When can I use a Horse Work session?

Anytime! 
Horse Work is particularly valuable for joining, leaving and achieving milestones. For example, a Horse Work session when you are launching an idea, project or beginning a new romantic relationship can surface information that could be obscured simply by the excitement of something new! If you’re selling your company, leaving a position or ending a relationship, no matter how long, a session can show you patterns that are ready to be put to rest in your transition so you don’t bring them to your next iteration. They are wonderful milestone markers for anniversaries, birthdays or when you are seeking clarity in your life. 

If you’d like a chat about whether a Horse Work session is right for you, please find time on my calendar here! I'd love to talk with you. 

What is a Systemic Constellation? 

A constellation reveals invisible dynamics in systems like families or businesses through physical representation. Participants or objects stand in for elements of your situation, creating a living map that exposes hidden loyalties, blocks, and potential solutions. Super simple tools, like creating an order, establishing a sense of belonging, and finding moments of accepting and acknowledging ‘what is’, create power shifts in our fields that can reverberate far beyond the experience. 

Systemic Constellations, often called Family Constellations or Family Systems Constellations, were created by Bert Hellenger. He wove his experiences as a trained psychotherapist, priest, shamanism studies, Gestalt approaches, and years of living and learning from the Zulu people’s in South Africa into a phenomenological experience that he calls Constellations. In his native language, German, Constellations can be translated into English as “a combination, a lineup” so it refers to the placement of things in an order. Much of this approach is unusual for it’s inclusivity, like of ancestors, countries of origin and our original systems: Our Families of Origin. The systemic approach acknowledges and works with the awareness of systems as living configurations with an intelligence and implicit and explicit rules that we are loyal to.  

Why add horses into constellation work?

Horses instantly reflect your authentic emotional state – without judgment. They exhibit a high degree of sensitivity to human emotional states (see Pub-Med articles here for the scientific research and discussion on equine assisted experiences). There’s various reasons that have been studied for this, including: their larger electromagnetic field influences ours and we entrain to their greater levels of coherence; we match heart rate variability; they can mirror our authentic feelings and embody them so that we then observe the reflection. Some authors relate this to the horse’s role as “non-prey animals” in that they are exceptionally attuned to their surroundings since they are not predators like us. Others posit it as interspecies evolution towards cooperation and communication for the benefit of both our species.  

I also like to take a very practical approach and consider how a horse’s large ears can hear so much better than mine, perhaps they can even hear my heartbeat. Their large nostrils smell so much better than mine, so perhaps they can smell aspects present in my body, similar to how dogs and rats have been trained to sniff out diseases in humans. And their eyes, the largest eye-to-body ratio of land mammals, can see almost 365 degrees, with 2 blind spots just in front of their heads and behind their tails. So they can visually observe my micro-expressions, movements and posture. I notice physical and emotional differences when I maintain a calm, regulated nervous system with my herd – honoring their sensitivity and awareness of me, with my own sensitivity and awareness of them. This feels like loving, respectful mutual care. 

What should I bring? 

For horse or nature sessions where we will be out of doors, wear comfortable clothes appropriate for the weather, sun protection like a hat or sunscreen, please wear closed-toe shoes (but not steel toes). Bring water for your own comfort, and a journal to write or draw in if you’d like to capture your experience.  
Most importantly is a willingness to try this work, and the possibility of having a more open heart and a different perspective afterwards. You’re invited to bring any personal objects relevant to your intention if you desire. 
(Please leave your pups at home! This is an experience where I invite you to be fully present for it.)
For online sessions, please be in a space where you can relax uninterrupted and are able to be on camera for the entirety of our time together.

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