Writing is a passion for me as well as being an important element of my spiritual and personal development practise. Finding a spontaneous, creative flow of consciousness via the pen on the page (or the fingers on the keyboard) can transform, inspire, settle and bring peace. When I do this beside my herd, soaking in the beauty of nature, able to hear the sounds of the horses nearby, the process Continue Reading
HORSE
A poem with piano by Emily Maguire
After reading The Spell of the Horse, Emily was inspired to seek out and meet a horse for herself. This is what she composed afterwards. Emily kindly gives permission for me to use her music in many of my video clips and posts. Her songs and poems are music for the soul.
Continue ReadingLoss, separation and beginnings
Recently I was invited to do a talk for a psychotherapists’ group entitled ‘How horses help us to heal from loss, separation and endings’. In introducing the session I recalled how it was in the midst of grief (when losing my mother in 2004), that I caught the first glimpse of my horse, Winston, as my healer.
The healing from him and my wider herd hasn't always come in the form I Continue Reading