"I am very new to the world of horses, and when I started taking riding lessons, I knew there was a LOT more going on that I wanted to understand about connection and communication with horses before I tried riding again. So much of what I found, even here in California, were pressure-based forms of interaction based on dominance that did not feel good to me.

 

Through a google search, I landed on Heather's page all about relationship-based horsemanship, and reading her blog posts was really clicking and making so much sense to me. When we spoke on the phone and she said "the horse's back is a sacred space that has to be earned through respect", I knew this was the teacher I was looking for. We talked about the options of creating a personalized retreat to learn more of this style of attunement and energetic dialogue, and I booked my trip out to upstate New York!

I loved beginning with the Mindfulness Horse Whispering mini retreat, and then I had 4 days of private one-on-one lessons with Heather. Heather met me right where I was at in terms of my level of experience, knowledge, and confidence with horses and horsemanship. I learned so much from her and the horses, and my confidence really grew!

 

I look forward to returning again next year and building on everything I learned in this first private retreat, and I feel more clear and confident about my next steps to put as much of what I learned while with Heather into practice here at a local horse rescue and with friends' horses. This was a wonderful experience that I highly recommend to anyone!  Especially if your desire is to learn how to build meaningful connections of respect with horses."

- Danielle S.