Merging Boundaries
The Open Platform is the feeling between us when the horses invite me to be carried by them. In fact it is the sense of invitation in every way. Into their space, to hug them, groom them, care for them and just be with them. That sense of solidity, of trust, of openness. The way the energy radiates outward and embraces us. It is fun to find names for the new stages of our process as a herd. It also feels good to let those names be light and changeable, to come and go as we continue to grow.
The New Ride is a name for what is unnamed as yet. A miracle unveiling itself so gently, so perfectly through deep dialogue with the herd. I haven’t written a blog post while this miracle has been conceived and is beginning to germinate. I have not felt ready to share. Now that the moment has arrived it is very exciting. After five years of going deeply into the listening process with the horses, things are clicking into place. The process is alive of course, a perpetual growth, and I had to become what I was seeking enough to be able to see it, to begin to understand it…
How beautiful might it be to live only for love. Melting barrier after barrier, dissolving limitations… becoming love in the same way as the animals seem to be. In such easy accepting tranquility. Can we live only for love? Instead of channeling everything towards survival or towards personal success, could each moment be an exploration of love.
Some of the energetic sessions I have been blessed to experience for Gabrielle have been truly miraculous. Resetting the life spring was the name that came to me for what happened one day. It it was a genuine integration of all the dimensions. I was walking with my dogs, and I was called to visit the phenomenal tree in person. The session happened so deeply within the energetic connection that I had difficulty remembering what happened and putting it into words.
Becoming Horse Conscious is an exciting journey. It is the process of liberating ourselves from old rules that no longer have any value. We are only following them still because we are stuck in old patterns of thought. It is not only about our equine management practices becoming more holistic, there is a whole new world of communication to discover.
Start by considering how often you sense your horse’s energy field when you approach. Can you feel your gelding’s mood, do you ever decide what you might introduce that day because he indicated what he might enjoy? When you groom do you listen to the sensitivity of your stallion, how he is experiencing the brushes? How do you respond if your mare resists, do you ask her how she is feeling in that moment?