Kitchi Sabe - Horses and My Path to Walking Tall in My Truth
In Anishinaabe teachings, Kitchi Sabe (also called Bigfoot or Sabe) carries the Grandfather teaching of Honesty - the call to walk tall in your authentic self, and to follow the truth of your heart even when the path is difficult.
Years ago, I was living in a place that did not feel right for me. I was doing work I had outgrown, and my spirit felt like it was being suffocated. I knew I was somewhere inauthentic to me.
During that time, two Elders came into my workplace. On the wall were a pair of raven wings (raven also represents Sabe medicine), and they asked if they could have them. I gave them the wings. One of the Elders, a healer in his community, then proceeded to give me a blessing with the wings. It was incredibly powerful - so powerful I cried.
He spoke resonant truths - that the place I was in was not good for me, that it was taking me away from my authentic self and disconnecting me from who I truly am. And from that moment on, my life started aligning to support me in making my way "home."
Not long after the blessing, I was invited to an outdoor crystal bowl meditation with horses. Something shifted deeply for me then. I left feeling like a different person - even my voice sounded different to my ears.
From that point on I was obsessed with horses. I sought them out, spent time with them, worked with them. I could feel how deeply powerful they were for me, and how much of me and my life they were intertwined with.
I found Horse Spirit Connections and the FEEL program soon after, and I kept following that loud inner pull. That path led me here to LongRun - to this incredible place, these amazing people, these beautiful horses, and work that feels deeply meaningful to my life.
Kitchi Sabe guided me - calling me back to honesty with myself, back to my true path. It wasn’t an easy journey. But I wouldn’t trade a single part of it, because without it I wouldn’t be exactly who I am, or exactly where I am today.
Today I honour Kitchi Sabe and the teaching of walking tall in truth. I share with deep respect and gratitude to the Anishinaabeg, and to the Elders out West who shared the Sabe medicine with me and helped guide me back to myself.
