Dana is an Equine Massage Therapist,  Energy Worker for horses & humans, and a wild horse advocate who eloquently speaks volumes about her work - and something you may not have heard of, but you should know about: Active Pendulum Dowsing.

This episode truly needs little introduction. To preface, though as I like to do, I’ll simply share some highlights that we get into in this interview. Also, I’m excited to say that Dana is offering 15% off of her offerings to Members of The Herd who support the podcast. So enjoy the episode, and get in on this deal if you’re as curious about this mind-blowing modality as I am!

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Wild horses spark inspiration in our hearts and minds, but that isn’t all that they fuel. They are also source of hundreds of years of controversy and debate, that continues to this day in the not-so-wild west.

This episode is about my journey coming to know wild horses, from an activists perspective, then a trainer’s perspective, a guardian’s perspective and then finally from the perspective of a researcher. In this episode I’ll be sharing all about the history of the wild horse in North America, as well as their present day plight, and why it’s even of consequence. The main reason I’m devoting this episode to wild horses, though, is because over the last decade I have essentially voluntarily and figuratively been dragged away by wild horses. I wouldn’t be where I am today without their influence in my life.

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An Equine Therapy Facilitator, Earth Intuitive, Seer, and Space Holder, Ashley Frye speaks to the importance of “letting the wisdom of our bodies supersede any doubts we have about a particular path in life.”

I was nothing short of blown away during my conversation with Ashley. She shared about the many paths she’s walked - as a high school educator for eleven years, a birth doula, a space holder for people to heal using photography and videography as her medium, and more. I’m so grateful for Ashley’s authenticity and courage as we delved into the shadows of what it’s like to have an incredible innate gift to channel, intuit, and work with Earth Medicine, only to fear being ostracized by the dominant culture.

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Maureen is a pioneer and leading expert in the field of equine craniosacral therapy. She is the founder of Equine CranioSacral Workshops - an international education program that offers the most extensive program of study. She founded her program in 1999 and has over twenty years of teaching experience.

A really big takeaway from this episode is that there are amazing therapies available at our fingertips. Craniosacral being a very profound one. I’m eager to learn more about craniosacral in my continuing education as a bodyworker. And for you listening out there, even if you don’t learn to do cranial yourself, I hope you seek out a practitioner to experience it for yourself, and for your horses. Experience for yourself how the body responds when it is truly, deeply listened to. I believe that’s when “miracles” happen. 

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Jordan practices what she calls equine soul work, offering a blend of somatic work, depth psychology and nature based practices to women while also educating people about botanical medicine, and how to bring herbs into our horse care and self care.

Jordan is a lifelong horsewoman, herbalist, and marketing maven. She has been practicing herbalism for 25 years, and is a plant medicine woman in her blood and bones as her great grandmother was an indigenous healer in Oaxaca, Mexico. She offers workshops, classes, and wellness consultations on how to offer plant medicine to horses.

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You might have heard about the wonders of Equine Facilitated Therapies such as Gestalt, or maybe you’ve experienced them for yourself. In this interview with Kelly Dukarski of A Wild Omen, we dive into the ooey-gooey  life changing center of what tapping into healing with horses is all about. Kelly is an Equine Gestaltist who partners with horses to offer a somatic healing experience in which clients are able to clear trauma from the body, reclaim their happiness, and embrace the beauty of who they are.

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Our work in this life is to live in a way that brings balance to our elemental constitution. Ayurveda teaches us that disease can be caused from becoming distorted from our true nature. I don’t know about you, but I’ve experienced Nature “correcting me on my path” countless times. We can do everything we can to “make things happen”, but if Nature has other plans for us, she’ll make them happen. Nature always wins. The key is, and what we’re really getting into in this episode, is how to not be in conflict with Nature… our nature and our horse’s to be exact.

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It was a joy and actual breath of fresh air to speak to Kathryn. She inspired the name of this episode by unabashedly acknowledging those seemingly larger-than-life and at times, intimidating aspects of pursuing healing in the horse world, while simultaneously bringing an immense amount of grace through her intentionality, vulnerability, and thoughtfulness.

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Are you in touch with your emotions? Do you validate the emotions of other animals? Emotions are innate and greatly influence our physical health.

Ayurveda acknowledges that every organ and tissue in the body is governed by an emotion. Emotions are innate and healthy to experience. Emotions can cause problems, though, when we dissociate, deny, suppress, or leave them unaddressed. And they can become especially problematic when we deny the emotions that other animals are experiencing.

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Trent is a long rider, saddle maker, leather craftsman and all-around devotee of the old, wild ways with a so-called “addiction to packing.” Listen to learn about how Trent defines the word ‘wild’, how to coexist with fear and the belief that everything you want in life is on the other side of fear, and debunking the myth that horses are a ‘luxury’, and centering horse-human relationships as rich collaboration with endless potential.

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Nica is an amazing artist describes her work as drawing a deeper connection to ourselves, nature & horses. In this interview, we talk about that one horse that changed everything. And for Nika, this was the magic horse Merlin, who put her through a fiery initiation onto an alternative path with horses. we talk about willing partnerships versus relationships based on control. Listen to learn about how difficult horses have the most potent medicine for us, the gift of doing nothing with horses as the greatest gift of all, and unlearning tradition without shaming ourselves or others.

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“It isn’t enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn’t enough to believe in it, one must work at it.” - Eleanor Roosevelt. My feet have never hesitated to walk the walk with horses, but for me, much more daunting is to talk the talk. So here I am, finally putting out the first episode of this show that I’ve dreamed of for many years. This episode is all about my backstory and what led me to start the podcast.

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