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The Equus effect program
Designed for individuals in high-stress environments, providing them with essential tools to meet life’s challenges and build their capacity for healthy, authentic relationships through purposeful engagement with horses.


resets for the mind and body
through working with horses


Our approach to Experiential Learning and Coaching includes engagement with horses that focuses on the body’s natural response to chronic stress and trauma.  We believe, as do experts in the field of neurobiology and trauma, that our reactions to traumatic events and chronic stress remain in the nervous system until they are metabolized and discharged.

Somatic Experiencing (SE), is the foundation and basis of the exercises we teach. Developed by Peter Levine, Ph.D., it is the result of the multidisciplinary study of stress physiology, psychology, ethology, biology, neuroscience, indigenous healing practices, and medical biophysics.  With more than 45 years of successful clinical application, this approach to the restoration of balance and well-being to the nervous system is gaining awareness and recognition by leaders in the fields of psychology and medicine.
Our didactic material, the reflective aspects of our work with horses and ground-based natural horsemanship techniques, help participants regain agency and emotional agility.
 We focus on restoring nervous system regulation. It is a body-oriented model that helps heal trauma and chronic stress from the bottom up — and from the inside out.
We do not focus on ‘treatment goals’.  Rather, the specific aim of our work is to help warriors from all walks of life uncover and dissolve barriers that live on in their systems long after they return to their homes and communities.  


No Veteran, Active Duty Military/Family member, or First Responder ever pays to attend our sessions...it is our privilege to serve those who spend every day serving others

  • Welcome
  • About Us
  • The Equus Effect program
  • Why Does My Horse Do That?
  • Riding Lessons
  • Our Horses
  • Testimonials
  • Location
  • Contact
  • FAQ
  • Mission
Do you want to be in harmony, like this...
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...instead of this?!?
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Learn to dial in to and read  signals from the body, and learn to use them as information

Learn when and how to set healthy boundaries that sustain you, instead of drain you


Gain tools to regulate yourself, and explore how those tools can help you settle others in times of crisis.

Help bridge the daily transition between work and home life for all family members.

Take the first steps to "unpack your stuff"

Practice mindfulness and presence, and how to "let it go", and "go back to grazing".

Why Horses?
Horses Don’t Lie
Horses are transparent; how they feel is how they act. Horses don’t care about where you live, what you are wearing or where you are going after this.  They exist in the here and now, and will let you know exactly how they are feeling at this instant.
 
The Prey Animal
Horses are hyper-vigilant; they exist in a state where they are constantly scanning their environment for information that will keep them alive.  They can detect heart rate, respiration and muscle tension of others from 30 feet away.  They are one big instant natural biofeedback mechanism.
 
Earned Trust
A horse survives by determining quickly whether or not they can trust the intentions of those around them.  To partner with and earn the trust of a 1,000 pound animal who exists in the here and now is a heartwarming and empowering experience.  Horses help us to identify what we are experiencing at the moment, and can offer insight into emotional regulation and resonance.

...and the work is fun, too! 

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  • Welcome
  • About Us
  • The Equus Effect program
  • Why Does My Horse Do That?
  • Riding Lessons
  • Our Horses
  • Testimonials
  • Location
  • Contact
  • FAQ
  • Mission