Soul Rise Journeys with Animals

13/07/2025

Feel free to follow my story with my horse Braveheart 🐎 and his little herd of horses and donkeys 🫏 Sharing conscious connection with animals. We are also on Instagram

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08/07/2025

So often, horses are seen only through the lens of what they do, how well they perform, how many ribbons they’ve won, how quiet they are under saddle. But, horses are so much more than the roles we assign them.

A horse doesn't need to earn their right to exist. Their value isn't tied to a job, a task, or a title. They are not machines or tools, they are sentient, soulful beings with presence, wisdom, and hearts that speak in silence.

Spiritually, horses are teachers. Healers. Mirrors. Even in stillness, they offer so much. Their energy grounds us. Their breath reminds us to return to our own. Their way of being, sensitive, present, intuitive - is a lesson in how to live more connected to the natural world and to ourselves.

Some horses may no longer be rideable. Others may never have been "useful" in the traditional sense. But they still have purpose. Their purpose is in being, in offering companionship, in sharing space, in reminding us that worth is not something to be earned. It simply is.

Let us honour them not just for what they can do, but for who they are.
Let us love them wildly, even if they never carry us.
Let us make space for them to just be.

Because every horse deserves a life of peace, respect, and love, simply for being a horse. 🐎🤍

06/07/2025

This is a repost(ish) but well worth repeating. Many of you have heard me harp on harness fit time and again. Having spent decades evaluating harness fit in working dogs of all types with thermal imaging (as well as having years of working and active dog experience combined with a strong biomechanics knowledge base) using front-clipping or "Gentle Leader" type harnesses only guarantee more structural stress in active dogs that makes for more work for me and other chiro/sports med colleagues. PLEASE only use harnesses that fit with proper ergonomics! [NOTE: I've tweaked the English & syntax in the added-on description below so it might read a little differently.]

"All dog owners should know this fact! A harness like this is a terrible injustice to your pet!! AVOID USING THIS TYPE OF HARNESS !

In a dog's forward movement, a harness with a tape that crosses its chest from side to side hinders it in the same way humans would bother going hiking with an elastic band holding their arms. Physiological movement of the front extremity is prohibited. Just like rubber would inhibit the pendular movement of our ARMS.

Thanks to the "Study of Canine Movement at the University of Jena", we now know that in the dog, the center of rotation of the front limb is at the top of the scapula, but in the human the center of rotation in the arm is in the shoulder (head of the humerus). Jena's study demonstrates, among other things, the importance of scapular movement for dog locomotion. Now we understand the importance of taking into account the free movement of the dog's shoulder when choosing a chest harness.
That means there SHOULDN'T be bands across the scapular (orange) area, and they shouldn't cross the chest side to side either.

From the point of view of biomechanics and physiotherapy, it is recommended not to choose getting harnesses that have a strap that goes through the chest laterally, or that have straps that touch or press the scapula.

Always lean towards harness models with ERGONOMIC design, to allow maximum freedom of movement for your dog, improve his well-being and safety during his walk.
Source : REAL CEPPA"

25/06/2025

Reason no 1547386 of why humans are beneath the animal species. An animal rescuer, popular on social media, has died by su***de. Mikayla Raines founded Save a Fox and gathered more than 2 million subscribers on YouTube with her activism. Despite her work rescuing foxes from fur farms, her husband says she was subject to bullying online. Mikayla Raines was 29.

The WORST part? People are STILL bullying her, even in death. Some despicable human on a news post wrote: "If you can't take the heat get out of the kitchen." VILE. That's all I have to say. Humans can be VILE. Many humans do not deserve to breathe the same air as innocent animals. Humans are NOT the superior race, I am sorry. We are inferior because our ego, greed and hatred consumes us to the point that we do not care about anyone or anything else. If you spent more time with animals you would realise this. How emotionally dysregulated you are. How much s**t you carry, how much you hurt others by projecting your pain onto them, animals included. Animals could teach you if you let them and stopped thinking you are better than them. THEY KNOW the way, they know how to BE. To be alive and present. If we just took our heads out of our asses we could save ourselves and the animals, but no, we focus on war, hate, money. If you come at me I will block you. I won't tolerate people who have no compassion or empathy for others or animals.

DEEP BREATH.

If you are a rescuer and you are struggling with online hate and bullying, please know that words are words. You are being challenged and it is all in how you respond. I know it's not that easy. I know it requires immense strength and resilience. But please don't give up. Get help so you can learn to manage the emotions. Unfortunately we know that most rescuers are soft and sensitive and so it's a precarious place to be. I am going to create a course or workshop FOR FREE dedicated to BULLYING to help those who are struggling. It will be available on the Conscious Creator Community once we launch.

24/06/2025

Meet Gryff and Shadow

🌿 Donkey Friends: Gentle Healers in Disguise 🌿

Donkeys may be quiet and unassuming, but they hold a special kind of wisdom. These beautiful souls offer so much more than meets the eye:

🧠 Emotional Intelligence & Calm Presence
Donkeys are deeply intuitive and grounded animals. They can sense your energy and often respond in a calm, non-reactive way. Being around them can regulate your nervous system, reduce anxiety, and help you return to the present moment.

💛 Companionship Without Pressure
Unlike animals who are eager to please or demand attention, donkeys offer a steady kind of companionship. They don’t need you to be anything other than who you are. That kind of acceptance is healing in itself.

🕊️ Teachers of Patience & Trust
Donkeys don’t respond well to force or rushed energy. You earn their trust slowly and gently. This teaches us the value of stillness, presence, and building trust in a world that often moves too fast.

🌾 Grounding & Earth Connection
There’s something earthy and ancestral about donkeys. Their energy is deeply connected to the land, and spending time with them can reconnect you to your own sense of grounding and inner stillness.

🧘🏽‍♀️ Natural Therapists
Whether you're walking alongside them, brushing their coat, or just sitting nearby, donkeys create space for reflection. They are often used in therapeutic settings for people dealing with trauma, anxiety, and loneliness.

🐾 Soulful Eyes & Big Hearts
When you look into a donkey’s eyes, there’s a depth and ancient knowing there. It reminds you to soften, to slow down, and to meet life with gentle curiosity.

24/06/2025

24/06/2025

I know to some people, this is just a horse. Big deal, some people don't even like horses. (Well "some people" don't know what they're missing!) But for me, this is honestly a prayer answered, a dream realised and a blessing that he chose me to be his guardian.
I wish you could understand, what this means to me. I don't want a horse for the usual reasons people want horses, which is to ride or compete or show etc. My reasons are more to do with being able to explore having a deeper connection with horses. Being able to really understand and learn more about them. Having my own horse (and don't get me wrong, we don't own them, we are their custodians) is more about really being able to develop a deeper and more connected partnership on my and on his terms and at our own pace. I love that I have the freedom to go at a rate that serves us both with no expectations and just pure flow in every moment to see where it leads us.

My only goal at this point with Braveheart is to allow him to tell me, show me and teach me what he needs and what he wants as a horse, SO many horses do not have freedom of choice and if I can give ONE horse (for now) agency and sovereignty over their body and choices then I am adding to the collective healing of horses.
I believe Braveheart is here to help me to share wisdom, knowledge and educate people on horses and how we can be better at being their stewards. I believe he has a story to share (as many many horses do) and with my help he will be able to share it ❤ and hopefully create awareness around horse welfare, sentience and horses in general.

I look forward to this journey and feel incredibly blessed to have the honour of being able to do this with him. ❤ I hope that you will all support us on our mission to create awareness. The world needs to hear the animal's voices, we are NOT the only species who is important, all of them are.

23/06/2025

Biologist Alex Jordan was working in the Mediterranean Sea in Corsica, France, testing the abilities of different species of fish to solve complex underwater puzzles, when an annoying problem kept creeping up: Other fish would seemingly swarm the area as soon as they saw him, interfering with the strict parameters of his project.

Jordan and his colleagues believed that the fish were swimming over to him because they recognized him in the water. “People were talking about it in forums and bulletin boards, and in hobbyist magazines, but it had never been scientifically nailed down, and certainly not in the wild,” says Jordan.

So he decided to try to test the phenomenon himself. His findings, published last month in the journal Biology Letters, suggest the fish were using visual cues from the dive gear to recognize the human researchers.