How much time do you spend just being with your horse?
We live in a fast paced human world, where doing is our language. I’ve noticed myself bringing this ‘doing’ to Willow and Annie - this restlessness, this inability for the mind to be still. Even as I sit, watching them graze peacefully, I notice my attention tends to be pulled in many directions.
Being with horses is deceptively simple. It’s easy to sit still and seem zen, but to be present, to be in a state where you can truly share space with your horse, that takes work.
And it’s a practice. There’s no magic trick that opens the gate to embodied coexistence. It comes and goes - some days it feels impossible, and some days it’s as easy as breathing.
When I reach a state of being-ness with a horse, it goes far beyond anything I could distill into a written post. It’s something to be felt.
Is this something you spend time exploring? Do you work to cultivate this practice? I’d love to hear how people engage in being with horses ❤️