Stories

A person 's feet are shown on the ground.

The joy of hearing one’s dearest friend’s stories. Selfseeds Emotions. What is more sacred then listening to deep fears, old scaffolding, pain of change, and sitting in the light?  

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Living with the Selfseeds Garden

A field of tall grass in the evening light.

Living with the Selfseeds Garden. The rain, the sun, the day, the night, and change/growth.  Is there ever un-growth? Is a seed underground un-growing or is it preparing for a chance to grow in a new way.  Are we any different?

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Sharing a Rock Chew

Two horses standing in a field near some rocks.

Selfseeds Partnering: friends share a chew on the rock covered with lichen. So heartfelt to see the horses get to be horses together. Joy of sitting on a rock watching the animal family.

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Hiking With Horses

A view of the water from above.

Part of being a global nomad with horses (5) is how to meet their needs under a diversity of situations. No barn or arena is part of my current situation. Bonus, a trail that goes from Canada to Mexico outside the gate. Pandemic has changed my fitness program. Substitution, hiking with horses.  In India, I…

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Pandemic And Life With Horses

A tree in the middle of an open field under a cloudy sky.

What a privilege to spend most of my day with horses. Life in a bubble in many ways. News keeps me apprised of how to support the pandemic practices, compassionately cheerlead the health providers/people healing, and mourn the beings who have passed. The presence of the horse is remarkable for reminding me of inner stillness.

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Life in Lockdown with Maree in NZ

A person standing in the middle of a field

Time for reflection Life in lockdown.  We have our time reorganized. Time is  all we really have in life but we often think we do not have enough.  Now we have had our organization of time altered for a while so the potential to react differently is possible. The world might be a different place…

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A Caterpillar Teaching

A horse is laying in the dirt near some trees.

  “Long is the night for the sleepless. Long is the road for the weary. Long is samsara for the foolish, who have not recognized the true teaching†– Gautama Buddha Just as a caterpillar waits, we too may give way and linger within our hearts to become what our true nature intended. Photo and…

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Freedom to Ride

A person riding on the back of a horse.

    “I am so grateful now more than ever to be an equestrian and have this lifestyle.  I can continue to do what I always do, and I have the freedom to get on my horse and go ride!” Thank you Helen for sharing your horse-heart seed while we are sheltering in place.  …

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The Flow in the Circle with the Horse

A view of the mountains from an open field.

  “Be still like a mountain and flow like a great river.†-Lao Tzu Within the stillness one hears the beating of their own heart and feels the sensational flow of harmonizing with all that is. Photo by Aaron Dallas of Sharon Borderick and her magical, black horse!

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