Healing in the Presence of Horses
5 Days / 4 Nights
Includes: Pre-Retreat Consultation • Horse Interaction • Expressive Art • Post-Retreat Virtual Coaching Sessions • Private Online Integration Community
Facilitators: Kelly Jones & Jessie Edwards
Location: Western Colorado
Investment: Starting at $3,795
Step away from the pace of everyday life and enter a sacred space designed for deep healing, self-discovery, and transformation.
This immersive retreat blends Equine-Assisted Learning, Somatic Experiencing, mindfulness practices, and creative expression to help participants release limiting beliefs, unwind patterns of trauma held in the body, and reconnect with their authentic selves.
Through guided experiences with horses, art, and nature, you will cultivate courage, clarity, emotional resilience, and calm embodiment.
This experience is designed to elevate the mind, body, and spirit, allowing you to rediscover who you truly are.
Who This Retreat Is For
This retreat is designed for individuals who feel called to reconnect with themselves on a deeper level.
Participants often include people who:
• Feel stuck in repeating patterns or limiting beliefs
• Are carrying unresolved stress, trauma, or emotional overwhelm
• Are seeking clarity, purpose, or direction in life
• Want to reconnect with joy, creativity, and vitality
• Feel disconnected from their body, intuition, or inner wisdom
• Are ready to slow down and experience meaningful personal growth
No horse experience is necessary. The retreat is welcoming for anyone who feels drawn to nature, horses, mindfulness, and personal transformation.
What You Will Experience
Throughout the retreat, our experienced facilitators guide participants through a thoughtful balance of group experiences and personal reflection.
You will engage in practices designed to help regulate the nervous system, reconnect to your senses, and restore a felt sense of safety and presence.
Retreat activities may include:
• Equine-assisted experiential sessions
• Somatic awareness practices
• Mindfulness and meditation
• Breathwork
• Expressive art and creativity
• Nature immersion
• Gentle mindful movement
• Reflection and integration time
The presence of horses adds a profound layer to the experience. Horses offer honest, non-judgmental feedback, helping participants develop deeper awareness, authenticity, and connection.
Many participants describe the experience as powerful, grounding, and life-changing.
What You Will Leave With
Participants often leave the retreat with:
✨ A renewed sense of calm and inner safety
✨ Greater self-awareness and emotional resilience
✨ Tools for regulating stress and overwhelm
✨ A deeper connection to intuition and authentic self
✨ Greater clarity around personal direction and purpose
✨ The experience of true connection—with yourself, others, and nature
Many describe leaving with a sense of lightness, clarity, and possibility they haven’t felt in years.
Pre- and Post-Retreat Support
Transformation doesn’t begin and end at the retreat. Participants are supported before and after the experience to help deepen and integrate their growth.
Before the Retreat
Participants receive a personalized consultation with Kelly prior to arrival. This one-on-one virtual session helps clarify personal goals and includes curated materials such as guided reflections and mindfulness practices to help you arrive grounded and prepared.
After the Retreat
Each participant receives two one-hour virtual coaching sessions with Kelly following the retreat. These integration sessions help reinforce insights, support continued growth, and ensure the retreat experience translates into lasting change.
A Glimpse Into the Retreat Journey
Day 1 — Arrival & Connection
Participants arrive, settle into the environment, and meet their facilitators and fellow retreat members. Together we gather to set intentions, share our stories, and meet the horses who will accompany us on this journey.
Day 2 — Learning Presence
Through mindfulness practices and guided experiences, participants begin to slow down and reconnect with their senses, bodies, and emotions.
You begin to notice more about yourself and your surroundings — recognizing that you no longer need to wear a mask or numb what you feel.
Awaken the senses
Explore presence
Nourish connection
Day 3 — Standing in Your Strength
As awareness deepens, participants begin to explore personal boundaries, courage, and authentic expression through experiential work with horses.
Horses help illuminate the patterns we often carry in relationships and provide opportunities to practice new ways of being.
Participants explore:
• Asking for needs to be met
• Letting go of people-pleasing patterns
• Experiencing authentic connection
• Recognizing personal worth and strength
Day 4 — Intuition & Essence
Participants begin to integrate insights from the previous days, reconnecting with inner wisdom and learning to trust themselves more deeply.
Through mindfulness, somatic practices, and equine experiences, participants explore how mind, body, and spirit can work together to guide their path forward.
Day 5 — Integration & Closing
The retreat concludes with a closing circle where participants reflect on their journey and discuss ways to continue their growth after returning home.
Together we celebrate what has been discovered and create a plan for carrying these insights into everyday life.
“…be present, be still, be loved, be brave, be you…”
