Only a few hours ago, I wrapped up my final coaching call for the year, and it was a doozie!

I shared insights on straightness including video demonstrations for our first round of online Holistic Equestrian students. It’s been amazing to watch the progressions they have experienced in such a short time, and it had me mulling over the year that has been for Equestrian Movement.

It feels like it has been a BIG one, that’s for sure!

Highlights include:

• Upgrading the website courses to a more user-friendly platform (still an ongoing project)

• Getting to speak with some amazing guests on the podcast, including Dr Andrew Maclean… twice!

• Expanding the Holistic Horse Handling Program to include “speed-round sessions”, and most importantly

• Finally launching our Holistic Equestrian riding program into an online format, with our first round of students acting as beta testers!

We also said goodbye to the Stronger Bond Facebook Group - it was a much loved asset that helped us start the journey so many years ago, but unfortunately Facebook’s ever changing algorithms resulted in very few members seeing our posts (and also a number of glitches preventing us from being notified of comments or questions), so we made the decision to close the group down. We will continue to look for a forum outside of Facebook where our students will be able to connect and support each other, so will keep you posted in 2025.

We just wanted to take this opportunity to thank all of our students and supporters for a great year.

Thank you for recognizing that horses need a voice, that they are emotional animals, and thank you for becoming a part of a changing industry - the Equestrian Movement. It is why we started nearly 9 years ago, and why we keep pushing forward.

Wishing you all a lovely holiday season, and we look forward to seeing you again in 2025.

Happy trails…

Katie & Sarah