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Haka is a from of prayer and calls on the strength of the ancestors and on the connectedness with mana whenua power of the land.

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I enjoy riding too. But as much as I love taking Orlik to the woods or helping Daniel to speak, I can’t help but to think whether or not I should be riding my horses at all. I often question whether Orlik likes my riding him, too.

Peaches issues a wake up call for us to see beyond the 'wrapping' to the essence - "I am a not a toy. I am a divine being like you"

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Whilst I found my coaching work to be much more suited to my mindset than my previous career of 20 years, where I had come close to becoming not so quietly insane, I didn’t want to lose that private personal bond between me and the horses.

Horse’s natural state of body brain and nervous system balance, along with enhanced awareness and attunement. With their huge hearts and the “heart-field” effect that arises, horses help humans reach greater coherence through breathwork and entrainment.

Holistic hoof care is individualised hoof care; it is preventative, precise, and progressive. With proper support, everyone can keep their horses sound and healthy.

Stress expresses itself in our bodies, in our lives, and in our relationships with horses. It is the culprit of most disease and general unhappiness.

​Our connection with horses and the way people and horses can enrich each other’s lives will be the focus of next February’s Spirit Horse Festival in New Zealand.

What Dooie shared that morning, just two days after she passed, were her requests and her words of wisdom regarding how horses deserve to be treated.

When we embody our energy and our actions through the breath and the teachings of yoga, we can better understand our impacts on others and learn to communicate more purposefully and effectively.

Perhaps the ways in which people with PTSD are supported will determine whether they continue to suffer from the experience or are able to move forward to find peace and happiness in their lives.

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

This is Texas, offering heart and hoof every day, humbly, to everyone in his herd. Nothing special to him or his Appaloosa roots, to his distinctive character, and his unending patience.

He is not only loyal, he is valiant, literally protecting foals, and a stabilizing influence in the Dune Lakes Herd.

Fleet of hoof, decisive, curious, always aware. She leads not with bites, kicks, or snarls; she leads with the soft eye and limitless energy of true royalty

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.

When the energy between you and Rhythm is still, peaceful, and open, he will lay down with you, and rest.

Rosemary knows Mary from the UK; it is the unshaken bond that brought to them both to New Zealand.

Gemma will just fly home on her own, her tail flashing one way, her high head another, and very happy.

Flash left us suddenly in March 2019. He may be gone in body, but looks over us in spirit.

Bailey was the elder of the Dune Lakes Herd & like any elder, his presence & influence on everyone who knew him will never be forgotten.