Women Who Run with Horses

On our latest episode we are sharing the expansion of medicine from our mare Dharma. We have experienced in the last month another layer to Dharma and what she suppports, we share the journey that she has been on and some messages she has given for perhaps a theme and guided energy for the new year. A beautiful share of expansion of gifts from Dharma as an invitation and reminder that we too are expanding in who we are.

How do you hold the space of death? On our latest episode we are sharing the recent journey we have been on with 3 of our horses as they have transitions from physical form to a spiritual form. How do we hold death when we are in the midst of it?  How do we listen to those that are asking us to tend them in this space? This podcast is a share of the messages, wisdom and teaching received from our beloved horses Aine, Jack and Shiva that all departed their physical form this week. Join us as we share our journey with them and how horses continue to teach us to tend to and hold the space of death alongside of them.

We are back with a new episode after a hiatus while we run our busy retreat season. Our first episode back we are sharing how we are holding the transition of our gelding Jack. With each horse that we walk this path with, we gain a different lens of understanding how they hold death and what they want us to learn from it. Jack is holding this as his ascension to being a horse ancestor, as if he is being crowned.  This is his journey of sharing his wisdom and also our process with him. Our hope in sharing is that it continues to support when we ourselves are faced with this journey with our beloved companions and to honor the wisdom our horses have to share when they are walking this path with us.

It has been awhile since we recorded an episode, and we had some space and wanted to delve into a personal reflection and also a share around what it means when we stagnate. Stagnation doesn't always mean we are failing, sometimes it means we are being invited into re-alignment and shifting. We don't have to fear stagnation, we simply need to be curious to where it is leading us. We also unpack on this episode of what do we do to continue to support ourselves, our business and our offerings when we are also in the midst of change, evolution and stagnation. Hopefully this gives a shift of perspective that you might also find powerful.

On our latest podcast episode, we are sharing the journey of holding transition for our mare Ostara. Joined by animal communicator and horse medicine facilitator, Brittany Ashworth we speak about the messages Ostara shared in prepartion of her transition, and how helpful it is to have someone hold the space for transition. It is also another share of a journey of a horse consciously choosing her transition process and how we have walked alongside of her through it. Our hope is sharing this journey is supportive for anyone navigating the journey of transition and to share some final messages from Ostara.

On our latest podcast episode, we are sharing the journey of transition with our equine partners and how that journey and path can manifest with each horse. We were inspired to share this episode while speaking to the story of our gelding Shiva, and his own journey of getting close to transition and then deciding to stay. Transition is a fluid path and it is unique to each journey and being that is walking that path. How do we be present to the space of transition for thte being we are walking and holding space for and also ourselves? We share a few stories of our horses and their journey to support where perhaps you are walking this path as well.

On today's episode I am sharing a couple of personal stories of my experience with reincarnation with some animal companions of mine, and also where we get signs of spirit when they leave us. If you have ever wondered about or needed a sign around reincarnation and spirit, perhaps you will receive what you are needing to hear in this episode.

In our first podcast episode of 2024 I share a little bit of wisdom of the difference between stretching our capacity and listening to where we are being asked to grow, versus when we are burning out. How do we know the difference or discern whether we have the capacity for something or not? Why should we listen to our capacity limits? How do we avoid burnout and following every idea or vision that comes to us? Why is it important for us to know the difference? I share some personal stories around my experience with this to deepen into this topic as well. As I mention on the podcast, I will be diving more deeply into the wisdom of the last 8 years on the ranch if you feel called to join me.   https://hillaryschneider.mykajabi.com/8-years-reflection-virtual-retreat

Each year when we approach new years, we perhaps start to think about our new years resolutions, intentions and word of the year. We wanted to share a different process and journey that we have found to be more powerful and perhaps authentic as we approach a new year. Instead of us choosing our intentions and resolutions, what if we were able to receive that energies were showing up to guide us in a new year? This journey has us to be open to what signs from nature, and the energy around us that is showing us and giving us signs as to what we need to partner with in order to succeed with our goals and intentions in a new year. On this podcast I share about this process, what horses are emerging as guiding forces for myself and perhaps our community and some messages that were coming forward for all of us. I also mention that I will be running a virtual retreat experience to share about this process, if you are curious or called to join us, here is the link to do so. https://hillaryschneider.mykajabi.com/aligning-our-guiding-energies

On our latest podcast we are sharing our personal process and reflection when we are being faced with resistance and invitation to shift in the midst of creation. Over the last couple of months we have been creating a new container, we started to share about it and then felt as if something needed to shift. Instead of pushing through or sitting with this is a failure, we instead are being with the invitation of what do we need to shift to be in greater alignment. Sometimes the things we create are leading us somewhere, can we be with the process of creation and opening without attachment to outcomes and making it about our failures? How do we sit with resistance and find the clarity in it when we are there, and be able to create space to do so? How do we read what wants to happen in what we are creating without our ego getting involved? Some pieces of reflection we are sharing on this episode.

A tender episode for our latest podcast in a share around how we are navigating and moving through both the physical loss of our beloved gaurdian dog Odin and the journey of conversation of transition with our mare Ostara. It felt important to honor both of these wise beings by sharing their journey and our hopes is it will help provide some comfort if you are also walking this path. How do we honor the journey of our animals when they choose to leave, regardless of the journey they take? How do we tend to our own grief? How do we navigate that inquiry of is it time yet? Gratitude to Odin and Ostara for offering their wisdom through this process.

On our latest pocast we are joined by Elyse Granik who attended a retreat with us in May 2023. Over the last couple of months since the retreat Elyse has been gracious in sharing her experience with the horses post retreat. We asked Elyse to come and share about her time here and how the horses and her experience with them has integrated into her life. We are grateful for Elyse coming on to share her experience and her journey with the horses and their medicine. 

On our latest podcast episode we are joined by Carly Rae Beaudry, a gifted women's health practitioner. I met Carly last year when she came to one of our horse medicine leadership teaching retreats with her desire to bring the space of horse medicine into the work she did with women. We believe that the knowledge and support Carly provides around women's health an their anatomy to be essential, we cannot find our own seat of power if we don't access all parts of who we are. Join me as Carly speaks about her work, why we need to support and know about our own anatomy as women and the deep healing around it. You can find more about Carly on her website Carly Rae and her instagram under carlyraebeaudry.

On our latest podcast episode we are joined by Tara Davis of Unbridled Goddess. A few months ago we saw a post she shared on her instagram sharing the journey of transition and grief with her horse partner and was moved by it. In a world where we don't often know how to honor this journey or walk this path we thought it would be a deeply beautiful experience to have Tara come and share about her journey. This conversation is vulnerable and holds so much beauty in hopes to provide a path of healing for others that are going through something similar. Whether you are grieving or in the process of holding that path of transition for a horse partner or another being or person, we hope this conversation supports that journey for you.

On our latest podcast we share the transparency of our own journey and the wisdom of holding grace for ourselves as we navigate change, new birthings and life. I share what has been coming up for me lately in what I feel called to create in my business and how I support myself through the vulnerabilites around creating. The power of softley supporting ourselves can be what helps us to move past paralysiis and fear that keeps us stagnating.

On our latest podcast we weave in an update of our current landscape of motherhood and holding space for our business while also sharing how to be with chaos. A personal share of how we be with the discomfort of life and times where things feel chaotic and hard to dance with and how we find our way through while holding our center.    

On our latest podcast we are joined by a fellow horse woman and creator Angela Saieva to speak about looking at our business as if it has it's own intelligence. For those that have a business and are feeling like you are struggling with it, or feeling resentful of it, we dive into how we can shift how we hold and relate to our business that is also the holder of our purpose. Angela and I also share about us coming together to create a new container to empower other women in holding their business this way and our hope is this conversation opens up a shift and re-inspires your vision and confidence with what you are creating.

In September of 2022 Anne arrived at Epona for a women's retreat that was being lead by a master coach. Anne is a life coach that attended the retreat here and had a profound impact with the herd, we asked her to come on and speak to her experience with the herd and how it still impacts her until this day. It is a beautiful accounting of the experience coming from a woman that does not have horses in her life to hear about just how deeply the space with the horses land for those who come here. If you feel moved to connect with Anne and her gift as a coach you can find her info below. Anne Ghayour anneghayour@yahoo.com @anneghayour Instagram Anne Plaut Ghayour -Facebook

On our latest podcast episode we speak about the wisdom and difference between two fears. The fear that is an authentic emotion and the false emotion appearing real. Fear is a wisdom keeper and ally on our journey and it is important for us to know the difference between the two fears that we experience. I share some of my own personal journey and reflection and give examples of how we discern both so we know which fear to heed and which one to support and move past.  

On our latest episode we are excited to be joined by Shari Teigman, a woman who we have known for 8 years. We began our journey in the online business space around the same time and quickly realized that we didn't fit the one size fits all way of doing things and was craving a space that empowered a more intuitive and maverick way of doing things. Shari and I will be joining forces for an upcoming retreat and we speak about our journey both collectively and individually and what we hope to inspire and empower in other women forging their way with their visions, purpose and business that are feeling lost or out of alignment in how they are showing up or leading themselves and what they feel is theirs to hold for others.    

What does it mean when we are questioning our gifts and our value or feeling insecure in what we hold space for? In our latest episode we speak about those moments of vulnerability and what it means when we question ourselves, what we hold space for and whether we should continue forward. We hope that this episodes supports the exploration of when we are feeling a lack of confidence in ourselves, how to reclaim it and what it actually means when we find ourselves there.

In this episode we share what happens in our annual women's retreat. Over the last few weeks we have had women inquire about our retreats, what happens there and we thought we would go into the space we hold with our herd. What we speak about is the symobilism and medicine of the horses, how we hold space in a retreat, and what calls us to them. If you feel called post episode to come and journey with us in person you can explore our retreats here https://www.hillaryschneider.com/retreats.

On Winter Solstice of 2022 we gave birth to our daughter. We wanted to share the journey of our birth and the experience we had of bringing the gift of our daugther into the world. Our birth was not one with some complications but it was empowering none the less. This episode is a share of that journey.

In our latest podcast we are catching our listeners up to speed on the new season of our lives and what wisdom we have gained since entering motherhood. We are calling this episode a new beginning and going into season 3 where we can begin to share more of our journey with our community. We look forward to sharing the wisdom of this season and taking you all for the ride with us.

On our latest podcast episode we share about our past and journey in our Horse Breeding past and schooling and how that gave me lessons for life. Sometimes the path we journey through we are not always sure how it leads us to growth and also wisdom for what is to come in the future. A reflection for me is the realization that what I learned in horse breeding school gave me some life lessons for buildling my vision and success in the future.

On out latest podcast we were inspired to share a space around where we can be wounded in our role as mentors and also where we have been wounded by a mentor. The reflection around our shadow work of this role is important, because this can often be what stops us from sharing our gifts and from stepping into a space with a mentor that feels deeply supportive. I speak about my own experience in this on our latest episode.

On our latest podcast episode we are excited to be joined by the gifted artist Nica Ware. Nica shares her journey of following her passion of art and horses and how it grew into the success she has today. We don't always know where our journey leads us, but we have to follow the urges we are given.   Nica's story is a really beautiful telling of an authentic journey of finding our success by following the callings of our purpose. 

On our latest episode we are joined by Nicole Romero, a creative and equine guided mentor that speaks about her path of following her purpose. Nicole shares her journey of leaving a corportae design job to follow her calling with horses and letting her creativity and purpose lead the way. If you are in a space of thinking about pursuing a greater calling of the heart, this is a beautiful podcast to tune into. You can find nicole at: https://www.nicoleromerocreative.com

On our latest podcast episode we share a reflection of the last 10 years of our journey since making the leap to begin our own practice with horses. How do we sustain our vision and dreams? What is the true path to building our success? How can we stay the course when things get hard? A few thoughts and a transparent share on the last 10 years.

On today's episode I am sharing the teachings of our gelding Indra. Boundaries is a space that many of us can struggle with and that there are layers too. Indra came forward in his mastery to offer up a different lens of boundaries, sacred space and discernment.  

On our latest episode we are sharing our personal journey with money and how it relates to our purpose. Money and purpose are connected, with money often being a catalyst for us to face our discomfort and fear around owning our gifts. My own journey around the connection between the two are something I deepen on this episode to inspire and bring light to how these two worlds are joined. As I mention on the podcast, if you want to journey with me and money this year, you can join me in my healing with money circle that you can find in the link below. https://hillaryschneider.mykajabi.com/healing-with-money

What is a collective message for us to lean into for 2022? During this episode I share some messages from our herd for what themes and collective messages that came through for all of us to land in. We also share the announcement of our herd wisdom deck that is ready for order! You can check those out here https://www.hillaryschneider.com/shop/horse-cards. Kali one of our mares also came with a message and we did a video with her as well to deepen into for those that want to experience her medicine more deeply you can watch that here. https://youtu.be/eEuGJgyZ6uk We are looking forward to a new year with all of you and see what 2022 has in store for all of us! 

On today's episode we are sharing a reflection on the 6 year anniversary since buying our dream property. There is an in depth and vulnerable share about our year, the loss we have had to navigate and the wisdom of getting to 6 years at our retreat ranch.

On our latest episode we take a deeper look into how we journey and partner with horses and what it truly means to allow them to lead us in our partnership and also in our facilitation. What does it look like and how do we create an environment where our horses are true partners to us in every way? For my equine guided facilitators what does it look like for us to allow our horses to lead us in their wisdom? Take a listen and let us know what resonates! You can find more about our equine training at www.horsemedicineleadership.com   

On our latest episode we share about a journey of trauma and healing with our horses Indra and Malachi and also ourselves. Living through a fire and evacuating our horses obviously created some trauma for ourselves as well and that was part of our process to move through. We share about the journey of how we held that space for our horses and ourselves to provide some insight on how we tend to our trauma in us and those that we care for. As a side, we are not an expert on a trauma or a counsellor this is us merely sharing our own experience.

On our latest podcast episode, an intimate share of what we have lived through and navigated over the past couple of months. A wildfire broke out across the road from us this summer, forcing the evacuation from our herd, it was a trying and challenging experience that taught us much, and I unpacked the learning of it here. When we face trauma and challenge, it can be hard to know where to root ourselves, I hope in this share to be able to offer observation and a process that was helpful for me, gained from the wisdom from our herd.

On our latest podcast episode we are grateful to have Elsa Janney of Wolf Winds join us to speak about the journey we take with our beloved animal companions. The souls and journey's of our animals are part of ours, we can deepen our relationship with them by being in tune with this consciousness for both of our healing. Join myself and Elsa as she shares about her sacred work of opening up the pathways for us to commune with our animals and the wisdom that comes through when we do. You can explore more of Elsa's work at https://www.wolfwinds.com

On our latest podcast we are joined by brilliant horse woman Kim Hallin as she shares about her journey into horses and the teachings and life lessons they have given her in her own journey and also in her work. Kim Hallin is the founder and equine-inspired soul guide at Unbridled, LLC. An accomplished horsewoman who advocates for creating compassionate relationships that uphold the integrity of the horse, Kim loves facilitating transformational healing experiences between horses and humans. Kim is a naturally gifted mentor and guide who specializes in nurturing supportive learning environments that shift perspectives while ensuring all participants (human and equine) feel safe, honored and supported. You can find out more about Kim and her work in the links below website: http://www.unbridled.guru/   YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/KimHallin   Patreon site: https://www.patreon.com/join/KimHallin? Personal Journey Video Series: https://mailchi.mp/59dbf6435fee/tempos-journey

In our latest podcast episode we are sharing wisdom from the herd around the space of being held, in our vulnerabilities and the importance of rest. This comes on the heels of us navigating a month of loss and transition and seeking out a space for ourselves. We need to be reminded at times that we need a space held for us, perhaps this message is something you needed to hear for yourself today.

On today's episode we sharing transparently of how we are navigating the transition and end of life process with one of our horses Rudy. The cycle of loss and death are hard, even harder when we are the ones that have to hold that space, I have learned from the herd how to hold this journey with intention and wisdom.   We are sharing here how Rudy wants us to hold this space and hw we are traversing it at well. We hope these words and episode are supportive if you are moving through this cycle as well.

The invitation of motherhood, a podcast sharing the transparency of where I am being moved to hold space for this journey. In this episode I share how my mare Dharma and her medicine ignited a reflection in this journey and offered some wisdom around how do we move through resistance and fear when a big dream and space of purpose is calling us. I unpack my own process and fear around becoming a mother and how to interpret the wisdom of dharma where her medicine is landing for you today. 

On today's podcast a share a personal reflection of my journey of making my dream of having a property with horses a reality. There are many times where people ask me how did I do it, on the quest of them attempting to make their own big visions a reality, I answer that question on this episode. If you are in a place where you need affirmation and a way forward, take a listen. 

On our latest podcast episode we are unpacking our experience of leading retreats for our local first nations community. We deepen into this. Often when we are faced with trauma and wounding, it can be easy to drown in the pain of things, one of my horses gave me this lesson that the most powerful thing we can do is to hold a lens of strength to that what we witness in pain. I talk about how I recovered here and the application of this lesson that we can hold not just towards our clients, but also ourselves and the world.

A wild interaction with a pair of coyotes in my field with my guardian dog inspired my latest podcast episode. Coyote is the trickster that inspires and serves chaos in our world, but to what purpose? Join me as I share some insight into what I believe coyote medicine is giving us around the chaos of our world and how to powerfully partner with it's medicine.

On this podcast, a reflection of lessons and wisdom from a private retreat that took place over a span of a week. A core theme we explored is the permission to lead and guide a space, forgiveness and how it was blended into the path and gifts of Angela in her bodywork with horses. How do own the space of our work, hold space for it and interpret the relationship and connection between horse and human, some deep places of wisdom to tune into.

The space of purpose can be a powerful anchor for our lives and for our practices. How do we know what our purpose is? How do we define it and what's the invitation that purpose is giving us in this moment? We explore this conversation and inquiry on this podcast episode to get us into a space of knowing and letting our purpose guide the creation and leading of our world.

On today's episode we speak transparently about the space of self care and self nourishment. Self sacrifice, depletion and burn out are common maladies for space holders and also in life and it doesn't have to be held that way. This podcast is a conversation and leaning into the importance of holding space for ourselves and the consequences of not doing so.

What happens when two mares, one the current lead and the other the one day lead, come into close contact with one another? Todays episode is a conversation around the space and dominance of two lead mares, our current and one day lead.  Both mares have dominant energy and both spaces hold wisdom. I speak about the wisdom and medicine of Indy our young mare who will one day be lead, in her challenge and defiance with our lead mare Aponi.  What strengths and observation in her behaviour aides in our own quest to push boundaries. Then I go deeper into speaking about Aponi our current lead in her force of dominance and the medicine behind that.  Both energies have wisdom, this is a way of us looking at the deeper symbolism behind the lead mare energy and where it is creating invitation for us.

On a weekend in July during my women's retreat, one of the women a caregiver, experienced a deep and important teaching around holding space. As women, as space holders, coaches, equine guided facilitators, healers, our work can often be depleting for us, but it doesn't have to be. In this episode I share the teachings of my lead gelding chief who offers us a different perspective in how we hold and give our energy in the leading and guidance of others. If you struggle with depletion and burn out with your work, listen in. 

The Medicine of Rudy. How do we overcome the woundings of our past so we can embrace a fresh future? On this episode I speak to an experience I had with one of my geldings Rudy, that gave space to moving through a wounding of the past.  If you find yourself getting stuck in a past wounding, this episode will be impactful for you.

On today's episode I am joined by a brilliant and soulful horse woman Jayne Roberts. Jayne is a gifted space holder who brings together science and soul to ignite healing and awareness in our relationship with the medicine of our bodies and the gifts of horses. Join us as we bring awareness to the space of somatic healing and why as women it is important for us to deepen into. You can learn more about Jayne's work below: Yoga Nidra Resources https://www.irest.org/ https://www.yoganidranetwork.org/downloads   Somatic Experiencing https://traumahealing.org/ Books Bessel van der Kolk, The body keeps the score Peter Levine, Waking the Tiger Judith Herman, Trauma & Recovery Stephen Porges, The Polyvagal Theory   Contact www.equijay.com  https://www.facebook.com/equijay/ https://www.instagram.com/equijay/