I know chronic pain. I know trauma. I know the specific exhaustion of raising children alone, of being a full-time carer to a seriously ill daughter, of navigating grief, isolation, violence, and neurodivergence, while still getting up every morning and doing what needed to be done.
I know what it is to hold everything together on the outside while something quieter and more essential goes completely unmet inside.
And I know what it is to find your way back.
Not to who you were before, but to something truer. Something that was always there beneath everything life taught you to be, beneath every adaptation, every survival pattern, every carefully constructed version of yourself that kept you safe but kept you small.
I recovered and remembered myself from under all of it.
My recovery is not background information. It is the foundation of everything I offer you.
And I know what it is to live under the weight of a life that nearly broke you.
My Name is Jennifer
I am, deeply and profoundly, a horse person.
From childhood, through young adulthood, alongside raising a family, and now as I step into my next fifty years my horses have been my greatest teachers and my closest companions.
They show us love, presence, and awareness on a level that is genuinely difficult to put into words. Our whole world was built on their backs, yet they still choose to stand beside us. They hold no grievance for how humankind has used them, and instead continue to guide us toward stillness, attunement, and connection.
That is something profoundly humbling to witness.
My work helping others began by helping horses first.
I initially studied Equine Red-Light Therapy, Deep Tissue Massage, Myofascial Release I and II, Equine Anatomy, Equine Raindrop Technique, Animal Aromatherapy, and Animal Communication. It was through this work that horses taught me to see, hear, and feel life more deeply, they sharpened my awareness far beyond physical function and opened my understanding of the relationship between body, emotion, energy, behaviour, and presence.
This curiosity led me toward Reiki and Quantum Touch as I tried to understand and name what I was naturally experiencing within both horses and people.
Then came the moment that changed everything.
During one of these courses, a chance conversation between two women discussing Equine Facilitated Learning completely redirected my life. The idea that horses could help people reconnect with themselves, restore function, and create profound internal change was something I had never considered could be formally learned as a pathway of work.
From that moment, everything shifted.
I began formal studies in Equine Facilitated Learning Levels I and II, and Equine Experiential Learning for Individuals and Groups.
Then came the nervous system.
In 2015 my studies expanded into Somatic Experiencing, where I spent three years gaining a deeper understanding of how we store trauma in the body and how we can move it through us. I began integrating this understanding into the work I offered alongside my horses, helping people reconnect with themselves through presence, attunement, embodiment, titration and nervous system restoration.
A deep curiosity for the nervous system took root in me here. One that has never left.
Then, in February 2018, I met my teacher, Anandi Sano.
This was not simply the beginning of learning new techniques. It was the beginning of a far deeper journey into myself.
What followed was a continual process of embodiment, self-exploration, recalibration, and the slow, devoted deepening of my own capacity for stillness, presence, and conscious awareness. I became a Peiec® practitioner in late 2018 and have walked this path with complete commitment ever since. I have attended yearly in-person immersions and retreats, healing events, and over the past five years, I have participated in Anandi's long-term twelve-month programs.
This work did not just expand what I knew. It returned me to who I am.
I am also a mother.
It has been one of my greatest privileges guiding my two children through their childhood and now witnessing them begin their own adventures as young adults. My goal as their mother was to give them a safe and happy childhood, to help them become functional adults with compassion, gentleness, and grounded values that allow them to discover the beauty of life.
Parenting taught me I am a fighter and a protector. That I can do the hardest things possible while cooking dinner and doing the washing. That strength and gentleness are not opposites. That hardship, difficulty, kindness, and empathy can co-exist in the same body, on the same day, in the same breath.
My parenting journey became one of my greatest training grounds for resilience, love, and self-compassion.
What I bring to you is not borrowed.
It is lived. It is practiced. It is embodied in my own body before it is offered to yours.
I share this work from a place of deep self-responsibility, from ongoing devotion to my own recalibration, from the horses who continue to teach me, and from a genuine understanding of what it takes for a human being to return to themselves after a long time away.
The embodiment of this work is what I offer. Whether you choose to join my horses in our sacred space or work with me privately, I am devoted to the quality of my presence, the depth of each technique, and the integrity of every session.
I have been where many of my clients are. I know the weight of it. And I know what becomes possible on the other side.
I am a mother, a horse and animal lover, a daughter, a sister, a friend.
I am a connection for you to your own self, a chocolate lover, a learner.
I am love, kindness and gentleness.
I am space, presence and stillness.
I am truth of what exists.
I am committed to making the world a little better for horses and people alike.
My name is Jennifer and I would be honoured to be a part of your journey through this lifetime.
The Kindness Project
"Kindness is the light that dissolves all walls between souls, families and nations"
Paramahansa Yogananda
Jennifer opened The Kindness Project in 2015 with the idea of creating a safe place for others to come and explore life through rediscovering who they were under the layers of life's experiences. Combining her love and passion for horses and helping others, The Kindness Project has come to be fluid and ever evolving.
As Jennifer has developed new skills and dived headfirst into a path of self-discovery and reconnecting back to her own essence, she has continued to change and advance the way she works. However, one mainstay is always putting the safety and care of the horses first. She will never compromise the safety of her horses, and is always seeking ways to support their care, and nurture their emotional wellness.
Jennifer now offers appointments in and out of the paddock, including via video call. She now holds a deep state of presence and entrusted practices that help others realign and reconnect back home to themselves.
Follow The Kindness Project on social media where Jennifer shares her own insights into her pathway, her sacred work, horses and life.
In this space, Jennifer wishes to acknowledge the gifts she has received from all of the horses she has encountered throughout her life. Especially those who have spent time guiding and teaching her. She would like you to know that when you work with her, she is imbued with wisdom passed on from her connection with horses. Jennifer holds the sanctuary provided by her herd as profoundly sacred and believes it is to be revered by those who step in it too.
Kouri & CC
Pepper
Mr M
Pepper
The Kindness Herd
The Kindness Herd has evolved since 2015, each of the eleven horses, ponies and miniature horses seemingly finding their way home at just the right time. The horses live freely over 150 acres in the beautiful Avon Valley approximately, 45min Northeast of Perth. They live in a herd environment with access to natural food sources and freshwater supplied by large damns and during winter, natural flowing creeks. This natural lifestyle allows the horses to thrive and enjoy a lot of freedom.
Rewilding is the term I’ve used to describe the process of healing and restoration of self the horses undertake upon their arrival to the Kindness Project. Allowing them the space and time to rediscover their natural instincts, thoughts, relationships, and a natural way of being that allows them to be safe in this lifetime.
Most domestic horses are handled and impacted by human influence from being moments old. This is “teaching” the horse how to fit into the human world and to respond and behave in accordance with what the human desires. Yet if the relationship was built on connection, communication, and self-responsibility there would be gentleness, give and take, and everything that benefited horses and human could be built together, in alignment with natural instincts, behaviours and desires. I believe that horses would be healthier and would live with wholeness if people traded their current knowledge and were led by deeper flow and connection. I also believe everyone would be a lot safer in their interactions too.
I am proud to share my understanding of horses and feel shifting people's perception and view horses is big part of my life's purpose. They have shared great wisdom over the years as my master teachers and I hope to show others that horses have so much to teach and share with us if we stop and listen.
I would like to acknowledge that my horses work with as much freedom as possible, and I always allow them space to choose how they wish to interact with the people that visit us. I have tried to create a space that has the least amount of impact to the wellbeing of the herd as possible. I do however recognise that while I invite the herd to connect with people and use no tools nor force that they show up because I ask them too. The space the herd creates is to be held in deep reverence and I ask all visitors to be open to receiving. The herd's safety is a priority and to be upheld during any interaction.
The herd: Kouri, CC, Miss BJ, Pepper, Diamond, Mellie, Mr M, Sasmsam, Honey Bear, Silver, Zeeva
In memory and recognition of each horse in my life, and in reverence for everything they shared with me, especially their spirit and hearts:
Vale Morris, Versace, Holly, Jack, Peppy, Westie, Docetta, Bertie, Pippa, Spunky, Freckles and Beau.