TRY OUT ONE OF OUR NEW WEEKEND SERIES RETREATS! March 14th to 16th, 2025

HORSE HARMONY – A 3 DAY WEEKEND BALANCE AND WELL-BEING RETREAT FOR WOMEN

This small women’s retreat is a unique opportunity to really focus in on only you as we use the land, the Earth, and the equines as inspiration. We will convene at the beautiful 28-acre Imagine Equus Farm where you will enjoy both quiet and space and also group interaction.

Part of your days will be spent doing Equine Facilitated Experiential Learning as a way to open your mind to a different way of seeing, being, and connecting. We will experiment with the place this takes us with our dreams and aspirations.

As with most of our retreats at Imagine Equus Farm, the timing of this retreat is very purposeful. In March everything comes to life on the farm! The trees bud out, the grass green and the flowers unfold. We will also use this time to refresh and rejuvenate ourselves for the Spring and lush of the months to come.

Join us for this unique Equine Experiential Learning Horse Retreat held in the Foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Western North Carolina. Through the experiential horse experiences, we will go deeper into ourselves tapping into our innate intuition. This retreat is designed to be a canvas for your creative juices to flow.

Our focus will be on You and stepping back for a moment to look at where you are in life. Are you living the life of your dreams? This is a perfect opportunity to reflect 2024 so far- focusing on you and your own desires. How much of your time is taken up by things you don’t really love? We will close out unfinished “business” we’ve been holding onto and thereby create space to focus ourselves, intentions to our new desires moving forward.

This retreat is designed to dig deep into that which brings you passion and joy and to bring that out. The work with the horses will all be groundwork, so no riding experience is necessary. We will, however, be working closely with the horses, so closed-toe shoes will be required.

As with all of our retreats at Imagine Equus Farm, there is a large emphasis on providing you with a peaceful oasis wherein you can let the rest of the world slide away and give yourself the gift of focus just on you. The meals we share will be healthy, tasty, and nourishing.

You will stay in beautifully designed and appointed tiny home cabins or in spectacular nearby vacation villas or cabins where the focus is your comfort and a gorgeous setting. We want you to have a place to relax, your mind to expand and your spirit to soar.

Time seems to be the one thing there is never enough of. What if we could make more of it to spend doing the things we love most? We will seek during our retreat to use the wisdom of the horse to look at things like how we physically use our time and what consumes the most of it. And how we can shift to a place where we spend more of our time doing what we love.

With the direction of the horses and tapping deep into our own intuition, we will seek guidance so we may use our time in ways that are the most fulfilling and feel best for us. Similarly, we will identify and banish the habits and behaviors that have been hijacking our lives and consuming our headspace in 2024.

The intent of the work we do here is to let you learn through experience with the equines, yourself, and even the group. We also want to provide you with an exciting, thought-provoking, and relaxing getaway.

Much thought has gone into the cabins and places you will be staying in so that it can be your peaceful oasis away from home. The food we serve during the retreat is local organic, healthy, and delicious. We want your time here at Imagine Equus Farm to be incredible! We also want the experience to provide you with the insight and excitement to integrate some of what you experience here into your everyday life.

So why an EFEL retreat? Well, first horses are awfully cool to be around. The work we will do with the horses is “experiential” in nature. That means you learn by doing and engaging rather than being told or talked at. No lectures here. This retreat is not about riding the horses either.

Rather, it is about finding ways to connect with them- to understand them at a different level. Why might you want to do that? Horses are amazing communicators. They have an incredible ability to stay present and read energy.

As such, they are also wonderful teachers to help us develop an ability to be really present, be aware of, and read, incongruity in ourselves and others, and be overall more centered and grounded. Horses are generous teachers, and if we listen, they can help us with our inner balance and overall well-being.

During our retreat time, we will be spending time with horses and donkeys. However, since all of the work with the equines is groundwork, no riding skills or previous horse experience is required.

You deserve an experience and time that is just about you. Leave the rest of it behind and come join us for this one-of-a-kind women’s retreat!

This retreat is great for solo travelers! In fact we encourage that you not come with your partner so the focus can be solely on you.

Program

Day 1

Arrival and check-in: March 14th at 12 pm
Opening Session followed by Celebration Dinner 3 pm

Day 2

Experiential Work with Equines 9:30- 12:30
Lunch 12:30-1:30
Experiential Work with Equines 1:30-5:00
Dinner 6:30 pm

Day 3

Final Experiential Work with Equines 9:30 – 12:30
Lunch and Wrap Up 12:30-2:30
Departure 3 pm

The times listed here may not be exact, as we may need to be flexible at times as we are doing the experiential work.

During our downtime, there will be plenty of time to explore the wonderful creeks, woods, and even our little waterfall on Imagine Equus Farm’s 28 acres.

Retreat Tuition:

$795. without lodging         $1095. includes 2 nights lodging

​Retreat Package Includes Program, 2 Nights Lodging (March 14th & 15th)  All Materials and Retreat Activities, Daily Lunches and Snacks,  Opening Night & Sat Dinner, All of the Donkey Love You Can Handle.

Extra days may be added to your stay before or after the retreat for $185 a night.

​Please note that fees do not include transportation or meals other than those indicated above.

Check out this video below with pictures from some of our past retreats.

​Cancellation Policy: Cancellation up to 60 days prior to the event start date results in a credit of half of the retreat tuition.  There is no tuition credit for a cancellation 60 days or less before the event start date. We do however try to be fair in our dealings & will make accommodations as we can.  Because we keep our retreats very small we also need to keep our cancellation policy tighter.  Please note a registration must be submitted, accepted and payment made in order to confirm your space in our retreats.

​If you would like to join this retreat fill out the registration below.  We will then set up a call to discuss any questions you may have.  Once your registration has been approved you will receive a tuition request that will complete the registration process.  Your spot for the retreat is reserved once payment has been received.

BENEFITS OF AN EFEL RETREAT

Rediscover yourself after too long of feeling disconnected
Learning by doing and engaging rather than being told or talked at
Be overall more centered and grounded
Be really present
The ideal place to unplug, slow down that fast pace, and get back in touch with nature
Be more relaxed and refreshed than you’ve ever been
Become stronger mentally and find inner peace
A chance to get away and step aside from all the hustle and bustle of city life
Peace and quiet for the mind, refreshing energy for the body
The ideal location to unplug and enjoy the beauty of nature
Drop out of “normal life” for a period
Have a wonderful time learning a different practice than your own
Reignite your inner heart space & creativity