15/12/2025
Sometimes from the outside it may appear that there isn't very much happening yet so many changes are occurring on the inside. Providing an environment to be calm, limiting distractions such as phones, loose dogs, busy people as best we can up for. Setting up for success and the best outcome for the horse. I have experienced a dominant horse being just a fraction too close, although in the next pen and out of reach, energetically it was enough of a distraction to stop the horse having the bodywork to relax. As he was on guard and worried about what the horse was doing. We shifted the horse a little bit further away and the horse relaxed, this is how subtle the change can be.
Creating focus and intention allows the horse to be able to not be on alert so they can trust, relax and internalise, then, the horse is able to achieve this sense of deepness so they can release tension or trauma.
Connecting to the horse, allowing stillness and change to happen, the breathe expands and deepens, parts of the body that were stuck and didn't move, now are free to, the body starts to expand and contract with the breathe, the body exploring movement. Fingers are feeling so many changes, bubbling, hydration, expansion, circulation, softness and flow.
The horses head lowers, body becomes heavier as they use my body to lean on while they relax and unwind. Their weight so gently shifts, sometimes swaying ever so gently. The head pressing deeper into my shoulder blades, shifting left to right as the horse uses me as support or to adjust themselves.
Building trust is a huge factor I believe, this beautiful horse wasn't always this still. When I first met him, he fidgeted, watched me out the corner of his eye. We had only just met, a new relationship, I had to earn trust with him, prove to him I was a safe space. Now he achieves great change and reaches deep places of relaxation, allowing him to explore change within.
These beautiful peaceful moments, I love.
