Renaissance Farm, Center for the Equestrian Arts

06/25/2026

06/22/2026

Can I ask you a question?
When was the last time you had a day where nobody needed anything from you?
Not your customers.
Not your employees.
Not your family.
Not your community.
Just one day that was yours.
As business owners, many of us become very good at taking care of everyone else while putting ourselves at the bottom of the list.
That's one of the reasons Pam Falkins of Renaissance Farm, Center for the Equestrian Arts and I decided to create a small experience for just five women this summer.
Not a networking event.
Not a business workshop.
Not another thing to learn.
Just a day with horses, movement, laughter, connection, and a chance to step away from the noise for a few hours.
We'll be gathering July 19th at Renaissance Farm in Wilton, NH.
I'm curious...
What would you do if you gave yourself a day where nobody needed anything from you?
July 19th, in wilton nh, at Renaissance farm, Center for the Equestrian Arts.

06/19/2026

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I think one of the greatest misunderstandings in both horsemanship and life is the belief that love has to be earned.

Earned through good behavior.

Earned through achievement.

Earned through usefulness.

Earned through becoming what someone else wants us to be.

We absorb that message so early that many of us stop noticing it.

We carry it into our friendships.

Our families.

Our work.

Our relationship with ourselves.

And often, without meaning to, we carry it into our relationships with animals.

The horse who cooperates gets praised.

The horse who struggles gets corrected.

The horse who makes our lives easier gets called "good."

The horse who expresses discomfort gets called "difficult."

Yet when I watch horses with one another, I see something very different.

I see old horses welcomed into the herd long after they have stopped being useful.

I see friendships that survive disagreements.

I see belonging that does not depend on performance.

I see lives that matter simply because they are lives.

And sometimes I wonder if that is one of the most important lessons horses have to teach us.

Not how to lead.

Not how to train.

Not how to control.

But how to belong.

How to belong without earning it.

How to belong without proving it.

How to belong simply because we are here.

Because perhaps the deepest truth is this:

A horse does not become worthy when they can carry a rider.

A horse does not become worthy when they stand quietly.

A horse does not become worthy when they do what we ask.

They were worthy before all of that.

And so are we.

Maybe the journey is not becoming worthy of love.

Maybe the journey is remembering that we always were.

06/18/2026

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06/17/2026

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I think one of the reasons horses heal people is that horses do not care who you were yesterday.

They do not know your resume.

They do not know your failures.

They do not know your reputation.

They do not know how much money you have.

They do not know how many followers you have.

They do not know whether other people think you are successful.

They meet you here.

Now.

In this moment.

And there is something profoundly liberating about that.

Humans spend so much of life carrying stories.

Stories about ourselves.

Stories about each other.

Stories about who deserves love.

Who deserves respect.

Who deserves belonging.

Who deserves another chance.

But horses seem largely uninterested in stories.

They care about presence.

Congruence.

Honesty.

Safety.

You can stand beside a horse carrying decades of regret and the horse will not ask where you've been.

You can arrive with a broken heart and the horse will not ask what you did wrong.

You can show up exhausted from trying to be everything for everyone and the horse will not ask why you haven't tried harder.

The horse simply encounters the being standing in front of them.

And perhaps that is why time with horses can feel so sacred.

For a little while, we get to step outside the stories.

The old identities.

The successes.

The failures.

The masks.

And remember that beneath all of that, there is something simpler.

A living being.

Meeting another living being.

Nothing to prove.

Nothing to defend.

Nothing to become.

Just this moment.

Just this life.

Just this quiet opportunity to be exactly who we are.

06/16/2026

There’s a beautiful truth in those words, one that horses remind us of every day. It’s not about how fast we get there or how perfect each movement looks. It’s about presence, partnership, and the joy found in each step shared along the way. With horses, every moment becomes its own kind of dance.

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06/12/2026

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06/10/2026

The Horse That Carries Dawn

The old ones say
a true spirit does not run from the storm.
It listens to the drum beneath the earth
and learns which path is sacred.

A horse born of prayer
carries more than a rider.
It carries memory,
the breath of grandmothers,
the courage of sons
who walked without fear.

Do not mistake gentleness
for a quiet heart.
Some fires burn softly
because they have nothing left to prove.

Where the trail bends,
leave your anger in the dust.
Take only what the wind allows:
a humble step,
a grateful breath,
a promise to protect what still lives.

And when the day grows heavy,
remember this:
the soul that walks with respect
is never truly alone.
The ancestors ride beside it,
silent, strong,
and full of morning light.

🎨Artist and storyteller: Dorothy Vera