Working with horses to help you navigate what is causing disturbance in your life. We will
help you regain inner peace & foster a greater connection within yourself
WELCOME TO
HEART OF THE HORSE
What's on Calendar
What happens in a session?
On arrival, you will be greeted by the adorable Kasey & Leela, our much-loved Border Collies, who are an integral part of our team. We share some tea and check in with each other and discuss what you'd like out of the experience before you spend time with the horses. Each session can be incredibly different, so from this point on what occurs can vary greatly.
I'll design an experience that best serves YOU. We'll work with whatever level of contact around the horses that you feel comfortable with. The specific type of contact with the horses really depends on you and why you're attracted to experiencing the healing power of horses in this way. If you come for multiple sessions, the experience may change according to what we are working on, what themes have arisen and of course, how the horses interact with you during each session.
Meet the Herd
During our session together you'll have the opportunity to meet the herd made up of Franklyn (Ex Mounted Police Horse), Lady (Ex racehorse), Tavi (loved pet all her life) and Clover the Clydesdale (loved pet all her life). I am very conscious not to describe each of the horses' personalities as I know them. They present themselves very differently to each person. They are all of a reasonable size and have beautiful temperaments that are ideally suited to this work. We are deeply connected and Heart of the Horse is a flow on from the love that we share.
How Healing with Horses Can Help You
It's really difficult to confine the benefits of this form of healing to a concise list, as it can help many people in so many ways. Here are a few of the benefits, but realistically we can help you work through any challenge that you are currently navigating. Please feel free to touch base and we can discuss your personal requirements.
Ease stress
Reduce anxiety
Assist with overcoming depression
Improve relationship dynamics
Help you overcome boundary issues
Ease addictions (including alcohol & drug dependency)
Improve self-esteem and confidence
Assist in establishing trust
Help to overcome fears
Tools to help with anger management
Assist those with a love of horses and a desire to connect with them
Help overcome fear from a previous horse incident
Personal Development - helping you to identify and move through what is that is keeping you stuck
Assist those suffering from PTSD
Horse-based healing sessions are suitable for anyone. You don't need to have any previous experience with horses.
** These sessions are relevant for any age group. To date, my youngest client is 6 years old and the oldest is 84 years old, with every other age range in-between **
About Rachael
In case you hadn't guessed, I adore horses. They have been a part of my life since I was a young girl. I have also in some ways been helping others since that time as well. It's just who I am. Over the years I have formalised my healing credentials in addition to a vast array of processes, tools, and skills. This gives me a diverse and unique healing repertoire. I have been trained by the Victorian Equine Psychotherapy Institute and I'm certified in Equine Assisted Learning where we harness the wisdom of horses, in a facilitated environment, to help people explore aspects of their lives that are causing concern or even distress. This certification is highly regarded and considered the most rigorous one that can be undertaken in Australia. My certification with horses combined with the healing processes and skills that I have cultivated in private practice for the last decade has led me to create an equine-based healing experience quite unlike any other. I have a myriad of tools & techniques that can be used to help you be the best version of yourself. These can consist of reflexology, reiki, energy balancing, yoga, meditations and guided healing visualisations. Whatever process or tool I use may help to change the neuroplasticity of your brain and often assists in releasing outdated beliefs that can be negatively impacting your life. Before embarking on this work as my main livlihood, I spent a 5 year period assisting clients at a holistic residential wellness rehabilitation centre in Daylesford. The clientele were people who have had to cope with the most extreme life conditions & personal traumas. Sharing the healing journey to help empower these clients, has enabled me to build a highly effective repertoire of skills to draw on in during our horse healing experience together. A combination of all of these learnings allows me to bring to you a fresh and unique way to navigate this thing called LIFE. In early 2019, I followed another of my passions and whilst on an extended stay in India I did a 300hr Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training. Many aspects from these learnings I bring towards my sessions with the horses. Kundalini Yoga is wonderful for moving energy, working with and noticing the breath, connecting with the body, moving stagnicity and finding calmness within. It is incredibly different to equine assisted learning but the outcome is similar to what the horses assist us with. If you are interested in Kundalini Yoga you can find my classes In Woodend and around the Macedon Ranges on FB Page Kundalini Yoga with Rachael Check our facebook In November 2023 I certified as a soul purpose life coach with the Dharma Institute. This has been to date the biggest investment I have made in my own professional development and I am so delighted I listened to the whispers of my own soul to pursue this certification. Many of the elements incorporated into this training I had already woven into my healing sessions and work with the horses organically, but this comprehensive course helped me know myself better than ever and has provided incredible new tools to share with others who are also seeking more in alignment in their lives. This work is utterly transformational. Rather than coming for a one off session that are outlined in the experiences pages, these coaching offerings, that you choose, have specific timeframes for you to dive deep into YOU. We work closely together for usually 1,2 or 3 months and you will get to know yourself deeper than you can imagine. I love these sacred relationships that we create and the life changing results that unfold. For 10 years I had my own business as a birth doula and these intimate but professional relationships were usually between 5-7 months long and I know how beneficial and impactful that is for true and lasting change to take place. It was really coaching, just ahead of its time. When we meet in person or online we spend time exploring your gifts and talents, work through frameworks to help you understand your unique blueprint in relation to the way you want to be of service in the world. We share healing processes, meditations and find ways for you to tune into your intuitive superpower. You will find more about these packages on the soul purpose life coaching page. In 2024, I have started to share the horse wisdom transmissions that I have been channelling from the herd for the last couple of years. I am currently creating a healing orientated book with these beautiful words, amazing images to help you feel the essence of these incredible beings and lots of healing tools to support you on your unique journey. Make sure to subscribe to stay in touch, so you will be notified when it is released. I think it will make a beautiful gift.
For your own soul transmission from the herd, check out the experiences page.
Interview with Dani from the Thank Goddess podcast
On today’s episode, we are diving deep into the healing power of horses with our special guest, the amazingly talented Rachel Gibson, of Heart of the Horse, where she facilitates healing sessions with her horses on her property in Drummond, on the outskirts of Malmsbury in Central Victoria. The horses, as she explains are powerful beings with huge magnetic heart fields that can have profound healing effects on us humans when we learn to surrender to them in their presence. This can be very powerful in helping us to stabilise our nervous system in the fast-paced world we live in.We also discuss how horses can help us connect to our Divine Feminine Energy because they are completely embodied and present in every moment, so they act as great teachers for how we too can become more embodied and present in our daily lives, connecting us more deeply to our feminine energy, which lies within the body. Regardless if you are a lover of horses or not, this episode will open your eyes to the everyday miracles that can unfold when we choose to lead with our hearts as opposed to our rational thinking minds, the spiritual significance of animals and alternative methods to healing that are not so common to most of us.
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