When You’re Ready to Bloom Again: Healing with Horses, Nature & Sisterhood

Healing begins in the stillness between horse and human.

🌼 Reclaiming Yourself After Burnout, Grief, or Disconnection

There are seasons when you hold everything together. When your needs stay quiet while you tend to everyone else’s. But what happens when that weight gets too heavy? When you realize you’ve gone a little too long without checking in with yourself?

That’s where the healing begins.

And sometimes, healing doesn’t look like a self-help book or a morning routine. Sometimes it looks like a quiet forest, the deep breath of a horse, and a sacred circle of women who get it.

🐴 What Is Equine-Guided Healing?

Equine-guided sessions offer silent emotional insight and reflection.

Healing with horses, also known as equine-assisted therapy or equine-guided coaching, is a somatic, intuitive process where horses act as emotional mirrors. They respond to our nervous system, revealing what we’re holding, avoiding, or craving—and helping us release it in the most grounding, non-verbal way.

No horse experience is required. You don’t ride. You just be—and the horses do the rest.

🌲 The Science and Soul of Forest Therapy

Reconnecting to the rhythm of the forest through silence and presence.

Forest bathing (or silvotherapy) has been shown to reduce stress hormones, boost immune function, and improve emotional resilience. But even beyond the science, being in nature reminds us of who we were before the pressure, the roles, the noise.

This retreat weaves nature connection into every layer—from Wild Walks to outdoor ceremonies and space for mindful stillness. The land does just as much healing as the horses do.

💖 Who This Retreat Supports Most

We don’t bloom alone—we bloom together.

This space was created for women who are:

• Burned out, emotionally exhausted, or overstimulated

• In transition, after a breakup, loss, career change, or identity shift

• Feeling disconnected from nature, their body, or their inner knowing

• Ready for a reset—one that feels sacred, soulful, and safe

You’ll be held, seen, and supported—not just by the facilitators, but by the land, the herd, and every woman who joins you.

🌸 Why We Heal in the Spring

Spring is more than a season—it’s an invitation. A time to unfurl. To stretch open again. To let go of what no longer serves and plant seeds for what’s next.

This is what Bloom Together: A Spring Awakening offers—a chance to begin again, but in a way that’s rooted in truth, not pressure.

🗓️ Retreat Details: One or Two Days of Healing

Ritual meets renewal in every intentional moment.

Dates: May 17 & 18, 2025Location: Takoda Equine, Binbrook, Ontario

Led by: Laura Moses (The Woodland Awakenings) & Diane Murray (Takoda Equine)

• Choose one day (Saturday or Sunday) if you're looking for a powerful single-day experience

• Or attend both days to deepen your journey and receive the full unfolding of this sacred container

🌿 Learn more or register here:👉 Bloom Together: A Spring Awakening Retreat

🕊️ A Final Thought

You don’t need to explain your pain or prove you’re ready. Just come as you are—tender, curious, exhausted, wild. Let the forest hold you. Let the horses meet you. Let the sacred sisterhood remind you: you are not alone.

We’re saving a spot for you in the circle.

With love, Laura Moses The Woodland Awakenings

"I connect people with nature in ways that transcend the ordinary."