The horses will change you

Anyone who has spent any time around horses can tell you that after interacting with them, even in a small way, you feel changed.

Horses connect with us without expectation. 

Their acceptance and non-judgment are unconditional. 

They are curious, playful, sentient animals, capable of displaying complex emotional responses.

Many say it’s as if they can read minds, or can see into our souls.

Horses have been an integral part of the healing of many of my clients and pivotal in my recovery from anorexia. 

Learn about the healing power of horses. Dawn Marron hosted a TEDx talk that showcases how Equine Therapy can used to heal your body, specifically anorexia.

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Horses' hearts can synchronise with ours, indicating that they feel what we feel. They help to calm and connect us. They help us to regulate our emotions and soothe our nervous systems.

Are you ready to experience the healing of horses?

Many decades of research have been carried out on the therapeutic benefits of working with horses. 

From a scientific perspective, the magic of equine assisted therapy (EAT) is in the horse's coherent heart patterns and naturally high amplitudes of very low frequency heart rhythms. 

Both these things are a solid measure of mental, emotional and physical health and indicators of a system that can recover and adapt from stressful situations efficiently.

The horses reflect your deepest inner state, bring your issues to light, and guide and support you as you follow their lead. 

Their anchored presence provides you with an exit ramp from anxiety, fear or overwhelm. They’ll demand that you inhabit more of your body and stop existing in deference, and powerfully impact how you understand yourselves.

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Equine Assisted Therapy in Aotearoa

In the USA, the UK, and other countries, equine therapy is a prescribed therapy that anyone can access via the health system. 

Here in Aotearoa, New Zealand, we’re lagging behind when it comes to understanding the importance of including these kinds of alternative approaches to healing mental health.

I am so grateful to be one of only a few practitioners here in this beautiful country offering this incredibly powerful therapeutic container for those who might benefit from it. 

Equine Assisted Therapy Intensives

Come visit the herd in Nelson. 

For those ready to embark on a deeply healing journey supported by the horses you are invited to join me to learn to understand yourself more deeply and gain more awareness of yourself.

Spending time with the horses will help you to feel more confident in your body, access your wild soul more readily, and harness tools and strategies for asserting more conscious boundaries. You’ll begin making heart-centred and self-affirming decisions and begin healing emotionally and spiritually. 

What’s included:

You will visit the horses for a set amount of time each day and sessions will be uniquely tailored to your needs and what shows up for you.  

These Equine Assisted Therapy Sessions Include:

  • A personal plan setting out your intentions and goals
  • A personal timetable for daily equine therapy and follow up homework to keep you focused
  • A meet and greet session with the herd
  • Observation of the herd and a trauma-informed discovery session guided around what is presenting for you and discussion into how the horses and I may support you towards healing
  • An introduction to affiliative, inclusive and non-predatory self- leadership as practiced by the herd
  • Group work with a small herd in the arena
  • One-to-one work with a horse in the roundyard
  • Trauma-informed EAT modelled around Internal Family Systems work, somatic experiencing and self-inquiry
  • Task-based work with the horses at liberty
  • Hands-on, up close, unstructured time with the horses
  • Guidance during sessions and debriefing after sessions with me
  • A plan for you to take home to continue your healing work

Note: All work with the herd is ground-based and does NOT require any riding. 

Investment

$160 an hour

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N.B. If you’ve experienced previous trauma from a riding accident and would like to be able to return to riding without anxiety or fear, my work with the herd can support this and support you back to the saddle.