Tender Heart Healing

04/09/2026

Tender Heart Healing is proud to be part of The Welfare Stewarding Group

Retraining of Racehorses

A record 350 former racehorses took part in the 2026 Retraining of Racehorses (RoR) National Championships at Aintree, with entries across dressage, jumping and showing highlighting the range of opportunities available to horses after racing.

Read more here - https://www.horseandrideruk.com/news/record-350-former-racehorses-compete-at-ror-national-championships

04/09/2026

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📷 Red and Howling

03/09/2026

ᴛᴏᴅᴀʏꜱ ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜᴛ 💛💙💛💙

Perhaps we could redefine our idea of time

I don't believe you can waste time
by resting
talking to a friend
walking in nature
or reading a book

you can't waste time by connecting
letting souls talk
allowing inner children out to play
or making stories to pass down

you can't waste time by helping
or doing anything at all that feeds your soul
and energises your weary bones

that's exactly what time is for
in fact, everything else
is just a tick on a list

just a tick
on a never-ending list.

📖 'Wasting Time' from 'Wild Hope' Healing Words to Find Light on Dark Days by Donna Ashworth
🎨 Art by Julia Arnt

03/09/2026

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When we recognize the life within another creature, kindness and respect naturally follow…

02/09/2026

"𝙇𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙡𝙚𝙛𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙣!" 💨

01/09/2026

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𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 🍁🍂

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐦𝐧 ~ 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐢𝐝 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐞.
𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐦 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐮𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐡 𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠.
𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 🌞

01/09/2026

31/08/2026

🌿 Hawthorn for Horses 🌿

🍂🌿 Hawthorn for Horses 🌿🍂

✨ Why Hawthorn?
Hawthorn is known as the guardian of the heart. Its deep red berries and green leaves carry the strength and vitality of the hedgerow, supporting both heart and circulation. For horses, hawthorn:

Improves heart rhythm & muscle tone ❤️

Supports circulation & stamina ❤️

Strengthens capillaries (rich in rutin) — helpful for horses prone to nosebleeds ❤️

Provides antioxidant protection❤️

Brings a gentle calming effect❤️

Is especially valuable for older horses or those with heart murmurs❤️

✨ When to Harvest

Leaves & flowers: late spring (May–June)

Berries: late September–October, when rich red and slightly soft

✨ How to Prepare

Harvest carefully (watch the thorns!)

Dry leaves, flowers, or berries on trays in a warm airy space, or use a dehydrator

Or make a heart-supporting tincture: lightly crush fresh berries, fill a jar halfway, cover with raw organic apple cider vinegar, and steep 4–6 weeks. Strain and bottle

✨ How to Use for Horses

Dried berries: 20–40 g daily — best ground or crushed before adding to feed

Tea (infusion/decoction):

Steep leaves & flowers in hot water 10–15 mins

Simmer berries 15–20 mins

Cool and pour over feed

ACV tincture: 10–30 ml daily, split between feeds

Hawthorn is the hedgerow’s way of reminding us to care for the heart and the circulation — for ourselves and our horses. 🐴💚

Would you use hawthorn tea for your horse?

31/08/2026

"What is Healing?" ... A question I am asked regularly ✨️💛✨️

An amazing short explanation by Valerie Chiltonsmith and Jennifer Jones from The Healing Trust.

Spiritual Healing is a completely natural process.
It is thought to establish a flow of beneficial energy between the healer and the recipient that addresses the ‘dis-ease’ manifesting at its deepest level, thus seeking to awaken the body’s natural resources to work in the most effective way to restore balance, harmony and well being. Spiritual Healing is termed Holistic – meaning ‘whole’ – which means that instead of addressing symptoms in isolation Spiritual Healing looks to encompass physical, mental and emotional ‘dis-ease’. It views all illnesses as being interlinked and the result of underlying issues of the whole person – the body, mind and soul.

Two Healing Trust Tutors discuss the question 'What is Healing?' (1...