the horse as empowerment
Sometimes being in the space of horses calls to us because it is their energetic medicine we need to be supported by. They meet us, without judgment, and without agenda, so we can allow ourselves to go in and be with what is wanting to emerge, to shed, to be discovered. What we cannot hold for one another as human beings, horses can. They force us to be present to what is in the space for us. We can't deflect the mirror of them. Horses are tellers of truth. They ask us to be in our body, rather than in our minds, and to be a witness to all parts of us, not bypass the pieces that feel uncomfortable.
They ask us to confront what we are holding, what is ready to be shed, and to acknowledge the truths that we would rather not speak to ourselves. We leave the session with them viscerally changed, shifted, with a deeper courage to what we must do, a revealing that we cannot ignore, a knowing of new pathways and tools that will support us.
DETAILS + PRICING
Each offering session begins with a ritual of a calming & nourishing cup of herbal tea, a discovery conversation, and a grounding somatic body scan and meditation to prepare our emotional and physical space for this beautiful work with the horses.
Each and every session is consensual and unique, with the horses being our guides, facilitators, and mirrors. They are fully at liberty, which means they have complete free will and choice to guide and participate the individual sessions based on energy, what medicine is being called forward and what they feel is being mirrored. All sessions are led on the ground (meaning no riding) and are outdoors in nature year round, either in the pastures or in the round pen, weather permitting.
SessIOnS & OffErIngS
DISCOVERY
HEALING
EMPOWERMENT
EQUINE-ASSISTED LEARNING
to find the most aligned type of session, choose what your heart is searching for:
the horse as medicine
We all have wounds. We have all experienced dysfunction. We all have some sort of trauma. Some have been healed and tended to, and some still remain untouched but yearn to be seen. We are also all medicine. Nature is medicine. Horses are medicine.
In this horses-healing-human-hearts session, the horses guide and facilitate us to the exact medicine your body and nervous system might be longing for.
Horses are actually reading our nervous systems! Not just our emotions, but what we are holding in our nervous system. This is the true essence of somatic embodiment and experiencing with horses. Resetting and restoring the nervous system in the most gentle but profound way. Remembering our truest nature in our feminine embodiment.
Each offering session begins with a ritual of a calming & nourishing cup of herbal tea, a discovery conversation, and a grounding somatic body scan and meditation to prepare our emotional and physical space for this beautiful work with the horses.
Each and every session is consensual and unique, with the horses being our guides, facilitators, and mirrors. They are fully at liberty, which means they have complete free will and choice to guide and participate the individual sessions based on energy, what medicine is being called forward and what they feel is being mirrored. All sessions are led on the ground (meaning no riding) and are outdoors in nature year round, either in the pastures or in the round pen, weather permitting.
SessIOnS & OffErIngS
DISCOVERY
HEALING
EMPOWERMENT
to find the most aligned type of session, choose what your heart is searching for:
DETAILS + PRICING
EQUINE-ASSISTED LEARNING
the horse as meditation
This introductory session offering is for anyone who might feel slightly fearful or unsure about being with or around horses and just want to get a feel for what it’s like.
This session will largely focus on somatic meditation, grounding techniques, breath-work and body scans while near the herd, but within your level of closeness and comfort.
Time can be spent just being with the herd and/or participating in a light grooming meditation on the horse if one feels called to.
DETAILS + PRICING
Each offering session begins with a ritual of a calming & nourishing cup of herbal tea, a discovery conversation, and a grounding somatic body scan and meditation to prepare our emotional and physical space for this beautiful work with the horses.
Each and every session is consensual and unique, with the horses being our guides, facilitators, and mirrors. They are fully at liberty, which means they have complete free will and choice to guide and participate the individual sessions based on energy, what medicine is being called forward and what they feel is being mirrored. All sessions are led on the ground (meaning no riding) and are outdoors in nature year round, either in the pastures or in the round pen, weather permitting.
SessIOnS & OffErIngS
DISCOVERY
HEALING
EMPOWERMENT
to find the most aligned type of session, choose what your heart is searching for:
EQUINE-ASSISTED LEARNING
the horse as guidance
Equine Assisted Learning is a unique and experiential approach to learning that facilitates personal growth by teaching social/emotional and life skills through horsemanship. This involves interactive learning and self discovery oriented activities with horses. Research has demonstrated that EAL programs enhance social competencies and reduce stress among youth participants.
EAL sessions are designed to build “muscle memory” around life skills such as self-advocacy, effective communication, empathy, compassion, patience, boundaries, problem-solving, grounding, self-discipline and calming tools such as breath-work and meditation, and more , by way of developing a relationship with horses. This session type is specifically tailored to children and teens, age 7-15.
DETAILS + PRICING
Each offering session begins with a ritual of a calming & nourishing cup of herbal tea, a discovery conversation, and a grounding somatic body scan and meditation to prepare our emotional and physical space for this beautiful work with the horses.
Each and every session is consensual and unique, with the horses being our guides, facilitators, and mirrors. They are fully at liberty, which means they have complete free will and choice to guide and participate the individual sessions based on energy, what medicine is being called forward and what they feel is being mirrored. All sessions are led on the ground (meaning no riding) and are outdoors in nature year round, either in the pastures or in the round pen, weather permitting.
SessIOnS & OffErIngS
DISCOVERY
HEALING
EMPOWERMENT
to find the most aligned type of session, choose what your heart is searching for:
EQUINE-ASSISTED LEARNING
Frequently Asked Questions
"I was gently guided into seeing myself wholly."
As a mother, business owner, caregiver and natural empath, my days are filled with instinctively knowing what people need from me to feel supported. In living my life this way, I felt tired. Working with Chantelle and the horses was such a transformative process where I was gently guided into seeing myself wholly. I was a bit apprehensive since I had never been around horses. They mirrored my energy and held beautiful space while I challenged my fears and allowed vulnerabilities to surface. I eventually was able to acknowledge myself and learn to set boundaries from a place of self love instead of exhaustion. The container Chantelle creates for this work is loving and safe and her intuitive guidance allows for profound shifts. I have such gratitude for Chantelle, Maizy, and Willow.
- Kathleen H.
"the most soulful way to heal your heart."
This work is without a doubt the most soulful way to heal your heart. I've always been comfortable around horses as I took riding lessons as a young girl, but never had I experienced such an intimate and tender space being around them before I started working with Maizy, Willow, and Chantelle. Prior to my sessions, I was in my head a lot and felt disconnected from my intuition, questioning my authentic self and what was next in my life. I still feel like I can't put into words what the horses were able to mirror back to me, but I do know that I feel more connected to my inner child and magnetic self than I ever have before. Sharing so much gratitude to Chantelle and her graceful presence, along with all of her beautiful and heart-centered creatures.
- Madison W.
"my trauma is showing up less in my daily life."
I had never heard of equine-facilitated healing before I stumbled upon Chantelle's offerings. I have been experiencing a great amount of anxiety and daily stress in my life, specifically surrounding past traumas and a stressed-relationship with certain members of my family. I was in search of an out-of-the-box way to approach my healing journey, and upon exploring the session options with Chantelle, I immediately was drawn to her somatic meditation offering. After committing to weekly sessions with the horses, I have felt a deep relief in my soul and my trauma is showing up less and less in my daily life. I cannot even begin to express how thankful I am for horse medicine and the transformation that can occur for anyone working through tough emotions. Highly recommend Chantelle and her revolutionary work (and the horses)!
- Private Client
"I felt truly and deeply seen and heard..."
Signing myself up for Chantelle’s Equine Alchemy & Somatic healing experience has been one of the most beautiful gifts I have given myself. Chantelle offers such deep listening and a lovely and safe healing container. I felt truly and deeply seen and heard, and it felt as if years of heavy pain and sadness lifted. Chantelle and her horses embody the power of equine guided empowerment and their somatic presence and being able to experience her peaceful grounding through this work offered so much clarity and it felt magical. I feel like I have returned to my true self! Running to book my next session now!!
- Christina L.
eMpOweReD
Sometimes being in the space of horses calls to us because it is their energetic medicine we need to be supported by. They meet us, without judgment, and without agenda, so we can allow ourselves to go in and be with what is wanting to emerge, to shed, to be discovered. What we cannot hold for one another as human beings, horses can. They force us to be present to what is in the space for us. We can't deflect the mirror of them. Horses are tellers of truth. They ask us to be in our body, rather than in our minds, and to be a witness to all parts of us, not bypass the pieces that feel uncomfortable.
They ask us to confront what we are holding, what is ready to be shed, and to acknowledge the truths that we would rather not speak to ourselves.
We leave the session with them viscerally changed, shifted, with a deeper courage to what we must do, a revealing that we cannot ignore, a knowing of new pathways and tools that will support us. Horses can tap into what is in the unconscious, what is the underbelly of what we are needing to confront, bear witness to and claim more deeply in ourselves. In turn calling us to our authentic and inherent empowered “wild” selves. This is exactly what your soul has been craving and asking for. This work is best done with a minimum of 4 back to back weekly sessions to experience the full nature of the guidance.
For ages 16 and up | $150 per session | 80 minutes
the horse as empowerment
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PACKAGE OFFERING: BUY 4, GET THE 5TH FREE
This package was created for anyone who feels the call to commit to themselves more fully. It allows us to thread together wisdom, growth, and layers from previous sessions to deepen what the horses are bringing forward and sharing. (Sessions must be purchased simultaneously to receive package discount).
MONTHLY SESSION OFFERING
This package is ideal for someone wanting to create and gift intentional time for themselves each month at a $50 discount per session. It holds the beautiful potency of allowing us to journey together more deeply as we layer the healing together from previous months. $100 a month, for 12 months. 12 month commitment upon booking.
HeAlInG
We all have wounds. We have all experienced dysfunction. We all have some sort of trauma. Some have been healed and tended to, and some still remain untouched but yearn to be seen. We are also all medicine. Nature is medicine. Horses are medicine.
In this horses-healing-human-hearts session, the horses guide and facilitate us to the exact medicine your body and nervous system might be longing for. Horses are actually reading our nervous systems! Not just our emotions, but what we are holding in our nervous system**. This is the true essence of somatic embodiment and experiencing with horses. Resetting and restoring the nervous system in the most gentle but profound way. Remembering our truest nature in our feminine embodiment.
**The Nervous System is a complex network that sends messages between the brain and body, helping to control bodily functions. The nervous system is important because it communicates if we are in a safe state of rest and digest or if we sense a threat and are in fight, flight, freeze, or fawn. A healthy Nervous System is able to move between these states as needed, from a state of alertness & action back to calm rest and digest. A Dysregulated Nervous System is one that gets stuck in one of these states of stress. When that happens we will likely respond to life from our old wounding and coping mechanisms (ie. anxiety or numbing) vs. our new high self-worth magnetic beliefs. This is why learning to regulate the nervous system is important in our healing journey).
This work is best done with a minimum of 4 weekly sessions to experience the full nature of the guidance.
For ages 16 and up | $150 per session | 80 minutes
the horse as medicine
PACKAGE OFFERING: BUY 4, GET THE 5TH FREE
This package was created for anyone who feels the call to commit to themselves more fully. It allows us to thread together wisdom, growth, and layers from previous sessions to deepen what the horses are bringing forward and sharing. (Sessions must be purchased simultaneously to receive package discount).
MONTHLY SESSION OFFERING
This package is ideal for someone wanting to create and gift intentional time for themselves each month at a $50 discount per session. It holds the beautiful potency of allowing us to journey together more deeply as we layer the healing together from previous months. $100 a month, for 12 months. 12 month commitment upon booking.
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dIscOveRy
This introductory session offering is for anyone who might feel slightly fearful or unsure about being with or around horses and just want to get a feel for what it’s like.
This session will largely focus on somatic meditation, grounding techniques, breath-work and body scans while near the herd, but within your level of closeness and comfort.
Time can be spent just being with the herd and/or participating in a light grooming meditation on the horse if one feels called to.
For ages 16 and up | 60 minutes | $150 per session
the horse as meditation
BOOK A SESSION
PACKAGE OFFERING: BUY 4, GET THE 5TH FREE
This package was created for anyone who feels the call to commit to themselves more fully. It allows us to thread together wisdom, growth, and layers from previous sessions to deepen what the horses are bringing forward and sharing. (Sessions must be purchased simultaneously to receive package discount).
eqUIne-AssIsteD leArninG
Equine Assisted Learning is a unique and experiential approach to learning that facilitates personal growth by teach-ing social/emotional and life skills through horsemanship. This involves interactive learning and self discovery oriented activities with horses. Research has demonstrated that EAL programs enhance social competencies and reduce stress among youth participants. A 2013 Washington State University (WSU) study of 4th through 8th graders in an EAL program demonstrated an increase in social competence and positive behavior among the participants, with particular improvement in self-awareness and self-management.
EAL sessions are designed to build “muscle memory” around life-skills such as self-advocacy, effective communication, empathy, compassion, patience, boundaries, problem-solving, grounding, self-discipline and calming tools such as breath-work and meditation, and more, by way of developing a relationship with horses. Riding horses is NOT a part of this program.
For ages 7-15 | $120 per session | 50 minutes
the horse as guidance
PACKAGE OFFERING: BUY 4, GET THE 5TH FREE
This package was created for anyone who feels the call to commit to themselves more fully. It allows us to thread together wisdom, growth, and layers from previous sessions to deepen what the horses are bringing forward and sharing. (Sessions must be purchased simultaneously to receive package discount).
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