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Mindful horse training, lessons and Reiki to help you create a better partnership with your equine.
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08/29/2024

Thanks for the generous treat donation of carrot tops and apples, Nelson family! And thanks for the cart pushing help to my newly 9 year old, Jax. The horses are happy!

08/23/2024

Who got her first professional trim and did AMAZING?!? This girl!! The flies were a little bothersome, but otherwise she stood like a pro for Arthur. It was my first time using him, and I can say how impressed I am with how gentle he was with Raven and what a great trim he did. 10 out of 10 for both! 😃

08/21/2024

How lucky am I that I get to see my horses every day? Nobody's promised tomorrow, so hug your loved ones tight. ❤️

A friend just lost her horse to colic earlier this week. It's a sad reminder not to take these guys for granted. They're quite fragile for how big they are! Sending extra love and light her way. 💕

08/14/2024

Horse camp day 3. Campers learned about injuries and illnesses, got to listen to gut sounds, cleaned stalls, made and rode jump patterns, and played some charades, among other things.

08/13/2024

I'm so grateful for another beautiful morning.

08/13/2024

Nothing starts off a Monday better than yoga, meditation, and horses! First day of advanced horse camp off to a great start. We had so much fun these were the only photos I took! Watch for videos of horse tag coming out soon.

08/08/2024

What a beautiful morning for a trail!

08/07/2024

It was the last day of Mini Mindful Yoga and Horses Camp. The kids had such a great time! Couldn't make it this time? Don't worry, there will be more. We had wonderful feedback about these.

07/31/2024

Flora's dent is now a lump. It does look better. I rubbed some arnica on it and when I brought her her food it had deflated! She's moving her head and neck around, so that's good, but I'm sure she's going to be sore for a bit.

07/31/2024

Horses have a great way of keeping us on our feet. Especially this one. After a long day in the sun full of lessons and Mindful Mini Camp, I saw across the pasture this giant hole on Flora's neck when I went to feed.
My best guess is that it's from a kick. More than likely from a feisty yearling that's bigger than Flora. I saw Raven kick out at her earlier when Flora made an ugly face, but didn't notice this. I wonder if her hoof caught Flora just right.

I've been working with horses for 30 years and this is the first time I've ever seen something like this appear on their neck.

So, after consulting with the vet, we decided some cold hosing and Bute were in order. I measured it and am going to watch to make sure it doesn't change in size.

I did go back to the barn after dinner to put some arnica on it and it was pretty swollen and warm, but didn't look worse.

Oh, Flora.

07/28/2024

Relax, rejuvenate, and learn yoga and mindfulness that will help improve your riding and everyday life. This class is drop off and for kids ages 7 - 17.

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07/26/2024

Our first day of the Tiny Tots Mindful Mini Camp and it was such a success!

The children learned meditation and yoga poses with Ann Nelson, then got to ride Meiko while continuing the practice.

It was so much fun, and we had wonderful feedback from parents. I can't wait for next week's class.

Mindful Mini Yoga and Riding camp for older kids (ages 7-18) begins next Tuesday! It's only 2 sessions, but we cover a lot! Sign up at CrystalsEquineEtiquette.com or DM with any questions!

07/24/2024

Mindful Mini Camps are filling up. Theres a few spots left to join!

Relax, renew and refresh while you work on breathing and yoga techniques and riding exercises to go along with them. You won't want to miss this!

Tiny Tots open for ages 4-6 and Mindful Mini Camp for ages 7-18.

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07/13/2024

Water race!

07/13/2024

Last day of horse camp! Morning yoga obstical course, followed by horse baths. Then a fun shoe with an obstical course, egg and spoon and a water race. It was a warm, yet fun week.

07/12/2024

It was another fun filled day at camp! Campers did an obstical course, got to hose down some warm horses, played some horse pictionary, and got to end the day with some horseback tag!

07/12/2024

The vet called for an update about Flora. She said she seems to be passing good manure and is very alert and anxious in her stall. I told her that was normal - and a good sign that she's feeling better!

Vet: "She got to go outside and graze a few times today and loved it. Unfortunately, her grazing privileges have been revoked."

Me: "Oh no, why?"

Vet: "Well, after they brought her outside to graze, she refused to come back in. The vet techs waved their hands behind her to get her to get her to go, but she just refused more. I wish I would have known they were going to do that because I would have told them that doesn't work. She needs to be asked nicely and to be treated like a lady." 🤣

I love my horse! Needless to say, she's certainly feeling better and will be coming home tomorrow evening.

07/11/2024

Morning yoga and meditation off to a great start! Even Grizzly the cat wanted to join in.

07/10/2024

She's feeling better today but still hasn't passed the impaction. The vet wants her to stay there while they slowly introduce food and see how she handles it. If all goes well, she should be coming home on Friday. Jax came along and helped me give Flora some Reiki. I heard audible gut sounds and she peed twice when we did.

Keep sending your good vibes.

07/10/2024

We had a scare with Flora last night. She had a bad colic episode and had to be trailered into the equine hospital. I think we need a punch card by now! The vets found an impaction in her colon. So they tubed her to put water in through her nose and into her stomach in hopes that it pushes things through her intestines and softens things up a bit.

She's doing much better as of this morning. Still waiting for the impaction to pass though. If all goes well she should be able to come home tomorrow. Send her your healing vibes, please!

07/08/2024

Horse Camp Day 1 in the books! It was a perfect day out. We started it off with mindful meditation and yoga and then went on to horse things.

07/04/2024

Bull and Raven are looking out the indoor. Bull is 17 hands and full grown. Raven still has 4 more years to grow. I think she's gonna be a big horse!

06/20/2024

06/13/2024

Raven meeting Marissa for the first time ❤️

06/12/2024

Jax is so cute. Lately, he hasn't wanted to come visit his horse, Meiko. He'd rather play Legos or on his Switch. Today, I needed him to help with the horses and lead Meiko. I wanted Raven to come inside the indoor while it was raining because it gets loud. But, it's always nice to have a buddy during scary experiences.

Jax hollers over at me, across the pasture, "I forgot how nice they were. They must have missed me." Both Flora and Meiko were all over Jax for attention.

Raven did wonderful in the barn. She's also very much growing. Check out the photos at the end of how much taller than Meiko she is!

05/30/2024

This is the last week to sign up for June's 3 Day Camp🐎🐎🐴🦄

Still a few open spots in
✨️July 3 and 5 Day Camp✨️
✨️August 3 and 5 Day Advanced Camp✨️

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05/19/2024

What a great weekend at the Gerd Heuschmann Clinic. It was a pleasure watching various horses come in with different issues, all to be fixed by simply balancing the horse and riding them forward. Seems like such a simple concept!

I had many different "aha" moments and many pages of notes taken. A few of my favorite quotes are:

You have time.

You cannot be half pregnant.

The legs amplify, the seat modifies, and the hands verify.

So so many good visuals and takeaways. I can't wait to see my horses tomorrow and put to work what I have learned. I will certainly be back to another clinic of Gerd's.

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It's too hot to ride today, so all of the horses got hosed down instead! They all seemed to enjoy it.

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Is Your Horse in the Right Brain for Training?

When I went to the barn yesterday, Flora kept pacing in her pen. It was the first time her friend's got turned out to the pasture in a couple of days because of the rain. She was unhappy she was not with them, and kept pacing. If I were to try training her or working with her when she was like this, I wouldn't get much accomplished. Her thoughts and energy are with the horses in the pasture, not with me. Yet, I see so many times, people attempting to work with their horse when they don't have their full attention. Have you tried telling a person something who is not paying attention to you? They might give you a blank stare when they finally realize you've been talking to them. And nothing you have said would have stuck. Horses are the same. We can not attempt to teach them anything or work with them if we don't have their attention first.

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Horsemanship

I have loved horses as long as I can remember; always jumping at any opportunity to be around them. Every birthday party was spent riding trails with friends. When I turned 12, I was able to volunteer at Diamond T Ranch taking out trails. I would bike 5 miles every other day to get there.

Eventually I bought Chardonnay, my first horse, from there when I was 15. He taught me so much! He was a flea bitten gray Arabian who was so sweet. He would run up to me in the pasture when I’d call his name. But he also had a stubborn side to him! We got into many arguments when I was younger because I wanted him to do something he didn’t want to do.

Looking back, there is so much I would have done differently. I couldn’t afford lessons, so everything was self taught and learned through reading.

I want to help you better communicate with your horse to create the best possible relationship with them. Chardonnay and I had a relationship like no other, but looking back I see there was a lot I missed.