The First Step Back to Yourself
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Every journey home begins with a single moment of awareness — the instant you realize you’ve been away.
Yesterday in the arena, Brady met me exactly where I was.
He lowered his head — a quiet release of cortisol, the body’s way of letting go of stress. He gently reminded me that he doesn’t like his face touched, and we stood together in a kind of mutual agreement, "your needs are safe here, and so are mine". A reminder that boundries are our birthright and it is completely okay to set them.
At one point, he turned and walked away. It wasn’t rejection. It was completion.
When our energy is congruent, a horse can leave because they know everything is okay — nothing is unfinished, nothing is broken. But if we’re out of alignment, that same walk away can mean something entirely different.
Compass Connection:
In the language of the Wild Grace Compass, this was a North moment — rediscovering truth in the stillness and learning to read what is actually happening, not just what we fear it means.
Reflection Prompt:
Where in your life might someone’s “walk away” actually be an act of trust, not rejection?
Inside the Wild Grace Sanctuary, we practice moments like this — in the arena and in life — learning to read the quiet signals, the body language, the unspoken truths.
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