Thank you to everyone who has followed this Cambria Horsemanship blog for the past few years. In an effort to simplify my life and combine both horses and spirituality in my life (as well as… Read More

I don't do this thing very often, but I thought of all you when this came up. There's a really neat trainer in Australia, Jenny Pearce, who offers an online course in really connecting to yo… Read More

As much of this blog seems to be about new experiences with horses, I think it is fitting I am now off on my own adventure for the summer -- I will be gone from now through late August in Is… Read More

There is a lightness attainable with a horse that has nothing to do with him coming off a light pressure. “A light horse,” a trainer might say, “is one who responds to the… Read More

I had a photo shoot with Maia today! It was such fun, Western in the woods, kitty in the hayloft (Maia wasn't in that one ;) I haven't taught her to climb ladders yet), then bridleless/bareb… Read More

I wanted to let you all know that Laredo is for sale! He's been an awesome horse but with graduating college soon and then leaving the state/country, I want him to go to a person who can giv… Read More

I hardly dared move my feet. I’d either slip on the ice, step in a puddle, or trip over a pile of frozen horse manure, and there’d go all my dignity. Such is March weather in Min… Read More

“Sometimes, Maia, you have stupid ideas.”This would sure be the last time I let her pick her own way through the woods. I leaned forward and grabbed onto her neck while she rippe… Read More

She would rather canter, I suppose. Actually, she would rather gallop. Maia is quite fond of galloping, but some sort of empathy in her nature keeps her from breaking into such spontaneous e… Read More

It came to my attention that a few people were concerned and confused about my recent post regarding terms I was using, quoted below:I’ve been struggling lately with terms when writing… Read More