Grounded Horsemanship

11/30/2025

Self-care isn’t a luxury or something you squeeze in “when you have time.” It’s a way of returning to yourself when life pulls you in a hundred directions. Taking time for yourself can look different depending on the day. Sometimes it’s quiet stillness, feeling your breath slow down, letting your nervous system settle. Other times, it’s active: moving your body or choosing nourishing food. The point isn’t what you do — it’s that you choose you and do it!

We are big on groundwork and being grounded here at Leatherman Lane. Both for our humans & our horses. For our humans, being grounded means coming back into the present moment and reconnecting with your own center. It’s noticing your feet on the ground, the rise and fall of your breath, the thoughts in your mind without judging them. When you ground yourself, you create space between you and the stress around you, which helps you respond rather than react.

As we are near the close of another year, and are preparing to move into a new one, Leatherman Lane is excited to share more of our self-care offerings with you! We hope to encourage everyone to make themselves a priority moving forward, whether here with us or in your own home. Not next year, but today, right now, and to take that practice into the new year as a new routine. Taking time for yourself isn’t selfish, it’s how you stay connected, balanced, and able to show up fully in your life. It’s how you remind yourself that you matter, too.

Self-care, at its core, is permission.
Permission to rest.
Permission to slow down.
Permission to say “no.”
Permission to prioritize your well-being without guilt.

We invite you to join us for group or individual self-care sessions here at the farm, including but not limited to:
Yoga
Forest bathing
Breathwork
Tuning forks & chakra work
Massage
Reiki
& mini glamping getaways

Please send us an email at [email protected] with questions and to schedule your self-care session here today!

11/30/2025

THIS is what being grounded means for us humans

11/03/2025

09/16/2025

We are so excited to be expanding our GGrounded Horsemanshipprogram into the meditation pasture and have some amazing women joining us!

Our yoga instructor MMaranda Christine Curry is a RYT Yoga instructor and 2nd degree Usui Reiki Practitioner. Maranda brings her passion for healing and wellness to this farm and welcomes all ages and levels to this sacred space. Through her own healing journey, she has learned how to apply these practices to her life and is passionate about helping you learn how to apply them to yours.

Heidi with CCo Creating Healingis Holistic Wellbeing Certified and practiced in many areas, including Reiki, Resonant Frequency Breathing, Spiritual + Intuitive Energy Healing, Sound Healing therapy, and more. She joins us in the mediation pasture at Leatherman Lane for special sessions and by appointment. You can learn more about Heidi on her website and reach out to her directly CoCreatingHealing.com

We hold restorative yoga sessions at the farm with Maranda on Wednesday mornings at 8am (weather permitting). All ages and levels are welcome (reservation required). Small group sessions are available on other days by appointment.

EQ yoga is held on select Wednesday mornings with horses (reservation required). Small group sessions are available on other days by appointment.

Breathwork sessions with horses are available for participants in the GGrounded HorsemanshipProgram only (past or present). Individual breathwork sessions are available for those not in the program (with the option to join the small group at a later date when ready). These small group sessions are held with horses and do require a specific level of handling and confidence, so are invitation only at this time.

We do have a waitlist to join the Grounded Horsemanship program (for individual groundwork sessions) please send an email to [email protected] with any questions and to be added to the list.

Space is limited for all individual and small group sessions & reservations are required (no drop-ins please). Please DM AAmyMichele Jonesor email [email protected] for pricing and availability. We look forward to welcoming you soon.

09/12/2025

We absolutly love sharing our horses with people in this unique way! The meditation pasture at Leatherman Lane has become a sacred space for yoga, breathwork, and now sound bathing... we love having our Grounded Horsemanship sessions in this area as well and look forward to welcoming new friends here soon! 🙏🩷🙏

09/08/2025

🤎🤎🤎THIS 🤎🤎🤎 If you cannot commit to doing the small things, I do not believe you will ever get to the big things. At least not with ease, consistency, and a level of enjoyment most of us seek. This is worth a read for anyone in a hurry to "get to the next step" without recognizing the importance of doing the small steps often and well first.

There’s an old saying, often attributed to Zen philosophy, that goes:
”Before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment, chop wood, carry water.”
At its core, this phrase reminds us that growth doesn’t come from grand, dramatic moments but through the quiet repetition of simple tasks. In horse training, this wisdom applies more than ever.

It’s easy to focus on the end goal—the polished movements, the seamless transitions, or the picture-perfect ride. But the path to that goal isn’t paved with sudden leaps forward. Instead, it’s built one small step at a time—teaching a nose target, refining a halt, or practicing a soft yield of the shoulders.

The Power of Small Tasks
When we work with horses, each moment spent practicing the basics—standing quietly at the mounting block, pausing to check balance, or resetting posture—lays another brick in the foundation. It may not feel like progress in the moment, but these actions accumulate into habits, trust, and skill.
Chopping wood and carrying water aren’t glamorous tasks, yet they sustain life. In the same way, walking your horse over poles, repeating a yield, or revisiting a simple flexion sustains the learning process. It creates rhythm and reliability, grounding both you and your horse.

No Magic, Just Practice
Training isn’t magic; it’s the art of showing up and doing the work consistently. It’s not about sudden transformations but about small, steady adjustments that eventually lead to something remarkable. Horses thrive on this kind of consistency, where each day builds upon the last.
So the next time progress feels slow, remember the saying. Chop wood, carry water. Keep showing up.
Do the small things well.

06/23/2025

Sometimes, doing something, looks an awful lot like doing nothing... especially in our Grounded Horsemanship program!

But here, we celebrate the wins (both big and small)! We work through the hard, we don't quit, we cry when we need to, we adjust when & where necessary. We learn, we grow, we thrive!!

To you, this probably looks like 2 women just going through a gate a million times. To us, this looks like progress, this looks like a win, this looks Ike the start of something beautiful, and today we're celebrating that!! 🫶🥂

04/25/2025

Learning & Relaxation is always the goal... we achieved both in this session (as did the neighbors)

This was Obi's session, but Vinnie was soaking up all the relaxation and reward he could from his stall & enjoyed it just as much!!