4 Day Women’s Well-Being Retreat with Horses in Equine Facilitated Learning

TIME TO IGNITE THE FIRE HORSE WITHIN!

 

April 16th to 19th, 2026

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. We will have fun as Spring ramps up the green and lush growth at the farm. We will also use this time to refresh and rejuvenate ourselves after the Winter.

Join us for this unique Equine Experiential Learning 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 Capturing Your Moment, This is a perfect opportunity to reflect on 2026, the Year of the Horses and how it will play out for you. The focus will be 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 on the farm or nearby beautiful Airbnb’s 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.

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!

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.

ONLY 4 SPOTS REMAINING.

 

THE SCHEDULE

April 16th, 2026  Day 1  

11 am Arrival.  Settle into Accommodations.

3 pm   Group Meeting & Sessions Begin.

6 pm Opening Celebration Dinner

April 17th, 2026   Day 2  

8:30-4:30     Experiential Work with Horses and Sessions

April 18th, 2026    Day 3  

8:30-1   Experiential Work with Horses and Sessions

1 pm lunch  

2 pm  Session 

3 pm  Personal Integration Time

April 19th, 2026   Day 4  

8:30- 1   Final Experiential Sessions

1 pm  Lunch  1- 3 pm   wrap up & retreat concludes

​Each full day a healthy & delicious lunch will be served at around 12:30. There will also be breaks and snacks. Times listed here may not be exact as we at times will need to be flexible as we are doing the experiential work.  During our down time, there will be plenty of time to explore the wonderful creeks, woods and even our little waterfall on the 28 acres of Imagine Equus Farm.

     

Retreat Tuition:

$1899. without lodging         $2459. includes 3 nights lodging

​Retreat Package Includes Program, 3 Nights Lodging (April 16th, 17th & 18th) All Materials and Retreat Activities, Daily Lunches and Snacks,  Opening Night Celebration Dinner, Healing Session, All of the Donkey Love You Can Handle.

Extra days at our cabins 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.

Benefits of a Horse Retreat at Imagine Equus

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

Let go off negative old stuff that keeps coming up & is holding you back

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

Make magical connections with Horses

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.  Because we keep our retreats very small we also need to keep our cancellation policy tighter.  Please note a registration must be submitted and accepted in order to confirm your space in our retreats.

​​Healing sessions at Imagine Equus Farm will be a quiet time to deepen one’s connection to the power and wisdom of stillness and self.

​If you would like to join this retreat fill out the registration below.  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.

 

 

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