Heartfelt Rider

07/11/2024

My pretty mare 💖

01/11/2024

I have a unicorn & she’s always got my back!

30/10/2024

Profoundly blessed with my wild friends.

21/10/2024

Do you believe you have the power to influence someone positively?

Drop your comments below “yes or no” & why you believe it to be true ? - I’m curious to know.

20/10/2024

This post holds a special sspace of reflection for me.

Firstly, a picture of myself & Cherokee and irking together. Cherokee has been the most phenomenal teacher and friend and I feel honoured everyday ❤
Secondly, the reminder of why we do what we do.
Lastly, to bring this dream into fruition.

I never thought I would go into teaching, nevermind training..

I was of the opinion that my patience level with other people wasn't exactly my strength, it was an accurate opinion!! 😂.
However, here's a little heartfelt story of why I love what I do.

I have been in tears and a horse has wrapped his head around me.
I have had a busy mind and a horse brought me back with a grounded stare.
I have been scared and a horse stood beside me.
I got lost in the mist and a horse guided the way.
I have had clients burst into tears because a very special horse allowed them to feel again.
I have had people feel worthy because a horse had the ability to 'see' them..

That's what I think about when you ask me why I love what we do.. . ❤️
I can't wait to start posting about our Horse Guided Healing Sessions coming up.. I know many of you will find your healing or find yourselves again. 🙏🏼


-natal

18/10/2024

Can we take a moment to appreciate just how magnificent nature is.. 🌝

The rhythm of time,
A symbolism of conquering the things that weigh you down.

17/10/2024

🌝Moon lit loving.

“In between the spaces,
In between the breeze,
There is a friendly face smiling down on me,
In the daytime the worlds too loud,
But at night it’s a silent sound,
The softest whispers,
The glistening moon,
It will be light again.. sometime soon”.
- Talya Mari

16/10/2024

All horses can go bitless, not all owners can.

16/10/2024

15/10/2024

I have a dream

I dream of mountains and space
I dream of willow trees and sunflowers
I dream of us living sustainably with the herd
I dream of healing modalities brought to life
I dream of this sanctuary we call home.

I dream of fresh river water and the wild ones
I dream of peace, tranquility and hope.

08/10/2024

Africa

30/09/2024

My handsome Feathered Dream turned two yesterday!

Let me share a little story!
Pregnant mares usually choose a midwife to be with them when they foal down - Capri had Bella were pregnant together but she chose to walk up the mountain & give birth on her own early hours of the morning on the 29th September 2022.

When we woke up to see where Capri was we had noticed a white shade of movement by her feet, this little white movement stood up and had the colouring of the cutest burnt toast you would ever see!

He had white little legs that blended into a light tan to a black mane, tail & a subtle dorsal stripe down his back.
The marking on his face was a painting of what I could only describe as a hand reaching for the feather.
Apart from this wonderful symbolism, this was the start of a very special soul!

I have watched him grow, change, develop, expand for two whole years and love him deeper and deeper with every day that passes.

Thank you for choosing me!

26/09/2024

There are a few kinds of spookiness when it comes to horses

1. A horse dressed up in a sheet for Halloween
2. The horse that has a high level of ‘worry’ and anything that adds to it pushes them closer and closer to the edge.

Would you think a horse would become more or less spooky if you slowed down & made them feel seen and heard in each moment? where each movement means something and is understood VS a horse who is frantically pleasing you out of fear of punishment in some form.

It’s amazing how much better communication becomes when we just slow down.

25/09/2024

Springtime means watching the flowers bloom together. 🌻

25/09/2024

We had a spontaneous adventure today!

I made a BFGiraffe friend, this involved rolling under electric fencing & scratching his chest on tippy toes!

24/09/2024

I love this article from a dear friend Confident Rider with Jane Pike her writing is beyond captivating and the words written elicit a fundamental truth we all have within.

Maybe it isn’t about the to do list and the hustle and bustle.. maybe it is about finding our bliss and taking the time to “experience & bathe” in the beautiful moments.

Stop chasing life, let the moments find you 🩷

This week, I have done little more with my horses than sit briefly with them while they have eaten their hay, and tended to them in ways that we would consider most basic.

I have not set foot in my arena, nor written words in my notebook that mark the start of a project I promised myself I would begin this week.

There are a host of flowers that have bloomed without my witnessing. Oddly shaped mushrooms that have completed a full life cycle without my noticing, until I glimpsed them just near the end.

There are things that have not got done that people are waiting on me for.

What I have done is been with my child as they navigate big feelings and ways of showing up in the world that sometimes exceeds what their body is able to manage.

I have allowed myself to flow with days broken up into fragments, snatching moments to get things done that allow my work, my family, my horses, my life to keep ticking, to keep going.

I’ve gathered with groups of women- so many glorious women- for the equinox; heard their stories, created reverence for the moment we are in, the coming of the new season (thank you, you are all a blessing).

I’ve grieved a little, let myself flow with what is, instead of what I’ve planned.

I’ve thought deeply on what is means to move with tenderness, what softness means as a practice. The ways we can hold each other and the ways in which we are held.

I’ve recognised my privilege to be able to put work down and pick my child up. The privilege of being needed and being able to meet that need.

I know I’m not alone in this. I’m so far from alone in this.

And yet.

And yet, I see little acknowledgement in the horse world, in wider conversations, that speaks to caregiving. That speaks to its reality.

And yet most of the women (with a handful of exceptions it is women I am in conversation with) that I work with, gather with, have caregiving roles that often extend them beyond what a human over the course of an average day should be asked to manage.

And yet they still show up. They are at the barn and the lessons and the clinics. They don’t ask first how to put down what they carry; instead their questions consider how it is they can hold all that they hold with more grace, with more love, with more ease.

And they are tired. So desperately tired.

I don’t know what this is, other than a post that says I see you.

It’s not going to be for everyone but those it is for will get it, will see themselves in it.

So many of us hold so much, silently, invisibly.

I hope you can meet yourself gently in the directions you are pulled.

I hope you are met gently in the spaces you show up.

And perhaps we need to create more of these spaces for each other.