Equimotional - Trauma-Informed Training & Resource Hub

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Go and show Tracks through Pastures CIO with Kingswood Shetlands & Friends AAT CIC some ❤️ 😍.
14/06/2026

Go and show Tracks through Pastures CIO with Kingswood Shetlands & Friends AAT CIC some ❤️ 😍.

We thought it was probably time to reintroduce ourselves properly 🐴💛✨We are Equimotional, an international training and ...
14/06/2026

We thought it was probably time to reintroduce ourselves properly 🐴💛✨

We are Equimotional, an international training and resource hub for equine-facilitated wellbeing, coaching and emotional learning 🌍🐎

Basically, we are your one-stop shop for equine-facilitated resources, facilitator training, workbooks , session ideas, reflective tools and practical support 📚🧠💛

The stuff you need when you’re stood in a field thinking:

“Lovely. The client has gone silent, the pony has chosen chaos, and my brain has left the premises.” 🫠🐴🌪️

We create resources for facilitators, coaches, alternative provisions, schools, young people, parents and practitioners who want to work in a way that is:

🐴 Trauma-informed
Because safety matters before learning can land.

💛 Strength-based
Because people are more than their hardest moments.

🌿 Non-pathologising
Because behaviour usually has a story, not a defect.

🧠 Emotionally thoughtful
Because this work needs more than “just be nice and let the horse do it.”

📚 Practical and usable
Because facilitators need resources they can actually pick up and use, not another 97-page theory swamp.

🌍 Accessible across the world
Because good equine-facilitated practice should not be locked behind confusing language, gatekeeping or eye-watering costs.

We do not believe equine-facilitated work should be fluffy, vague or made up as we go along 🫣

It should be ethical 🧭
It should be reflective 🪞
It should respect the horse 🐎
It should respect the human 🤝
It should give facilitators confidence without asking them to pretend they have all the answers 🌱

We now have almost 100 five-star reviews on Trustpilot, which honestly means the world to us ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Not because we want to sit here polishing a tiny trophy, although obviously I would 🏆😂 ( I've never had a trophy) 🥹

But because it tells us these resources are actually helping real people in real settings.

👩‍🏫 People working in schools
🐴 People supporting young people around horses
🌿 People creating alternative provision spaces
💛 People helping children who have been through hard things
📚 People trying to build safer, kinder and more thoughtful practice
🫠 People who are brilliant, busy, tired and occasionally one hoofprint away from losing the plot

That is who we make this for.

Whether you are brand new to equine wellbeing work or you have been facilitating for years, Equimotional is here to help you build practice that feels more grounded, more ethical and more human 🐴💛

No clinical cosplay 🎭
No pretending the horse is a fluffy therapist 🐎
No shame-based language 🚫
No pressure to be perfect 🫶
No waffle dressed up as wisdom 🌾😂

Just thoughtful training, useful resources and a community that genuinely cares about doing this work well.

Have a nosey at what we offer here:

www.equimotional.com

And if you are already part of the Equimotional world, thank you 💛

Every review, share, message, purchase and recommendation helps us keep building something that feels needed.

And slightly feral.

But mostly needed 🐴💛✨

Sometimes “holding space” is just professional-sounding avoidance.There. I said it. 🫣🐴In equine-facilitated work, we tal...
14/06/2026

Sometimes “holding space” is just professional-sounding avoidance.

There. I said it. 🫣🐴

In equine-facilitated work, we talk a lot about holding space. It sounds gentle. It sounds trauma-informed. It sounds safe.

And sometimes it absolutely is.

But there is a difference between holding space and giving space, and if we do not understand the difference, our practice can become a bit wobbly around the edges.

Holding space means staying emotionally present.
It means being steady, curious, grounded and available.
It means the person is not being rushed, fixed, judged, rescued or dragged into a learning outcome because it is on the session plan.

It is active.

It takes skill.

It involves noticing.

It involves your nervous system, your boundaries, your language, your timing, the horse, the environment and the power dynamic in the room.

Giving space means stepping back.
It may mean silence.
It may mean distance.
It may mean reducing pressure.
It may mean letting the young person pause, breathe, think, wander, muck out, brush quietly or simply exist near the horse without being poked for insight every thirty seconds.

That can be beautiful practice too.

But here is where it gets murky. 🌧️

If we “give space” because we are uncomfortable, unsure, scared of getting it wrong or avoiding a difficult moment, that is not trauma-informed practice.

That is us tapping out emotionally while making it sound ethical.

And clients feel that.

Young people especially feel it.

They know the difference between:

“I am not pushing you, but I am still here.”

and

“I have slightly panicked and now I am pretending this silence is therapeutic.”

Brutal, but true. 🫠

In our work, space should never feel like abandonment.

A quiet moment should still have a held edge to it.

A pause should still have safety in it.

A client choosing not to talk should not mean we disappear emotionally.

And equally, “holding space” should not become hovering, over-processing, over-interpreting, or turning every glance at a pony into a deep psychological excavation.

Sometimes a child is just looking at a pony because the pony is cute and has hay in its fringe.

We do not need to turn it into a TED Talk. 🐴🌾

Good facilitation is knowing when to stay close and when to soften back.

It is knowing when silence is useful, and when silence has become avoidance.

It is knowing when a young person needs space, and when they need a calm adult to remain quietly, safely, obviously present.

That is the work.

Not fixing.

Not forcing.

Not floating about saying “I’m holding space” while secretly hoping the horse does the heavy lifting.

➡️Actual presence.

➡️Actual attunement.

➡️Actual responsibility.

Because holding space is not doing nothing.

It is doing something very carefully. 💛

13/06/2026

Excuse me.

How the hell is it mid-June already? 🌞🐴

I swear we only just survived the winter swamp era. I’ve barely emotionally recovered from dragging haynets around in the dark, crying into a frozen water bucket, and trying to convince myself that “it’s character building” while my socks slowly filled with mud.

And now everyone’s acting like summer is here.

Summer? 😂😂😂😂🙈

We’ve got July, August and September.

That is basically 12 minutes in horse-owner time.

Then it’s back to:

🌧️ wet rugs that smell like regret
💩 poo picking in the dark
🧊 frozen taps
🔦 head torches
🪣 buckets with suspicious ice lids
🐴 horses pretending they’re starving despite having a full haynet
👢 wellies trying to claim your entire foot and ancestry
💸 spending £94 on things you swear you didn’t need last week

I am simply not emotionally prepared for this bullsh*t.....and all this rain.

I wanted long evenings, dry fields, slightly feral summer evenings, and maybe one peaceful moment where nobody loses a shoe, gets a mystery lump, or makes me Google “is this normal” at 11.47pm.

Instead I’m already feeling haunted by October.

So yes, I’ll be enjoying summer.

Aggressively.

With both hands.

Possibly while shouting “IT’S STILL LIGHT OUTSIDE” like a woman who has seen things. 🌅🐎😂

Horse people are fine.

Completely fine.

Absolutely not one wet rug away from a breakdown. 🫠💛

🥄 "Where Did All My Spoons Go?" — A Spoon Theory Reflection for Humans (and Horses) 🥄Inspired by Christine Miserandino’s...
12/06/2026

🥄 "Where Did All My Spoons Go?" — A Spoon Theory Reflection for Humans (and Horses) 🥄

Inspired by Christine Miserandino’s Spoon Theory.

You know those days where everything feels too much? You cry over something small. You can’t get off the sofa. You snap, shut down, or ghost everyone. And you think,
“Why am I like this?”
“Other people seem to manage.”
“I used to be able to do more…”

Let us offer this: 🧠 It’s not that you're lazy. 🐴 It's not that you're dramatic. 💔 It's not that you're broken. You're just… out of spoons.

Imagine you start each day with a little pile of spoons. Each spoon is your energy, focus, tolerance, patience, or presence. You use them to:
🧼 Get out of bed
💬 Make conversation
🚗 Drive somewhere
🧾 Read your emails
🤕 Mask your pain
🙃 Pretend you’re OK

Some people wake up with 10 spoons. Others? Maybe 3. And trauma? Anxiety? Grief? Chronic illness? Neurodivergence? They all steal spoons before your day even starts. And sometimes — like our cartoon pony — you sit there staring at a heap of dropped spoons wondering: “How did I use them all already?”

🌿 At Equimotional, we teach this to kids, teens, adults — and even horses. We don’t shame the meltdown. We don’t pathologise the overwhelm. We get that reacting to a dropped spoon isn’t about the spoon. It’s about the dozen you spent just trying to show up. We meet you there — with horses who understand the weight behind a reaction. And with tools to help you manage what spoons you have, not shame you for the ones you’ve lost.

Let’s stop asking “What’s wrong with me?”
And start asking:
✨ “What’s taking my spoons?”
✨ “Where can I put a few back?”

Agh, meteorological summer has arrived in Britain, which of course means we had about seven days of blazing heat, follow...
11/06/2026

Agh, meteorological summer has arrived in Britain, which of course means we had about seven days of blazing heat, followed immediately by a weather forecast that looks like Noah’s admin list. 🌧️

The ground is still dry at the moment, because apparently it spent last week being baked like a cheap pizza.

But the rain is now incoming with the confidence of a drunk auntie at a wedding.

City people see ten days of heavy rain and think:

“Oh no, what dreadful weather.”

Horse people see ten days of heavy rain and start doing mental maths like:

“Right. How long before the gateways turn to soup?”

“Have I got enough hay?”

“Which rug is emotionally appropriate for this nonsense?”

“Will my horse choose shelter, or stand in the rain looking like a Victorian orphan?”

British summer really is just the weather throwing darts at a board.

Heatwave.

Rain.

Wind.

Midday sunshine.

Temperature drop.

Horse sweating.

Horse cold.

Owner crying into a wheelbarrow.

Anyway, happy summer everyone.

May your fields drain, your hay stay dry, and your horse make at least one sensible life choice this week.

Unlikely, but we live in hope. 🌧️🐴🪣 x



















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✨ 99p Equimotional Worksheet Bundle Sheets are now available in the shop!I’ve been busy creating lots of fun, horse-powe...
10/06/2026

✨ 99p Equimotional Worksheet Bundle Sheets are now available in the shop!

I’ve been busy creating lots of fun, horse-powered learning worksheets for alternative provisions, facilitators, home educators, schools, and anyone who needs something useful without having to reinvent the wheel every five minutes.

These are ideal for those days when you need a quick activity, your brain has packed its tiny suitcase, or your creative flow is not exactly flying across the field 😂

Each sheet is designed to be:

🐴 equine-themed
📚 linked to learning
🎨 creative and engaging
💛 gentle, confidence-building, and strength-based
🖨️ printable and easy to use
💸 only 99p each

There are academic-style activities, emotional literacy sheets, PSHE-style reflections, maths, literacy, observation tasks, creative prompts, and lots of pony goodness sprinkled throughout.

It is a bit of a lucky dip, so you can grab a few and see what works for your learners, clients, or young people. Perfect for when you’re in a pickle and need something meaningful without breaking the bank.

Here are a few examples of what’s inside 👇

Shop here:

Shop | Equimotional https://share.google/R9zK3O2J1rJEW5Z6D

Be kind. Keep trying. You’ve got this. ⭐

Thirty new 99p worksheets are coming to the Equimotional shop!Because sometimes you do not need a huge workbook, a full ...
10/06/2026

Thirty new 99p worksheets are coming to the Equimotional shop!

Because sometimes you do not need a huge workbook, a full curriculum, or a 47-page emotional excavation with a pony wearing a metaphorical hat.

Sometimes you just need one simple, useful worksheet because:

🌟 a client needs something extra
🌟 the weather has gone feral
🌟 your session plan has packed its bags
🌟 the day has chosen chaos
🌟 or you are simply in a pickle and need something ready to go

These new worksheets are designed to be affordable, fun, pony-powered, and easy to grab when you need a little learning boost without breaking the bank.

They cover a mix of horse-themed learning, emotional reflection, creativity, maths, English, science, geography, observation skills, and gentle thinking tasks.

Perfect for facilitators, alternative provision, home education, riding schools, pony clubs, and anyone who likes their learning with a bit more mud on its boots.

Just 99p each.

Coming to the shop very soon 🥒🐴

Last Call 🔊 Starts 16th June 🐴✨ Our June Equimotional Coaches Course curriculum ✨🐴People often ask what we actually cove...
09/06/2026

Last Call 🔊 Starts 16th June

🐴✨ Our June Equimotional Coaches Course curriculum ✨🐴

People often ask what we actually cover on the course, so here’s a little look at the 10-week learning journey for our next cohort starting 16th June.

This is not a “sit quietly and memorise theory” kind of course.

It’s reflective. Honest. Sometimes emotional. Sometimes challenging. Full of discussion, learning, growth, awkward self-awareness moments, and the occasional “well that hit a nerve” realisation while sat holding a cup of tea in a Zoom call 😅

Over 10 weeks we explore:

🌱 Introduction & Foundations
🛡 Safeguarding
🧠 Trauma-Informed Care
🤝 Person-Centred Care
💛 The PACE Model
🧘 Mindfulness
🗣 Strength-Based Language
🐴 EFL Exercises & Session Building
🕯 Grief & Loss
📚 Recap & Case Studies

Everything is taught through an Equimotional lens:

• non-pathologising
• strength-based
• trauma-informed
• equine welfare conscious
• human and realistic

When you complete the course, you are also eligible to join professional bodies including the ACCPH and the IPHM.

We still have a few spaces left for June and we would absolutely love to welcome some new faces into the herd 🤍

More info : www.equimotional.com

09/06/2026

Why do foals just want to unalive themselves... 💀 ☠️🙈.

He is already a little rascal.

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