tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84935969766021824622024-08-28T18:31:02.809-07:00The Equine's ApprenticeMindfulness of the HorseEquus Investmentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03134222126441735940noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8493596976602182462.post-48402165124669414942020-04-19T12:41:00.002-07:002020-04-19T18:26:15.580-07:00Athena Heart of Gold
She was deep in a heavily
sedated sleep. She hadn’t slept so
deeply in months or even what seemed like ages.
However long, it was now warmly relaxing – an enormous relief. Then, in the sedated but exhausted sleep, her
breathing accelerated as her lungs valiantly pumped harder and deeper
attempting to oxygenate and press onward a heart that was being stopped by the
paralyzing Equus Investmentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03134222126441735940noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8493596976602182462.post-84366612995876024612020-01-11T08:33:00.000-08:002020-01-11T08:35:20.900-08:00Good Times and Bad Times
There
are bad times and then there are the terrible, horrible, awful, no-good
times. Not much else can be said for the times of departure of a
beloved. Thursday May 30 began as just another normal day but ended in
unexpected grief.
Mack's Reward, an OTTB, was the horse
I'd been longing for, for fifty plus years. Since a child, I'd
wanted a horse and finally afterEquus Investmentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03134222126441735940noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8493596976602182462.post-12814310338862097032019-12-20T06:32:00.000-08:002020-04-19T18:27:02.240-07:00He Was My Friend
He was known
as Ranger and a more fitting name there never has been. Unencumbered he ranged throughout the
neighborhood but every night he came to me for shelter, and everyday he came for
safety, but most of all I think he came for love.
It was
months after he first started showing up at my place before he ever allowed the
first tentative touch. He came and
observed and found Equus Investmentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03134222126441735940noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8493596976602182462.post-24284113622083081172019-08-25T17:39:00.002-07:002019-08-25T17:42:19.376-07:00Dolly Fighting White Line Disease
Dolly had a bout of laminitis. Because of the breakdown of the lamina, the hoof
became vulnerable to fungicide invasion.
Before I realized the seriousness of the invasion, the white line
disease had infected more than three quarters of the front of her hoof.
To cure the fungal infection she is being
treated with Oxine AH. Most likely the
treatments will have toEquus Investmentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03134222126441735940noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8493596976602182462.post-63742151919525341002019-07-13T08:31:00.002-07:002020-04-19T18:33:13.870-07:00Dolly: A Mirror to the Soul.
Ever sense
Dolly has come into my life she has possessed the keen ability to push all of
my buttons. I've lost track of the times
I've completely lost it when working with her and thus responded to her in
anger and frustration never to accomplish what I'd hoped. Even though I do not like to admit it, she is
a window into my soul as she provides the vehicle upon which to Equus Investmentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03134222126441735940noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8493596976602182462.post-48548943762957764592019-06-26T13:19:00.000-07:002019-06-26T13:19:29.181-07:00
In quiet
contemplation I have discovered some of my most profound insights. In these moments the infinite is encountered
and the material becomes impermanent and insignificant. Peace and harmony enter the wounded soul and
bring peace and harmony.
Our human
world is cluttered with things to do.
As
a human I am always finding something with which to engage my time Equus Investmentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03134222126441735940noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8493596976602182462.post-68351275213485937072019-06-08T07:28:00.000-07:002019-06-08T11:51:19.239-07:00
I have the
good fortune of having at least a few moments almost every day for mindfulness
with horses. At times it is just a few
moments of intentional mindfulness while they finish their feed or it is
moments of mindful task oriented intention while tending to hoof care or simply
grooming. Other times the mindfulness is
reserved for periods of intentional meditation.
All of Equus Investmentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03134222126441735940noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8493596976602182462.post-20704214001301072152019-05-03T16:41:00.001-07:002019-05-03T16:41:46.189-07:00
Today I
spent time with several of my psychology students engaged in mindfulness with
horses. I don't know exactly what the
experience meant to the students but it was profoundly meaningful for me and
the horses. Coming together in
mindfulness with these natural and powerful mediators is ineffable.
The
connections the horses and students created were visceral. The Equus Investmentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03134222126441735940noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8493596976602182462.post-9050035382587160862019-04-20T17:32:00.003-07:002019-04-20T17:33:35.619-07:00More mindfulness with the horses
I've
directly experienced the benefits of mindfulness and yet I've found myself in
the last couple of weeks going days at a time without taking the time for
mindfulness. When I catch myself, I'm a
bit shocked to find the high levels of anxiousness and depression. Then I say to myself, duh.
Catching
myself does not always bring me back to mindfulness. There have beenEquus Investmentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03134222126441735940noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8493596976602182462.post-10554498866684031562019-04-14T11:14:00.000-07:002019-04-14T11:55:28.611-07:00Mindfulness is the true spirit of the horse
A couple of
years ago I made the decision that I would not ride until I could ride with the horse at complete liberty. I wanted to ride only
a horse that
was a willing and ready partner. If I was going to ride, I wanted
my horse to get as much from the experience as I was getting.
Riding
horses brings me immense pleasure but I just could not get over the fact that
whileEquus Investmentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03134222126441735940noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8493596976602182462.post-90030867165411639092010-01-10T14:46:00.001-08:002019-06-08T07:29:49.214-07:00Snug in their winter blankets
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You may have more to invest thenEquus Investmentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03134222126441735940noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8493596976602182462.post-56911188949397325442010-01-01T09:25:00.000-08:002010-01-01T09:25:13.370-08:00Ever noticed that horses when given a choice avoid standing or walking in mud? So why, is it that the first sunny day they just can't resist a good deep roll in the gooyest gunck?
Equus Investmentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03134222126441735940noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8493596976602182462.post-19600355470813485402009-11-30T14:23:00.001-08:002009-11-30T22:24:22.239-08:00Empowerment
Empowerment
Allen Lomax (copywrite 2009)
“Power contained and positively directed opens one to the universal sources empowerment.”
The Philosophical Equine
Empowerment is shared force. Empowerment is collaborative force. Empowerment is connected force. Empowerment arises within individuals and groups when the true essence or true nature is allowed to develop Equus Investmentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03134222126441735940noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8493596976602182462.post-54547293238556689572009-11-24T20:33:00.001-08:002009-11-24T20:33:20.590-08:00Relaxed but Vigilant
Posted via email from Equine's Apprentice Equus Investmentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03134222126441735940noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8493596976602182462.post-45832192022329911042009-11-24T19:34:00.001-08:002009-11-24T19:34:55.908-08:00If it seems dangerous, remove yourself and re-eval from a distance
If it seems dangerous remove yourself and re-evaluate the situation from a safe distance.The horse is a prey animal – in many respects, a somewhat frail prey animal. Nevertheless, the species has survived when other seemingly more formidable mammals such as the mastodon became extinct. The wisdom of the equine can teach us about financial survival. The horse has an amazing capacity to detectEquus Investmentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03134222126441735940noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8493596976602182462.post-23581525058773693542009-11-10T20:06:00.000-08:002009-11-10T20:06:18.351-08:00Equus Investmentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03134222126441735940noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8493596976602182462.post-79331913474544517162009-11-10T18:05:00.000-08:002009-11-10T18:05:16.805-08:00It BeginsThe Equine’s Apprentice
I grew up with a never-ending thirst for horses. Though my family was not wealthy nor were they ranchers or farms I had, as a child and youth, reoccurring opportunities for some interactions with horses. These were times of pleasure and meaningful to be sure but in retrospect they were at best, superficial engagements that only touched the surface of the equusEquus Investmentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03134222126441735940noreply@blogger.com0