🌀 When Your Nervous System Won’t Come Down 🐎

There’s a point where the body forgets what safety feels like.

When the nervous system stays stuck in go-mode—vigilant, tense, breath shallow—it starts believing that’s just how life is.

And you? You start adapting… until your own overwhelm feels normal.

But here’s the truth:

You were never meant to live in a permanent state of survival.

Just like horses in a herd, your system is wired to respond and then release.

A jolt of fear? They run.

But once the danger passes? They shake. They breathe. They rest.

They come back to baseline.

Humans don’t do that so well.

We absorb. We hold. We carry tension like it’s proof of our strength.

We smile when we want to cry.

We power through when we should pause.

We stay connected to what drains us and forget to reconnect to ourselves.

But here’s the medicine from the herd:

🐴 You’re allowed to shake it off.

🐴 You’re allowed to walk away from the fence line.

🐴 You’re allowed to rest, even if the world keeps galloping.

So if your heart’s racing when you’re still,

If your jaw aches from clenching,

If your breath has forgotten how to be deep—

That’s your body whispering: “Please, don’t forget me.”

Take the cue.

Lie in the grass.

Cry if you need to.

Breathe like the herd does—fully, deeply, slowly.

And remember: your worth is not tied to how long you can endure.

Let’s stop wearing burnout like a badge.

Let’s start listening to the wisdom of the nervous system—and the horses—who show us what it means to be free and still safe.

You don’t have to earn your rest.

You just have to remember you’re allowed to take it.

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Love, Light & Blessings,

Frannie and the BWH Herd