The Equal – Ark January Intensive

Every event in our lives is a stepping stone on our journey through life and provides us with an opportunity for our own personal growth.

I recently had the honour of meeting three of the staff from the Equestrian Federation of Singapore who were here for the Holistequine EALC training intensive. For me it was a week of realisations, insights and sowing the seeds for new beginnings for Holistequine.

Katie, Erika and Jill were a joy to teach and from the moment they arrived it was like greeting old friends……I hope they got as much out of their time here as I did.

The girls work for EQUAL-ARK, a new initiative of the Singapore Government. Their special school has an Equine Assisted Learning Programme specially designed to help children who are considered to be ‘at-risk’.  These children come from disadvantaged families or face a range of challenges that puts them at risk of developing social and behavioural problems.

The programme is designed to boost the children’s inter-personal skills as well as their general self-esteem through a specialized range of horse-related activities.

…………..”The programme is comprised of three main components: stable management, riding and horse therapy.

While these three components are separate, they share a unified goal, which is to stimulate and develop the child’s innate sense of companionship, empathy, responsibility, confidence and effective teamwork.

The schools 16 week programme effectively builds and consolidates the children’s new “horsemanship” skills, until the participants (many of whom initially exhibited deep fear of the horses,) can confidently groom, tack, and ride, as well as manage and direct the ponies in an open arena.

Having experienced this wide range of unique, profound and often very happy interactions with the horses, the students may be more likely to extend these positive emotions to their relationships with people.”

As a teacher I also gain personal satisfaction and growth with every attendee, client and E.A.L.C. session and I am humbled by the amazing people I meet through these programs.

I would like to thank the girls for the lessons I learnt……….

That if we stand back and be more trusting of our fellow humans we allow each person’s inner wisdom to guide them…….thank you Erika

That when we trust in nature and the animals we create a loving environment in which to learn…… and, magic happens

To see through to the goodness in people’s hearts and to understand that when the intention is pure people can move through their individual differences and personal baggage to achieve greatness for their common cause….thank you Jill, Erika and Katie

 

Claiming India…………the jewel in the crown!

Feedback since Prince and 11-11-11

We had a magical day on Friday 11-11-11. As we experienced the beautiful light energy it felt like another part of my heart opened and that anything was possible…………we were on a spiritual high.

I believe that the purpose of this spiritual journey is to balance all our human dualistic polarities and the one thing that it has shown me along the way is that to balance the “heaven” energy we need to go “back” to “earth”….this was revealed 7 days after 11-11…that as electro-magnetic beings we have to take responsibility and integrate the “electro” up through our 2 magnetic/earth lower chakras into our Solar Plexus and heart……A place where we “shine” with love…and that we do this by merging this electro unconditional loving energy up through our “lower nature” through the “mirrors” that are our animals……….a representation of our own animal self.

We merge the spiritual energy coming down through our higher centres with the unconditional love of our “lower” human/animal journey.

Claiming my “heaven energy” through my geldings was always easier than coming face to face with a reflection of “me” in my mare, India

We find it easy to claim our “good” side but harder to love our “dark/bad” side. Subconsciously we have been conditioned to deny the part of us “that spits and bites”

I guess over the years as society became more politically correct it was better to hide these aspects of ourselves too

On Monday the 21-11-11 I was about to do the “mirror” journey of Prince to claim the “sleeping beauty” earth element. By mare India came charging out of her stables when all the horses bolted, something that rarely happens as they are usually all so calm. As I walked closer I noticed a nasty gash down her side. I raced to the house to call the Vet. and to get her head collar and lead rope. On closer inspection she had a deep wound about 16 inches through all the muscle layers with a huge flap of skin hanging.

I waited with India as my husband went to see where she had caught herself and fix the problem (as husbands do), however upon his return as he walked up to me I promptly fainted.!!.

I one moment I had come face to face with all the “emotions” that was masking my pure unconditional love for India.

People who know Holistequine know that India came to us a “gift” 3 days after my Mother died about 17 years ago; she was an abandoned foal who had been left on her own in a paddock for 4 months of her then 9 month life. She was a survivor but had carried issues of abandonment and always seemed “angry” (see the symbology here for our own collective human journey).

 As we developed our children and adult programs many were drawn to India’s spirit especially the teenage girls who loved her “attitude”. Unfortunately though the fact she was able to express herself and speak her truth also labelled her a bitch and over time without realising it I guess I had removed her from the spotlight, not wanting criticism and blame…….AND I was now being shown that I had done the same thing myself. The other side of India also was the fact that she was the most amazing “Mother” to any horse or foal that was integrated into the herd…..but she ran the herd with an iron fist…..

India had had a bad accident as a 2 year old where we did not think she would survive the night. On this occasion too as I became emotional……..she showed me “trust in intuition” ………. she was detached and knew exactly what she needed to do and what to eat to heal her wounds…another “lesson” I had not paid attention to enough!!!!

My mentor always said that as a practitioner “one cannot be emotional AND functional” and my lesson here was that to ground unconditional love we must let go of our emotions. And as India trusted me and stood perfectly still I realised that nothing could be more grounding than giving a horse I.V. and I.M. injections twice daily

We gain empowerment by internalising our lessons in life.

7 days after this “accident” I gained the final insight into my shadow side to see why India needed to get my attention. Because I had not claimed her gift I now needed to spend time with her/mirror myself, taking her out of the property to get fresh herbs to heal and so on. Doing things together to strengthen and heal ourselves spiritually……. in doing this the very fragile element of this childlike vibration I had neglected for SO long can ground itself and feel safe

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The joy of horses in life coaching

The difference between Holistequine Equine Assisted Life Coaching and Equine Assisted Therapy

The main difference between the two is that Holistequine is a method that focuses on a client’s potential whereas “Therapy” infers a healing or treatment of a “problem”. Holistequine works with a vibrational model of the “whole person” to correct imbalances in the energy field, imbalances to our higher centres which can ultimately cause emotional problems, negative thinking and even poor health.

In “therapy” and in life generally our energy (or our ability to experience events) is judged and broken down into good/bad, positive/negative. While working with our life coaching horses to develop our Whole Body Intelligence system we have been shown how to maximise our entire energy field to get a result, in other words the Holistequine model takes full advantage of a client’s “whole” energy to achieve goals. In claiming our entire force field our full potential is then used, not broken down and dissipated.

If our left and right brain are not synchronised and they work as 2 separate entities we have mental confusion at best (la-la land) and mental disorders like paranoia even schizophrenia at the worst end of the scale AND we also have poor emotional intelligence…which is becoming a huge problem in society today

Imagine if we are daydreaming one minute and then suddenly brought back into reality the next by someone speaking to us…..this is another example of “tuning out to life” i.e. left/right brain dysfunction. Horses do not have this brain “separation”, exhibited by their immediate reflex response to danger. Horses are animals of fight/flight so when they are working with a human client they immediately recognise this imbalance between the left and right hemispheres of the brain and through some simple exercises they mirror back to us what we need to do to correct it………………we are then on the path to developing new neural pathways for our RIGHT BRAIN and consequently we can begin to open a channel to access our potential.                                                                                                                                                                           

We only ever have a “PAST” reference point for anything we do and it is these past references that are an accumulation of our experiences that if too negative can hold us back.

Imagine someone suggests to you that you embark on a new venture, your mind might get excited and will scramble to “imagine” these new possibilities but these new possibilities and all the potential they hold have not been created yet and are the realm of the imaginative, right creative brain, however if the old neural pathways are deeply entrenched we will mentally “talk ourselves” out of it…..in trying to keep us safe our well worn subconscious mind has the ability to sabotage our future without us even being aware of it therefore new positive neural pathways need to be created to counteract this…………….

Our left brain is our intellect, our logical side which carries all the information not only from our own experiences but also information stored in our DNA from our genetic line…………..experiences of life’s disappointments that over time get hard wired into the brain subconsciously hold us back from creating our future.                                                                                                                                                                                                       

The secret then is to develop the potential of our right brain where we live in a world of possibilities…….a side of the brain we now need to fill with new positive neural pathways to complete our visions.

Our horses show us how to work with this energy model to correct any imbalances which affect our Chakras.

Chakras are energy points of the body which sit at the interface of the Endocrine System controlling our mental/emotional wellbeing. What is not widely understood is that these same vortexes of energy if not balanced also have a detrimental effect on our health at the physical level too.                                                                                              

When we see ourselves as “whole body intelligence”, see that we are more than just our physical bodies and we then begin to understand just how easy it is to work with this energy model to balance our physical, emotional and spiritual wellbeing as ONE WHOLE UNIT

Holistequine IS maximizing human potential through the Spirit of the horse

11-11-11 the “Harmonic Unification of Gaia Day”………… An understanding of this event through my pony Ruby

The 11-11-11 event represents the Harmonic Unification of Gaia Day and is the trilogy to the Harmonic Convergence (1987) and the Harmonic Concordance of 2003 and provides the energy for us all to “accelerate and embrace our Divine Co-creative powers”…………….or, in other words to “walk our talk”
The Universe provides clues to guide us through life…………..these “clues” come as symbols and important dates, special portals in time which hold the energy to change our evolutionary blueprint.
As we begin to understand the symbols and mirrors that help us navigate life we see that if we gain knowledge of “who we are” as spiritual beings then our journey becomes clear
This important 11-11 event holds the key to understanding the meaning of Unification, the merging of the little ego “I” with our higher Self, big “I”, the merging into ONE consciousness. However in order to ground this consciousness it will not just be through an ego, left brain understanding but it will also be a heartfelt right brain experience…………….and our horses are here to help us with this transition.
A move to Noosa has been a long held ambition and symbolically it represents a new beginning a new “heaven on earth”
We had seen a property 2 years ago that although both my husband and I intuitively “felt right about” it was not one that I would have chosen aesthetically because we would have to start from scratch with facilities for the Holistequine programs but it was obviously meant to be ours AND it was my husband’s vision to create it………………….. and I would trust in that.
In the next two years I saw it was about “lessons”…..the main one being detachment, that for me “heaven” is not a place, a destination or something outside of yourself but “heaven” is a vibration, the place you create in your heart and goes with you wherever you go.
The weekend we went to sign the contract we were also told of another property, closer to town, beautiful land, great aspect and horse facilities, ideal for my business but the house was a nightmare and when we went into the house a “darkness” descended. I could also sense my husband’s spirit sink and as I my ego got more excited about the great horse facilities I saw he was shrivelling.
That night I was in a dilemma, torn between my ego, wanting one property while my higher self was guiding us to another when suddenly thinking about living in that house my head started to spin and I felt quite ill and, feeling out of control I tried not to panic.
With an understanding that everything is energy I KNEW THAT if I was able to comprehend why this was happened I would be able to release it. Then I saw that this experience was the embodiment of a deep collective fear.
Insight through Ruby…………..
A few days ago a student was booked in for a lesson and because Sonney was waiting to come into the yard I knew he would be facilitating that day, as I opened the gate Ruby my little pony also raced through seemingly in a hurry to follow. She displayed unusual behaviour during the lessons constantly running after Sonney all around the yard while Sonney and the student were going through their exercises.
Although Ruby was purchased as part of our children’s programs over the years she has taught me valuable lessons about ME, not having children myself she has been a perfect mirror and a reflection of me as a wilful, determined, challenging child. We grow up only remembering our “angel” side but Ruby became a reflection of my little “devil”……a side in all of us that society labels as “bad”, a side which Ruby has taught me to love equally.
After Julie, my student had left I had some great insights through Ruby, initially thinking Ruby was there for Julie only………big mistake!! (its often easier to project mirrors onto others, making you think it’s always the other person’s problem)!!!
Ever since the incident in Noosa where I went into panic with my body “spinning out “from “fear” I have not felt really 100%. ……………….. it has been like having a some sort of demon living deep inside by body causing me to feel quite off. Later after my student left I went and reflected on Ruby and I saw that Ruby, as a traumatised pony was a mirror of ME as a child and that like her I had been carrying a fear ever since.
It was fear of my father who was quite emotionally abusive and because to me, as a little child he represented God I had been carrying a deep distrust ever since. Because our parents become “God” and we rely on them for our very survival we only ever know an earth bound version of God/Higher Intelligence and because of this we only see life through our little “I” and have no reference point for the bigger picture or higher self “I”. …………………My little “I” had NO reference point for trusting my Big “I”……….WE WERE SEPARATE INDENTITIES
Everyone in the house was frightened of Dad’s mood swings, always on a knife’s edge. I did not realise how the resonance of this was buried in my subconscious and how it was still affecting me but through Ruby I was able to see the other side of the coin, that I was probably a very testing child!!!!
I saw how these early experiences had been integrated into my emotions and how I ONLY interpreted life from my ego centric perspective as the frightened child, giving me a distorted perception of myself as a victim.
I was then able to reassess it all and saw the bigger picture, that there was only ONE energy and Dad had always been coming from unconditional love but because of his own “baggage” his traumatised soul too could not show it.
Anyway it was a very powerful insight and as everything balanced up I could feel the “rotten” energy leave my body and amazingly I felt better, all the discomfort and headiness gone.
Because of this subconscious distrust I had not wanted to plan our move north or make any effort to pack etc but this has also changed!!……….incredible stuff!!!!.
We know that these amazing connections with our horses work to initiate powerful changes to our energy fields because later that day I made enquiries into organising transport for my horses……….I was able to move on.
Initially our move north symbolised a “heaven on earth”, transition but the thought of following my ego path and buying the second house instead had mirrored “hell”.
I then realised that Hell is merely a state of being that we experience when we are not following our Higher guidance. Ruby had shown me that fear is real and deeply embedded in us all but when I could turn that fear into faith in my Self..I HAD UNIFICATION

This morning I was guided to spend some time with India, a horse who was an abandoned foal that I had picked up from a vacant property some 18 years ago.
India represents the adult version of Ruby always the loving Mother but because of her survival mentality she was also considered a “bitch”.
I went to her today with a feeling of total love but she wouldn’t do what I asked her to…………. in that instant she showed me that unconditional love was only one half of the equation that in order to achieve a result I also needed a high level of energy and commitment to mirror her level of determination………..I needed to Unify the Love with the commitment/energy to DO
“Unification” and the 11-11-11- event to me means…………….. the Unification of the little ego I with the Universal I …………a marrying of Unconditional Love with Earthly COMMITMENT and that my role in this is to align the evolutionary blueprint of our beautiful Equine companions with their equally beautiful human ……. ……………and to listen to what our horses (and all our animals) are here to teach us

Thanks guys

Two beautiful souls who came as individuals and left as twin flames

Feedback…….Holistequine Workshop 22.10.2011………

I have taken back my spark in life.

The weekend was an enlightening and re-energising experience for both of us. I feel as though I have gained so much from the sessions and workshop.  A new, deeper than ever before feeling of peace and contentment in myself

The holist equine weekend was an enjoyable spiritual experience for me.  I have found the key for a door into a part of my spirit I knew existed but was not convinced of yet.  Simple exercises with Sunny first, Ruby, India and others that helped me learn a far easier way to link or connect my spirit with the spirit of the horse, [first couple of times you use parts of your IQ to assist you but its not found in total intelligence its found in a change to your EQ that’s of greater effect, this power that if you have no preconceived ideas in your head or ego you can bring about a change of consciousness about yourself through our equine friends that is amazing.  I also saw this take place in my partner and everybody present that we all received heightened energy levels because we somehow reached a new state which was elevating and found a next level of spirit within.  I found that even though I had experience in this area I needed to see that it was real to bring about changes to your spirit.  Conversations/advice from Veronica was like reading pages out of our own lives sometimes and we have found a new friends and relationships in our experience here on this planet. 

The Saturday things where new, on Sunday we had a private session with India and a couple’s session.  I found my missing link in where my life needed to head.  In terms of thoughts behind and bad communication skills.  I also found where in life (by the mirroring effect) where the energy needed to be. Putting this into practise was even more challenging again to maintain.  After the enlightening day before I knew I lacked ascertain in my life so I found it and my whole energy field was different.  I had no fears and I was assertive in love. As much as I loved this experience couldn’t wait to go back and have ESP with my horses because once they felt my new spirit things would change and it did.

Put on the spot about how I viewed myself which was quiet daunting but I worked through it and the more good I saw about myself the more confidence increased to be more head strong/ spirit strong and changes came about to my field or aura. Sunny taught me patience at first it also showed me that if I didn’t commit or try no result. But I had to place that energy into being more assertive without being aggressive.  Eventually in my spirit changed. I began to use contact by energy it began to change and the horse responds to my now change in energy by us being in one field.  This is also done by unblocking any ideas about yourself you have, you change the field by replaced energy and thought through your charka points to your heart where you have extra love through projection, or ESP sense. After unblocking your problems the horse sees your tops and can be closer to you.

 

I felt when I got home with horses

ESP each one All different

Saxony –alpha mare, I projected to go to Karen as I was about 15 feet away observing in the metazoan, she looked at me focused on my new spirit and walked to me just on ESP

Play was instantly walking up even from some distance, though I was semi focusing on another, she was proud of me like she knew I’ve increased in power.

Hope was in total alpha grazing, not even seemingly aware of us, I had to get close to her to get her to sense me and she instantly did and walked towards me, Karen saw this.

Playgirl was a bit distant, she had to see my feminie energy release to come and than loved this new energy.

Justice instantly first to come extra sensitive

Command loved it and wanted to follow me around

Love also when I linked with him came also and was a direct obvious display of assertion & liked it, he has steadily being stronger and it’s directly resulted in my increase of awareness/ mirror.

Faith has also found a bond an inner strength, she was frustrated with is now more confident more all round and has a new awareness to herself.

Praise is always ready to please but has an easier going nature but gets her settling (anxiety) when I’m settled also and in control, not so competitive.

Spirit is out there she is bolder than ever giving us an indication of how our spirit has expanded and our new energy reflected her power within and she loved our new power over life.

Rumba after battling anger and negative emotions I decided to put it to the universe/god and was lead to the horses but only had need to see Rumba, feeding him I released the negative energy and while he was eating we linked energy and I knew he likes his dinner so I ask through ESP that he walk to me, when I put my focus on releasing it we engaged so I thanked him, he said no worries and he came to me.

 

 

 

Introduction to E.A.L.C. October 22 workshop……………my feedback

It never ceases to amaze me the gift that comes from every session with my horses. When we go into an EALC session or workshop although we work with an established system of exercises and philosophies we usually have no idea beforehand which horse, horses or ponies are going to step up on the day. So, depending on the client/attendees we must be totally spontaneous and wait and see who is guided to facilitate. Last Saturday’s workshop was different in that I had a clear sense that Sonney my head gelding would be the primary facilitator on the day. Sonney came into my life as a young colt and has been a huge influence on my life for well over 20 years. He is a strong willed intelligent, determined animal who always pushes the boundaries. In fact when I look back it is by emulating Sonney’s Spirit that I have found the inner strength, determination and courage to follow MY vision for Holistequine….and most importantly being my main riding horse over the years he has given me the gift to believe in myself
Now working in life coaching I see that it is mainly through Sonney that I have experienced a mirror of my own potential, a quality that he has enabled me to claim…………… and to be a person with the courage to follow their path.
Because it was very clear to me before the session that he would be the facilitator that day I knew it would be an important message. As I watched Sonney working with the attendees I soon realised how my own energy had been depleted, worn down by the recent grief and hard lessons life had thrown at us. I realised that due to these challenging life events MY own energy needed to be empowered ………and although I was there to help others tune in to their inner power I realised that Sonney was primarily there on the day for MY growth, to remind me how strong I needed to be to get to where I wanted to be and to reignite that flagging Spiritual fire that in the past had always been so strong
Sometimes life gets tough but we always have choices, we can either believe that we are like mice on a treadmill going nowhere or we can believe that there is a greater plan for Earth and her inhabitants and that it is only by overcoming these challenges that we eventually become stronger.
Sonney (and my other horses) have always been my (energy) role model for obtaining a level of commitment to follow my path. In light of recent challenging events Sonney helped me understand that I was not being punished but that I was being tested to see if I could hold my faith when things got tough and that pure Universal Love is not conditional to whether things go my way
We believe that the horses at Holistequine (and other trained EALC horses) help us open a channel to claim this “bigger picture” plan, that each individual has a purpose, a reason to BE and that this purpose sits waiting to be exposed when we clear the blocked energy sitting in our subconscious minds.
We believe that we all have a special purpose, a role to play in making Earth a better place and locked in the DNA of each individual is the key to the insights to make those changes happen. I see that the Universe is sending Earth “energy for change” and that 11.11.11 represents a portal to help us evolve, preparing us for 2012 and beyond and that these special horses are a reflection of this potential. I see that they will help us all play our part in establishing unconditional love as the Universal driving force.
I believe all animals will help us with this transition.
The Holistequine Life Coaching Practitioner and Holistic Horsemanship courses aim to put horse and human on the “same page” for guidance to implement these impending changes.
Horses operate at the frequency of nature (Alpha) whereas humans are mostly tuned into a different frequency (Beta). In the past this has meant a difference in consciousness, a lapse in reaction time which can often mean a nasty fall if our horse reacts to something we have not seen or heard. The primary aim then of all our courses, workshops etc is to make a connection above the 5 senses. From this point horse and human have the solid relationship required to then take to any horse discipline or if they desire to integrate the knowledge into a career helping others in Life Coaching

October EALC Workshop

It never ceases to amaze me the gift that comes from every session with my horses. When we go into an EALC session or workshop although we work with an established system of exercises and philosophies we usually have no idea beforehand which horse, horses or ponies are going to step up on the day. So, depending on the client/attendees we must be totally spontaneous and wait and see who is guided to facilitate. Last Saturday’s workshop was different in that I had a clear sense that Sonney my head gelding would be the primary facilitator on the day. Sonney came into my life as a young colt and has been a huge influence on my life for well over 20 years. He is a strong willed intelligent, determined animal who always pushes the boundaries. In fact when I look back it is by emulating Sonney’s Spirit that I have found the inner strength, determination and courage to follow MY vision for Holistequine….and most importantly being my main riding horse over the years he has given me the gift to believe in myself
Now working in life coaching I see that it is mainly through Sonney that I have experienced a mirror of my own potential, a quality that he has enabled me to claim…………… and to be a person with the courage to follow their path.
Because it was very clear to me before the session that he would be the facilitator that day I knew it would be an important message. As I watched Sonney working with the attendees I soon realised how my own energy had been depleted, worn down by the recent grief and hard lessons life had thrown at us. I realised that due to these challenging life events MY own energy needed to be empowered ………and although I was there to help others tune in to their inner power I realised that Sonney was primarily there on the day for MY growth, to remind me how strong I needed to be to get to where I wanted to be and to reignite that flagging Spiritual fire that in the past had always been so strong
Sometimes life gets tough but we always have choices, we can either believe that we are like mice on a treadmill going nowhere or we can believe that there is a greater plan for Earth and her inhabitants and that it is only by overcoming these challenges that we eventually become stronger.
Sonney (and my other horses) have always been my (energy) role model for obtaining a level of commitment to follow my path.
We believe that the horses at Holistequine (and other trained EALC horses) help us open a channel to claim this “bigger picture” plan, that each individual has a purpose, a reason to BE and that this purpose sits waiting to be exposed when we clear the blocked energy sitting in our subconscious minds.
We believe that we all have a special purpose, a role to play in making Earth a better place and locked in the DNA of each individual is the key to the insights to make those changes happen. I see that the Universe is sending Earth “energy for change” and that 11.11.11 represents a portal to help us evolve, preparing us for 2012 and beyond and that these special horses are a reflection of this potential. I see that they will help us all play our part in establishing unconditional love as the Universal driving force.
I believe all animals will help us with this transition.
The Holistequine Life Coaching Practitioner and Holistic Horsemanship courses aim to put horse and human on the “same page” for guidance to implement these impending changes.
Horses operate at the frequency of nature (Alpha) whereas humans are mostly tuned into a different frequency (Beta). In the past this has meant a difference in consciousness, a lapse in reaction time which can often mean a nasty fall if our horse reacts to something we have not seen or heard. The primary aim then of all our courses, workshops etc is to make a connection above the 5 senses. From this point horse and human have the solid relationship required to then take to any horse discipline or if they desire to integrate the knowledge into a career helping others in Life Coaching