Send us a text In this week’s episode of Everything Horses & More! I will be talking about horse training topics - my experiences, and thoughts about some of the different messages from equine professionals that are being promoted out there on Facebook and YouTube. Topics, areas of interest, will include: - Pressure and release – do we still need it? - My 1% rule for escalating horses - Is behavioral science the answer? - The #1 missing link in horse training - Why 98% are damaged - How y...

Send us a text 🌿 In this week’s episode of Everything Horses & More!, I am thrilled to feature a Student Spotlight on Nina—an Israeli equestrian whose journey has taken her from early riding lessons to instructor certification, ultimately achieving a true partnership through the Tao of Horsemanship method. Along the way, Nina shares how she discovered the magic 💫 and mindfulness 🌿 that come from slowing down and truly listening to horses. Her story is one of transformation, ...

Send us a text Horses are incredibly intuitive, emotional beings—and when they live in a healthy herd, the bonds they form run deep. They rely on one another for safety, companionship, comfort, and connection. So when a change is coming—especially one involving separation—they feel it. Often before we’ve even said a word. Recently, we began preparing for two of our horses to leave the herd. And before any changes in their routine were made, the herd knew. Their energy shifted. We noticed anx...

Send us a text As a Horse Advocate and High-Performance Wellness Coach, Lidia is thrilled to be featured in the inspiring new movie Zero Limits: The Real Secret To Attracting Miracles, created by motivational legend Dr. Joe Vitale. In this film, Lidia discusses how she healed her "incurable" chronic illnesses and how, through equine therapy, the unconditional love of horses can empower you to heal yourself. [IN THE MOVIE] She also shares a brief equine-assisted therapy session wi...

There is so much great information these days about horses, from equine psychology, to individual nature, learned behaviors, science-based evidence, training styles, practices and methods. How do you know which one to follow and use on your horse?I’m not only going to break the process down regarding who to follow, I’m going to give you real science to support your decision when selecting the right one, the best practice for your horse.Doesn't matter what type of horse you have, young, old, t...

Welcome to Everything Horses & More! Podcast and my guest, Sheri Scurr.Sheri resides in Boulder, Montana, where she provides transformative equine-assisted experiential learning, equine-assisted therapy, and horsemanship coaching at her ranch, Heart Connections Horsemanship, LLC. www.hchorsemanship.com and https://www.facebook.com/heartconnectionshorsemanship. This podcast will take you down the rabbit hole of enlightenment, personal discovery, transformation, and healing. We will di...

Thanks for joining me, your host, Caroline Beste, and my special guest Elisabeth Johansen.Elisabeth operates a small farm in Vestfossen (near Oslo), Norway, called Meaning and Mastery Farm, where she engages troubled youth of all ages in hands-on, nature-based education. Her farm experience encourages teamwork and respect, offering children values such as responsibility, self-confidence, and the satisfaction of facing and overcoming challenges.In addition to her work with children and an...

Most training styles will NEVER completely FIX your horse and here’s why. For starters, they focus on controlling the horse instead of teaching the horse self-control. Traditional training teaches you how to control the horse through pain, force, excessive pressure, and mechanics. Don’t agree, get rid of all your aids and develop the horse from start to finish with just a rope halter, lead and lunge whip.There’s nothing natural about Natural Horsemanship, not when it teaches you ho...

Welcome back Lady Apona, aka, Lidia Kuleshnyk and the Divinity of Horses Series! Please join us LIVE, Thursday, February 15, 1PM/EST/USA on the Tao of Horsemanship YouTube channel where both Lidia Kuleshnyk and me, your host Caroline Beste, will talk about how to align ourselves with horses, others and the universe!In this podcast Lidia will talk about how horses lead us into expanded consciousness, helping us connect with our essence, our spirit, so we can trust the flow of the Un...

Welcome everyone to Everything Horses & More! Podcast! Special welcome to our guest speakers, Dana Croschere & Krisanna Sexton, of Rescued Hearts Films. Today we are going to talk about The Miracles, The Mystery, and The Science of Healing with Horses. Dana Croschere is an award-winning film producer and has spent the last 15 years volunteering at various ranches, immersing herself in the transformative world of equine-assisted therapies and witnessing the healing power, pre...

Here we come again! Part V of our Divinity of Horses Series with Lady Apona, aka, Lidia Kuleshnyk. This month we will be talking to Lady Apona about her L.O.V.E. Method of Creating a Sacred Bond with Horses. In this upcoming podcast, both Lidia and I will be talking about how we create sacred spaces and bonds with our beloved horses. While Lidia will be introducing her L.O.V.E method, I will be sharing my 8 Transcendental Principles of Horsemanship; Awakening Coherent, Conscious Partners...

Another amazing podcast last month with Lady Apona, aka, Lidia Kuleshnyk!In this upcoming podcast, I will be sharing my 8 Transcendental Principles of Horsemanship; Awakening Coherent, Conscious Partnership between Horse and Human.These principles are my methodology to developing horses to their fullest potential naturally and holistically, from the inside out, ground to riding, start to finish, rehab to recovery, novice to pro.This is what I teach in my big MasteryMembership Riding Foundatio...

Another amazing podcast last month with Lady Apona, aka, Lidia Kuleshnyk! This next podcast is part three of our Divinity of Horses Series, Horses Leading Us Into Expanded Consciousness. Lidia will be continuing her conversation about how the divinity of horses leads us into expanded consciousness through connection to our essence, our spirit, the flow of the Universe, our intuition, our inherent self-worth and our inner power. We will dive in deep, discussing how horses help ...

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...

Lidia and I share our experiences and insights about the light and love of horses as divine spiritual beings with an emphasis on how horses can lead us naturally and easily into expanded consciousness through love, presence and meditation.If you love connecting with the heart and soul of horses, you will love my conversation with the amazing Lidia Kuleshnyk https://www.aponahealingranch.com. Lidia is a great conscious leader of our time, a pioneer in healing humans from chronic hea...

This month our guest speaker is Lidia Kuleshnyk, also known as Lady Epona. She will be talking to us about her new book “Co-Creating With The Divine - The Divinity Of Horses.”Lidia has had a deep relationship with horses, animals, and nature her entire life. Since childhood, horses and animals have come to Lidia in dreams, as Pillars of Light. In times of hardship, when no answers could be found, it was through Lidia’s connection with the natural world, and the guidance of the spirits of anim...

This podcast is dedicated to learning how to use your intuition to connect to, and make sense of, spirituality and science. My co-host Lydia is our guest speaker.She’s been reading, listening, and experiencing a lot of really cool stuff lately that has inspired, and stimulated, her intuition. I’m so excited she will be sharing her experiences with all of us! Some of our discussion will include:- Consciousness- Overpoweri...

This next podcast is dedicated to weanlings, handling, development and training. My last podcast on this topic was recorded March 8, 2023. I’ve included below all three podcasts dedicated to this subject. This one will be part four.While I’ve talked about raising weanlings, I haven’t spent as much time on this subject and I sure have gotten a ton of emails and questions about it over the years. So, it’s time to dive in and talk about the research, stats, natural family dynamic of wild ho...

I hope you enjoy an interview by one of my youngest students, Sarah, who is only 17! Sarah's interview is for her senior thesis and her horsemanship.Sarah did an excellent job asking questions. Lunging is an art, the art of movement and in my method, it's also about the art of connection and synchronicity in heart, mind and body energy.We are all living, energy beings. There is nothing more powerful, magical or healthy than connecting with our horses in heart/relationship, mind/thought a...

Another famtastic podcast with nationally recognized integrative vet, Dr. Rob Silver! You can learn more about Dr. Silver's knowledge and products from the following websites:http://nurseyourpet.com/http://nurseyourpet.com/blog/ https://www.wellpetdispensary.com/ https://www.realmushrooms.com/ He is offering a 25% discount. Please use code: tao25It's good for one use and for 25% off of anything in the www.wellpetdispensary.com, and is non-expiring.More about Dr. Silver...Dr. Silver educa...