I get asked this all the time! “Vonie – what do horses have to do with weight loss?” 🐴 Here’s the short answer — 💓 Recent studies conducted by the Institute of Heart-Math provide a clue to explain the two-way ′′healing′′ that occurs when we’re close to horses. According to researchers, the heart has […]
Maybe your health isn’t what you want it to be. Perhaps you’ve vowed to go on a diet time and time again only to sabotage your efforts. Or, maybe you keep finding yourself skipping those workouts and plan to do better next week. Before you know it, it’s next month or even worse, six months […]
William Shakespeare was quoted to say, “Our Bodies are our gardens, to which our wills are gardeners.” When I read that quote, I paused and let the words sink in. As I thought about my body being a garden, I considered how many people I’ve met, myself included, who have talked negatively to themselves, and […]
Back in November, I wrote a post called “A War Between Body, Mind, and Spirit.” I want to play on that a little bit more this week, as I had some interesting responses to the email. One subscriber wrote back and told me that they hear too much whispering going on behind them on their […]
Balancing a book and a water bottle on a white plastic chair, I made my way into my horse’s pasture where I would settle myself for some reading and quiet time. Acknowledging my presence, my gelding Cody lifted his head. He immediately lowered it again, satisfied that the chair was something he’d seen before and […]
Once upon a time, I understood the value of my horse as an animal I could groom, ride, spend time with, and enjoy. Other than being happy to be a horse owner, I honestly didn’t understand the significant value of my horse until I went through the Touched by a Horse program, where I began […]
