The Whole Horse Podcast with Alexa Linton

It's so good to be back in the podcast saddle! I sure missed you all and chatting with awesome guests like Mona Illerbrun. In this podcast we spoke about Mona's recovery from a traumatic brain injury and subsequent PTSD, her unique and amazing path with horses, how horses participated in her healing process, living in the moment as a way to heal, and how she found her way back to her strength and...

Joining me in my first episode since the insanity that is (or should I say was - I passed!) my final exams in osteopathy, is the calming and amazing Thirza Voysey of Soul Farm Sanctuary on Gabriola Island. We chat about life, horses, pivotal life-changing moments, the beauty of routine and ritual, energy centres, the amazingness of mares, and the role of horses on our soul path in this beautiful c...

What an episode this was with Julia Alexander. After reading one of Julia's blog posts, I knew that I needed to speak with her about her work at the intersection of horses and systemic oppression, and her ideas on how to start to change the unhealthy systems that we exist in, and the foundation of much of our horse work (and how we have been taught to be). I'm so grateful to her for doing this wor...

It was such a pleasure to chat with Noah Tillman-Young of Steady Horse in this episode of the Whole Horse Podcast! We unpacked some essential ideas around pressure, fear, safety, learning, the importance of intention, trust and what it truly takes to "create" a truly steady and safe horse. I found this so helpful in shifting my perspective around my own training, and really seeing more honestly wh...

What an insightful and eye-opening conversation with animal communicator and healer Allecia Maine! In this episode we geeked out about healing and how it works, equine well-being on all levels, and the efficacy and ins and outs of remote work on horses and other animals. Enjoy! Allecia Maine is The Animal Heeler™. For over 26 years she has been successfully translating the truth of the animal's fo...

What a beautiful conversation with Kerri Lake, and the perfect chat for this potent fourth season, as we get right into some incredibly rich territory around showing up for our horses, becoming emotionally stable and agile with our horses, communicating clearly with our horses through our own inner state, actions and intentions, why congruency is essential, and what it means to really do right by...

What a treat of a conversation with Jane Pike of The Confident Rider for this episode of the Whole Horse Podcast! Before we even started recording, my face was hurting from giggling, and that spirit continued as we traversed territory around working with and not against our emotions with our horses, practical simple steps to restore regulation in our nervous systems and build in resilience, how to...

I spent a whole lot of this amazing conversation for the Whole Horse Podcast with Nahshon Cook with tears in my eyes, and a big goofy smile on my face. After listening to his podcast with Warwick Schiller ( go have a listen here ), I was over the moon to be able to have this chat about horses, spirituality, teaching, growing, playing and much much more. As he shares in the podcast, Nahshon passes...

One of my favourite podcast guests is back and dropping some amazing wisdom about horses and life! Heather Nelson and I connected over the interwebs to chat about what staying home for the winter means for her training and her own horses, where her new learning edge lies and why and how she's shifting the way that she's working with her horses in a big way, how this new way of doing things is show...

In our second Whole Horse podcast of season 4, Taming Wild's Elsa Sinclair takes us on a journey into her potent year with her two stallions, and stars of her in-progress documentary Taming Wild Evolution, particularly Atlas, who has been a teacher of epic proportions and tiny ones too. Elsa shares how Freedom Based training, which she fondly refers to as the slowest training method in the world,...

Really enjoyed this far-ranging conversation with Warwick Schiller of Warwick Schiller Performance Horsemanship! In this Whole Horse Podcast episode Warwick opened up about his self growth journey over the past four years, what caused such a potent shift (hint: there was a horse or two involved!), what this process has looked like for him, what resources and exercises have been most helpful, how t...

This episode with the amazing Elisha Edwards of Riva's Remedies digs right into an area that many horse lovers, including me, are curious and often, concerned, about, Equine Metabolic Syndrome. With her intensive background in nutrition and pharmacology, I learned a great deal in just one hour about this rising and ever-growing issue, and I hope you will too! Elisha Edwards is a long-time horse lo...

This was such a restorative and relaxing episode with Daniela Kaemmerer of Body Mind and Horses, who also has a mare named Diva! We chatted yoga, breathing, presence, horses, self care practices, and how yoga is actually something way more than just going to a yoga class. Her voice is so soothing, and it was the perfect thing for these stressful times. I hope you enjoy as much as I did!   Daniela...

After reading the article Life as a Black Equestrian on Chronicle of the Horse and realizing that we lived right across the ocean from each other as the crow flies and had spent time in the same barns growing up, I knew I needed to reach out to fellow horse lover Stephanie Kallstrom. I am deeply appreciative to Stephanie for this opportunity to have this important conversation and to continue the...

Another mind-stretching and learning-rich episode, this time with Equine Hanna Somatics Educator Alissa Mayer! Alissa shares about how she found somatic work, what it is and how it works on a physiological level with a specific and important reflex, and how she works with it to shift the health and performance of horses and riders. She also shares a simple daily somatic-based exercise near the end...

In this episode of the podcast, my awesome guest host Allie Goin is back as we chat about the story of my new mare Raven and my current learning about her injury, rehabilitation, and looking at the "whole" horse, physical, emotional, energetic, and spiritual, when moving through a healing process. We get into the woo-woo parts of things, and ways that intuition can show up that we may not realize...

What a mind-blowing episode with Sharon and Laura Wilsie of HorseSpeak! Did you know horses have a face, and use blinking, nodding, chin, mouth and nostril movement and more to communicate with other horses, and if you're paying attention, with you? As you'll hear in this episode, this had not fully occurred to me. This is the kind of simple, yet major stuff we were discussing, as well as getting...

Loved speaking with Jamie Lau, founder of Haybales & Barbells in this episode of the Whole Horse Podcast! During these challenging times, Jamie has pivoted, followed her heart and launched her company, sharing with us about why it's so important for riders to be strong, coordinated and flexible (and some funny stories of how this work has saved her a few times in the saddle!). I met Jamie through...

What a joy of a podcast episode! Susan Tenney of Elemental Acupressure brought her passion and expertise to our time together, sharing about how her journey with horses and acupressure began, how she works with Chinese medicine concepts and horses, some ways to begin using acupressure simply and effectively with your horses. It was a pleasure to learn from her, and I hope you feel the same. Susan'...

I'd been looking forward to my conversation with Elisha Edwards for a while, and it did not disappoint! After hearing about her teaching and online programs, and watching the evolution of Riva's Remedies over many years, I was filled with questions about her work with horses. In this conversation we covered a lot of ground, from her guidance around vitamin-mineral supplementation and supplementati...

In this episode of the podcast, I met a kindred spirit in all things geeky and horse-related in Thirza Hendriks! Our conversation highlights our combined passions for anatomy, biomechanics and bridging the gap from these essential subjects to training, with Thirza sharing about her experience with whole horse dissections, some of the main issues that are being seen repeatedly in domestic breeds an...

What a beautiful conversation with Karine Vandeborre of Horsefulness Training! I left the conversation feeling relaxed and more aware of my breath and my impact on my horses and clients, and grateful for the new subtleties added into my breathing practice. We also touched on how to bring this awareness into your training, how to start slow (and at liberty) to go faster later, and how to work with...

When my friend and client Allie asked me to turn my podcast on its head and tell my own story, I found myself both hesitant and excited. She had shared that she really didn't know what I did in the world before becoming a client and wondered if others felt the same - if you do, then this episode is for you! The story of my journey, how I came to love horses, how I became an equine therapist, an an...

This podcast is one of my geekiest yet and I loved it! What a pleasure to chat with equine body worker Tami Elkayam about the equine fascial lines, her recent osteopathy training, craniosacral work and the essential role of the TMJ, and much more. A must listen for any equine body workers out there, and for horse lovers interested in learning more about how their horses bodies work. Scroll down th...

One of my favourite podcast guests is back, because we all can use a little humour right about now. Liberty trainer Heather Nelson joined me on a Saturday evening to chat and chuckle about the training of her "magical unicorns" aka her three horse herd, while she is spending a whole lot of time at home during the Covid-19 event. We got into some excellent detail about the unicorn creation process,...