Inscape Quest Podcast with Trudi Howley

Listen Easily: Guided Yoga Nidra for Deep Rest

Settle into this guided Yoga Nidra that invites you to set a gentle intention, discover your heartfelt desire, and build an inner refuge. Through body awareness, breath, emotion exploration, and imagery, this short practice leads you into deep relaxation and open presence.
Trudi Howley, Licensed Professional Counselor and trauma specialist is your guide.
Return to your intention and carry the quiet ease and restored awareness with you as you slowly reawaken and move back into your day or sleep. 
 

Listen Easily: Your Mindful Walking Practice

Welcome to your brief walking meditation practice. I am here. I have arrived. This moment is enough.
In 7 minutes, explore some ideas to develop your own mindful walking practice, including use of some mantras.
Give yourself the gift of mindful walking meditation.
Trudi Howley Somatic Psychotherapy
 
 
 
 

Listening Easily: Your Threshold Imagery to Open & Let Go

Welcome to Threshold, a guided imagery practice that helps you settle into your body, ground into the earth, and release burdens into a gentle river.
This short meditation invites you to place your hand on a warm, glowing door, welcome difficult feelings as teachers, breathe into what arises, and step toward change with openness and courageous surrender.
It can be helpful for beginning medicine journeys.
Painting Credit: Bonnie Bostrom
Trudi Howley Somatic Psychotherapist

Listen Easily: Your Guided Loving-Kindness Meditation

Welcome to a short guided loving-kindness visualization designed to open the heart and cultivate compassion. Through gentle breathwork and simple imagery, you are invited to offer kindness to a loved one, a familiar stranger, yourself, and someone who is struggling.
This practice guides you to silently repeat wishes for safety, happiness, health, and ease, helping you return to a warm, connected place and carry that calm onward into your day.
Trudi Howley Somatic Psychotherapy

Listen Easily: Your Guided Progressive Muscle Relaxation

Welcome to this Progressive Muscle Relaxation. This practice guides you through gently tensing and releasing each muscle group to reduce stress, ease discomfort, and calm anxiety.
Follow the breath, notice the difference between tension and relaxation, and return to this brief exercise anytime you need to restore calm and comfort.
Trudi Howley Somatic Psychotherapist

Listen Easily: Your Safe Place Guided Imagery

Welcome, I am so glad you are here.
You've carved out this time for yourself-and that matters. Whatever you day has held, whatever thoughts are still buzzing at the edges of your mind, you can set them down for now. They'll be there if you need them later. But right now, the moment belongs entirely to you.
All I ask you is to receive this gift from
Trudi Howley Somatic Psychotherapist

Ride Smart: Foot & Ankle Risks Every Equestrian Should Know

In this episode  host Trudi Howley talks with Dr. Nicole Roth, a foot and ankle specialist, about the unique foot and ankle risks faced by equestrian athletes. They cover common acute injuries from falls, chronic overuse problems from repetitive riding motions, boot fit and orthotic considerations, recovery strategies, and when to seek immediate medical attention.
Dr. Roth emphasizes prevention, early evaluation, tailored rehabilitation, and balancing medical best practices with riders’ training goals. Practical tips on boot break-in and working with physical therapists are discussed, plus a reminder to address unusual skin findings like melanoma.
Foot & Ankle Care of Colorado

From Stables to Studio: Race, Gender, and Equestrian Art

Welcome to Inscape Quest with Trudi Howley and guest Jessica Dallow, an art historian and lifelong equestrian. They explore how horses appear in American art and culture, tracing connections between race, gender, elite sport, animal agency, and welfare through painting, photography, and sculpture.
Dallow combines personal experience and scholarship—discussing jockeys and cowboys of color, women in equestrian sport, the economic dimensions of horse culture, and new directions in animal studies and art historical research.
Names of Artists: April Bay; Deborah Butterfield; Kennedy Carter; Anna Hyatt Huntington; Wadsworth Jarrell; Veryl Goodnight; Ivan B. McClellan; Richard  Thorpe McLean; Frida Orupabo; Cedric Smith; George Stubbs; Schreiber & Sons : Portraits of Noted Horses of America; Edward Troye; AfriCobra (Black Arts Collective)
Jessica Dallow's Book: Routledge Advances in Art & Visual Studies
Charity for Working Equids
 

Concussion Awareness in Sports with Annelise Ware

Welcome to this eye-opening episode of the Inscape Quest Podcast where host Trudi Howley engages in an important conversation with Annelise Ware, Program Manager at #WeRideTogether, a non-profit organization devoted to creating safer sports environments. Delve into the pressing issue of concussions, particularly for equestrians and in sports environments generally. Annelise sheds light on the challenges women face within sports research and the significance of educational awareness.
Tune in to discover how we can collectively forge a future of safer athletic participation.
Annelise Ware, MHS, is #WeRideTogether’s Program Manager based in Denver, Colorado. Annelise graduated summa cum laude from Texas A&M University in 2023 with a B.S. in Psychology and received her Master’s in Mental Health Services from Johns Hopkins University in 2024. While at Texas A&M University, she served as an officer for the university’s Liberal Arts Student Council and worked as a Peer Mentor for incoming students. At Johns Hopkins, she wrote her master’s thesis on child sexual abuse in aesthetic sports. As a former pre-professional ballet dancer, Annelise recognizes the importance of safeguarding in sporting environments and is passionate about supporting athletes through abuse prevention, education, and awareness.
 
To learn more about information found in today's episode, check out www.weridetogether.today

Theft: A Novel: Beyond the Old West with author BK Loren

Dive into the novel Theft. Discover BK Loren's unique perspectives on writing, where the unconscious process and letting go lead to unexpected transformations in both storytelling and personal revelation.
This episode is a profound exploration of love, trauma, and creativity, revealing the powerful impact of narratives that go beyond the written word. Tune in to experience the synergy of the Old West and New West in contemporary literature.
Writing with Heart and Mind
Theft: A Novel
www.bkloren.com