Heart Horse Connections

03/01/2026

Reflections on Horse Protection Day.

Concilium Equorum
A Message for National Horse Protection Day

On National Horse Protection Day, I am sharing a message shaped in devotion to our covenant with horses.

We have walked beside you since the beginning.

We have carried your migrations, your labor, your longing for freedom.
We have stood in your fields and in your myths.
We are part of your becoming.

Across millennia we have incarnated into wild and domesticated lives in service to a sacred covenant between our species. Some of us run free across open plains. Some of us stand in your barns. Some of us guide from realms beyond your sight.

Protection is stewardship.
It is land.
It is ethical care.
It is reverence expressed through action.

Your awakening and our well being are braided together.
The ancient pact still stands.

Listen.
Remember.
Act.

May we keep faith with the covenant.

The full message is also shared on Substack today for those who wish to sit with it more deeply.

Inspired by The Council of Horses Oracle
Published by Inner Traditions/Bear & Co.

02/20/2026

I just sent out my February newsletter with some reflections on the year of Fire Horse. I have featured some of Jenny's thoughts on the year ahead. If you are not subscribed to my monthly newsletter you can sign up on the website www.hearthorseconnections.ca

Fire Horse Energy Animates our Ability to Advocate for Others, and for ourselves when we need to, through jumping from idea to idea like a fire burning, until we land on the right thing that unlocks the key to setting us free.

This right thing, can be a guide to illuminate the way for us, as old things that were wrong fall away and new truths are begun.

02/18/2026

In acknowledgment of this Lunar Year being the Year of the Fire Horse, I wanted to share this brief video from one of my mentors, Jenny Pim from Ireland.

02/14/2026

On this Valentine’s Day, if you could send the love and wisdom of the heart to anywhere, anything or anyone, where are you drawn to send it? February 14 is traditionally a day where people celebrate romantic love yet in recent years it feels it is expanding beyond to celebrate heart connection in all its forms. Don’t let romantic expectations or disappointment leave you feelingthis day isn’t for you . Maybe today you need to tend to your own gentle heart. Join Molly and I, as we shared a quick coherence this afternoon.

02/12/2026

01/27/2026

How beautiful

12/28/2025

The light you shine
does not vanish into the distance.
It moves through other lives,
rests in small kindnesses,
learns new shapes.
And one day,
often when you are not looking for it,
it comes back to you
as warmth,
as help,
as hope,
as a reminder
that nothing given in love is ever lost.
Rivers in the Ocean

12/16/2025

I don't know about you, but this past weekend, things felt incredibly heavy globally: hatred and violence seemed to relentlessly emerge and assault our hearts and minds. It can be overwhelming to absorb and try to make sense of all these tragic events. It's okay to step away from the news cycle from time to time to give your nervous system a break.

My heart goes out to all affected by the tragedy and violence.
Today, the HeartMath Institute shared a Heart Meditation for the Holidays; I would also like to offer it as support during these days where things feel very dark.

A Heart Meditation for the Holidays

1. Breathe love through your heart area. Imagine breathing in the feeling of love. On the out breath, radiate love, or compassion, appreciation through your cells and out to others.

2. Envision yourself and more people throughout the world taking steps to be more compassionate, caring, kind, and cooperative with each other. See this increasing the connection with our heart’s guidance and direction.

3. Radiate love to humanity, seeing people harmonizing their relationships, which creates the best possible outcomes for wholeness.

4. Now radiate love and compassion to all who are suffering from wars, famine, displacement, natural disasters, and other major stressors. See this helping uplift the planetary energy for all, especially the hearts of those suffering hardships.


Peace

12/14/2025

I have been blessed over the last two weeks with rich conversations with peers and colleagues from Canada, Europe and the U.S. I am always moved by how, with heart-centered intention, energy can be shifted, and connection can take place via ZOOM. Of course, all of these conversations were grounded in the work we do with horses, how we can best serve both clients and horses and how we must continue to do our own personal work. Even as we gather online, we bring in the energy of our horses. I have a love and appreciation for these people that I have never even met in person and isn't that just a wonderful gift.

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11/11/2025

We must never forget the sacrifices made by our service men and women, the suffering endured and the lives lost. There is a saying that goes something like this: 'The history of humankind is written on the back of a horse.' Horses have played a pivotal role in human evolution and history, including both the First and Second World Wars.

During World War 1, it is estimated that 8 million horses were taken from farms, stables, homes and thrust into the terrifying chaos of a bloody global conflict. In the Second World War they estimate 2 million horses were 'enlisted.' No one knows for sure how many returned home. Hundreds of thousands died from artillery, exhaustion, starvation, or illness. At the end of the wars many were often left behind or sold off. Both wars had a devastating impact on horse populations.

On November 11 we remember the sacrifice.

09/19/2025

On Wednesday, September 18th we closed out our 2025 Spring/Sumer Mindfulness/Coherence Circle Sessions. We reflected on the upcoming Autumnal Equinox (September 22nd). Our meditation that evening was dedicated to the theme of balance. At the time of the Equinox day and night are in perfect balance. The Equinox is a time for us to reflect on the balance in our lives and to honour our light and our shadow, our productivity and our need for deep rest. As the trees begin to shed foliage, it can prompt us to reflect if there is anything we need to shed (beliefs, habits, behaviours,) or perhaps release attachment to outcomes.

Maddie and Red held space beautifully with their grounded presence and Maddie, with her "downward dog" stretch at the end brought us all back to embodiment.

At this time of year remember to honour both your productivity and your need for deep rest.

"Both are necessary in the rhythm of life...The Equinox is not just outside of you. It lives within you. You are balance with your own cycles and rhythms." - Anitra

Thanks to all of our participants.