Horsewisdom in Linton, Victoria | Professional service
Horsewisdom
Locality: Linton, Victoria
Phone: +61 418 215 160
Address: 55 Linton-Carngham Rd 3360 Linton, VIC, Australia
Website: http://www.horsewisdom.com.au
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25.01.2022 A wonderful opportunity to receive a balance for your horse and contribute towards Pico the Unicorns healing!
25.01.2022 Clearly, some link between horses and the human psyche was surfacing. Ive since learned that there is a branch of psychoanalysis, pioneered by Carl Jung, that ...tries to weave a balance between the outer world of action and events and the inner world of dream, fantasy and symbolism. A distinguishing feature of Jungian analysis is the concept of archetypes, symbols rising from the dark, deep psychic pool of the collective unconscious where humanitys common experience is stored. Archetypes express a complex of images and emotions that surround the defining experiences of human life. Examples include the Hero, the Divine Child, the Great Mother, Transformation, Death and Rebirth. They are the same for us all, no matter who we are or where we come from. Its as if they are built into the wiring of our brains. And one of the most commonly recurring archetypes is - you guessed it - the Horse. The Horse archetype throughout the ages has been closely linked with our instinctive, primal drives. Jung thought the Horses appearance could signify instincts out of control. The horse evokes intense feelings and unbridled passion instead of cool, collected thought. In many different situations and in many different ways, horses were enabling people to make contact with feelings theyd buried deep inside their shadow. There didnt seem to be any doubt that equine-assisted therapy worked. The question was, why? Horses, by embodying one of the deepest archetypes in our consciousness, most definitely stir us up. All those things that are buried away or girdled safely up start swirling around in our psyches. Horses can be a direct connection into the unconscious. When we look at a horse, and especially when theres a horse strutting across the pen in front of us, we see the flesh-and-blood incarnation of powerful forces bottled up within us that we wish we had the guts to saddle and ride. These are the forces that Jung called the shadow self. We know those forces could take us to our dreams and turn us into our best selves. We also know those forces could destroy us. Thats why we bottle them up in the first place. And when such hidden feelings are stirred-up and agitated, thats when we have the chance to work with them and learn to control them. Horses give us this opportunity. They do this to us whether were aware of it or not. But what a powerful tool to be able to use consciously! Carl Jung also talked a lot about lifes paradox, and how important the embrace of seeming contradictions is as we travel the never-ending journey towards becoming fully human. Horses, which can both free us or hurt us, embody this paradox. How we handle this paradox in the arena becomes a metaphor for how we handle it everywhere. Only in this case, its such a potent and direct metaphor, that we can use it to change our reality. Horses force us to face our shadow selves. Once we do that, we discover much greater freedom, exhilaration and inspiration as we go forward in life. -- Chris Irwin, author of Horses Dont Lie
24.01.2022 An invitation to help with Goldis healing
23.01.2022 An offering of Love . For these Times of Love
22.01.2022 Horses have brought me back to this sacred truth time and time again
21.01.2022 Learning to live from a place of open hearted compassion for ourselves and for all living beings is everything really
21.01.2022 Snowman had an amazing jumping talent. Some horses are champion teachers and therapists (Im sure Snowman was that aswell )
20.01.2022 With the new Facebook rules now in place Ive decided its better to be safe than sorry! NOTE: I DO NOT GIVE FACEBOOK PERMISSION TO SHARE ANYTHING OF MINE., THAT I HAVE PUT ON THEIR SITE, . PICTURES, CURRENT OR PAST POSTS, PHONE NUMBERS OR EMAILS.. ABSOLUTELY NOTHING CAN YOU USE IN ANY DESIRED MANNER WITHOUT MY WRITTEN PERMISSION OR VERBAL CONSENT
18.01.2022 Rep. Barr Successfully includes Equine Therapy to Veteran Suicide Prevention Bill
18.01.2022 Can any equine assisted therapists in Aus or NZ interested in the set up of a peak body for our field, please fill this in. It takes about 10 mins.
18.01.2022 Clearly, some link between horses and the human psyche was surfacing. I've since learned that there is a branch of psychoanalysis, pioneered by Carl Jung, that ...tries to weave a balance between the outer world of action and events and the inner world of dream, fantasy and symbolism. A distinguishing feature of Jungian analysis is the concept of archetypes, symbols rising from the dark, deep psychic pool of the collective unconscious where humanity's common experience is stored. Archetypes express a complex of images and emotions that surround the defining experiences of human life. Examples include the Hero, the Divine Child, the Great Mother, Transformation, Death and Rebirth. They are the same for us all, no matter who we are or where we come from. It's as if they are built into the wiring of our brains. And one of the most commonly recurring archetypes is - you guessed it - the Horse. The Horse archetype throughout the ages has been closely linked with our instinctive, primal drives. Jung thought the Horse's appearance could signify instincts out of control. The horse evokes intense feelings and unbridled passion instead of cool, collected thought. In many different situations and in many different ways, horses were enabling people to make contact with feelings they'd buried deep inside their shadow. There didn't seem to be any doubt that equine-assisted therapy worked. The question was, why? Horses, by embodying one of the deepest archetypes in our consciousness, most definitely stir us up. All those things that are buried away or girdled safely up start swirling around in our psyches. Horses can be a direct connection into the unconscious. When we look at a horse, and especially when there's a horse strutting across the pen in front of us, we see the flesh-and-blood incarnation of powerful forces bottled up within us that we wish we had the guts to saddle and ride. These are the forces that Jung called the shadow self. We know those forces could take us to our dreams and turn us into our best selves. We also know those forces could destroy us. That's why we bottle them up in the first place. And when such hidden feelings are stirred-up and agitated, that's when we have the chance to work with them and learn to control them. Horses give us this opportunity. They do this to us whether we're aware of it or not. But what a powerful tool to be able to use consciously! Carl Jung also talked a lot about life's paradox, and how important the embrace of seeming contradictions is as we travel the never-ending journey towards becoming fully human. Horses, which can both free us or hurt us, embody this paradox. How we handle this paradox in the arena becomes a metaphor for how we handle it everywhere. Only in this case, it's such a potent and direct metaphor, that we can use it to change our reality. Horses force us to face our shadow selves. Once we do that, we discover much greater freedom, exhilaration and inspiration as we go forward in life. -- Chris Irwin, author of Horses Don't Lie
16.01.2022 I cant believe this was almost 3 years ago! I loved working with the Cape Clear Primary students so much . Its also lovely to see a photo of sweet sweet Maddie, who is now in spirit .
16.01.2022 You are the wisdom
14.01.2022 This is a beautiful and insightful piece on recovering from trauma
14.01.2022 Great reminder! Horses are masters at supporting us to ground and breath.
14.01.2022 Moving piece about Equine Therapy. Good luck with your fund raising Dean Mighell
12.01.2022 Would you like to know what Equine Therapy is? I often get asked what the horses and I do. This is a great synopsis of what EAP can offer:
12.01.2022 Hi everyone Ive been waiting to have some solid news to give you an update. Goldi came home on Saturday- 2 weeks early! She had removed the line into her eye and the dressing was ready to be removed from her back. Given she no longer has a line in, I can administer her eye drops from home. I was hugely relieved. However administering anti-fungal and antibiotic drops into the eye of a horse who is really really over it hasnt proved to be easy. I was very lucky to have help f...rom a dear friend, but I was honestly looking at options such as daily sedation or taking her back to the vet, when we turned a huge corner today. I sat with her, with my soul sister Sabina and her herd holding space for us via the phone and Goldi accepted the drops. I administered them again tonight. I am so so grateful to so many people. To the people who have so generously donated money for her surgery and care, to all those who have sent healing, and those who have been here on the ground helping me physically, I am so grateful . Without my global and local community I would not have been able to support Goldi like this. I believe the ripple effects of this healing collaboration are quantum. Thank you We have 2 more weeks of treatment to go. Ill keep you updated. Right now Im on cloud 9 See more
12.01.2022 What a beautiful beautiful horse
11.01.2022 This study provides empirical evidence for what we all know. Being around horses makes you feel better. PTSD scores in Military Veterans significantly lowered after participating in a therapeutic horse program
11.01.2022 This is a lovely piece about horses providing support to people dealing with grief. I love seeing other horses around the world offering support the way mine do. Sitting like this, Is my favourite way to share the herd
11.01.2022 Equine-Assisted Therapy, particularly Equine-Facilitated Psychotherapy, can have positive results for those who are recovering from substance abuse, trauma, depression, or a number of other psychological issues
10.01.2022 This is an excellent description of PTSD and a beautiful example of helping horses to heal. Id like to add that therapy horses can also offer this remediation of PTSD in humans
10.01.2022 Horsewisdom is no longer offering 1:1 equine psychotherapy sessions. Temporarily closed. Meditation with horses TBA ... Love to All
10.01.2022 A lovely demonstration of meditation with horses from beautiful Alejandra Lara. Im so looking forward to offering more meditation circles here in Victoria Australia when the weather warms up!!!
09.01.2022 This is an excellent description of PTSD and a beautiful example of helping horses to heal. I’d like to add that therapy horses can also offer this remediation of PTSD in humans
09.01.2022 HARNESSING THE HEALING POWER OF HORSES WAs remote Kimberley region has a rich pastoral history, but it also has one of the worlds highest Indigenous youth ...suicide rates. Now, a new program is helping young people cope with lifes challenges. Watch the full story this Sunday on Landline.
09.01.2022 Hi everyone I’ve been waiting to have some solid news to give you an update. Goldi came home on Saturday- 2 weeks early! She had removed the line into her eye and the dressing was ready to be removed from her back. Given she no longer has a line in, I can administer her eye drops from home. I was hugely relieved. However administering anti-fungal and antibiotic drops into the eye of a horse who is really really over it hasn’t proved to be easy. I was very lucky to have help f...rom a dear friend, but I was honestly looking at options such as daily sedation or taking her back to the vet, when we turned a huge corner today. I sat with her, with my soul sister Sabina and her herd holding space for us via the phone and Goldi accepted the drops. I administered them again tonight. I am so so grateful to so many people. To the people who have so generously donated money for her surgery and care, to all those who have sent healing, and those who have been here on the ground helping me physically, I am so grateful . Without my global and local community I would not have been able to support Goldi like this. I believe the ripple effects of this healing collaboration are quantum. Thank you We have 2 more weeks of treatment to go. I’ll keep you updated. Right now I’m on cloud 9 See more
08.01.2022 Beautiful reaction of this little donkey to see a girl who returns to the place during school holidays! Her language is so clear!!!
07.01.2022 HARNESSING THE HEALING POWER OF HORSES WA's remote Kimberley region has a rich pastoral history, but it also has one of the world's highest Indigenous youth ...suicide rates. Now, a new program is helping young people cope with life's challenges. Watch the full story this Sunday on Landline.
05.01.2022 Wow I have to share this!
04.01.2022 My beautiful and incredibly talented friend Mary MillerJordan has created this visual of the horse heart field, which is 5 x the size of the human heart field. Thank you Heartmath Institute for studying this
04.01.2022 I so relate to Horse time!!! Kairos (the sense of time horses live in) : a time when conditions are right for the accomplishment of a crucial action : the opportune and decisive moment ... Chronos (the sense of time humans often live in) : chronological or sequential time
03.01.2022 This is so important and one of the reasons Horses make great therapeutic companions - The way I see most Mental Health Campaigns, including R U Ok Day, is that theyre managed by inspirational leaders, created with jaw-droppingly good intent but based on (unfortunately) old science! Like most frameworks of the modern Western World - they focus on behavioural change. Specifically, reaching out and talking to someone.... What we now know is that a brain that is highly anxious, traumatised, depressed, shut down or in survival mode is a brain that will find talking exceptionally difficult! And the more overwhelming those mental experiences, the harder any cognitive process (including talking) will be! We are effectively asking the most vulnerable people in our society to do something they cant possibly do! This is devastatingly unhelpful. If we could move all of the mental health campaigns away from the talk to someone rhetoric and towards what recent research shows us to be true, wed be focusing on regulating the nervous system, not talking. On connection, before communication. Educating the world about how to lower a highly aroused nervous system, so that our limbic system can calm down, so that our body can unclench, so that our cognitive functioning begins to return. So that eventually we might be able to form analytical thoughts, make sense of our experiences and take steps to get better. This is 100%, hand on heart, devastatingly critical to our future. And it isnt just my opinion, its science. Until we shift the focus of mental health campaigns from behavioural action to regulatory action we will have a world filled with people doing the only thing they possibly can. Staying safe. Which involves functioning at our best, smiling, carrying on and holding it together. Because a world that asks of us that which we cant possibly do is not a safe place. And in THAT world talking isnt an option, its an impossibility. xxx #connectionbeforecommunication
03.01.2022 When this former solider developed PTSD it was horses that helped him heal.
02.01.2022 Update: I am overwhelmed by the love and generosity which has flowed towards Goldi and me. I was hoping to post an update about her recovery, but Im yet to hear back from the vet and I wanted to share the impact you have had so far. Yesterday I was in shock and awe as the money flooded in. As well as feeling relief and gratitude, I experienced an expansion of heart and mind as I was stretched to receive what was being offered. I have heard money is a form of energy so many... times, but Ive never experienced it like this. The energy which I can feel coming towards Goldi and me is truly transformational. We have raised enough to pay for the latest instalment of $1500. Between the Facebook Fundraiser and the Go Fund Me page we are half way there . I believe this is the Christ Currency; the Currency of the New Earth. I now believe and FEEL how every cent we give to each other is HEALING the old financial paradigm. Thank you on every level. See more
02.01.2022 Insightful study on Equine Assisted Therapy with Children and Young People
02.01.2022 I offer meditation with the herd to individuals and groups. Its really a transformative experience. Its great to see it blossoming around the world
01.01.2022 Evidence for what I experience each week at Horsewisdom: Humans benefit from being in the presence of horses.
