PHILOSOPHY
It is our true nature as human beings to live in the present moment, to be naturally aware, and to respond from a place of awakened curiosity, intuition and innate wisdom.
It is also human nature to forget this birth-rite and to see ourselves as separate or disconnected from self, our passion and direction. Through the business of our lives, societal pressure, personal histories and entangled thinking, this can appear true, but it is not a reality.
At The Reflective Horse®, we understand that horses and nature allow us access and guidance to “coming home” to our own true nature and reconnection with the essence of ourselves, beyond the limitations of our personal mind, revealing our connection and relationship to everyone and everything around us.
Our partnership with horses is one of allegiance, presence and understanding, fostering a bond based in affinity. At The Reflective Horse®, we partner with free-roaming horses who are neither subjugated nor used for human gratification. Our philosophy lies in the knowledge that horses, in their natural habitat, free to fully express themselves, are the greatest teachers, allowing us to explore and develop ourselves as empowered, embodied and free individuals. We experience that dominance, constraints, or tools of control are not conducive to relationships with horses. Like any relationship, the willingness to see ourselves clearly, with trust, courage, compassion and self-honoring, allows the horse freedom to be a willing partner, pointing us inward, toward our true nature.
APPROACH
Free-roaming horses allow us to experience and access our true nature, underneath the masks and social armor that we build up innocently to protect ourselves. The nature of being amongst horses, requires us to be fully aware, of when we are in the present moment, and when we are caught up in our personal thinking or conditioned mind. Horses speak the language of truth beyond words, bringing us back to our heart, our intuitive nature and what is important in the direction of our lives. Through embodiment practices, somatic experiences and breath-work that emulate horse herd dynamics, we attune to our own expanded energy field, stepping into a new, embodied, and grounded sense of self with clarity and sovereignty. At the root of The Reflective Horse® programs is the knowledge that horses are intensely spiritual beings, residing in the present, with the ability to seek and reflect the truth of who we are.
WHY FREE-ROAMING HORSES?
Interacting with horses who are free to express themselves, we experience ourselves from an entirely different perspective. We recognize that horses, who are neither haltered or constrained, activate our innate awareness, ground us in our bodies, and support us in reuniting with our intuition and, in remembering the power and freedom that is our birth-rite. As prey to other beings (as are humans,) horses live entirely in the present, responding innately when required, and living in peace and meditative harmony in connection with their herd. Horses’ innate sensitivity and alertness read the intention of everything, including our emotional terrain and the purity of our spirit. When we access this part of ourselves, we become magnets, in touch with the pure essence of our being, letting down our guard and remembering the oneness we are a part of. Horses renew our sense of empowered belonging and have the ability to take us into spiritually uncharted territory, beyond the limitations of our conditioned minds.