The Dance of Grief + Gratitude

The Dance of Grief + Gratitude

We are all experiencing so many different emotions from moment to moment as we continue on this marathon amid the pandemic. For me days are filled with deep gratitude for what is going right and for every comfort that is still in my life. Other days feel more bereft...
The Second Arrow: Welcoming Self-Compassion

The Second Arrow: Welcoming Self-Compassion

In Buddhist teaching humans (can) experience two arrows when something perceived as bad happens. The first arrow is the experience itself, the part we cannot change. The second arrow is our reaction to the experience, the guilt, shame, self-blame, the going inward and...
The Unfamiliar Arena

The Unfamiliar Arena

Our friend and trainer Maureen Dunn has been working with our formerly feral mare, Grace, full time for many months. Feral in the way that we couldn’t put a halter on her, couldn’t get near her, took extra precautions to care for her to keep ourselves safe. She...