Unbridled Freedom

16/11/2025

Friendship: a mutual relationship built on affection, trust, respect, and support. Friendship enjoys companionship, sharing experiences, and being there for one another through both good times and bad. Key components include honesty, empathy, active listening, and a willingness to forgive and grow together.

10/11/2025

"Curious... Verrrryyy Curious..."

(Harry Potter)

09/11/2025

Be the person to "shake it off". Your body will thank you for it.

🐴✨ SHAKING OFF THE SPOOK ✨🐴

Ever watched a horse spook, snort, and then shake it all out before going back to grazing?

That’s regulation in action — their nervous system saying, “I’m safe again.”

Humans forget to do that part.
We hold it in.
We tense, apologise, keep it polite, stay “professional.”
Meanwhile, our body never gets the message that the danger’s over.

So today’s challenge:

Shake like a pony who’s just had a good spook.
Loosen your shoulders. Wiggle your fingers. Bounce your knees.
Let your body do what it’s built to do — complete the stress cycle.

Because regulation isn’t always stillness.
Sometimes it’s a good shake, a deep sigh, and a reminder that you made it through.

🧠💛

24/10/2025

It was a joy to have this wonderful school visit.

21/10/2025

This speaks to human behaviour as much as to horse behaviour.

17/10/2025

What a treasured morning. A beautiful group of ladies arrived at the "Tending to the Garden of your Heart" mini retreat.

16/10/2025

As I walked on the farm I noticed the tiny treasures hidden between the thick grasses. Just as in everyday life, tune the self to notice and appreciate the tiniest beauty and blessing amidst the thicket of a busy life, running here and there, watching the clock, wrestling with hardship. Be expectant that you will see the smallest joys and breathe them in to know there is more beauty just around the corner.... despite what's happening all around.

11/10/2025

Holiday fun continued.... connect... and navigate!

11/10/2025

Boy oh boy! This holiday club was fun. The children explored concepts and opportunities to: 'build', 'connect', 'navigate'.
They shared moments of critical thinking, working together, communicating, creativity, friendship, and fun!

11/10/2025

🧠 PDA: Pathological Demand Avoidance… or Persistent Drive for Autonomy? 🐴

Words matter.

They shape how we see behaviour — and how we treat the people behind it.

“Pathological Demand Avoidance” was coined to describe individuals (often neurodivergent) who appear to resist everyday demands, even ones they might enjoy.

But the real story isn’t pathology… it’s protection.

At Equimotional, we prefer the term... Persistent Drive for Autonomy.
A nervous system doing its best to stay safe in a world that often feels controlling.

Because avoiding demands isn’t about being defiant or difficult.
It’s about the need for agency.
It’s about survival through control.
It’s about a body saying “I’ll only engage when I feel safe enough to choose.”

When we swap labels for understanding, we stop asking “What’s wrong with them?” and start asking “What do they need to feel safe, respected, and in charge of themselves again?”

And that tiny shift?
It changes everything for children, for adults, for horses, for all of us.

08/10/2025

Every moment of every day and every interaction, they will tell you a story. Are you curious enough to listen?