few other changes, he has responded by really starting to fill in his topline and play more.

I know we have been taught to feed horses on the ground and to ride them long and low but I think that this is worth a re think with horses that are not progressing and especially horses in rehab and always making sure that they have options.

Observation will give you the best information! No plan is right for every horse 😊💚❤️💛🤍🖤

11/20/2025

TALES OF LOUIE - DONT GIVE UP ❤️

The first time I met Louie way back in 2017 the angels sang and he dazzled me with his light.

20 minutes later as I proceeded to lead him into the ring my trainer started giving me the ‘run down’. Louie wasn’t really an ‘amateur’ horse but she felt I could ride him as long as I didn’t touch his sides or his mouth …

6 months later this ‘emotional’ thoroughbred was mine all mine ❤️❤️❤️

6 years later I brought him home to my ranch to heal the cumulative years of disembodiment needed to handle the crazy human world when you are highly sensitive.

He ran to the farthest far end of his paddocks and did not come into the barn for days. He refused haltering or foot interventions for 6 months.

It’s been a journey and a lot of tears trying to understand why this horse seemed to despise his existence on earth so much.

Why the answer to every question was always NO.

Why he wouldn’t move.

Finding the right professionals to help has been key to getting him back to joy, play, curiosity and MOVEMENT!

I’m so incredibly grateful for Louie’s team of people who had both faith in him and me. Some hard changes were made and when you’re not moving forward sometimes getting rid of who you ‘think’ are your best people ( or in my case they got rid of me !!) can be the catalyst for the changes you need to get to the next level !

Don’t give up
Change your team if they don’t believe in you !!!
You wouldn’t have these beliefs about your horse if they weren’t real !!

Can you hear the angels ??
Can you see the light?

11/19/2025

For 1000’s of years Chinese Medicine has not changed.
Why?
Because it is based on natural law 💚🩷💛🤍🖤

11/07/2025

Healing Oasis Wellness Center 25th Anniversary Conference is underway !!!
This is where the AUTHORS of the human neurology books come to speak 🤩🤩🤩
This afternoon we are learning about the neurology of fascia and how proprioceptors also line up along fascial lines - so cool !
How the basal ganglia and thalamus work together with cortex and cerebellum to coordinate movement and then finally about the Enteric Nervous System AKA the Gut Brain and how it modulates the nervous system specifically through inflammation.

Wow my brain is fried already!
Will need to get some good rest tonight as I have 3 hours on the podium tomorrow sharing my work !
Are you having fun yet !!??