Learning Renewal in the Year of the Fire Horse!

The 2026 Year of the Fire Horse represents a powerful, once-in-60-years cycle focused on intense renewal, rapid transformation, and bold, forward-moving energy. This year merges the Horse’s energy of freedom with Fire’s passion, which helps to drive change in projects, personal growth, and societal structures. The last year of the Fire Horse was in 1966!

According to the Chinese zodiac, we we have shifted from the reflective year of the Wood Snake [yin], a year of shedding and releasing into this year’s Fire Horse [yang] a year of intense renewal, transformation and moving forward. Fire acts as a purifier, burning away the old to make room for innovation and new beginnings. There is intense energy for change and renewal — breaking […]

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“Abundance is a process of letting go; that which is empty can receive.” – Bryant H. McGill

Let it go, let it be, let it flow. Easier said than done, they say. But is it?

The hardest part about letting go of anything isn’t usually the act of letting go itself. Hanging onto something that’s trying to get away is much more difficult and takes a lot more effort than simply letting go of it. It is the resistance to the act of letting go that makes it hard to do – the fear, the uncertainty, the aversion to change. Resistance takes a lot of effort – it is the action of going against something. While it can be worth the effort to fight for something that’s truly important; […]

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One of the things we love about working with Equines is that they consistently remind us humans to keep things simple!  They help us get out of our busy minds and into the present moment. 

In a recent round pen session, John* was struggling to make a connection with one of our more challenging horses.  John entered the round pen stating that he “was going to figure out how to connect!” This bold declaration was an indication that John was already coming into the situation stuck in his thoughts and attached to his expectations, complicating the relationship before it even had a chance to begin.

In response to this, the horse vehemently objected to John’s attempts to touch him. As he continued to try to solve “the problem”, John became more […]

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The horse “flies across the landscape with thundering hooves as if to run out of its own skin for the love of freedom.” (The Book of Symbols)

Equines* have an evolutionary history dating back 50 million years, and ancient cave paintings indicate that these magnificent beings have been important to humans ever since the Stone Age. Through our travels, wars, adventures, and conquests, they have been alongside us each step of the way.  Today, they not only partner with us in sport and recreation, they are also our partners in emotional growth and healing. In fact, horses and donkeys have a great deal to teach us about modern living and how we can become our best selves.

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