Equine Alchemy

05/27/2026

What if it went perfectly? What if it were perfectly imperfect?"

Liz Cutting said this to herself — out loud, in the moment — when a horse in the herd decided he wasn't going with her.

She didn't push. She didn't make it mean something. She caught the story her nervous system was already writing and she chose a different one.

And he came right to her.

This is what four years of this work actually looks like. Not perfect. Perfectly imperfect. And entirely your own.

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05/24/2026

"You're never alone."

Liz Cutting, Equine Alchemy graduate and founder of Mane + Soul, on what this community actually means.

Some things the horses teach you stay forever.

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05/21/2026

"The horse is not believing you. Are you believing you?"

Shannon Russell said this to a client recently.

Shannon is an Equine Alchemy graduate — she runs Triple HP Ranch in Patagonia, Arizona, with her own herd.

This is what happens when you do this work long enough. You start hearing the horses through your clients.

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05/13/2026

Something I've learned from horses: what looks like resistance is never resistance. It's information. The horse is responding — to you, to the field, to what you brought into the arena that you didn't know you brought.

That distinction changes everything for a practitioner. It changes what you do next.

And this isn't just true for practitioners. It's true for the client standing in the arena for the first time. It's true for anyone who has ever felt like they were pushing against something — in a relationship, in their work, in themselves. The horse just makes it impossible to look away.

More on this soon.

05/08/2026

No matter the exercise — the conditioned self shows up. Every time.

It's that consistent. That automatic.

The horses make it visible immediately. They turn away. They act as though you're invisible. Not because something is wrong — but because you've gone into your head and forgotten everything your body already knows.

And here's what makes it so persistent — the conditioned self isn't unaware of the body. It knows exactly what the body is feeling. But rather than listen, it builds a story around those feelings. A familiar story. A safe one. Its whole job is to keep everything within a narrative it recognizes — because anything outside that feels like threat.

The story varies. The behavior never does.

The horse is the proof. Their behavior is the concrete, neutral, unchallengeable proof of your own.

And the horse simply — waits. But how he waits tells you everything. The turned shoulder. What looks like resistance is information. The eye that doesn't find you. The stillness that is not peace but absence. He isn't withholding. He is simply responding to what is actually there.

That waiting creates a crack in the automatic. A flash of recognition.
I just did that.

That awareness is the teaching.
This is Stage 1 — The Self We Learned to Be.

It's the opening chapter of the book for a reason. It's where everything begins.

Equine Alchemy: What Horses Make Conscious for Us — September 2026.

04/30/2026

One spot left for private coaching this summer.
Six sessions. Three months. $900.
The book is almost done. I want to go deep with one more person before it launches. Book a call: https://calendly.com/equinealchemy-lisamurrell/eac-discovery-call

04/22/2026

The spiral isn't a sign that something has gone wrong. It's a sign that something is still alive.

Every practitioner I know who is doing this work with any depth has been here. So have I.

If you're a graduate of Equine Alchemy and you've been feeling this — I sent something this morning just for you. Check your inbox.

And if you're not a graduate but something in these words is landing — the Alchemy of Presence is May 6-8 at Raven Ranch.

And if you're not a graduate but something in these words is landing — the Alchemy of Presence is May 6-8 at Raven Ranch.

The Alchemy of Presence: Horse Wisdom for Personal Transformation | Equine Alchemy

04/21/2026

Something new this summer — working with me privately, guided by the 7 Stages framework from the book I've been writing for 20 years. 5 spots. Details coming tomorrow.

04/08/2026

"You better be where they are."

That's what Garry Schleifer said when I explained why horses are such extraordinary teachers.

Because for us humans — it kind of takes a bang on the head to get it.

Full conversation live today on Beyond the Page with Choice Magazine. https://choice-online.com/podcast/

04/07/2026

Tomorrow — my conversation with Garry Schleifer of Choice Magazine goes live on Beyond the Page podcast.

We talked about what it means to actually be present — not just look present. About the conditioned self. About what horses make visible that nothing else can.

Stay tuned.