SSC Equine Development

17/10/2024

Enjoy the tranquility…

Eventually, their bodies will start to let them down

Their ears won’t hear your whistle the same,

And their site will diminish

They are going to need that extra food

Because they won’t be able to hold the weight they used to

The once fire breathing dragon, will start to show their age

And the only excitement they will have is when you walk out into the field to give them a pat or bringing them in for food

If your lucky enough to have them through retirement

Enjoy the calm

Enjoy the peace

Enjoy the tranquility..

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This one’s going to be a little different because as much as I’m giving this mare the retirement she deserves, I was never the person that she chose.

Horses pick their people, and I’d say this mare made one hell of a choice picking this beautiful soul as her person 10 years ago.

Her story through a different lens than my own 🫶🏻

“From hoarded to honored.

Cleopatra had such an unbelievably rough beginning to life.

You taught me so much, but first and foremost that every shattered soul can be put back together with unconditional love and a bit of patience.

Cleo was never planned to appear or stay in my life but god am I blessed that she did. You tough me perseverance, to never give up and take things stride by stride.

Each day is a new beginning and the next is never promised. So today we try our best and live and learn.

You’ve taught me that Comparison is the theif of joy, we might not have what everyone else does but we have what we fight for and anything we fight for is worth it and so much more valuable.
However nothing more valuable then family and the people we hold near and dear.

I watched this horse go from a flighty, anxious and drained mare that not many people would give the time of day.

To a proud mare holding herself high and loving on all the humans around her.
She has worked so hard to please and take care of people.

She’s been leased out to so many kiddos and always went bearing lessons and so much love. She is a girl you can trust and confide in. Thats not to say she can’t be a sassy spunky, crab walking drama queen.

With every drop of blood, sweat and tears this mare has taught me so much and learned so much. I’ll forever be grateful to you Cleo.”
- Autumn M.

As you can probably tell she was a huge part of our childhood

She is one of few horses left of our original herd and I’m beyond grateful that I can be as dedicated to her now, as she was to us kids for all those years.

An older horse from a rescue situation getting to live out her days in retirement, is considered pretty lucky

But I think we were the lucky ones after all 🍀

06/10/2024

Hey beauties!

I know it’s been a long time since I’ve posted on this page

I’ve spent a long time reflecting, I’ve struggled with if I even want to train horses anymore and if I wanted to keep this page going or not

I absolutely love helping others on such a personal level, but I’m realizing I can do that in many different ways

This last year, I have learned so much through just my self and my personal horses.

So I’ve decided my time and dedication needs to be to them

With that, there’s gonna be a shift in what my page is going to look like from here on out

I have kept a lot of information about my herd private, but I’ve realized lately that the things I learn can help so many others and not just myself

As someone who couldn’t buy the best, I was in charge of creating the best of what I had

As a trainer I could help my clients because I have bled the same blood and cried the same tears that most of you have

And those are the stories I’m going to share here, that is what this page is going to change to

I’m so excited to share each individual herd member that I have or have had that has taught me, whether that be about connection between body and mind, or medical issues that cannot be ignored.

This is going to be about my successes and sometimes failures

This is going to be about what my horses have taught me not only as a rider, but as a partner

This is about their stories, struggles and important experiences that have changed my lens when I look at them

With all of this being said, I am unfortunately no longer going to be offering my services to the public at this time.

I have so much love for all of my clients and their beautiful partners

But right now sharing my experiences to maybe help the next person and fulfilling my goals is the most important thing to me.

I hope our experiences can reach the right people to offer comfort in knowing your not alone and offering help where it’s needed the most

I love you all and thank you all for your support 🫶🏻

01/05/2023

Donkeys need the too 🥹

27/04/2023

Here’s to the old ones

For the horses, who have carried us miles

The ones, who required us to listen

To the ones, who have taught us the most

To the ones, who had mercy on our mistakes as we were learning

To the ones, who made our confidence grow

To the ones, who keep us sane

To the ones, who have always kept us safe

You Hold Our Hearts

You Will Always Be With Us

And when your time has come, if we are lucky enough… we will get to see little glimpses of you in horses that cross our path

So Here’s To The Old Ones.

The Steady Eddy’s.

The Great Ones.

22/02/2023

Hello lovely’s💕

Due to my high volume of messages I wanted to give a little life update; big changes are coming my way so I unfortunately am no longer taking on new clients in Washington at this time.

I will make sure to keep you all updated on the up and coming adventures we are about to encounter🤍

Stay tuned😉

21/01/2023

Look at that abduction 😍

Here’s to almost a year helping miss D-light and her beautiful owner 💕

09/01/2023

Rain or shine, sometimes it’s both with a rainbow 🥰

04/01/2023

Acting like a pro as always, First ride for little miss Farah🤍

29/12/2022

Give them the time they need to process

If they don’t process, they will never truly understand what your asking 🌱
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Everyone meet the lovely Spirit💕
His name really matches his personality 😂

01/10/2022

Thankful for you💕

I love working side by side with this amazing human 💖

09/09/2022

03/09/2022

MAKE the TIME.

Make time for the deep breaths

Make the time to be still

Make the time to listen to the silence

Make time to take in the moment

As a trainer it’s my job to know when to be loud and when to be quiet. To know when to make a big deal out of a behavior or no deal at all. To become their safe space but also hold boundaries.

With each and every horse that passes through my program, I make it a priority to have these moments because the big is just as important as the small

Changing old habits can be really hard, changing the way they move can be really hard, changing the way they perceive people can be really hard.

Trama is a real thing for all of us

But when you make the time and allow them to make a choice of engaging with you or not

I think you’d be surprised what they choose

They want to feel heard as much as anyone

So take the little moments of silence and enjoy them

They are needed for change and understanding
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So blessed to have this beautiful boy as a reminder everyday🤍

24/08/2022

Hello beautiful people!

I’d like to ask everyone to be very patient with Morning Light Equine Intuitive Healing at this time, some things have come up so she needs to spend quality time with her family.

Prayers are much appreciated but please be respectful and give her the time and space she needs to process. She will message everyone back when she’s ready to heal all your ponies again 🤍

Thank you all for understanding☺️

28/07/2022

Good afternoon everyone!☺️

Just wanted to let everyone know, I do have some openings for training August and September
message me if your interested🥰

As a side note:

This beautiful ottb will be up on consignment soon! He’s a sweet in your pocket type, looking for his next job🤍🦄

13/07/2022

Goodmorning my beautiful people🤍

With the high volume of messages I’m getting, some are getting lost in my personal messenger

So a little reminder if you need to get a hold of me to make an appointment or talk about training, please message my business page helps keep me organized and get to everyone in a timely manner🥰

30/06/2022

🌟 As I watched this mare go home today I can’t help but think of the horse she was when she came to me 🌟

A horse that was anxious, unbroke, constant wind sucking and sometimes cribbing

She was quickly agitated, saying no In a subtle way didn’t exist in her language

Once we got rid of the density filling her body, we could feel her front end that was full of atrophy and nerve impingements

It felt like gravel was underneath her skin, while swollen and compensation bumps filled her hind end

I was lucky enough to be one of the few she trusted, besides her beloved owner💕

4 months of weekly body work done by the amazing Morning Light Equine Intuitive Healing

Weeks of working on the pillars within and desensitizing her body to touch

The hours it took, sometimes just sitting with her as she processed the adjustments to her body

Eventually her muscle starting to grow

With the healing of nerve impingements

The gravely texture and “bumps” started to disappear

Her hips started to rotate back to its natural angle

When we gave her the option to say no..

The cribbing completely stopped and the wind sucking slowed down

This anxious and agitated horse became honest with little cues when she wasn’t comfortable with whatever we were doing

When The pillars where second nature..

I started putting rides on her

Starting ba****ck in a halter

Teaching the pillars while on her

Then adding a saddle and bridle

She became so confident in her self and everyone around her

That her first time trotting and loping was something she gave willingly

I’m so ecstatic she came to me and even more so I was able to give her and her owner the tools they need to have a fantastic relationship

I’m Going to miss D-lights sassy self being in our field, but I can’t help being so happy and confident of her going home with her beautiful owner🥰

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Teaching proper Biomechanics has been such a journey, meeting owners that want so badly to do best buy their horses.

Makes me so proud to watch these animals go home and excel because they feel mentally and physically better🥰

08/06/2022

I often get asked why I get such good results with .

Most of the time horses come to me unsure, sometimes frustrated and afraid but more times then not they are all 3

imagine being brought to someone that sees all the insecurities you see, it can make them rightfully defensive

That’s what my job is, to fix the “flaws” that us humans see or feel in each of our horses

My goal as a trainer is to be the horses advocate, and teach humans the knowledge that I know on biomechanics to help our animals be healthy and stronger.

Making them better competitors or just being comfortable walking down a trail.

That being said, if I don’t have the trust of these 1,200lbs animals my job and goal is nearly impossible.

Early on I realized that I need a team of people to make sure these horses feel safe and heard at all times.

Thankfully I found that team.

I can’t express enough how horses feel us..

They feel our energy

Our emotion

They feel then we are sad, happy, or mad

Unlike horses we as humans have been taught to hide our feelings completely

And when horses are personally connected to us, emotions run higher and higher depending on the individual horse

They can mirror what we feel.

As their trainer, I let them see all of my flaws

I don’t hide what I’m feeling

Making it clear I’m here to help them, giving them time and space if that’s what’s needed

Healing from trauma whether that be physical or emotional can be really hard

So to answer the question, I’ve made sure that the people surrounding these horses treat them just as I have at all times

Our farm is safe, it’s full of love and space to heal.

Each process is slow

Making sure I’m going at their pace and never my own or anyone else’s.

I’ve found treating them this way makes progress faster, and they are more inclined to hang onto this information and use it in day-to-day life, whether that be in the field or under Saddle

Making confident correct happy horses
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I’ve fallen in love with this method because it not only heals them but it heals me.
Never having to hide from my emotions, just letting them be what they are and feeling heard has brought me more peace than I could’ve ever known

A special thank you to Celeste-Leilani Lazaris , Ashley Tillich and Leigh Rinier, for putting so much love and dedication into me and all of these horses

25/05/2022

Happy Wednesday to everyone💕

Wanted to share the amazing progress from one of the rehab cases I’ve had the opportunity to help

Reno came to me in March unfortunately in complete dysfunction, severely collapsed thoracic sling making a twist in his right front foot with a locked forward and rotated pelvis, causing nerve impingement and as you can imagine that made hoof trimming unbearable at times.

While being in a stall gave him and his feet a break from this horrible winter we had, it unfortunately didn’t help his body and as soon as his beautiful owner could she put him on 24/7 turn out

I will never under estimate the power of a horse on turnout. The pictures from February to March was astounding, As I only had Reno for a week making most of that progress due to him being on pasture (great thinking on his owners part🥰)

Between March 7th to April 11th we quickly realized that the “twist” we were seeing was due to atrophy of lower pecs and unfortunately his hoof grew to match the compensation

I took him day by day working on exercises to change the dysfunction With the help Morning Light Equine Intuitive Healing and her body work we managed to completely straightened out his leg down to his hoof by building his muscle

From April 11th to May 1st his upper and lower pecs grew substantially

The helped correct the atrophy bringing full range of motion (adduction/abduction), balance and correction to his thoracic sling

While all of this is completely impressive to me I’d have to say two things stand out the most…

One, the way he has complete control and balance of his body, so much so he can stand quietly while his owner does his feet. No fidgeting, No falling over and most importantly no longer insecure about it because he doesn’t have to fight any nerve fires possibly happening.

Two, he became so confident in him self that he now protects his favorite horses in the field as before he was a complete pushover that avoided confrontation completely
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I wish everyone could see what I see on a daily basis because this work and these animals amaze me💕 a big thank you to Ashley for being my biggest helper on all these cases🥰

What is the biggest change you see in the pictures?😇

20/04/2022

Love working with you Ashley Tillich we are doing amazing work together🥰

14/04/2022

I have to talk about a huge success over the weekend✨

I’ve been working with this sweet mare for a little over a month now and the progress is astounding

March 4th was the first time I rode this mare (All top pictures)

She had atrophy in her top line relying on her poll for support, a slightly rotated pelvis (Green lines), and an over developed brachiocephalic (Red line)

Unable to use her stomach and lower pecks to carry herself (Orange line) she became known to rush through the hands of her rider.

Her shoulders were so strapped that a short stride was necessary to keep her body together (Purple & Blue lines)

We took almost a whole month of just ground work using the

Her owner wanted me to ride her in a race environment as this horse has been known to have anxiety.

A week before the race I started riding her, occasionally bringing her up into a trot and/or a canter.

April 10th coming out of the trailer she seemed pretty worried so I started off doing some abduction exercises from the ground, reminding her nothing was changing besides the environment she was in.

As we entered the warm-up arena she was ready to do her job (All bottom pictures)

She started by picking herself up with her Stomach and lower pecks (Orange line) then using her entire thoracic sling to hold her self through each gate that I asked

Supple in the bridal, releasing her brachiocephalic (Red line)

Showing that weight shift to the center of her body instead to her poll, Releasing her psoas allowing her pelvis to move with her body(Green line)

She’s was able to reach out and give a longer stride while in full control (Purple & Blue lines)

When we were done she walked politely and quietly back to the trailer

She was a dream🖤
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It was quite incredible to feel her carry her self for the first time, soft and kind eyes no longer worried

Dysfunction comes in many forms, atrophy, short stride, lameness, sometimes it’s known as “bad conformation”

Other times it’s hard to catch to an untrained eye, unless you have something to compare it to.

This work is so rewarding, bringing peace of mind and body to me, horses and owners💕

29/03/2022

16/03/2022

Case study #1

This one is a little bitter sweet

This mare came to me dull

She was narrow in her front and hind end

Any type of contact was so offensive she learned to keep her head in the air, which created lots of TMJ issues along with a collapsed front end

Having ulcers she hated to be touched and was full of anxiety

Gaining muscle and personality she began to bloom

Her shoulders where filling out, but unlike I expected her hind end stayed the same

We eventually found the problem

She had been holding on to her trama

Through abduction we created space for her mind and hind end to fill out beautifully

While she wasn't always kind and gentle through the process, she trusted me enough to understand her and her pain

Looking at her now she's blossomed into an amazing opinionated mare✨

Leaving her owner with a blueprint to continue her journey with the has been a pleasure

She’s one of the good ones💕

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A special thanks to Ashley Tillich for helping me unwind this mare your a dream to work beside🥂