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Meditation with Our Horses
Join us for one hour on Thursdays throughout the year, time varied according to seasonal temperatures, for Meditation with Our Horses. We meet in the field where they live and enjoy sharing time with us in meditation. Our meditation practice cultivates inner resilience and calm while relating to a complex outer world with challenging people […]
Research Validating What Happens at Riding Beyond
From the HeartMath Institute The meaningful bonds that can exist between humans and animals have been shared for centuries – millennia even. A tremendous amount of love and mutual healing benefits have been experienced between people, horses and other animals we love.Many who have worked closely with horses have attested to the unique and powerful […]
Mothers Day 2022: Mothering Making a Difference
This month we honor the mothering dynamic in our world, a primary force driving Riding Beyond’s work: helping to mother people back to vibrant well-being, attending to the challenges of the pandemic and other stresses like breast cancer treatment, fire ravages, and global unrest. HOW THEY CLAIM THEIR NAMES Mystic Moon was given her name […]
Lynn McTaggart: Conditioned Space at Riding Beyond
Lynn McTaggart’s work has fascinated me ever since hearing about her book The Power of Eight on how small groups gathering regularly for holding intentions for one another can catalyze major positive change in their lives and the lives of others for whom they may hold intentions. I’m part of a group for the past […]
A Portal between Two Species
This moving article tells of the gifts that a horse offered a corporate executive and echoes what many of us have experienced in our connection with horses. Enjoy!https://earthfireinstitute.org/opening-a-portal-between-two-species-a-powerful-story/
Back with the Horses!
After over a year of meeting virtually, starting April 6, 2021, we returned to Riding Beyond with the horses and a donkey, to everyone’s joy. Here are enthusiastic reflections from our participants. This word cloud captures the final gifts claimed by our April participants following four weeks’ explorations of the Riding Beyond themes for each […]
COVID 19 Safety
COVID SAFETY AND GENERAL INFORMATION We care deeply about your safety and health. If you think you might be sick or have tested positive for the virus, we recommend you consult with your physician and review the following CDC recommendations: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/if-you-are-sick/end-home-isolation.html Please review the following Riding Beyond practices to help all of us stay safe. […]
Horses Creating HOPE
During this time of dislocation, fear, and trauma, people are struggling mightily.The pandemic and economic collapse constitute an existential threat. Riding Beyond’s horses were fortunately missed by raging wild fires on September 8 that leveled over 2000 homes in our community. Everything is uncertain. Everyone is on edge.How do we find hope in times of […]
NYTimes: To Break a Horse
This recent article from the New York Times illuminates some interesting aspects of the horse/human connection. It includes Monty Roberts whose fund-raisers for HOPE Equestrian Center over 18 years ago introduced to several thousand residents of the Rogue Valley much of what developed into Riding Beyond’s approach to horses. This article focuses on the author’s […]