Taffy

I am free to be a rebel to help others be free. I learned this from a horse. Yes, you read that correctly, from a horse. Today was day two of Natures Horse, a three day workshop during which the horses pick the person they want to work with, the horses sense and feel human energy and respond to it and the HUMANS, learn to listen and look for signs from their horse partner when they are stuck, when there has been an ephany, and when there is the ahhhhhh, I see and now I know kicks in.  My horse was a lot like me, he is a pony named Taffy and he thinks he is a big horse. He is strong and can take a lot of pressure and he is sure footed and won’t take any guff from larger horses. He goes along, not to get along, but when he feels it is the right choice. He is a bullshit detector and when I didn’t stay strong and convicted in the Truth, he turned away from me and would not make eye contact, as if to say, that’s horseshit and you know it.  He taught me that I can wait, that if I stay, the powerful learning that is the reward is worth the wait. I also learned I don’t have to work~I don’t mean this in the traditional employment sense of the word, I mean that relationship is a forward and back, a step into and a step back with each partner in the dance having the freedom to chose.  At one point in my stall time with Taffy, there was a stand off, where I could not connect with him. This is when my workshop leader, Susan Morel, stepped in and began coaching me after asking what I thought was going on.  Susan suggested I speak to Taffy and ask for help…I sat on the floor in the stall and spoke to Taffy, poured out my desire to be free, without constraint, untethered by fear. Taffy turned to me, looked at me and nodded, stretched into down dog and came near. A horse heard my need to be free and as a free creature, he acknowledged me, reassured me, let me know I am on my way, to being a free rebel that helps others to freedom. Much love to more horsey soulmate, Taffy.