Shed
Snakes periodically shed their skins, or more accurately, their ‘shed’ as they grow. This allows for continued growth, and it also helps them to rid themselves of parasites. Snakes also grow their entire life; this is a valuable metaphor for Humans. When we apply the snakes’ growth process to our relationship with our Horse, we are …
Self-help or Self-heal?
With the dawn of the New Age/Metaphysical movement I became obsessed with self-introspection and ‘fixing’ things ‘wrong within my very being. For years I obsessed over this, trying to find ways to fix the defects and damage in my thinking, my feeling and my physical body. Decades later, after a cancer diagnosis, I had a …
Do Our Horses become us?
We have often heard that Horses mirror us and there seems to be many ways that this can present itself. A Horse that has been abused mentally or physically may present a fearful, erratic, or menacing demeanor towards the person that abuses. This compels the question, was this person abused? Sadley, some Horses will never …