Just like clockwork, shedding season arrives in late February and swings into high gear as temperatures across the U.S. rise…and EVERY time Cynthia Garry of ScratchnAll.com and I work the trade shows at Equine Affaire in MA and PA Horse World Expo, that’s the topic of conversation. From the minute we open until the closing […]Read Post ›
The other evening I was blessed with the company of two wonderful women who decades ago, I felt as close to as sisters. It’s probably been at least 20 years since all three of us were in the same place, and maybe never since it was only the three of us, catching up over a […]Read Post ›
I’ve been all over the place trying to decide what I want the Holistic Horsewoman blog to be about. I’ve been inconsistent, undecisive and in hiding, really. But after I wrote and published “Things Which Matter Most…”, knowing it would reach maybe a handful of readers if I was lucky (I’m such a technotard when […]Read Post ›
…must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.” (Goethe) If we were sitting around chatting one evening, sharing secrets and such over a bottle of especially tasty Merlot and you wondered if I had a favorite quote or a personal philosophy, this quote pretty much sums it up. When I launched The […]Read Post ›
During my lifetime as a horsewoman, instructor and trainer, I’ve taught both English pleasure and dressage. It was always so very gratifying for me to help a student learn and master the basic technical skills of riding, but the real magic happened when the spirits of both horse and rider were in complete synchronicity with […]Read Post ›
Every field seems to have its ‘gurus’…the people with catchy nicknames, slick branding, flashy gimmicks or ‘secret methods’ that promise to lead us to a new level of health/prosperity/proficiency/awareness/etc. Their copywriters find creative ways to convince us to spend our money on seminars, clinics, books, audio programs and products, things we’ve convinced ourselves we lack, […]Read Post ›
Decades ago, before I started to think a lot more consciously about what I was feeding my horse, I used to bring him jelly donuts on Sunday mornings. It was a treat for me, so I presumed it would be a treat for him, too. And it was. I swear he actually inhaled every donut […]Read Post ›
Being a compassionate equestrian, or horsewoman, or for that matter, a compassionate human is something that requires commitment, consciousness and the willingness to try to examine every thought for appropriateness – before we allow it out to affect the world. Compassion is a practice, something we’re constantly in the act of perfecting…because ‘uncompassionate’, judgmental thoughts […]Read Post ›
If you’ve been with me from the start, it’s time to talk about horses, don’t you think? At first, I wasn’t sure which way this blog would go. I’m still not, but one thing I am certain about is that compassion and kindness are always worth keeping front and center. Our barns often seem to […]Read Post ›
It seems impossible not to notice how insane the world has become. If you pay attention to headlines and sound bites, it’s apparent that we’re inhabiting a ‘reality’ of unparalleled bizarreness. Here, the worst white collar criminals walk scott free after creating massively self enriching chaos within the financial world; the pharmaceutical industry profits obscenely […]Read Post ›
