CLIENT EXPERIENCE

Clients have found the experience with Homeward to be therapeutic, revelatory, grounding, meditative, healing, and even life-changing. The offerings can be experienced one time, opening the door to your own healing work or pointing the way to additional modalities—or experienced multiple times in order to go deeper into the somatic reprogramming® that is at the core of Equine-Guided Empowerment®. Engaging in this work privately and in a group setting offer different advantages, and it is important to honor the wisdom that draws you to this work in whatever form or format feels right for you in this moment.

Equine-Guided Empowerment® sessions are rooted in embodiment practices, so my job is to hold space for your deepening awareness and unfolding process, wherever that may lead. I will keep pointing you inward and provide somatic experiences to bring you deeper into your seat of clarity.  As the horses are my partners in the work, we will always be in proximity to the horses: sometimes indirectly (on the other side of the fence, or in a pasture space the horses cannot enter), or we will be directly sharing space with the herd.  Specific somatic exercises are better done away from the horses; others are best near or in interaction with the herd.  After your sessions have concluded, I also offer a follow-up Zoom call to have a post-session check-in, discuss integration of the embodiment exercises, and address any other insights that have emerged.

Grounded Connection sessions focus on developing trust and connection within yourself and with the herd.  You might choose this session because you are familiar with horses and want to connect with them in freedom; you might want to work with me as a family or as a caregiver and child; you may come to this session because you want to connect with horses in a way that is different from traditional riding schools (which usually skip relationship building altogether).  These sessions follow a sequence of establishing safety and choice with the horses; trust and communication; and partnership. **All work is on the ground—not ridden. The opportunity for somatic riding can be discussed.