Hi, I’m Cheryl. Author, Horse Midwife, Level 1 Reiki newbie, horse trainer, artist, eternal student of equine behavior, and all-around lover of horses. Peace Horse Journey is a blog about horse-guided self-discovery, and helpful hints about how to best understand and care for our equine friends.
As Farletta opened up and released her tension, I could feel it. I could feel the energy shift and the tension leaving her body, and I could feel her emotions, too. Her body softened, and her behaviors improved… I have been many things in my life, but the one thing I haven’t been, not fully anyway, is 100% true to myself—100% unabashedly, unapologetically me. (more)
“Grief seems an endless trail, looping back in on itself, over and over. Just when you think you’ve gotten ahead of it, there it is again, right in front of you.” –Cheryl L. Eriksen
Her words dropped onto my heart, one-by-one, each a gentle nudge toward the shore of acceptance. I knew what she’d said was true, I knew it in my heart, but I needed to hear it again, out loud, for it to take hold in this new way.