Meet Our Founder

THE WOMAN BESIDE THE HORSES

Leading strength with gentleness

 

Welcome to my story… I’m Mel McLaren, proud South Aussie, founder of WalkSublime and the creator of Walking with Horses in nature™.

The chapters of my lived experience tell a tale of finding courage and letting go. Of trusting my intuition and being open to possibility in the face of great loss and failure.

Finding identity, solace, healing and joy in the company of horses.

Below is the lovely PR version – read the real story here

Lady and a horse on the trail not horse riding but walking together

Mel McLaren, Founder & Guide

Human and horse | WalkSublime
Woman in a yard standing and hugging a horse

The day contracts exchanged unconditionally for the purchase of a run down eighty acre farm, blissfully tucked away in a back valley of the Adelaide Hills, South Australia, was the day I allowed myself to google ‘adopt a brumby’. I’d been waiting for this moment my whole life. I was forty years old.

Three months later a horse truck picked up a tiny two year old Australian Brumby in northern NSW. En route to SA via southern NSW, a two year old rescued Andalusian cross was loaded into the neighbouring bay. This is how Koszi and Saxon came into each other’s lives first, then together off that truck into my life.

I hadn’t the faintest idea of where we were headed.

Via a journey of personal resilience after leaving the corporate world, through immeasurable personal loss and taking on the responsibilities of running my farm solo, came Walking with Horses in nature™.

Guided by the same sense of connection I found in the practices of Regenerative Agriculture to responsibly manage my land – and through my natural bond with horses – I’m able to offer what has been a transformative experience for me, to others:

The magic that takes over when a horse and human are in conversation together.

As you walk alongside my gentle horses, all with their own rehoming stories, each step echoes my tale of courage, healing and self discovery. A walksublime is not just a walk with horses – it’s a wellness journey inspired by my very real life experience.

Walk with us, and tap into not only the peace of the horses, but also the resilience that lies within you,

-Mel, Koszi, Saxon, Kite, Torquey, Quattro & Scout

Together as equals, we are WalkSublime