Carr Equine Therapy

04/13/2025

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02/26/2025

Your Horse Feels What You Carry...

Before you even touch the lead rope, your horse is reading you. Your energy, mindset, and emotions set the tone for every interaction.

Next time you approach your horse, try this:
✔ Pause & Breathe – Before stepping into their space, take a slow breath and release any tension you’re carrying.
✔ Check Your Thoughts – Are you already expecting resistance, or are you open to connection?
✔ They will follow your Energy – If they’re unsure, bring calm. If they’re distracted, bring quiet presence.

Your horse isn’t just responding to what you ask—they’re responding to who you are in that moment. The more self-awareness you bring, the deeper your trust will grow.

➡️ Try this today and let us know what you notice! Drop a comment below.

11/04/2024

Makes sense ♥️

Many people are surprised to find that pain is rarely an animals highest priority. `Humans also will endure magnanimous amounts of pain, and if not connected to trauma, the experience will not have a lasting effect.

What does happen when an animal is in pain and forced to do a job against its will? Well that is trauma.

Trauma creates a broken system of social engagement and the animal or person will now ONLY have the primitive defense mechanisms of flight/fight or freeze which makes them 'difficult'

Problem is, taking away the pain, DOES NOT now repair this system and the non painful being will continue on being difficult until the mammalian social engagement system is repaired also.

There are a lot of ways to help horses and other sentient beings find their way back to the emotional homeostasis that goes along with feeling safe.
I have worked on emotional regulation with my horses with Tara Davis through zoom and the results have been life changing for my herd.

Most of MY work addresses both systems which is why it is so effective !!

Did I mention my Nervous System Seminar has received RACE APPROVAL !!! Cant wait to share more about how to optimize performance using the nervous system in 2025 !

10/18/2024

I love the healing progress of this splint bone fracture after 12 weeks of a strict cold laser therapy protocol. Such clean lines 😁

10/16/2024

All of this 🙌
The journey has begun!!! I’m excited and also apprehensive but to better understand the horse & horse/human connection I’m all in.

To change your horse,
you must first,
change yourself.

If you have done any reading on horsemanship, taken lessons , scrolled on Facebook, or searched "Inspirational Horse Quotes" you have probably seen or heard the above quote.

This can be hard to do! We are animals of habit ourselves. We are products of our experiences, regardless of how we have chosen to handle them. Creating new patterns, breaking old and progressing is challenging and uncomfortable.
Changing ourselves to be better for our horse means potentially looking at things we don't want to see, acknowledge or admit. It can also mean looking at greatness we don't believe is worthy or possible. But by challenging ourselves with an open mind and dedication we can create shifts that are fulfilling and beneficial.
As I go further down my own horsemanship journey I dig deeper into lifemanship. I am hungry for greater understanding and insight, for my horse, myself, my family and for those I work with....it's all connected. Shining light on areas of need hasn't always been easy, but oh so incredibly rewarding.
I enjoy supporting, inspiring and guiding horse and handler. I am passionate about better understanding the horse, to help the horse be better understood.
Horsemanship isn't about the destination, but the journey.
Another true inspirational quote ;)