Seen and Herd Equine Assisted Therapy

09/08/2025

Looking for an alternative for your childrens' mental health and emotional development? Read more about Equine Assisted Therapy in the latest issue of COAST Publishing magazine here https://coastmagazine.com.au/read-online
With lived experience and qualifications in working with neurodivergence, in both adults and children, this might be what you are looking for. Contact Tash on 0413369507 for details or visit www.seenandherd.com.au
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19/07/2025

This boy looks after me so well I’m so grateful to have him in my life!

18/07/2025

🐴✨ “I’m Fine.”
Your horse: Are you though? 👀

Here’s the thing. You can rock up to the yard smiling, holding your coffee, pretending life’s totally under control — but your horse already clocked your cortisol before you got your boots on.

Why?

Because horses don’t just read the vibe —
They sniff it.

🔬 Thanks to their superpowered noses and a fancy bit of kit called the vomeronasal organ, horses are wired to detect hormonal changes like stress, adrenaline, and the distinct scent of emotional chaos wafting off you like perfume.

That whole “2000% more sensitive” stat?
It’s a metaphor, not a GCSE maths answer.
But what we can say is:
👉 Horses = Sensory ninjas.
👉 Humans = Emotional squirrels pretending we’re chill.

They don’t care about your “I’m fine” voice.
They respond to what your body’s actually saying — even if you haven’t caught up with it yet.

And they do it without judgement.
No awkward questions. No “have you tried yoga?”
Just honest, grounded presence.

Which is why trauma-informed work with horses isn’t some woo-woo miracle —
It’s literally a biological recalibration with a four-legged truth detector.

They don’t buy your act.
They love you anyway.
And that, my friends, is why they’re the real co-regulators of this emotional rodeo.

🐴💥

12/07/2025

Sometimes it’s good to take your own advice and chill ….

11/07/2025

A lovely way to explain an introduction to polyvagal

🧠💥 POLYVAGAL THEORY (aka “Why you snapped at your partner, cried in Tesco, and then needed a nap… all in the same hour.”)

Let’s make it simple. Like, ponies-in-a-field simple. 🐴

Because your nervous system? She’s dramatic. She has moods. And she doesn’t always let your brain know what she’s doing.

So let’s meet the three ponies of Polyvagal Theory:

🖤 Fight-or-Flight Pony – jumpy, twitchy, ready to bolt because someone looked at them funny. Will probably scream if you drop a spoon.
(Yes, this is why you couldn't reply to that text. Or got irrationally angry at the slow WiFi.)

🤍 Safe and Social Pony – this pony is vibing. Makes eye contact. Can handle a chat. Will help you carry your emotional bags AND make you a cuppa.
(This is the version of you that’s brushing your horse, laughing with a mate, and actually responding to emails.)

🤎 Shutdown Pony – she’s DONE. Over it. Can’t even. Has entered energy-saving mode like an old laptop.
(Not lazy. Not rude. Just nervous system: unplugged.)

💡Polyvagal Theory says:
You’re not broken.
You’re not overreacting.
Your body is just trying to protect you — sometimes in ways that feel ridiculous (but make total sense underneath).

10/07/2025

This!

My horse doesn’t come when I call her....
I don’t answer my emails or phone calls from random numbers... or anyone for that matter...

We understand each other.

ADHD isn’t always hyper.
Sometimes it’s scrolling on the toilet for 47 minutes, forgetting why you even sat down.
Sometimes it’s standing in the yard, paralysed by the concept of “starting.”
Sometimes it’s rage-sobbing because you lost the lead rope that is literally in your hand or debit card thats in your mouth ( me , yesterday 🫠 )

People say horses “regulate” us.
But what if they actually just create spaces for us to be us?

My ponies don't judge me for doing everything at once or nothing at all.

And if that means not brushing your hair, forgetting your socks, or crying because the feed bin lid fell off again—
You’re not broken. You’re probably burnt out, bored, brilliant and bloody exhausted.

We see you.
And your weird, wonderful brain is very welcome here 😀 🧠

🔁 Share if your horse is the only one who doesn’t try to time-manage your nervous system.

02/07/2025

Feeding time

02/07/2025

30/06/2025

Full credit to Equimotional - Equine Wellbeing Coaching & Resources. For this heartfelt and truthful post.

It’s Friday.
So here’s your end-of-week truth bomb 💣

🚫 Just because it looks calm doesn’t mean it’s safe.
🚫 Just because someone means well doesn’t mean they’re not harmful.
🚫 Just because you’re coping doesn’t mean it’s sustainable.

This week, did you:

Swallow your needs to avoid being ‘too much’?

Smile through discomfort to keep the peace?

Stay in a space that drained you because you didn’t want to make a fuss?

That’s not strength. That’s survival mode dressed up as people pleasing.

And let’s be clear—we don’t heal by pretending it’s fine.

We heal by burning the rulebook they gave us,
rewriting our own scripts,
and sometimes, by standing in a muddy field with a horse who gives zero f*cks about your CV but everything about your presence.

So here’s your Friday dare:
Don’t be polite. Be real.
Don’t be palatable. Be powerful.
And don’t settle for safe-looking. Settle for safe-feeling.

✊

29/06/2025

An exercise in regulation for me with Monstar yesterday… how to manage my nerves and invite my teenage competitive part to take a back seat! Little wins for the nervous system!

29/06/2025

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