This is the only photo of me as a child that shows me smiling. When the photographer showed up at our door with a pony, I thought my dreams had been answered. As I was lifted up into the saddle I pointed out that the stirrups were too long. When nobody responded I decided I […]
Mystic — as your name implies . . . a seer, a sage, an oracle — You have been all of these to me in our brief sessions. As the seer — you taught me that real strength comes not from our bodies, but from our hearts, of which yours is very large! and from […]
You are an awesome animal created by God above. He designed you with your patient personality and very gentle spirit. It appears you have a special calling by helping befriend each new woman who meets you at Riding Beyond. I so appreciated our first meeting session. As I was learning how to connect with you […]
This past week I had a revelatory experience, recasting my past in a way that is still reverberating through me. Sunday, for the Summer Solstice, I found a few hours in an unusually busy week to go up to Howard Prairie for the 20th Annual World Peace and Prayer Day sponsored by Red Earth Descendants […]
Saturday, May 23, 2015 A Taste of Riding Beyond Twenty folks gathered to taste the magic of Riding Beyond. See here a taste of the heart connections made, the creative expressions which included our three horses, and more. Remarks like these were heard throughout the day: “I’m SO GLAD you are doing this program!” “Wow, […]
Immense Possibilities, a truly remarkable and inspiring local show, on public television and internet, will feature Riding Beyond this Friday, April 17 at 8:30 pm on SOPTV. After that it is available for viewing at their website. http://www.immensepossibilities.org. Here is their introduction to the show: “Horses,” in the words of Australian poet Pam Brown, “lend […]
We just got several thousand of our Riding Beyond Promotional cards printed, sporting a new image of Mary Piper and Mystic in a touching moment. Several of us have been placing stacks them at hospitals, banks, and anywhere else we can think of. If you’d like a stack to share as the opportunities arise, […]
This is an interesting report on research with equine assisted work with breast cancer survivors in Israel, supporting the value of our work in Riding Beyond. Equine-Assisted Rehabilitation for Breast Cancer Survivors
Last year Riding Beyond was dedicated at the solstice sundance in South Dakota among wild horses. This year it will be dedicated at Zuma Rescue Ranch near Littleton Colorado during the Healing with Horse Festival and Symposium. More details to come so that you can join us in spirit, or maybe even be there in […]