Podcasts, teachers, and books that have shaped this work and inspired the way I approach it. A good place to explore if you want to dive deeper into the world of equine-assisted learning.
Resources
a Place to go deeper
These are episodes that have stayed with me, including one where I get to share my own journey with horses and healing. Some are about horses, some venture further into the mystical web of life that connects us all.
Heart and mind-expanding conversations
Podcasts
Michele Metz talks about her journey of becoming a medicine woman in the Ancestral Healing tradition of the Dagara tribe in Africa.
Oops, I Said God – Sohale Sizar
When the Ancestors Speak: A Journey Beyond the Seen
The naturalist behind My Octopus Teacher sits down with horseman Rupert Isaacson to explore what it really means to belong to the natural world. A beautiful listen.
Live Free Ride Free – rupert Isaacson
Ep 15: Craig Foster - My Octopus Teacher & Amphibious Soul
Another conversation with Emelie, this time going deeper into the spiritual dimensions of her work — consciousness, the cycle of life and death, and what animals and plants have taught her about what it means to be alive.
Buddha at the Gas Pump - Rick Archer
678. Emelie Cajsdotter
My teacher and ally on this path, Emelie Cajsdotter shares stories from her life with horses and animals, exploring deep interconnection and what it looks like to live in true relationship with other species. I can't recommend her enough.
THE JOURNEY ON PODCAST – Warwick Schiller
Episode 115: Emelie Cajsdotter
I sat down with Sohale to talk about how horses led me back to myself, and what I believe they are here to teach us.
Oops, I Said God – Sohale Sizar
Listening to the Unspoken: Horse Whispering and Healing with Leiko Coyle
Eliot Cowan explores the healing wisdom of plants and the practice of connecting with plant spirits as guides for healing and personal growth.
By Eliot Cowan
Plant Spirit Medicine
Book
Farah DeJohnette's whole-horse approach centers on co-regulation, liberty, and building a relationship with your horse that goes beyond technique. One of the teachers whose work I keep coming back to.
FD Horsemanship
Education
The home of Facilitated Equine Experiential Learning (FEEL) and where I completed my certification. Founded in Ontario, Canada, Horse Spirit Connections has trained facilitators across the world to support people in transformative, horse-guided work.
Horse Spirit Connections
Education
One of the most widely followed horsemen working today, Warwick's approach centers on attunement and nervous system regulation. His podcast goes well beyond horses into personal growth and how we show up in all our relationships.
Warwick Schiller
Education + PODCAST
Nahshon works with horses that carry deep emotional and physical wounds, approaching each one with rare intuition and care. Most of his work lives on Facebook – well worth following.
Nahshon Cook Horsemanship
Education
The community and non-profit behind Friskeröd, Emelie's farm sanctuary in Sweden. Here you can access her teaching library, sponsor the herd, or find out how to get involved.
Friends of Mio
COMMUNITY
Emelie Cajsdotter has spent more than thirty years in deep communication with horses and other species at her farm sanctuary in Sweden. MIO is where she shares that work, through courses, stories, and teachings in empathic interbeing.
MIO: Way of Compassion
Education
A few of the people and places that have shaped the way I think about this work.
Courses, trainings, and teachers
Inspiration