2019 Spirit Horse Festival Promo Video
View the promotional video for last year’s event. Save the date for March 27th-29th 2020 – tickets on sale now!
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All Posts by Laura Williams
The Metaphor of the Centaur
In the past, humans were deeply connected to their innate and nature based wisdom. Living in close connection to the land, to nature, the seasons and the animals, survival depended on paying attention to the shifts and changes of emotion and energy in the body and the external environment.
Read MoreMusic of the Plants
Plants do understand us. But do we understand them? The true value of plant life on this planet is little realised by most folk who take it as a bounty to be harvested without any recognition of what this means to us.
Read MoreHorses, Energy, and Trusting the Unknown
My wise senior mare, Posadka, did something out of the norm the other day. Whenever the horses do something out of the ordinary in the context of an equine-guided learning session, I tend to get quite curious about it.
Read MoreKaimanawa Heritage Horses
Elder and Marilyn Jenks have been volunteering their devotion to the Kaimanawa horses since the1990’s. During this time they have been responsible for saving the lives of more than a thousand wild horses.
Read MoreMeet the Dune Lakes Herd: Samsara
Sam’s full name is Samsara. It is a Sanskrit word that means “flowing on” or “passing through,” with an emphasis on the struggle to live in this world.
Read MoreHome Is Where the Soul Resides
Since I could walk and talk my passion has always been horses. I always looked after other people’s horses until I finally got my first horse at 30 years old, fulfilling a promise my father made to me when I was 10 years old.
Read MoreMeet the Dune Lakes Herd: Gemma
Gemma will just fly home on her own, her tail flashing one way, her high head another, and very happy.
Read MoreThe Leadership Whisperers
Throughout my 16-year corporate career I had large leadership development budgets but was increasingly frustrated that the learning never stuck and nothing really, truly changed in terms of behaviour when people returned back to their offices.
Read MoreMeet the Dune Lakes Herd: Willow
Earth Mother. Willow time. Beautiful Willow fools everyone. Ask her filly Sahara, the youngest one in the herd. While Willow was one of the mares keeping company with the formerly intact stallion Soma
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