Category: Horse Human Relationship

A Mindfulness Moment at The Barn: Breathing and Being With Your Horse

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Here is an exercise offered in our upcoming book project, Sharing The Now- Mindfulness Exercises To Enhance the Connection With Your Horse. Try this the next time you are with your horses. This is an extension of the exercise on being with your horse posted previously. Phase 1: Start this exercise across the fence or stall door, at some distance from your horse. After taking a few moments to notice your breathing and your body,…

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A Mindful Reflection: Learning to Be With Your Horse

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Take a moment to breathe with your horse. What does this mean? It is meant to be fairly natural and something you take for granted when spending time with horses. What we invite you to do here is to slow down and observe the moments as they happen in real time. The next time you’re with your horse, take a moment to pause and feel the bodily sensations of your breathing. How does it feel…

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The Gift of Being With A Horse

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One of the things we often explore on the blog is how the presence of horses has a calming and often healing influence on people. Here is some common research exploring this topic. An often-cited example of the tangible calming effects that horses have on humans’ autonomic nervous systems when they spend time together is the research completed by Dr. Gehrke, in collaboration with the Heart Math institute. The autonomic nervous system mediates a human…

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The Benefits of Staying Mindfully Aware With Horses

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Here, in our perspective, are some of the possible benefits of staying mindfully aware with our horses. Reflect on these the next time you are at the barn to gauge whether they may apply to you and your horse! We explain these more in our upcoming book project, Sharing The Now: Mindfulness Exercises to Enhance the Connection With your Horse. Better flow in a session with your horse Noticing things you hadn’t before Increased closeness…

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