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Guest Author: Nicole Toren on The Inner Critic

By admin | October 4, 2019October 3, 2019 by admin

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Nicole’s biography: Nicole contributed all of the watercolour designs and technical diagrams to our upcoming book project, Sharing The Now: Connecting With Your Horse through Mindfulness. We first met Nicole through her business, Tonic Equestrian, and purchasing items from the line, including amazing artwork from Hand Gallop Studio. She also completed a commissioned portrait of Stella for Shreyasi a few months prior. When we approached her about this project, she was excited to help and we are so…

Personal Reflections on a Recent Mindful Experience – Finding Your Flow

By admin | September 24, 2019 by admin

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We recently attended a retreat at Meghan Vornholt Yoga and Equine Facilitated Wellness in Cochrane, AB. The retreat, Finding Your Flow, was a wonderful example of mindful reflection, yoga and interaction with horses in a wellness context. We wanted to share our personal experiences of being in the present moment, and what that meant for each of us that afternoon. Shreyasi: I learned much about flow from Meghan. Flow is to do with being in…

Brief Mindful Moment At The Barn: Sounds of Your Horse

By admin | September 16, 2019September 6, 2019 by admin

Listen to the sounds around you as you stand near your horse. Notice the textures and shapes of the sounds around you. Listen to the silences between the sounds.

Mindfulness Exercise: Awareness of Emotions

By admin | August 21, 2019August 9, 2019 by admin

Our last blog post included an reflection by Thich Nhat Hanh on using mindfulness to transform feelings. Here is an exercise excerpt from our upcoming book project Sharing The Now: Mindfulness Exercises To Enhance the Connection With Your Horse which offers guidance on intentionally paying attention to what you are feeling in the present moment, to be attempted on your own. We have divided the exercise to flow naturally in two phases, followed by a…

Who Is Your Teacher?

By admin | August 14, 2019 by admin

Reprint from Karen Jones Motivational Horsemanship HORSES AND LIFE LESSONS Horses teach us patience. Horses teach us to be flexible, both mentally and physically. Horses teach us perseverance. Horses teach us responsibility and dedication. Horses teach us coordination and balance. Horses teach us how to be a confident team player. What has your horse taught you? Motivational Horsemanship “Creating Balance between Horses and their Humans”

Self-compassion at the barn: a personal reflection

By admin | August 14, 2019August 14, 2019 by admin

There are so many ways that self compassion can be restorative at the barn and in other aspects of life. How many of you can relate to moments where things don’t go as planned, or when you say or do something that you wish you could reverse the split second after it happens? For those who tend to be “people pleasers”, or even when you are with the few close people whose opinion really matters,…

Mindful Illustration of the Day

By admin | July 20, 2019July 18, 2019 by admin

Guest Author: Meghan Vornholt on the power of observation

By admin | July 8, 2019 by admin

We have the pleasure of sharing a guest author’s reflections on observing today. Meghan Vornholt has expertise in yoga, meditation and coaching, and is a certified equine wellness practitioner in Canada. You can learn more about her work at her website and on Facebook and Instagram. We are excited to meet her in September at a personal development workshop at her studio o in Cochrane, Alberta. We are so honoured that she took the time…

Mindful Connection With Your Horse

By admin | June 29, 2019June 23, 2019 by admin

We can set the intention to be fully present in any moment of the day, and intentionally choose to notice any aspect of this present moment. We invite you to tune in to the connection with your horse. The next time you are with your horse, pause for a moment to notice how you feel towards him or her. Are you feeling connected? Are you bonded to your horse or do you feel disconnected? Tune…

Mindfulness Exercise: Gratitude for Your Horse

By admin | June 12, 2019June 23, 2019 by admin

Take a few minutes on your own to try this exercise. If being grateful feels difficult, you can imagine caring for your horse or sending them light or warmth during the exercise. If it feels natural when doing this exercise on your own, then try this for a moment or two with your horse. This is a brief version of an exercise we include in our upcoming book project, Sharing The Now: Mindfulness Exercises To…

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