I am a soul, consciousness, a human. I am on a journey to access the truest version of myself; an unbecoming of what life taught me to be, and an extraordinary unfolding of all that I am. As I meander along the path of this lifetime, I hope my inner journey only ends upon my final breath.
I am blessed to be the sole/soul parent to two brilliant humans. It has been one of my greatest privileges guiding them through their childhood and now witnessing them begin their own adventures as young adults. As their mother, my goal was to provide them with a safe and happy childhood while helping them become functional adults with compassion, gentleness, and grounded morals and values that allow them to discover the beauty of life.
Parenting taught me I am a fighter, a protector, and that I can do the hardest things possible while cooking dinner and doing the washing. It has shown me that strength and gentleness are not opposites, and that hardship, difficulty, kindness, and empathy can co-exist. My parenting journey also became my greatest training ground for resilience, love, and self-compassion.
The age-old concept of Who am I is an ever-changing landscape.
My name is Jennifer, owner of The Kindness Project.
Well now, who am I?
Jennifer
I am, deeply and profoundly, a horse person.
I am who I am because of them, without apology. They are a part of my heartbeat and my existence.
From childhood, through young adulthood, alongside raising a family, and now as I enter my next 50-year journey, animals continue to play a pivotal role in my life. Horses have been my greatest teachers and my closest companions. They show you love, presence, and awareness on a level 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 for me to witness.
It is my life with horses that allows me to share from lived experience, and their lessons form the foundation of everything I offer.
My work helping others began by helping horses first.
I initially studied Equine Red-Light Therapy, Deep Tissue Massage, Myofascial Release I & 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 alone and opened my understanding of the relationship between the body, emotion, energy, behaviour, and presence.
This curiosity eventually led me to explore Reiki and Quantum Touch as I tried to better understand and explain what I was naturally experiencing within both horses and people.
During one of these courses, a chance conversation between two women discussing Equine Facilitated Learning completely changed the direction of my life. The idea that horses could help people reconnect with themselves, restore function, and create profound internal change was something I had never realised could be formally learnt as a pathway of work.
From that moment, everything shifted.
I began formal studies in:
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Equine Facilitated Learning Level I & II
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Equine Experiential Learning for Individuals and Groups
In 2015, my studies expanded into Somatic Experiencing where I spent three years gaining a deeper understanding of our nervous system and how we store trauma and how we can move it through us. I began integrating these understandings into the work I offered alongside my horses, helping people reconnect with themselves through presence, attunement, embodiment, and nervous system restoration. It was also here; I found a passion and deep curiosity for our nervous system.
Then, in February 2018, I experienced another profound turning point when I met my teacher, Anandi Sano.
This marked the beginning of a far deeper journey into me.
What followed was not simply learning techniques or modalities, but a continual process of embodiment, self-exploration, recalibration, practice, and deepening my own capacity for stillness, presence, and conscious awareness.
Since then, I have remained committed to an ongoing pathway of learning and practice through the teachings of Peiec®. I became a practitioner in late 2018 and have continued walking this path ever since. My dedication and devotion to myself in this lifetime has led me to attend yearly in-person immersions and retreats, participate in healing events, and given me the privilege of working privately with her during the earlier years of my development. Over the past five years, I have participated in Anandi’s long-term twelve-month programs.
The embodiment of this work has become what I offer others; this is what I bring to you. Whether you decide to join my horses in our sacred space or choose to work with me in person, I am devoted to the quality of my presence, the attention to detail of each technique and depth of understanding of my work.
I share myself with you, from lived experience, deep practice, continual self-responsibility, and an ongoing devotion to understanding what truly helps human beings restore coherence, stillness, connection, and function within themselves. I have recovered and remembered myself, from under the heavy weight and burdens of trauma, chronic pain, living with neurodivergence, raising children, being a full-time carer to an ill child, loneliness, grief, isolation, violence. Now I am just simply me.
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 and Bertie.