Participants Write
Rebuilding a New Sense of Myself
I went through breast cancer four years ago, so the challenges of diagnosis, treatment, and recovery are now behind me. However, I am currently in the middle of breast reconstruction, so I came to Riding Beyond with the idea of letting it help me particularly with rebuilding — not just a breast but also a […]
A Morning With Mystic
Snapshots of what it’s like at Riding Beyond from a participant’s perspective, someone new to horses. NOTE: Since 2020, with the pandemic requiring social distancing and masking, we began having group sessions of 4-6 women, and ground work with the horses, rather than riding them. We discovered the group synergy to be so powerful that […]
Regarding Mystic
Regarding Mystic by Patty CrumrineJuly 8, 2014 We were strangers, you and I,Each brushed onto our own canvasUnder a sun-bleached, far-west sky. Each of us designed for connections yet untoldAnd guided by others of our own kind,Destined to walk togetherFor a gift to yet unfold. A dreary day with a persistent drizzleHeld no match for […]
June Session Inspirations
Here are a few words I received yesterday from two of our participants lauding their experience. Patty had over two hours pain free as a result of her time on Wednesday: Roan experienced a time of persistent joy that grew over the four weeks: Roan’s creative writing: Horses, dreams of childhood Healers today Poetry needs […]
Not a Poem: Just a talk about a tree. . .
Not a Poem Just a talk about a tree; a madrone I found in the forest It had a scar like me, and smooth red bark — maybe lightening hit it in a storm one night I run my hand up and down its silky side Feels so good I put my arms around its […]
I approach hesitant and nervous. . . .
Mystic! I approach, hesitant and nervous The Horse stands waiting patiently Big Brown Eyes with long lashes Mystic! What is she thinking? She is taller than I am She is larger, faster She is wild I’ve always been hesitant I’ve always been nervous But she stands so still Mystic! What does she […]