Nostrils, soft as violets
I see it still,
there was once . . .
a new horse in the pasture,
a tall, slim being—a neighbor was keeping her there—
and she put her face against my face,
put her muzzle, […]
How healing happens during bodywork
Ever wondered why bodywork and massage help healing?
Healing releases and responses in horses take many forms. I see horses heave deep sighs, blow, shudder, shake nose to tail like […]
November gratitudes
Moving into the season of winter and the holidays, I often look back on the year and remember things that I feel grateful for. The quiet and stillness of this season […]
4 ways to care for fascia
Fascia, the body’s network of fibrous connective tissue, reaches everywhere in the body. It includes fascial sheets (like plantar fascia), tendons, ligaments, bursae, fascia in and around muscles, membranes around the […]
Lessons from rescue horses
Many rescued horses have a quality of wariness that’s almost a kind of wildness. They’ve been neglected or abused or discarded, and they know it and feel it. Reese was adopted, […]