I came across an inspiring opening to a chapter recently in Erik Jampa Andersson's book "Unseen Beings" (Hay House, 2023) which I wanted to quote in full to kick off this reflection "Nature is not a place. We often speak of it as if it were a kind of stage […]
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The literacy of feedback involves an understanding of the conscious and unconscious language within exchange. My work, whether in board rooms or stables, consistently returns to one topic, developing a meaningful level of self awareness! Even if it is not the core agenda, it so often rears its head. Author […]
Let me introduce you to the basis of my work. In so doing I am going to talk about idea of you, me and of everyone else, as living within individual "learning machines." More specifically an experiential, and constantly active, learning machine. I emphasize that this is foremost my view […]
Emotions as motion - really? A few years ago when running an event at Athena Herd Foundation somebody asked me “how horses react to human emotion?” My flippant response in the moment was, “well they move". But that was exactly the point. On reflection this has got me thinking. So, […]
A few years ago somebody asked me to explain the embodied and somatic training and coaching that I do - with and without horses. And so I wrote this piece, originally as a LinkedIn article. I have revisited it and expanded here some of the ideas. So let me introduce you […]
7 hours validated CPD Mindfulness in Practice is a powerful day will explore the foundations of how we can work with Mindfulness to support ourselves in everyday life. Be that at work, at home or at play. Although being held at Athena Herd, this will not be working with horses. […]
7 hours validated CPD. Mindfulness in Practice is a powerful day will explore the foundations of how we can work with Mindfulness to support ourselves in everyday life. Be that at work, at home or at play. Although being held at Athena Herd, this will not be working with horses. […]