Aug 09 2023 95 mins
Susan’s life is both fascinating and riveting! Her journey as a professional horse trainer, competitive ballroom dancer and world traveler has led her to create an amazing body of work. Here’s an excerpt from Susan that’s sure to titillate you. There’s more to come in our podcast!
“I kept studying dressage because I wanted to get to the essence of true riding partnership…20 years of ballroom dancing…more searching for the essence of true partnership. I wanted to improve my feel for riding and find a way to help students find the feel as well.
In 2011, I packed up a successful dressage business in Southern California and went looking for deeper answers for myself and humanity. It took me through South Africa and then landed in India. After a number of years in India and support to return to the Western world, I found myself back in the horse world.
Integrating dressage, dancing, and a spiritual inquiry has led to developing Awakened Horsemanship
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Awakened Horsemanship is based on 11 simple experiences of one’s mind, body, and spirit/soul. The program is created for rider’s as a dismounted workshop to heighten the ability to know one’s self and transmit that clarity through the riding. The experiences apply directly to the horse as well.
Currently, the journey has led me to Kentucky and a farm, Horse Woods Haven, https://horsewoodshaven.com where I have created an environment harmonising the land, woods, and the horses. It has provided a profound opening to understanding the herd as an observer, steward, and member of the herd. The next step is offering online and farm workshops. The land stewarding has deepened my partnership with the Earth.” Susan
“You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul.” - Swami Vivekananda
May you always be one with your horse,
Caroline