Conscious Grooming
A quote on learning mindfulness through working with horses.
Halliday demonstrates connecting with the horse through Conscious Grooming during a Medicine Horse session. Her suggestion to participants is to "look into the horse's eye, and trust the message."
"Conscious Grooming is a quiet and meditative activity, in which participants spend time with a horse, through grooming with typical horse grooming tools or with their hands. It's an opportunity to help bring our balanced, mindful selves to our interaction with the horse. Unlike other equine assisted work, the participant balances themselves before touching the horse physically. This connection is a meeting of two mindful beings."
- Medicine Horse handout by Halliday
Photo above: A wayshow student practices conscious grooming by cleaning Belle Amies hooves. Hoof cleaning tends to one of the more challenging aspects of interacting with horses, especially for clients and participants who have little horsemanship experience.
Photo above: "... an opportunity to help bring our balanced, mindful selves to our interaction with the horse. "
