Equintelligence

16/06/2024

Quote of the week:

“To interrupt a habit is to make it visible; it is to turn it from a compulsion to a choice.” (Charles Eisenstein, The Coronation)

26/11/2023

03/10/2023

Here is some evening magic from a few days ago:

22/05/2023

"Hold this thought: Right when you are most defeated--suicidal, perhaps--exhausted, positive of perpetual failure: this is when the epiphany is likely to arrive. One needs to be beaten down to think, and to think so as to escape. To escape death or boredom or the second act that simply will not do as you wish. Or the marriage that is stalled. Whatever is bearing down on you is a great teacher. Calm down and listen and crawl from beneath it a better person." --Harold Pinter/Interview with James Grissom/

Photo: (Jurgen Schadeberg/Getty Images, 1968)

08/10/2022

Interesting question and pertinent to the work we do…

"You are constantly becoming a new person," says journalist Shankar Vendantam. In a talk full of beautiful storytelling, he explains the profound impact of something he calls the "illusion of continuity" -- the belief that our future selves will share the same views, perspectives and hopes as our cu...

11/09/2022

"To heal is to touch with love that which we previously touched with fear."

~ Stephen Levine

Image by Lola Delabays Komor, Unsplash.

23/05/2022

My new gang enjoying the rain and the resulting luscious green stuff! We are now fully up and running, sessions available Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and some week-ends 🐴🐴🐴

27/04/2022

“There should be a special word for the peace of horses. Their company brings release from the whirring anxiety of the ordinary mind. Their beauty is a continual wonder, which is free from the human taints of self-consciousness and vanity. Their strength is without arrogance or the craving for power for its own sake.”

~ Eleanor O’Hanlon, ‘Eyes of the Wild: Journeys of Transformation with the Animal Power, The Book of Horse’, p.232.

Image by Rihaij, Pixabay.

09/04/2022

Just had a client cancel as he tested positive, so there is a session slot free at 4pm this coming Sunday, near Woodbridge. If anyone would like to take it, pm or use the website contact form:

Personal and Professional Development with the help of Horses

11/06/2021

Co-facilitated a large group of children with Michelle Budd at Kent Equine Faciltated Learning. It was such a joy to witness the immediate impact Michelle’s wonderful horses had on the children’s ability to notice and communicate their thoughts and feelings. Michelle is so good at creating an atmosphere of calm acceptance and curiosity, it was a joy to work with her and those wonderful children!

(We cannot publish clients’ pictures, this one is from horsyplanet.com)

02/06/2021

Lovely appreciation of the work we do. We all work slightly differently, but the transformative power seems to be present in all kinds of approaches:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-leicestershire-57284179

Intensive care sister Amanda White, who lost her nephew to the virus, says the therapy "reset" her.

02/06/2021

Someone recently said to me: "The most important thing is to live without fear.", and my immediate question was: "Yes, but HOW do you do that?". This talk describes very well one experience of how to do it:

Dina Rezk describes how she made a friend of fear following the murder of her mother.

24/02/2021

Great news and another reason why everyone should love horses:
"Recent studies conducted by the Institute of HeartMath provide a clue to explain the bidirectional "healing" that happens when we are near horses. According to researchers, the heart has a larger electromagnetic field and higher level of intelligence than the brain: A magnetometer can measure the heart's energy field radiating up to 8 to 10 feet around the human body. While this is certainly significant it is perhaps more impressive that the electromagnetic field projected by the horse's heart is five times larger than the human one (imagine a sphere-shaped field that completely surrounds you). The horse's electromagnetic field is also stronger than ours and can actually directly influence our own heart rhythm!
Horses are also likely to have what science has identified as a "coherent" heart rhythm (heart rate pattern) which explains why we may "feel better" when we are around them. . . .studies have found that a coherent heart pattern or HRV is a robust measure of well-being and consistent with emotional states of calm and joy--that is, we exhibit such patterns when we feel positive emotions.
A coherent heart pattern is indicative of a system that can recover and adjust to stressful situations very efficiently. Often times, we only need to be in a horses presence to feel a sense of wellness and peace. In fact, research shows that people experience many physiological benefits while interacting with horses, including lowered blood pressure and heart rate, increased levels of beta-endorphins (neurotransmitters that serve as pain surppressors), decreased stress levels, reduced feelings of anger, hostility, tension and anxiety, improved social functioning; and increased feelings of empowerment, trust, patience and self-efficacy."
***This beautiful photo is by Andrew Ryback Photography, LLC taken at the World Equestrian Center - Ocala.

24/02/2021

Lovely post describing the “side effects” of just being with horses...

Great news and another reason why everyone should love horses:
"Recent studies conducted by the Institute of HeartMath provide a clue to explain the bidirectional "healing" that happens when we are near horses. According to researchers, the heart has a larger electromagnetic field and higher level of intelligence than the brain: A magnetometer can measure the heart's energy field radiating up to 8 to 10 feet around the human body. While this is certainly significant it is perhaps more impressive that the electromagnetic field projected by the horse's heart is five times larger than the human one (imagine a sphere-shaped field that completely surrounds you). The horse's electromagnetic field is also stronger than ours and can actually directly influence our own heart rhythm!
Horses are also likely to have what science has identified as a "coherent" heart rhythm (heart rate pattern) which explains why we may "feel better" when we are around them. . . .studies have found that a coherent heart pattern or HRV is a robust measure of well-being and consistent with emotional states of calm and joy--that is, we exhibit such patterns when we feel positive emotions.
A coherent heart pattern is indicative of a system that can recover and adjust to stressful situations very efficiently. Often times, we only need to be in a horses presence to feel a sense of wellness and peace. In fact, research shows that people experience many physiological benefits while interacting with horses, including lowered blood pressure and heart rate, increased levels of beta-endorphins (neurotransmitters that serve as pain surppressors), decreased stress levels, reduced feelings of anger, hostility, tension and anxiety, improved social functioning; and increased feelings of empowerment, trust, patience and self-efficacy."
***This beautiful photo is by Andrew Ryback Photography, LLC taken at the World Equestrian Center - Ocala.