Healing with Horses

Equine-assisted healing sessions, for those experiencing all forms of challenge, with one of the world’s most powerful, majestic beings.

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Duration: 1 hour

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Price: $111.00

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About Healing with Horses

A Sacred Sanctuary provides multiple equine-assisted services for people experiencing challenges, whether that be behavioural, mental, emotional, learning and/or physical.

We focus on creating self-awareness through interactions with horses from the ground, resulting in improved confidence and emotional stability.

Come as you are – no horse experience necessary!

Why horses?

Horses possess a natural understanding of their harmonious link to the entirety of creation. They also have a keen perception of our true potential, and are deeply attuned to various aspects of human nature – our spiritual essence, emotional depth, mental agility, and physical presence.

These magical majestic beings heal you on so many levels and in so many different ways I’ve lost count. They fill you with love, trust, and self-confidence. They make you connect to your body and soul whilst they open their hearts for you to connect to theirs. They breed freedom and wilderness into your being, making you braver and bolder than ever before. They bring out your true self because when you’re with them, you can’t hide.

Horses have the innate ability to reflect their environment and everything in it, for their own survival in the wild. And this makes horses perfect for therapy, always being present in the moment, reflecting or mirroring the client’s internal emotions, feelings and desires, without judgement.

They offer us the opportunity to be more conscious of what is unconscious; to understand more about ourselves, our lives, our desires, and our instinctual potential, expanding our own humanity by connecting with our animality.

Research conducted by Dr. Ann Baldwin at the University of Arizona has confirmed what equestrians have always known and felt – that horses seem to have a way to connect with your soul. In fact, that feeling is your heart rate frequency synchronizing with your horse! The heart electromagnetic range of a horse can be felt from 50 yards away!

Interacting with the remarkable high vibrational horses at A Sacred Sanctuary promotes heart coherence, of peace, tranquility and groundedness. You will discover fresh insights, enabling you to cultivate a revitalized sense of optimism amidst trauma, and clarity on how to move forward.

What is a session like?

As the person in session bonds with the horse, self-awareness grows and emotional healing often takes place. Unlike horseback riding or horsemanship, healing with horses solely focuses on groundwork. Clients do not ride, or feed the animals. Instead, they interact with them in their habitat and engage with whatever material organically emerges. As the relationship progresses, we take to building obstacle courses for the client to build confidence as well as painting the horse & even blindfolded walks.

Healing with Horses sessions can run up to an hour.

Who do we serve?

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At-Risk Individuals (Children & Adolescents)

Interactions with horses provide a non-competitive, non-judgmental setting to build emotional and social capacity, while providing individuals with relationships that are both caring and consistent.

We focus on building self-awareness, enabling the individual to work through unexpressed emotional pain and learn how to recognize, verbalize and regulate their feelings.

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Veterans, Active Duty & First Responders

Many veterans return from active duty with physical and/or emotional wounds. Horses assist these individuals through the challenges of transitioning back to civilian life.

Together, the horse and veteran work on relaxation, memory skills, patience, confidence, physical wellness, and focus that translates to life beyond the farm.