Sunny Side Horsemanship

Sunny Side Horsemanship Horsemanship trainer and coach. Helping others create connection & build confidence with compassion.

When I teach, my goal is for you to not need me. I want your knowledge to increase and for you to be able to apply that ...
04/24/2025

When I teach, my goal is for you to not need me. I want your knowledge to increase and for you to be able to apply that knowledge without me there to hold your hand through it.

When I teach, I want for you to grow confident in your abilities. For you to feel like you can conquer your fears and reach your goals.

When I teach, I don’t want you to always need me every time you touch your horse. I don’t want you to feel like you can’t do anything without me. I want you to be able to take what I’ve taught you and apply it when I’m not there. I want you to be confident in your ability to listen to your horse and problem solve using the tools you have learned.

I continue to learn both from the horses I put my hands on and from other equine professionals so that I can become better and more proficient at helping you to not need me.

I teach to help you leave me.

Everything means nothing if you can’t find the moments that bring joy, peace, and connection with the life around and in...
04/23/2025

Everything means nothing if you can’t find the moments that bring joy, peace, and connection with the life around and in you.

Life will throw you all the twists and turns. Most times the things you plan will not happen the way you thought and hoped they would go; but that is all part of the lessons that life is meant to teach us. To help us let go of our perception of control, ride the waves that we find ourselves in, and find the way we are actually meant to go through what is here now.

Stay true to your values and make the decisions that hold you true, even when it changes the way you thought you would go. This will bring peace to your soul even if no other understands.

Your fears will scream at you; your inspirations will whisper. Take time to be quiet to find alignment for what is right...
04/22/2025

Your fears will scream at you; your inspirations will whisper.

Take time to be quiet to find alignment for what is right for your life.

What is right will bring joy and passion into your life.

So thankful I’ve had the chance to be part of the journey with this special boy over the last 2.5 years and meet lots of...
04/16/2025

So thankful I’ve had the chance to be part of the journey with this special boy over the last 2.5 years and meet lots of wonderful people along the way. This past weekend we got to have fun at our first riding show.

Happy 2 years to my beautiful baby girl. I am so excited to see how you develop as we begin more training this year.
04/13/2025

Happy 2 years to my beautiful baby girl. I am so excited to see how you develop as we begin more training this year.

Mr nosy butt Anakin is excited to see all the horses and people tomorrow for the clinic here. We’re getting started at 1...
04/04/2025

Mr nosy butt Anakin is excited to see all the horses and people tomorrow for the clinic here.

We’re getting started at 10 am and it’s going to be warm.

To often we take “do unto others” a little bit to literally by giving others what we want for ourselves. Maybe we like q...
04/03/2025

To often we take “do unto others” a little bit to literally by giving others what we want for ourselves. Maybe we like quiet walks in the woods but they love to go out dancing. Maybe we love getting sweets but they’re trying to eat healthier. What we’re all looking for, is to actually been seen for who we really are.

To “do unto others” is more about seeing them for who they are. To realize that the things that make us feel seen and safe are not necessarily what make them feel safe and seen. We have to be willing to look outside of ourselves, our perspective and beliefs to really look at what it is that the other being needs.

To truly love another being we must see things from their perspective, even if it is not what we believe. We must be willing to lay down our ideas of what we think they need and actually give what they desire; to be seen.

To love another being is hard work of being actively present; listening and not thinking of what we’re going to tell them to prove our rightness. It is emotional maturity to understand that they may be in a different place than I and that is part of both of our journey’s to grow. To love another being is a willingness to be proven wrong at times and accepting being right with grace.

When we love others around us how we want to be loved, we find safety, connection, and unity with the world around us.

The art of horsemanship is about learning and sacrifice. Learning and relearning everything we can about every part and ...
04/02/2025

The art of horsemanship is about learning and sacrifice.

Learning and relearning everything we can about every part and subject of the horse, and a willingness to deconstruct and relearn what we have been taught to learn a better way to be ourselves.

Sacrificing our ego, desires, ambitions, and goals when to pursue them would be of harm to the beings we love so much, that we turn knowing them better into a form of art.

You know those times in your life you’re having so much fun and so busy you never take pictures of what you’re doing? Ye...
03/25/2025

You know those times in your life you’re having so much fun and so busy you never take pictures of what you’re doing? Yeah that’s life right now. The weather is beautiful, my barn is full and everyone is getting to come learn with their horses. Enjoy a photo I did manage to take of Astraea. 🤪

I have never know anything quite as peaceful as riding through the open fields with the sounds of the wind and water.
03/20/2025

I have never know anything quite as peaceful as riding through the open fields with the sounds of the wind and water.

Astraea is learning how to drag things. Tried to get my kiddo to video, but his 7yo self can’t hold still long enough. 😆...
03/19/2025

Astraea is learning how to drag things. Tried to get my kiddo to video, but his 7yo self can’t hold still long enough. 😆 I found something I could screenshot though.

If someone might be interested in adopting Astraea outside of the auction at the end of the Mustang Makeover in mid June, I am able to keep her from going through the auction but I have to know by the beginning of May. She is looking for a home, so if no one here is looking to adopt, she will be available via auction at the show.

03/18/2025

Liam’s first big kid trail ride.

As the shadows grow long and the sun begins to hide behind the trees, we head for home because I have yet another to rid...
03/17/2025

As the shadows grow long and the sun begins to hide behind the trees, we head for home because I have yet another to ride. 😆

I love riding in fluffy arenas. It makes the rides so much more enjoyable.
03/14/2025

I love riding in fluffy arenas. It makes the rides so much more enjoyable.

Every job I have ever wanted has involved being around horses all day. My Dad told me I’d outgrow horses, then when I st...
03/14/2025

Every job I have ever wanted has involved being around horses all day. My Dad told me I’d outgrow horses, then when I started training professionally he told me one day I’d grow up and get a real job.

Well I’m happy to inform everyone that I haven’t grown up yet; though my business does support my entire family. I am so truly blessed to have a constant stream of beautiful, wonderful horses to always keep my days busy from sun up to sundown and the so many wonderful people who I am so thankful entrust their equine family to me temporarily. ❤️

Sometimes I get one to ride that feels more like play than work.
03/13/2025

Sometimes I get one to ride that feels more like play than work.

He gets to run off energy, I get to save my energy. 😆
03/07/2025

He gets to run off energy, I get to save my energy. 😆

03/06/2025

I love trail training on days like today because it lets me know exactly what I have underneath me and where the horse needs a bit more work.

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Farmville, VA
23901

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