Today's world can be overwhelming, and it's easy to become disconnected from ourselves, from nature, and from each other. Spending time with horses can help us slow down and reconnect with our capacity for mindful awareness and personal power.
This 5-day retreat offers you the opportunity to settle into the rhythm of the natural world and your own inner wisdom, cultivate compassion for yourself and others, and build the courage to step fully into your life with power and authenticity.
During your time at 13 Hands Equine Rescue, Jennifer Cohen Harper guides you to connect with horses using your body language, breath, energy, and intention. Every retreat is a bit different, as the participants and the horses create their own relationships and take the lead. You learn to:
- Exchange greetings and communicate your intentions
- Observe herd interactions including between mothers and foals
- Ask for space without creating fear or disconnection
- Support a horse that is uncomfortable or nervous
- Invite a horse to walk and/or rest with you
- Groom a horse to create comfort and connection
- Move quietly through the herd without disturbing the horses
We also spend time on Omega's campus, where Jenn leads a combination of mindfulness practices, gentle movement, journaling, and group discussion. We expand on the discoveries made at the rescue and set intentions for the next day.
Together we explore a way of being in the world that is deeply healing, that connects us to our own body and breath, and to each other. And we support the journey of the horses we work with as well.
Head home with a greater awareness of the energy you want to bring into your daily life, and with practices to support creating it—with or without horses.
