A message from Trish Broersma, Director of Riding Beyond: Never have our Saturday sessions for the general public with the theme of “Challenging Times Call for New Strategies,” held more relevance. In the absence of our Riding Beyond face to face sessions with our horses in the coming weeks through April, and perhaps longer, I’ve […]
Our thanks to Julia Babb for her gracious and skilled interviewing of Trish Broersma regarding Riding Beyond in spring, 2019, on RVTV, our local community television station. Julia has volunteered her talents in a number of ways for Riding Beyond: grant writing and on the ground with the horses.
July is our annual appeal month. You are invited to support the work of Riding Beyond in Opening Doors to the Future for breast cancer survivors. Each week, we’ll add insights about doors opening to the future at Riding Beyond. And a new photo of doors from around the world by Carolyn Jost. (See below) […]
Psychology Today posted an article on May 9, 2019: “Longer Exhalations Are an Easy Way to Hack Your Vagus Nerve” which describes in a user-friendly way why many of the practices of Riding Beyond are so beneficial, even joy-inducing. An excerpt: These studies corroborate that longer exhalations are an easy way to hack the vagus nerve, […]
My latest favorite poem: How to Triumph Like a Girl I like the lady horses best,how they make it all look easy,like running 40 miles per houris as fun as taking a nap, or grass.I like their lady horse swagger,after winning. Ears up, girls, ears up!But mainly, let’s be honest, I likethat they’re ladies. As […]
I am increasingly convinced that breast cancer survivors and thrivers are keystones for our planet’s future wellbeing. Like the little-seen prairie dogs are a keystone species whose presence in a field is vital to the survival of the entire ecological system, so breast cancer survivors and thrivers are front-line ambassadors of the rise of the […]
HELP RIDING BEYOND GALLOP TO GREATNESS, KEEP STABLE, and CARRY FRIENDS WHEN THEY NEED IT* Join our annual fundraising campaign for the month of July 2018 in support of Riding Beyond. We need your help to reach our goal of $5,000 with your gift of any size. Give by credit card or Paypal by clicking […]
Nearly 200 people joined us on a winter Sunday afternoon for explorations into the horse/human connection at our Winter Film Festival on January 28. Two extraordinary films, Herd, and Talking to the Air, provided our launch for 2018 with their inspiring and informative story lines. Herd, We Are All Here to Heal Together won […]
Twenty folks of all ages, along with Mystic and the horses of Little Creek Ranch, gathered on May 10 to formally anchor and launch our fifth year of Riding Beyond. After claiming promises for Riding Beyond and our personal lives to the six directions, we planted a blooming pink Dogwood tree next to the arena […]
What Animals are Teaching Us about Human Health from May 18, 2017 New York Times Magazine, the Health Issue An excerpt: Something extraordinary occurs when we’re in the presence of a fellow sentient being. When we let go of language’s tacit conceptual constraints and judgments, we allow ourselves a kind of time travel toward our […]