Practicing yoga and meditation with horses is an emotional, mental and spiritual journey that helps you realign and restore, while deepening the human-animal bond.

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When you practice meditation with horses, you’re learning how to control and be aware of your breath, which helps you quiet your mind.  When you do this and arrive at a point where you are fully present in the moment – you start to participate actively in what is happening right now. Horses not only feel this in you but need it.

Horses are very sensitive, they quickly realize when we’re using our breath to communicate with them, and respond accordingly. They are always in the moment, aware of the slightest change of breath, energy, and movement. As prey animals, this is what has kept them safe and alive.

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As humans, we’ve become disconnected from these subtle energies and movements, but through yoga and meditation, we can reconnect with our breath, and use that heightened awareness to become more conscious of our energy and body language.

The practice of Pranayama (breath control) helps you calm down, increase focus and unify your energy with your horse. Breathing in rhythm with his respiration rate has a calming effect on both your nerves and emotions and can help you connect on a subtler level.

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How it works - we start with a 30-minute gentle yoga practice outdoors overlooking the farm to create ease in the body and mind. We then move to the arena where you will meet your equine yoga partner. You will get astride your horse using a mounting block, as I assist. Once mounted, we will continue a meditative breath and allow the horse's movement to assist in continued relaxation. Depending on your comfort, we can proceed with a flow of relaxation and stretching. 

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