Healing with Horses Experiences
Experience the healing power of horses in this unique and inspiring retreat.
3 day/ 2 night retreats
2024 has brought in some wonderful evolutions here at Heart of the Horse. Many clients have mentioned over the years they just wished they could stay and not return to the 'real' world yet. Well now, they do not have to!
This inspiring & healing retreat offers a transformative experience that can support you with what you currently need in your life. For some it is a health reset, others like the support and motivation to bring about changes in their lives. Some people have needed time to themselves to re-centre from a relationship breakdown. Many women in particular are choosing a conscious getaway, to gift themselves permission to make time for themselves. One common theme is the horses are a main drawcard, as so few people have the luxury of daily contact with these incredible sentient beings. You will immerse yourself in the transformative power of horse wisdom, where the gentle presence of horses may guide you toward emotional clarity and self-awareness.
During your retreat you will receive a relaxing 1 hour massage or healing session, enjoy yoga and meditations to help ground you into your body. You may love to sit under starry skies, lay on the earth or maybe journal to connect with your inner truth. Perhaps you like to paint or draw, if so pack your goodies to play with.
This is an opportunity to experience yourself again. Through rejuvenating practices and nourishing food, you will leave with a deeper connection to your inner sense of self.
This experience will last well beyond your time here, as so many of the experiences you have will be in your toolbox to resource yourself when you are back in your home environment. Check out some of the beautiful testimonials on the Testimonials page if you think this offering could be for you.
The current dates are set to the end of June 2024 and will commence in September 2024.
Equine Assisted Learning Session
1.5 hours $190 / 2 hours $230
This session is designed to support you through whatever you are navigating or working through in your life. The horses are free to move about as a herd. There is ample opportunity to spend time with them. When you work with horses you can't help but be your authentic self. You become embodied, congruent and totally present.
I'll facilitate the structure of the session and tailor it to suit you and why you've come. This could be anything from anxiety, depression, grief to just spending some time with these remarkable creatures and getting back to feeling like you again. The horses have shared in their chanelling that they can access all dimensions and bring back what the person in front of them needs. I love that sentence so much, and I see it play out time and time again.
During a session the horses may be haltered for you to work with one on one, groomed or enjoy a shared experience such as a walk or a quiet healing interval. There are many of those! We just work with what unfolds during the session. Staying open to what the horses guide us towards.
Equine Assisted Learning & Healing Session
2 hours $230
This session incorporates many of the same principles highlighted above, however, after the time spent with the horses, you'll move onto a massage table in the paddock area (weather dependent to the warmer months, in the cooler months we retreat to the heated caravan for the body work component).
There is something very magical lying on table under the trees, horses grazing around you and allowing you to deeply connect with nature all around. I work on your body using reflexology on the feet and energy balancing techniques that are useful in supporting the physical body coming back into balance. As we are doing this, the horses may come and interact with us or stay further away. They are not tethered or enticed with food, it is totally up to them what they do. We take notice of their body language and can gauge when they are assisting us, as their cues are quite obvious to spot. They lick and chew, yawn, and go into a trance-like state when deep energetic work is occurring. It is very special. Of course, we are in dialogue with your comfort and safety levels throughout the whole experience
Being with such magnificent animals with the most impeccable ability for stillness is incredible. When the herd are in that zone together, some powerful potent energy healing work is occurring. I call this the energetic gold of our work. Typically, as we drop down more into stillness they do so as well.
They often help you release at a deeper level. What I know from this work is, they assist you in releasing what you no longer want to carry. They open hearts and bring clarity to what you want in your life. This is a potent healing experience that will leave you connected with yourself, your dreams and possibilities but equally grounded in the here and now. Miracles are a common occurences that keep me in awe of this thing we call life and the rich interconnectedness that can occur between all beings.
Private Group Session with the herd
2 hours
If you are in the Daylesford & Macedon Ranges Region for a conference, girls weekend, birthday gathering or a romantic couples weekend getaway. Or perhaps you are looking for a unique activity to do with your family or group of friends. Why not experience a truly unique way to enjoy this most beautiful part of Victoria.
$80 per person minimum of 4.
If you are looking for an experience to bathe your nervous system in comfort. Come and spend some time at Heart of the Horse. What a beautiful way to connect with friends, your beloved, host a workshop or perhaps your family as a group. Being around calm, healthy and content horses will soothe you from the inside out. We have even been known to do create a beautiful ceremonies for grief, baby showers or brides to be. Creating sacred spaces for healing is one of my all time passions. The take away pictures, will be a unique memory of the day.
For longer group sessions including half day & full day packages please email your request through, together we can create an experience to match your specific needs.
Mindfulness Group Session
(open to the public) - Incorporating Horse Wisdom into our modern lives
2 hours $80 per person
Welcome to Meditation, Mindfulness & Chai sessions with Heart of the Horse. This is a group session exploring mindfulness and meditation accompanied by a lovely home-made hot chai.
We will sit together, ground our energy, tune into our bodies and immerse ourselves in horse wisdom, to help us navigate our modern lives. Who on earth could not do with some of this on planet earth right now!!
You will love these sessions if you are curious how healing with horses works. Perhaps you have been looking for new tools or resources to support yourself in your day to day life. Maybe just the idea of being out in nature in the presence of these magnificent sentient beings is attractive to you. Many people come to experience this before booking in for individual sessions, just to get a sense if delving deeper into this work could resonate with them.
What a beautiful way to spend a Sunday afternoon - bring a friend or come alone and meet some like-minded people. If the weather is cold, rug up. If it is raining hard we will postpone. $80 per person 1pm-3.30pm, tickets are transferable but non refundable. Numbers are limited.
Minimum age 16yrs.
Located, Drummond North 1.5 hours north of Melbourne.
For those coming from Melbourne, why not make a day of it and enjoy lunch afterwards in one of the eclectic towns of the beautiful Macedon Ranges or Hepburn Shire. Drummond North is 3 mins from Malmsbury, 10 minutes to Kyneton, 20 minutes to Woodend or 25 minutes to Daylesford. Zig Zag winery is our neighbour with their cellar door open on the weekend.
I look forward to sharing some horse medicine with you.
Check for dates on the 'Whats on Calendar' on the homepage
