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Heart Rate Variability & Coherence ~I am sharing this 2025 study on 1.8 million measurements of heart rate rhythms, that...
10/10/2026

Heart Rate Variability & Coherence ~

I am sharing this 2025 study on 1.8 million measurements of heart rate rhythms, that includes R. McCraty from the Heart Math Institute, as a colleague and associate researcher. The study is evidence-based and published in a peer reviewed journal, Scientific Reports by Nature.

HRV, or Heart Rate Variability, is thought to be the next cortisol, with it’s power as a biomarker to register stress increasingly respected in the scientific community.

One of the significant elements of being with horses in an Equine-Assisted Intervention, or EAI, is that your HRV can shift into a positive direction. The positive shift of your HRV is a measurable shift that is associated with more positive emotions, more emotional stability and better cognitive function. Eight rigorously reviewed EAI studies show this.

In other words, when you are with horses in a specific way that allows you to feel respected, safe and notice what arises in your awareness, you shift the rhythms of your heart in a positive direction.

When your heart rhythms shift, they change all the rhythms in your body, bringing you into a state of greater balance, harmony and organization - including your brainwaves. Studies show that this leads to greater self awareness, healing, emotional balance, emotional regulation, and more clear thinking.

These studies help us to recognize and honour the powerful transformative power of the presence of the horse.

New book soon ~Last year, we created a curriculum and book for our retreat, “The Language of the Heart with Horses.” Tha...
10/09/2026

New book soon ~

Last year, we created a curriculum and book for our retreat, “The Language of the Heart with Horses.”

Thank you to a lovely connect with Yasmin Käppeler - Authentic Photography - Fireheart Visions who took these photos today, as well as some stunning conversations this week, I am now entering into the refining stages of the book.

Ancient cultures have traditions where you learn how to deeply sink into a being with nature, where your intelligence of a split-second knowing, awakens.

Horses help us awaken this kind of knowing, often referred to in many ancient traditions as being able to know, and to speak, and to “travel” with the heart.

Last night I spoke to a woman who told me of her ongoing work with warriors who spend two years alone in the wilds, before emerging with this knowing - a knowing of being at one with earth and its creatures, a knowing of where lions are at any moment, so that they can know where to meet the lions to then engage with them to avoid the lions going to their village.

Many years ago, I considered my work with people to be that of being a “journalist of the heart.” There is a way of being either each other, where stories felt deep within the heart can come to life. As we listen to these stories of the heart, space for healing and a re-membering of self and soul occurs. A recall. A retrieval of self and soul.

Spending a year immersed for hours upon end silently amongst horses, they awakened and continue to awaken the lost language of the heart - in myself, and in my clients.

This book weaves together the evidence-based peer reviewed science, the mysticism, the cutting edge science and the physics principles that help us understand, how horses open a space where our heart’s intelligence awakens.

Whether you are exploring your relationship with your horse, simply horse curious, wondering how horses heal and refine leadership through heart intelligence, wanting to recover this lost language, or curious about how animals teach and remind us to actually be humane - which I believe to be a more evolved level of human being - this book is for you.

Planned to launch by the end of 2026, with great love for the creature kingdom and all the wealth it brings.

The Heart Field ~Between science data and reason, between physics logic and research done for us through those funded an...
10/06/2026

The Heart Field ~

Between science data and reason, between physics logic and research done for us through those funded and adequately resourced for research, and between what is sensed and what is read, there is a space.

I welcome you to join me there, where what you sense within is as important as what you learn without. Where, by “in-sourcing” you begin to reclaim yourself, having perhaps lost yourself by too much out-sourcing.

Ancient societies spoke with the heart - not in words, but in energy. Older scientific studies touch on the heart’s electromagnetic field, beginning to show how all of our rhythms are not separate, but weave and flow together.

A new study in 2026 speaks to the potential power of the heart’s electromagnetism to inform the future of health and well being. A new way of living beyond the ivory tower senses, explores and experiences the power of the heart to heal in growing ceremonies and awareness.

We can draw the beads on a string of the scientific articles and principles like beads, together along the “string” of our reason, to gather how powerful the heart of the horse is - as mirror, as co-regulating companion, as guide. We can also ask of ourselves to source from within, the feeling of the shape of the energies of things.

Together, these threads of science and sensing weave a path that we can travel, where we reclaim our Sovereign Nature.

And that, is one way to speak to the energy behind Sovereign Mountain Sanctuary.

New: Sovereign Mountain Sanctuary

Honouring the beginning of this story.

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Identity Integration ~What does “identity integration” mean?We have a structure in the brain called the “insula.” The in...
10/03/2026

Identity Integration ~

What does “identity integration” mean?

We have a structure in the brain called the “insula.” The insula is where we are self referential, in other words, where we internally make reference to ourselves. For example, when faced with a decision, we consciously it unconsciously, refer to ourselves idea of who we are, and thus decide to choose what we do based on who we believe we are.

When we refer to this definition of self - this identity - we can refer to the True Self, or the False Self. Understanding that we have a True Self and a False Self is the work of Carl Jung, and he had powerful results with his approach, which has influenced many of our ideas today.

When we view our True Self and our False Self, with an absence of judgement or at least, imagining what it would be like to view our self without judgement, we can shift our behaviour. When we become aware of blind spots in our perception of either the True or False Self, we gain more mastery over our inner state. The shift in our inner state, then has a ripple effect into the world, in how we show up.

When we become aware of deeper levels of our True and False Self, we can then integrate this information to become whole. Horses help us do this on a deeper level. Horses live in an awareness of energy that is, in some ways, much mire sophisticated than ours. Through the laws of physics, we can understand that this is due to their large hearts, and large electromagnetic fields, and the quality of their large electromagnetic fields when they are cared for in specific ways that honour horse welfare and well being.

This year, we are thrilled to announce two new “places” to explore your identity, and to more deeply integrate for shifts in your daily life.

At Sovereign Mountain Sanctuary, Sovereign Mountain Sanctuary we hold programs for healing with psychiatric based Neuro-Equine treatment that is complimentary and alternative, designed for stable clients for equine-assisted psychotherapy.

At Starkeeper Stables, Starkeeper Stables we hold programs for executives, doctors, and leaders for leadership development and other coaching with horses.

More details coming soon …

Psychotherapy with Horses ~For burnout, sleep issues, anxiety and working health care provider vicarious trauma and comp...
09/28/2026

Psychotherapy with Horses ~

For burnout, sleep issues, anxiety and working health care provider vicarious trauma and compassion fatigue.

Are you a currently working, high performance individual with great passion for making the world a better place, but struggling with signs of burnout?

Although treatment for burnout isn’t covered by medical services plan, there is a physiological shift that occurs - a shift that complimentary and alternative treatment with horses can help you with.

When the neuroscience of healing is combined with equine-assisted psychotherapy, the results can be profound, especially for burnout.

The integration of horses with therapy has evolved over decades, with more formal recognition beginning in the 1950’s to help veterans heal. A study from 2025 in the journal of BioMed Ventral Complimentary Medicine and Therapies by Norwegian researchers speaks to how horses have been shown to bring an element of joy and ease to the therapy process, in addition to increasing somatic awareness and easeful symbolic and metaphor.

The growing field of Equine Assisted Psychotherapy, or EAP, has its roots in ancient practices where being with healing horses was known for bringing insight, balance and vitality. A recent study in 2020 in the Netherlands found that EAP has positive results, especially in improving the quality of a capacity for interpersonal and self trust within clients. Also, stronger motivation was observed, and greater resilience. What was found to be remarkable, was the relatively short duration / low number of sessions required to create lasting healing.

We are thrilled to softly launch our new program for Equine Assisted Psychotherapy at Sovereign Mountain Sanctuary with our herd and land.

We will share more details about how to apply, the three tiers of engagement, and what our unique offering involves with the rare combination of the wisdom of the horses, the neuroscience of healing, intuition and insight, and the beautiful way that psychotherapy with a psychiatrist can elevate your being and heal your burnout.

Where the Horse takes you ~Into a rich silence full of beauty, into a quiet that feels like home, into a remembering of ...
09/23/2026

Where the Horse takes you ~

Into a rich silence full of beauty, into a quiet that feels like home, into a remembering of our Wild Nature, and the deep comfort that comes from that knowing.

Magical Land & Horses ~A lazy rainy Friday morning post. Few words. Just feelings captured by Photography by Audrey May
09/11/2026

Magical Land & Horses ~

A lazy rainy Friday morning post. Few words. Just feelings captured by Photography by Audrey May

Ancient Roots ~Healing with horses has ancient roots. In some ancient languages, the wisdom from horses is referred to a...
09/10/2026

Ancient Roots ~

Healing with horses has ancient roots. In some ancient languages, the wisdom from horses is referred to as older than language itself.

Indigenous cultures, including many Native American peoples, regarded horses as spiritual allies and guides. Horses were acknowledged as “kin” rather than animals.

Many healing traditions and ceremonial experiences involved horses for emotional centering and guidance. The Lakota held ceremonies where individuals would attune to horses in silence, allowing emotional expression, healing and ancestral wisdom to surface through the shared presence with horses.

Ancient Germanic peoples tended to white horses in sacred groves, never using the horses for riding, only for healing and accessing intuitive guidance.

In ancient China, horses - called “ma qi” - were honoured for helping humans become invigorated and balance life force energy.

In Mongolian traditions, time spent with horses was recognized as restorative, reinforcing a sense of balance with the natural world.

We now know, through the practical applied laws of physics and electromagnetism, that horses help us literally rebalance our energy fields - including our brainwaves, our electromagnetic heart field, our heart rate variability. In research studies, the power that horses have to help us access hidden and needed truths to heal, find insight, and grow leadership strength, is increasingly verified.

We are living in a time, where ancient knowing and scientific assessment are blending to support us to further trust, and further lean into, the beauty and intelligence that horses bring us.

Coming soon …. healing with horses.

The Book ~When we understand how a feeling of being safe shifts our perception of ourselves and the world, we improve ou...
09/09/2026

The Book ~

When we understand how a feeling of being safe shifts our perception of ourselves and the world, we improve our ability to adapt.

This is not just a cliche or statement - this is a neuro-biological fact.

When we improve our sense of safety by balancing the brainstem, we enter into a non-verbal state where the psyche reveals what we need to heal, how we need to grow and where we can find the hidden answers to our dilemmas.

When we support our clients to deepen into a sense of safety that exists within, our clients have insight, and can shift how they understand relationships, success, leadership and more.

What is simply so beautiful, is that horses offer a compassionate frequency of emotional safety, in a place of deep non-verbal honesty, where truths that are needed can be revealed.

The beauty of these profound moments can’t be explained fully in words. However, they can be more deeply understood with the language of neuroscience.

The horse has a proportionally, very large brainstem area - the brainstem and cerebellum - which is the first part of the Three Part Brain. They live in a world where safety is key.

Humans need to balance the brainstem before true learning or understanding or healing can occur. However, the human has a proportionally small brainstem area. So, the horse becomes a needed and powerful ally in bringing humans to a place of safety.

Thos is why people are increasingly drawn to horses. For those of working with horses in equine facilitated interventions, understanding the brainstem is useful to further the understanding in our clients, and help them to take this work and these experiences with a beautiful seriousness of appreciation - so that the horse session can transform their daily lives. In this way, the horse is seen for it’s beautiful, compassionate, energetic and unique neurobiological intelligence.

We explain this further in our book, a collaboration between Hillary Schneider and myself Dr Maia Love that furthers the teachings of the Horse Medicine Leadership academy.

Where to get our book?

Amazon, or the Horse Medicine Leadership website store.

Title: Horses & Neuroscience: The Book

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