The Therapy Pod

BeLEAF that you are loved 🍃 💚

Grateful beyond words for this incredible painting of Casper. feels like you’ve captured his soul on canvas. Thank you so much for this heartfelt gift ❤️🐴

Mohjoe, deeply connects with his humans. I have witnessed so many powerful therapeutic moments with Mohjoe showing up in session.

We never force our horses to engage in session, they can choose to leave at any time. The majority of our work is without halters and primarily relational.

We often get enquires asking if we do ridden work? No - it’s all sessions are on the ground.

And even then, we are not teaching you how to be a horse wrangler (we will teach you safety). Equine Assisted Therapy - is still therapy. Our equine partners in the process can be great supports with exploring emotional regulation (co regulation and self regulation), congruence (how often do we mask - with our outsides not matching our insides), attachment, connection, belonging and boundaries.

If you are looking for more hands on, you may want to consider Equine Assisted Learning (EAL is different to therapy - practitioners can be found via directory) or riding lessons.

Every practitioner works differently, you may find some that work with the horses more directly than others. As long as the horse welfare & human safety is primary consideration, there is no right or wrong way for an equine assisted therapy session to unfold. What a session can look like vary greatly depending on the practitioner, the client and the horse.

When a support worker stumbles across her mane match.

Lumpy & .cass.counselling’s little side kick Lenny taking over the therapy chairs at the pod today.

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Infusing warmth into our therapy pod with a festive market stall and a charming little book library box. 📚✨Fostering a sense of joy, community spirit and belonging.

Big thanks to Lyle for building the stall, Jim,
Eileen & Sam for masterminding, building and donating the little library.



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Our beautiful boy Taco at The Therapy Pod

The loveable little Lumpy Space Princess

How are you REALLY feeling… anyone relate to this?

Casper, Megsie & Diana engaged with one of our regulars at the Pod. Casper, now gracefully in his mid 30’s, has retired from the Therapy Pod paddocks up to the llamas paddocks (his mates in tow), as it’s more gentle on his arthritic legs & he’s closer to the house for extra love & attention.

Casper 💛

How you doing’?

The face of Lumpy Space Princess when her human rocked a twin fit.
. Doug might be able to cheer her up with his dog bites

Gold Coast dog loving community- just wanted to share my new discovery at Palm Beach. Coffee shop meets all dog supplies you ever need shop / cafe. Beautiful souls creating a cool space for us animal loving types. I don’t usually make these posts but love to support local business.

Palm Beach Loves Dogs

The Pod

Saturday session available at The Therapy Pod with .cass.counselling (head directly to Neisha’s webpage to make your booking).

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"Escape to the Serenity of Equine Assisted Therapy 🐴✨

Join me on the tranquil pod veranda, surrounded by nature's embrace, as we witness the graceful horses graze beside the whispering trees. Experience the profound effects of nervous system regulation through the power of connection and relationship.

📅 Rare Saturday Appointment Available! Don't miss this opportunity to embark on a transformative journey.

Book your session now and discover the healing magic of equine therapy. 🌿🌸💫

How to keep warm in the cold:
1. Find a pile of warm furry animals
2. Join them.

Gary effortlessly contributes daily sprinkles of joy to life simply by existing.

"Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts." - Rachel Carson

This quote speaks to the therapeutic benefits of connecting with nature and finding beauty in the world around us. By immersing ourselves in nature, we can tap into a sense of strength and resilience that can sustain us through difficult times. Carson's work on environmental conservation was also deeply rooted in the idea that our connection to nature is essential to our well-being as individuals and as a society.

Oh my heart. So beautiful ❤️‍🩹

The humble soap bubble —that fragile skin which is both beautiful and slippery, lovely to look at but impossible to hold or hang on to.
In the Middle Ages and Renaissance, the shimmering bubble was an emblem of the transience of life, and sometimes used to signify vanitas, or the attachment to earthly things. The sheer joyousness the bubble represents floating in the air, reflecting an unseen rainbow — and the dangers of hanging your happiness.

- extract: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/tech-support/201306/psychology-and-the-soap-bubble

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Broken to Brilliant is attending the Stop Domestic Violence Conference at the Gold Coast presented by . We are proud and grateful that our HEART program - the Healing Equine Art Resilience Therapy program was selected for a poster presentation. Thanks to the HEART program leaders Tracey , Jane , Jamie , Fiona , Amber and Lylle for creating each session full of safety, trust, heartfelt ❤️ 💙 support, connection and healing for domesticviolence survivors. Thank you 😊