Desert Vibes, Energy by Bekah

11/13/2025

Theres many opinions about ESA but im grateful she gets experiences like this because of it. Art class with a Donkey! And im grateful to our community! Since Jace has skateboarding at the same time another mama has commited to taking her. She's living her best life!

11/12/2025

It was really cool to see Rescued Hearts Film on the big screen. And to get to be a part of the work at Equine Connections, LLC
Ironically the same family represented from equine connections in the film, inspired part of my journey as well. They showed up for my first meditation with kids at the barn.
The shift felt, seen, and the positive feedback helped fuel everything I do now. And anytime i see them its a joy to chat.
The movie truly showed how little ripples can expand so far and connect us all back together!

11/10/2025

1 in 10 men experience depression or anxiety, and less than half ever get help. (ADAA)

For many men, it’s not because they don’t want to, it’s because of stigma and the societal expectations to push through and stay strong. Talking about what’s really going on can feel impossible when you’ve spent years being told not to feel at all.

That’s where horses can make an impact.

Horses don’t hold the biases that are common with humans, which creates a safe space. This non-judgmental experience provides an opportunity for healing past traumas and provides present-moment connection. Studies show equine-assisted services can reduce symptoms of anxiety, PTSD, and depression by helping people reconnect to their emotions and rebuild trust (American Psychological Association, 2023; National Library of Medicine, 2022).

This , let’s change the conversation around men's mental health.

11/03/2025

Someone recently shared the changes they saw in me since spring...more peace and less chaos. Today i really noticed that...i was present with myself and the kids. I couldn't tell you the last time i felt truly in my body and at peace, its been a while. Today was a good day! And as the kids continue to get older I will continue to seek peace and find joy.

11/01/2025

Hope you all had a great halloween!
Here's to keeping the magic alive.

10/29/2025

Hey everyone! Recently we've been hit with some major car expenses of course at a time where our income has been in a state of transition. I also know its a rough season for many of you...

Soo... I am going to offer some Energy work session deals...

* 45min. Distance Sessions:
pay what you can Donation
* 3, 60min, in your home sessions for $110.00 (within the east valley)
* 1, 60min, in your home session $50.00

Its also a great time to gift or donate towards a session!

Reach out to schedule!

10/22/2025

Equine Connections, LLC Does a great job of being sure the horses all have appropriate jobs and often get refuels in various ways. When I do anything with clients, I team up with the horses they are my partner not the dumpster. We work as a team to hold space for whatever the client needs to let go of. They mirror & communicate things to me that I can than relay energetically, through words, or we can work through with various activities. We create a safe space where the client can be truly seen, heard & held in various ways. Its truly been amazing to see shifts and witness success and not at the expense of the horse.

Let’s be real — personally, horses might be the most emotionally healing creatures we’ve ever known , I know mine are 🩷🙏

But professionally?
They are not the therapist.

They are the co-facilitator.
The boundary bringer.
The soft exhale
The truth without spoken language.

But they are not here to absorb your client’s emotional load hour upon hour.
Not the emotional sponge.
Not the silent fixer.
Not the unpaid mental health professional.

🐴 We hold the container.
✋🏽 We regulate the space.
❤️ We ensure consent — for horses and humans.

This work is powerful — its feels like its almost magic.
It’s trauma-informed. Consent-led. Co-regulated. Boundaried. Ethical.
And deeply relational.

Let’s do it right.

10/22/2025

You cannot train the horse that won't let you train them.

You cannot teach the horse that won't let you teach them.

You cannot administer body work to the horse who won't let you treat them.

You cannot vet a horse that won't let vetting happen to them.

You cannot care for a horse who won't let you care for them.

This is obvious, what is less obvious about this, is that compliance has nothing to do with it.

The great Tina Turner once sang, "What's love got to do with it?". I say "What's obedience got to do with it?" I have often seen leveraged obedience mask deep resentment, and quiet discontent in horses handled skilfully enough to BEHAVE like a happy horse, but not skilfully enough to BE a happy horse.

Just because a horse is DOING it, or allowing it to happen, does not mean they are receptive, or allowing it into their body.

Body Work treatment forced upon a horse is dead in the water in helping them be sounder. Training leveraged onto a horse, no matter how elegant and light it may look, can hide the deep misgivings the horse has about what is being done to them and with what tools. You can shove a medicine down a non-compliant horses throat but that horse will not be easier to handle next time just because you did it.

Which is why I continue to push back against the rhetoric shift in the horse world this year. Influencers whom 12 months ago promoted patience, connection and ethics, suddenly in 2025 came out stridently against the "Horse First" world, but this time using the "Horse First" vocabulary against the community they once spotlighted. The word for that is betrayal.

Let us not forget, that at the root of all training needs to live a horse who trusts you, likes you, and likes what is being done with them enough, that they co-sign whatever task it is that you chose on their behalf.

Without it, it is not Horsemanship.

It's -Manship.

10/16/2025

My kid was sad i wasnt home for dinner last night...
there was some miscommunication.
Instead of feeling guilt, I picked up on the need for connection and I offered time and space to have breakfast together. So thats what we did.
Sometimes things just are and if we can spot the need theres usually a reasonable solution.

How do you create time to connect with those closest to you? In a constant world of go go go, how do you stay connected? Or do you struggle with burn out and feeling disconnected?

10/15/2025

A note about the sound bath meditation with horses...
Equine Connections, LLC
Soul Song Healing Vibrations

I am beyond grateful to have been able to not only bring this event to life but also watch it grow. I also have grown tremendously personally, professionally, in horsemanship, witnessing energy, and learning to write meaningful meditations. Theres been some amazing moments and some challenges. At the end of the season before summer break we had been amazingly consistent. However bringing this back has been a challenge. This is our second month looking at canceling due to lack of attendance. Before you feel any sort of way I get it nor do you have to feel sorry. And im not quite ready to give up on this because so many of you have shown interest and ironically its still connecting me to amazing humans.

With that being said. I can't keep giving energy to something thats continuously not working! My thoughts are to plan one for november if that falls through im skipping December and we may consider trying again in January however there are no gaurantees.

I share this to give you an opportunity to be able to help me keep this going. If it winds up sizzling out just know its only to be able to put energy into other amazing things! 💞

I love you all whether you attend events or just support me behind the scenes!