The Equestrian Tai Chi & United Energy Riding Podcast

This episode is about the energy of the Fire Element and how it can help us at this time of year, to have clarity and to connect to essence of ourselves and our horse.

According to the Chinese Zodiac, 2026 is the Year of the Fire Horse. Fire Horse energy is becoming predominant now as we move into the Chinese New Year on the 17th of February. Although the time of year relating to the Fire Element is in the summer, this year Fire Element Energy will be more abundant throughout the year. This podcast episode explores how balancing Fire Element Energy can help us a...

This podcast episode explores the Winter Solstice discussing the transition from metal to water element energy. This time represents the strongest yin energy for both humans and horses, it is a period for rest, deep connection, and introspection rather than achievement-focused activities. The episode covers concepts of yin and yang energies, and a simple way of connecting with connecting with hors...

In this episode we explore the Five Element Chi Gung with Horses and Nature Certification Program. Discover how this unique program blends Chi Gung practices with the therapeutic presence of the horse and the natural world and the Five Elements. If you help people in the presence, whether you're interested in mind-body wellness, or personal growth, or energy work with horses, this episode will giv...

This episode is about how we affect our horse through our energy field. If we feel calm and relaxed, our horse can sense this, if we feel nervous about riding or about things that have happened us in the past, our horse can sense this in our energy field. In Chi Connection in the Tao Riding Membership for riders, we learn to find and let go of blocked energy in our field that can affect us and our...

This episode is about how the energy of shared memories with strong emotions link us to our horse. Whenever we have an experience with another being where we have strong emotions, it creates a connection between us. It can connect us, yet oddly disconnect us at the same time! I hope you enjoy it and find it useful in some way. So if we've had experiences with our horse where we've had strong emoti...

This Episode is about when you have the thought that your horse might spook, what happens the thought, what happens your energy relating to this thought. I share about how the thought continues to affect us and our horse and our connection together.  The energy of memories of things that have happened us can remain in our field and affect us and our horse. I hope you enjoy it and find it useful in...

This Episode is to wish you a Happy Summer Solstice 2025 in the Northern Hemisphere and a Happy Winter Solstice in the Southern Hemisphere. I share a little of what we're up to in Equestrian Tai Chi and Tao Riding, about Five Element Chi Gung Healing with Horses and Chi Connection in the Tao Riding Program.

This episode is about the the course Awakening Your Internal Energy and Uniting with the Energy of Your Horse. Our horses are more sensitive to energy than we are. If we can learn to open and develop our energy, we can connect with them at a deeper level, one they already have the ability to connect on. Please click below if you would like to learn more about the course Awaken Your Internal Energy...

Wu Wei is a Taoist concept that encourages us to be natural and do things in an easy and effortless way. This makes it much easier for our horses to be with us.  Wu Wei (wei sounds like 'way' in English) is literally translated as 'non action' and can be interpreted to mean action without effort.

This episode is a little about the how the energy of karma controls us, and also about u sing the Tai Chi Symbol to help pinpoint areas that are not working for us with something that is special to us.

This episode is about Yin energy in objects in our houses and also about the energy of the water element in objects. Water is one of the five elements or five phases of energy, if it is not allowed flow, it stops people who have water as their predominant element feeling as vibrant as they could. It also affects the energy in objects, and these in turn affect the places where we live. Too much Yin...

This episode is how working with our energy opens our Heart-Mind and allows more connection with our horse.   Please click below if you would like a video about the 7 Steps of Tao Riding https://www.equestriantaichi.com/7-steps-libsyn/

This episode is about a glass ceiling in our connection with our horses. It relates to horses being closer to the Tao than we are and more sensitive to energy than we are.   Links mentioned in the episode The Seven Steps of Tao Riding  https://www.equestriantaichi.com/7-steps-libsyn/ Tao Riding is an online training for riders who would like to develop an energetic connection with their horse.

This episode is about how our ego is formed from the time we come into existence, it is also about how we can make difficult connections with people and animals if we experience strong negative emotions with them. Links mentioned in the episode The Seven Steps of Tao Riding https://www.equestriantaichi.com/7-steps-libsyn/

This episode is about a French Riding Master and a Tai Chi Master, both born in the late 1700's Francois Baucher and Yang Lu Chan.  

This episode is about a way of keeping my horse connected to me.   Link mentioned in the episode. The Tao Riding Program for riders who feel nervous, and who'd like to deepen their connection with their horse and keep themselves and their horse calm, through developing their energy. https://www.equestriantaichi.com/tao-riding-libsyn/ Please  click here if you'd like some information about the Tao...

This episode is about a new way of riding for riders who feel nervous, that is calming and connecting for them and their horse'. It is for the horse as much as it is for us, horses love connecting with us as much as we do with them, but if we feel nervous this blocks connection. We both affect each other with our energy, Tao Riding is a new way of riding that focuses on helping the horse to feel c...

This episode is about going back to times past at the time of year of the Earth Element, a short period between the end of the summer and the beginning of Autumn. There is also an exercise for connecting with The Earth.

This episode is about the Fire Element which is predominant now in the Northern Hemisphere from the time of the Summer Solstice on the 21st of June.  

This episode is about why horses love Equestrian Tai Chi.  It's a focus for them to really tune into energy and to follow it in their body as we practice and in our bodies too. Horses are really masters at reading energy. It's natural for them to connect through energy.  

This episode is about taking a little time to address habits that are not helpful to us, that we wish we could be free of.

This Episode is about when we have to do something in a certain timeframe and we don't have enough time. We look at three things to consider in relation to this and how we can use another type of time to help us, when we are under pressure for time!

According to Taoist cosmology, Wu Ji is the undifferentiated source of everything. Although Wu Ji is the source of everything, it has no desire to create and for this a creative energy is needed, and this creative energy is Tai Ji. Tai Ji can give birth to, or generate any set of complimentary opposites, both physical and abstract. This episode is about looking at the opposites of Hope and Fear in...