Grounding with Horses: Learning to Stand Where Your Feet Are
- Za Brewington
- Nov 21
- 2 min read
There’s a moment every horseman, horsewoman, or horse-hearted soul knows well — the moment a horse stops moving, looks directly at you, and waits.
It’s not a test. It’s an invitation.
An invitation to arrive.
Horses live fully in the present. They don’t replay the past or reach for the future. They don’t apologize for needing space, and they don’t rush themselves to meet expectations. They stand exactly where their feet are — grounded, aware, intentional.
And they call us to do the same.
Why Presence Feels So Hard for Humans
We want to be present — but our nervous systems are overworked, our minds are overstimulated, and our bodies are carrying stories we were never taught how to hold.
We live in a world that constantly signals:
move faster
do more
be more
fix yourself
keep going
But healing doesn’t happen in motion. It happens in presence.
This is where the herd becomes our greatest teacher.
How Horses Anchor Us Back into Ourselves
Stand near a horse long enough, and you’ll feel your breath shift. Not because you’re trying — but because your body begins to synchronize with theirs.
A horse’s heart is five times bigger than ours. Their electromagnetic field extends several feet around them. When they regulate, we regulate. When they soften, we soften. When they ground, we remember the ground beneath us.
Their stillness is contagious.
And their presence becomes permission.
Permission to pause. Permission to breathe. Permission to feel what we’ve avoided. Permission to return to ourselves without judgment.
The Lesson the Herd Wants You to Know Today
You don’t have to have everything figured out.
You don’t have to race your healing. You don’t have to run from yourself. You don’t have to perform your strength.
Sometimes the bravest thing you can do is simply to stand where your feet are.
To be here. Right now. Exactly as you are.
This is where the real healing starts — not in perfection, but in presence.
A Practice Inspired by the Herd
Take this with you today:
Find a quiet place. Put your feet on the ground. Inhale for four. Exhale for six. Let your shoulders soften. Let your heart catch up to your body.
Say to yourself:
“Right now, I am safe. Right now, I can breathe. Right now, being here is enough.”
This is how we begin again. This is how we rise — gently, honestly, and from a place of truth.
The Herd Is With You
Every time you pause, every time you choose presence over pressure, you step deeper into your authentic self.
And the herd — their strength, their wisdom, their groundedness — walks with you.
You’re not alone on this journey. You never were.
And if you’re ready to take this grounding with horses
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