From wild horse to horse/human connection…
Belong…pull-back – we’ve all felt it. As 2015 draws to a close, Beate Sommer looks at her horse connection, and her increasing interest in…
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Of Horses and Heroines
Something extraordinary happened last Tuesday during the Melbourne Cup when a light bay racehorse horse with a long white blaze suddenly and magnificently surged…
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To paraphrase the poet – trust in God but tether your horse
Living in conscious awareness of the moment, in the same way horses do, can dramatically increase our sense of well-being, writes Beate Sommer from…
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Learning and teaching with Tommy and Buffalo
Verandah Magazine columnist Beate Sommer from Aurora Valley discovers that it’s a two-way street when it comes to teaching, and learning with horses as…
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Head, heart, horse and human – an awesome mix
Psychotherapist, equine facilitated healer and Verandah Magazine columnist Beate Sommer suggests how we could learn some lessons from our equine friends. What do visitors,…
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The equestrian equine artist
When horse lover Sue Fraser had a fall from one of her beloved horses and broke her ankle – it opened a whole new…
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If music be the food of love, play on
When a group of nine musicians, singers, horselovers and healers all came together for a day with Beate Sommer’s herd of horses at Aurora…
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Bangalow Show: the long, and the short and the tall
Bangalow Show is the last Agricultural Show on the calendar for the Northern Rivers, and the force was with the horse on Friday morning,…
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To lead, first lead yourself
It was Winston Churchill who said ‘There is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a man’. …
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Talking, and listening to animals
Awakening Aurora’s Beate Sommer writes about how clearly horses will communicate with us – if only we’ll listen. The very first time I…
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