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10 New Year’s Horse-olutions for 2015

January 2, 2015abused horses, animal communication, energy work, equines, exercise, fear, geriatric horses, healing, herd behavior, herd dynamics, horse training, horsemanship, horses, Horses at Liberty Foundation Training, liberty rein, Liberty training, OrthoHorse, performance horses, riding, trail riding, Uncategorizedbodywork, energetic connection, energy work, equine, equine bodywork, equine healing, equine liberty training, equine rescue, equine training, equines, exercise, healing, herd behavior, herd dynamics, horse training, horseback riding, horsemanship, Horses at LIberty Foundation Training, leadership, liberty horse training, rescue horses, ridinghorsesatliberty

It’s 2015! I started to write a bunch of resolutions for working with horses – “horse-olutions” I call them, and then realized: I don’t like New Year’s resolutions!

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Grow body awareness around horses

December 6, 2014bodywork, endurance, energy work, equines, exercise, fear, healing, herd behavior, herd dynamics, horse training, horsemanship, horses, Horses at Liberty Foundation Training, Ortho-Bionomy, OrthoHorse, performance horses, riding, therapy horses, trail riding, UncategorizedAlternative therapies, animals, bodywork, energetic connection, energy work, EPR, equine, equine bodywork, Equine Ortho-Bionomy, equine positional release, exercise, healing, herd behavior, horseback riding, horsemanship, Horses at LIberty Foundation Training, liberty training, Ortho-Bionomy, OrthoHorse, ridinghorsesatliberty

Most people who have been around horses for a long while have suffered injuries. These injuries –unless treated deeply, and I mean with bodywork after the stitches or surgeries have healed, may continue to cause restrictions both in the physical body and the emotional and psychic bodies.

Patches with his owner, Ariana, when we first brought him home, August, 2011.

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10 lessons in horse love

November 21, 2014abused horses, alternative therapies, animal communication, bitless bridles, bitless riding, dude string horses, exercise, fear, healing, herd behavior, herd dynamics, horse training, horsemanship, horses, Horses at Liberty Foundation Training, Liberty training, OrthoHorse, performance horses, rescue horses, riding, trail riding, Uncategorizedbodywork, energetic connection, energy work, equine, equine bodywork, equine healing, equine liberty training, equine positional release, equines, grazing, healing, herd behavior, herd dynamics, horse trainers, horsemanship, horses, Horses at LIberty Foundation Training, leadership, liberty horse training, liberty traininghorsesatliberty

It’s debatable whether horses love people or not. But they definitely feel very big emotion for them and about them. It’s easy to be flattered when a horse pays special attention to you and depends upon just you – even more so than when your dog licks your face!

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Feel invisible threads of connection with your horse

August 21, 2014abused horses, animal communication, bodywork, equines, fear, healing, herd behavior, herd dynamics, horse training, horsemanship, horses, Horses at Liberty Foundation Training, liberty rein, Liberty training, OrthoHorse, rescue horses, trail riding, Uncategorizedenergetic connection, equine bodywork, equine rescue, herd behavior, herd dynamics, horse trainers, horse training, Horses at LIberty Foundation Training, leadership, liberty horse training, OrthoHorse, rescue horseshorsesatliberty

The herd grazes on the high desert plains, snatching mouthfuls of grasses if there are any. When they are thirsty, they are generally thirsty as a group, because the water hole may be some distance from where they are grazing.

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That horse is gonna kill you!

August 15, 2014abused horses, alternative therapies, bodywork, equines, exercise, fear, healing, herd behavior, herd dynamics, Liberty training, OrthoHorse, riding, Uncategorizedanimals, bodywork, energetic connection, equine bodywork, equine healing, Equine Ortho-Bionomy, equine positional release, herd behavior, horseback riding, horsemanship, Horses at LIberty Foundation Training, OrthoHorsehorsesatliberty

This is a refrain that I heard recently from an owner who was startled by the news. It’s not new; I’ve heard it many times before, spoken to owners with horses who have some behavioral issue. What is going on here?

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Picked by a horse

August 11, 2014abused horses, animal communication, energy work, equines, exercise, fear, healing, herd behavior, herd dynamics, horse training, horsemanship, horses, Horses at Liberty Foundation Training, Liberty training, OrthoHorse, Uncategorizedanimals, endurance riding, energetic connection, energy work, equine bodywork, equine liberty training, equine rescue, equine training, equines, herd behavior, herd dynamics, horsemanship, Horses at LIberty Foundation Training, OrthoHorse, rescue horseshorsesatliberty

Have you ever been “picked” by a horse?

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It’s the little things with horses

August 1, 2014animal communication, energy work, equines, healing, herd behavior, herd dynamics, horse training, horsemanship, horses, Horses at Liberty Foundation Training, liberty rein, Liberty training, OrthoHorse, riding, trail riding, Uncategorizedequine, equine bodywork, equine liberty training, healing, herd behavior, herd dynamics, Horses at LIberty Foundation Training, liberty horse training, liberty traininghorsesatliberty

The little things mean a lot with horses.

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Sharing heart and mind with your horse on a trail ride

July 25, 2014bodywork, exercise, fear, healing, herd behavior, herd dynamics, horse training, horsemanship, horses, Horses at Liberty Foundation Training, liberty rein, Liberty training, Natural Horsemanship, Ortho-Bionomy, riding, trail riding, Uncategorizedbodywork, equine bodywork, equine healing, equine rescue, equine training, equines, exercise, horse trainers, horsemanship, Horses at LIberty Foundation Training, liberty training, OrthoHorsehorsesatliberty

I have recently written about the trail in The Trail as a Metaphor for Life.

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Who is the lead horse?

July 19, 2014energy work, equines, healing, herd behavior, herd dynamics, horse training, horsemanship, Horses at Liberty Foundation Training, liberty rein, Liberty training, performance horses, rescue horses, riding, Uncategorizedenergetic connection, energy work, equine, equine bodywork, equine liberty training, equine rescue, equines, grazing, healing, herd behavior, herd dynamics, horsemanship, Horses at LIberty Foundation Training, OrthoHorse, rescue horseshorsesatliberty

In Liberty Foundation Horsemanship, we talk a lot about “leadership,” which is also talked about in other forms of horsemanship. Basically, what that means is that a person must earn the “respect” of the horse, which begins with forming “trust,” or some sort of healthy “bond.”

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Healing horses from 500 miles away

July 2, 2014abused horses, alternative therapies, animal communication, bodywork, energy work, equines, exercise, fear, healing, herd behavior, herd dynamics, horse training, horsemanship, horses, Horses at Liberty Foundation Training, Liberty training, Ortho-Bionomy, OrthoHorse, UncategorizedAlternative therapies, animals, bodywork, chakras, energetic connection, energy work, equine, equine bodywork, equine healing, equine liberty training, Equine Ortho-Bionomy, equine rescue, healing, herd behavior, herd dynamics, horsemanship, horses, Horses at LIberty Foundation Training, OrthoHorsehorsesatliberty

For a number of years now, I’ve been doing distance bodywork on horses and people. Honestly, it doesn’t matter how far away those horses are, they can still greatly benefit from this help both anatomically and physiologically.

Laurie sharing breath with Starwyn. October 2013 Spirit Horse Ranch Liberty Foundations Clinic

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Susan Smith. A framework for healing—horse and human

A framework for healing—horse & human.