Meet Barbara Gerhäuser

We recently connected with Barbara Gerhäuser and have shared our conversation below.

Barbara, so good to have you with us today. We’ve always been impressed with folks who have a very clear sense of purpose and so maybe we can jump right in and talk about how you found your purpose?

Unlike so many other spiritual people I found my purpose not that early. I know that many of them say that they knew it from a very young age. For me it was a bit different because I had a serious accident at the age of 10 and I lost all my memory. So, I decided to step in my mother’s footsteps. She was very successful in the corporate world. At the age of 15, I had already started a business career and therefore I worked quite hard, and I was very committed.

Although I worked so much and didn’t have so much time for myself, I was always with horses. From the first moment I connected with horses I knew that would be the passion of my life. Looking back, I have to say without horses I wouldn’t have survived all my challenges. From my perspective now it’s no coincidence that horses have such a big place in my life. Horses are the healers on earth like dolphins are the healers of the waters. They are here to open humanity’s consciousness for the 5th dimension.

After my marriage, I stopped working in the corporate world and changed my professional career to the equestrian industry as a rider and coach. Additionally, I was the managing director of a riding club, and I organized huge national horse shows.

A few years later, after the birth of my first child, I met my earth angel, a homeopathic doctor. She introduced me to the spirit world and to my great mentor and teacher, an awesome Shaman who teaches the real essence of shamanism.

By expanding my consciousness to the energetic realm, I found so many answers for living on earth and of course the meaning of life that I felt a strong need to share my knowledge and my ancient wisdom with people around the world.
With my strong foundation in horsemanship and the essence of shamanism I figured out that I can help people to reach their energy field with the unbelievably helpful support of their horses.

So, I became a healer and a coach for humans and horses, and I founded Shining Souls. I strongly believe as soon as we as humans explore our soul essence, in other words open our hearts, we can shine our light brightly. To bring our wonderful planet earth back to balance we have to start from within ourselves. The more people are willing to expand their consciousness for the light frequency that surrounds us the more, we can come back to the deeper meaning of life. A life full of excitement, prosperity and abundance.

Thanks, so before we move on maybe you can share a bit more about yourself?

As I already mentioned previously, I had a successful business career in the corporate world. So, I know everything about the material world from inside out. I know exactly how it is to act “higher, faster, wider” and the whole concept of money “makes the world go round”. I know that this can drain our essential life energy and that it can prevent us from seeing how precious life is in its essence.
The horses always brought me back to a balanced life. They are certainly our source of heart energy. They are such gentle and patient souls and never give up on us. Even when we are too stubborn or too entangled and not willing to listen to our hearts, they talk to us silently. Horses are always mirroring our behavior in certain ways. These sensitive creatures are patient enough to teach us lessons until we finally get it. I have to say I couldn’t be more grateful for every horse that crossed my path.
Let me give you an example:
When I was at the top of my riding career my wonderful horse died literally over night without any predictable reason. I was completely heart broken and I wanted to escape from everything. It was as if one part of me died with him. This happened at the start of my spiritual journey. I got the message from him that he opened my way to a complete new soul aligned path. This path would always be in connection with horses but without the element of competition. I couldn’t imagine such a path for myself. After a period of grieving my special horse, my beautiful mare came into my life. She is the most beautiful horse I have ever seen and has an amazing pedigree. Even though she is capable of competing in horse shows she refused to do so. As a result, I have figured out that as soon as I am with her my spiritual channel is wide open. She creates a bridge for me to connect to the spirit world.

Since I figured out how much horses can help and support us on our journey to our hearts, I was ready to share this with all the people around the world.

My soul purpose is to help people to expand their consciousness about life on earth. Therefore, it’s necessary to accept the fact that we are souls living in a human body and not the other way around. We all have an energetic field around us that enables us to communicate with the realm of the spirit and with animals and all living beings. The soul connects us to the source we originate from and where we return to. As soon as we have explored our souls in order to get to know our true essence, we are able to shine our light to create a much more balanced, harmonious and joyful life. This is the reason why I created “Shining Souls”.
My offerings for clients are 1:1 Healing Sessions (e.g. Healing, Channeling and Coaching), Zoom Workshops on various topics (e.g. The 5 Elements, Balance-Alignment-Flexiblilty, Manifestation), Monthly Meditations (e.g. Dolphin Healing), Gathering Groups, Retreats, Horse and Riding Coach.
I mainly work with people who are in any way connected to horses. When you consider that horses are here on earth to heal it’s no coincidence that I have had so many incarnations with horses and why I am so passionate about it.
Through my intensive work with the essence of Shamanism I am able to translate the circle of life (the 5 elements) into practical steps into our day-to-day life. By understanding this we can create a much more meaningful life in abundance and gratitude.
In a world where everything is about success and business and we have to act faster, higher, wider and more successfully to find appreciation and acceptance, it’s very hard to listen to our own inner voice – to our heart. If we don’t take time to get in touch with ourselves, it’s quite likely that we will become overwhelmed and overworked which often leads to burning out. In other words, we are disconnected from our true essence.

I am a “Spiritual (Horse) Coach” and will help people to explore their souls and bring them in touch with the souls of their horses. The horses are the best supporters on our journey to our hearts. We should always bear in mind that the only way of getting in touch with our souls is by opening our hearts. Who could help us better than horses? Nobody, because the horses heart field is 15 times bigger than ours, and they can sense our energetic field from 2-meters away.

There is so much advice out there about all the different skills and qualities folks need to develop in order to succeed in today’s highly competitive environment and often it can feel overwhelming. So, if we had to break it down to just the three that matter most, which three skills or qualities would you focus on?

I would choose the following 3 qualities:
RESILIENCE
I could share a lot of stories about resilience in my life. Why? Because I know that resilience is one of my powers. I had to overcome so many different challenges like accidents, diseases and difficult relationships. Overall, I have to say staying close to the horses always kept me going.
By expanding my consciousness to the spiritual world and understanding the laws of the seen and the unseen world on a deeper level resilience paid off.
Especially in working with horses, resilience is crucial.

COMPASSION:
Without compassion we can’t move forward on our journeys. Think about how often you judge yourself or others. Every time you judge your energy is drained. Judgement causes polarization and with it guilt comes up.
The word compassion includes “passion”. I would recommend you find passion about life. The easiest way to do so is to explore your soul and your true essence. Figure out that you are a part of nature and therefore it’s most important to learn about how the 5 elements relate to your daily life.

BALANCE AND HARMONY:
The key for balance and harmony is bringing opposites together. Living in duality means that literally every situation has two sides, a positive and a negative. When you allow yourself to see the same situation from different angles and find a solution from there you bring much more balance into your life. I love the example of bringing mind, body and spirit into a perfect equilibrium.
By the way it is no coincidence, the concept of riding is also bringing opposites together, e.g. sitting up tall yet remaining flexible and so on.
Allow yourself to see there is a bridge between both worlds – the seen and the unseen world. Both are real and both are under different laws. We should be aware that we can choose wisely how to use both worlds’ energies at the right time.

Alright so to wrap up, who deserves credit for helping you overcome challenges or build some of the essential skills you’ve needed?

Looking back, I have to say I was brought to the most unique mentors and teachers at the right time. I strongly believe that this was guided by the universe.

I want to highlight 4 of my unique mentors:
My dear friend from the United States. To me, she is the most incredible rider as well as extremely gifted in horsemanship. I learned so much from her which inspired me to change my profession to the equestrian industry. It worked out very well both ways as I started competing in big horse shows as well as my career as a riding coach.

My homeopathic doctor. I met her after I gave birth to my first child. At that time, I was still completely caught up in the material world. I have to say, my homeopathic doctor is a living earth angel, and her soul is pure mother love. She introduced me to the spiritual world and showed me how the energetic realm works in our favor.

My Shaman who teaches the essence of shamanism. He has mastered bringing together his unbelievable spiritual connection with the material world like no other. He has taught me “everything” and has given me an extremely strong foundation in energy work.

Last but not least my Slovenian mentor who helped me in accessing my feminine energy and launching Shining Souls.
Throughout my whole life I was definitely in the masculine energy. She helped me in finding my feminine energy as well the connection to my inner child which allowed to balance this triangle.

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