Sand Hill Stable

08/30/2025

Gidget likes heights.

08/29/2025

We had the pleasure of providing group lessons for these 3 siblings for the past few weeks. These lessons were a Christmas gift from their grandmother.
On the last day of their lesson package, they showed up in shirts with their lesson horse's name across the back. It's been a pleasure working with these kids and watching their confidence grow and as well as their relationship with the lesson horses.
How does it get any better than this!?

08/27/2025

Sign up for fall lessons. Enrollment ends September 8th.

08/27/2025

Don't forget that our first Donkey Experience is coming up on September 1st!
Join us from 10am to 1pm for a soul led journey with our lovely herd of donkeys.
Center yourself for the upcoming week with a drumming meditation, followed by time with the donkeys on a hike, and then enjoy watching the donkeys create a memorable piece of artwork for you to take home!
Cost: $45
Light refreshments will be provided
(Photo Credit: Images by Angela)

08/27/2025

Beautiful sky this evening after wrapping up barn chores.

08/25/2025

Last week, my chiropractor obliged me with an experiment for my overdue chiropractic appointment. This time, her other horse, Liberty, joined us as Holly (the one who insisted on helping with my left arm a few weeks back) was unavailable due to a minor injury. We set up the table in the arena, I used the plywood so I'd have an area free of sand to stand on without my shoes, and Sarah brought Liberty in. This was Liberty's first time being loose in the indoor and also assisting Sarah. It took Liberty the first half of my session to realize she had a role she could play. When big shifts were happening, she'd come over and hold space, then she'd wander away until the next energetic shift. It was a little bit disorienting to be lying on the table and see the body of the horse walk just past my head like a big chestnut whale. I had to resist the urge to reach out and touch her as she passed by. Overall, though, this was an amazing experience having the horse be present during this session and witnessing her realizing she, too, could help heal alongside her human. Liberty was much more involved in the following session with Ariel. Will be interesting to see how this horse responds the next time we give this a try!
Horses are just so beautiful & healing! ❤️

08/24/2025

Introducing my new business! Have been steadily working on this behind the scenes. Super excited to see where this takes me and how it will all fit together here at the farm! 🙂

This new business is steadily coming together.
There is still a bit more to do such as building a website, an online scheduling system, email lists, marketing plans, etc. And of course figuring out how this all fits in with life on the farm.
So far I have certifications for the Emotion Code and more recently Access Bars. Both are wonderful types of energy work, and in many ways complement each other well.
The future is indeed looking bright!

08/23/2025

In this episode, host Tamara Lee Barrett sits down with Ivy Starnes of Ivy's Glide Gait, a gaited horse trainer from Fort Worth, Texas. Ivy shares her journe...