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      <image:title>Blog - I need to tell you about Spunky - This is 11-year-old me and the dear, sweet, Spunky.</image:title>
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      <image:title>Blog - I need to tell you about Spunky - Our Transformative Grief Group for Horse Folk Unlearning Traditional Horsemanship is for you. This is a space where we hold both the love and the grief. Where we acknowledge what we didn't know then, and commit to doing better now. Where we practice self-compassion and self-forgiveness. Where we honor the horses who taught us, even through their suffering.</image:title>
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      <image:title>Blog - I need to tell you about Spunky - Support This Work</image:title>
      <image:caption>If you're not able to participate in the group but would like to support this work, you're warmly invited to make a donation to Stable Grounds Therapeutic Farm Sanctuary. Contributions help sustain our ongoing programming and make community-centered, values-aligned offerings like this possible.  Donate here</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - To Catch Up to a Horse, You Need to Slow Down - Dearest Po, who crossed the rainbow bridge last year.</image:title>
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      <image:title>Blog - To Catch Up to a Horse, You Need to Slow Down - Here at the Sanctuary, we're cooking up a number of care-driven offerings to meet local needs rooted in our areas of expertise. We'll announce them and ways that you can support and get involved as the plans take shape.</image:title>
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      <image:title>Blog - To Catch Up to a Horse, You Need to Slow Down - Support This Work</image:title>
      <image:caption>If you're not able to participate in the group but would like to support this work, you're warmly invited to make a donation to Stable Grounds Therapeutic Farm Sanctuary. Contributions help sustain our ongoing programming and make community-centered, values-aligned offerings like this possible.  Donate here</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2026-01-28</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog -  Exciting news from SGS!  - Mandy enjoying a good scratch! Those fly bites are so itchy!</image:title>
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      <image:title>Blog -  Exciting news from SGS!  - Here’s a bit from Rebecca on her relationship with Farah: When Nicole introduced me to Farah's work a few years ago, I was instantly hooked. And like Nicole, I found myself crying in my car listening to her podcast and processing my past relationships with horses. I attended a weeklong camp with Farah at Ohana and was hooked. I enrolled in Farah's one-on-one Virtual Coaching and have learned so much. This past spring, I was also honored to co-facilitate a Retreat on Nervous System Regulation together with Farah at the farm. And it was from there that we began discussing possibilities of partnering in our work together.</image:title>
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      <image:title>Blog -  Exciting news from SGS!  - To help us get established at Ohana Farm and organize upcoming community events with Mandy and her new herd mates, we are excited to launch our first SGS swag fundraiser!</image:title>
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    <lastmod>2025-05-05</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog - A Lesson from Mandy: Facing Uncertainty with Presence - The Great Give is Upon Us!</image:title>
      <image:caption>On May 7th and 8th (next week!), we’re participating in The Great Give, a 36-hour online giving event. Our goal is to raise $10,000 to support Mandy’s care and the healing work we offer to the community. We need your help to reach that goal. Every donation, no matter the size, helps us sustain this work—offering a space where people and horses can heal, grow, and learn from one another. Stay tuned for the donation link! This Sunday! Farah and Rebecca are co-facilitating a One-Day Horse Retreat at Ohana Farm. This retreat Sold Out within days and a portion of the proceeds will be donated to SGS! We are thrilled to join Farah in offering participants a container with the horses to ground into themselves, increase a sense of presence, and engage in nervous system care. Thank you for being part of this community. Thank you for believing in this work. And thank you for walking with us toward a more grounded, connected, and compassionate world.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2025-05-05</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog - ✨Spring Has Sprung!</image:title>
      <image:caption>✨ TWO cohorts of Support Groups for Therapists— A space to acknowledge the position of front line providers who are at once impacted by the current political climate and also serving others who are directly targeted. These groups are full and currently running.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - ✨Spring Has Sprung! - ✨ A One-day retreat in Massachusetts this May! co-facilitated by Dr. Rebecca Cohen and our horse trainer, Farah DeJohnette (that sold out within a few days of it’s launch ). A portion of the proceeds from this event will be donated to SGS.</image:title>
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      <image:title>Blog - ✨Spring Has Sprung! - ✨ Rebecca has been invited to return to the Navajo reservation in July. She will again join Dr. Tami DeCoteau to co-facilitate a three-day workshop for a school district’s staff on self care as well as school based sensory rooms.</image:title>
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      <image:title>Blog - ✨Spring Has Sprung! - ✨ Our next Children’s Horse Experience in August, where young participants connect with horses in a nurturing environment– also with Farah’s guidance at her farm.</image:title>
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      <image:title>Blog - ✨Spring Has Sprung! -  Stay tuned for a special lesson from Mandy about how to navigate these trying times with wisdom and presence.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Mark your calendars for the Great Give on May 7-8! This is a powerful opportunity to support our work. If you’d like to help us promote this fundraiser, we’d love to collaborate—just send us an email!</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2025-03-05</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2025-03-05</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Image: Canyon de Chelly, Navajo Reservation, Chinle, AZ.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - A time for nurturing and leaning into one another ❤️ - I can’t tell you how you need to tend to yourself; your body already knows that once you take a listen.</image:title>
      <image:caption>For me, hugging this one tree in my yard that is perfectly huggable, or watching Mandy munch on some grass, or saying no to plans and wrapping myself in a blanket cocoon on the couch are some of my strategies that I use when I need some TLC.  How do you nurture yourself? If you don’t know yet, what would you be open to trying? We all have a biological need for nature &amp; community, so finding a way to tune into either of those spaces in a way that feels right to you would be the place to start. Rebecca has been recommending doing what is at arm's length- invite a friend over for a meal, start that hobby you have been thinking about, learn to make a new recipe, do some googling about mutual aid and community building in your neighborhood or town. Starting by reinforcing that which is just at your fingertips is enough for now. And remind yourself that that is enough. You are enough.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2025-03-05</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog - SGS Updates! - I view myself, my work, and the world through a lens of anti-imperialism. Therefore, I consider my communities to be those who struggle with, hold, and are healing from intergenerational trauma inflicted through the tools of imperialism (i.e. colonial rule, resource theft, labor exploitation, and other forms of structural violence).</image:title>
      <image:caption>I see my relationship with, care for, and mutual collaboration alongside all animals through this lens, which helps me tap into my inherent belief in power with - not power over - others. I am also deeply curious of and connected to (especially through my food culture!) my South Asian heritage – I am Tamil, a Dravidian ethno-linguistic group with ancestral roots in South India. My lifelong exploration and ever-evolving understanding of my cultural heritage also greatly influences my relationships with animals.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - SGS Updates! - So far in my career, I’ve developed in-depth technical, research, and policy expertise across multiple disciplines spanning academia, government, and independent consulting. Broadly, my portfolio of work examines the relationship between environmental degradation and human health.</image:title>
      <image:caption>In my current work, I seek to manifest community visions of a sustainable and just food system by dismantling municipal and systemic barriers, directly allocating resources, shifting power, and authentically collaborating with (disinvested) community members as well as local, state, regional, federal, and international actors. Throughout all of my work, I believe deeply in non-hierarchical, adaptive, relational networks that support each person’s professional - and personal - journeys.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - SGS Updates! - Most importantly, I am simultaneously the beaming guardian, loyal steward, and bemused staff member for Lucy , Kaju , Ela ‍⬛, Pippa ‍⬛, and three prized curry leaf trees.</image:title>
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      <image:title>Blog - SGS Updates! - We have also been out in the community building partnerships and learning from local and like-minded organizations.</image:title>
      <image:caption>In June, the SGS team visited Wild Ride mustang sanctuary in Sterling, CT. Wild Ride is an amazing space that, to quote, “lets the horses choose to stay wild.”  We hiked the mustang-made track system, and got to see some of the positive-reinforcement training done with the mustangs. We hope to incorporate some of these strategies into our future space. Wild Ride is an incredible operation, and we strongly encourage you to check them out!</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - SGS Updates! - We are also excited to pilot our first Horse Experience for Kids in partnership with our trainer Farah Dejohnette Whole Horsemanship!</image:title>
      <image:caption>On 8/6 we will travel to Farah’s farm for a three-hour mini-camp where the kids will have the opportunity to get their hands dirty learning about horses, the farm, and all things FUN. Our goals for this project are to Provide a fun and enriching horse experience for the kids Learn the ropes of doing this kind of project as an organization Take what we learn and build it into a sustainable model creating a bridge to consent-based horsemanship for folks who come to learn with us.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2024-07-26</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Credit: Rebecca &amp; Nicole’s killer graphic design</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Above your can see young Nicole at a show in her early years of riding ❤️ and mand my buddy Spunky at the old Yale Polo &amp; Equestrian Center in New Haven (and yes, my shirt has horses on it).</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2024-07-26</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog - Confronting my privilege in access to land - I am sitting outside my owned home that is surrounded by forest and wildlife, resting as I just got in from a hike with my dog from the walking trails in my backyard.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Gosh is that statement loaded with privilege! And I take these privileges for granted daily.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2024-05-20</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog - With Deep Gratitude - Peep happy Rebecca giving Mandy some good scratches on Day 2 of the Great Give!</image:title>
      <image:caption>Photo Credit: Our newest Board Member, Latha Swamy, who we will be formally introducing soon</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2024-04-28</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog - Welcome, News, &amp;amp; Updates - Join Us at the Hamden Earth Day Event!</image:title>
      <image:caption>We're excited to announce that this Saturday, 4/27, we'll be participating in Hamden Earth Day! It's an opportunity for us to connect with our community, share our mission, and showcase the incredible work our equine partners do in promoting the health and well-being of people, horses, and the land. Stop by our table to meet our team, learn more about our work, and enter our raffle for a special prize! We can't wait to see you there!</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Welcome, News, &amp;amp; Updates - Save the Date: Great Give Fundraiser May 1st - 2nd</image:title>
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      <image:caption>Mandy is thrilled to be getting increased grass time now that Spring Grass is coming in! Did you know that horses can’t eat all the grass, all the time? Spring grass, especially in the mornings, is high in sugar. So, as it starts coming up this season, Mandy will be slowly introduced to it with increasing amounts of graze-time over the weeks. Finally, as the mature grass comes in, she will be on her full-day summer grazing schedule. And we know she can’t wait!  We hope to see you out and about in the community!</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>we are inviting you to help us start this process by donating.</image:caption>
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