Jennifer Cohen Harper, founder of Mindfulness with Horses, is a respected Equine Assisted Learning (EAL) provider, mindfulness and yoga educator, and author. She holds a master's degree in experiential education from NYU’s Gallatin School, dedicating her two decades of work to creating spaces and sharing practices that support healing, strengthen connection, and help people joyfully embrace the full human experience with a sense of aliveness, agency, and personal power.
Jenn began her career by founding Little Flower Yoga and Mindfulness, a New York-based organization known for its trauma-focused programming in schools and professional development for educators and mental health providers. Her current work seamlessly blends her deep experience in facilitation and healing with her innovative approach to equine-assisted learning, which she created by combining her foundation in embodied mindfulness with her lifelong study of horses. This powerful approach is further supported by her training as a Natural Lifemanship certified EAL provider.
A dedicated advocate for equine well-being, Jenn has also been part of supporting the herd at 13 Hands Equine Rescue since 2018. Rooted in the same principles of attunement, consent, and compassionate space holding that mark her work with people, she has helped dozens of horses settle into a new (and healthier) way of being with humans after abuse or neglect. This experience allows her to facilitate truly authentic and reciprocal healing partnerships between people and horses.
Jenn's work has been featured in notable publications such as Psychotherapy Networker and the New York Times, and is endorsed by thought leaders including Daniel Siegel and Sharon Salzberg. She is a frequent presenter at conferences and teaches regularly at renowned retreat centers, always offering powerful information in practical, easy-to-implement ways with compassion, humor, and joy.