Ariana Strozzi Mazzucchi

Visionary healer, speaker, writer, artist, land steward

Ariana is an internationally known pioneer and spokeswoman in the field of equine therapies in which therapists and coaches incorporate horses into human education, healing arts, and leadership development. She founded Leadership, & Horses™ and Intuitive Horsemanship™ in 1989.

She grew up training horses and winning champion awards in dressage, jumping, cross country eventing, gymkhana, reining, and working cow horse. She learned through her diverse experience that horses’ primary source of communication is intuitive and deeply sensitive to the energetic essence of their environment. She went on to become a zoologist, award winning author and inspirational speaker.

She is known for her masterful blend of nature, somatics and spirit that has created a unique healing model for living a balanced and content life.

In Ariana’s professional life as a healer and leadership coach, she helps set people free to be who they are meant to be, without apology. She, along with the horses, cut the energetic cords of entanglement that are limiting their sense of value and their interior dignity.

Quotes from

Ariana Strozzi Mazzucchi

“The next leadership frontier is of a spiritual nature. Now is the time to stand for dignity and respect for all creatures and Mother Earth. Our success is no longer defined by our accumulation of material goods, but by being in service to a worthy cause.”

“Healthy success is not about how much stress you can handle or how high you raise the bar for what success means. True success comes from an embodied sense of dignity and respect coming from inside of you and flowing outward, contributing to others along the way.”

“Taking a stand for who you are, without apology, is what changes the world. As a breast cancer survivor and innovator in the field of Somatic Coaching for over 30 years, I know this first hand. I help my clients claim their wildness without apology and embody the stand they want to make in the world. By reconnecting my clients to their spirit’s call, they become the change makers we need to save the planet.”

  • "Ariana has a deep and spiritual connection with animals and mother nature. She is naturally able to communicate with the spirits of the land, and the animals. With this gift, she has pioneered a field which translates this soul language into transformational heart openings for people."

    Peg Barryhill

  • "Ariana is a multi-talented artist, horsewoman, teacher, spiritual guide, land steward, spouse, mother, friend, animal healer, community builder, and entrepreneur. I have never met anyone else like her."  

    June Gunter

  • "Ariana is the most motivated woman I know. Her determination and love for life are a source of power from which she creates in a unique way. She inspires others to step into the life that they aspire to and brings out the best in people who are ready to fly. "

    Cassandra Ogier

  • "Ariana has created a bridge between the animal world and humans that helps create unity on mother earth. She is deeply authentic and walks her talk."

    Beth D

  • "Your writing is always so right on, Ariana.  Tuned in and thought provoking. I so totally agree with everything you say. You are a light in the world right now. Thank you for being."

    Pam

Ariana’s unique approach of blending emotional, somatic and spiritual intelligence with an emphasis on the natural world as a place of healing has helped over six thousand people from all walks of life. Her teachings have been incorporated into numerous leadership institutes and equine therapy programs around the world including Institute for Women’s Leadership, Institute for Generative Leadership, Institute of Noetic Sciences, and Meridian University. Other leadership training programs that incorporate Ariana’s work include U.C. Berkeley Haas School of Business Development, Institute of Noetic Science, Earthrise, New Era Trainings, Newfield Network, PSI Seminars and more. Her corporate clients include Salesforce, Facebook, Visa, Institute for Women’s Leadership, Wells Fargo Bank, Proctor & Gamble, Hewlett-Packard, Agilent, Cisco, Kaiser, Pfizer, Apple Inc, Leadership USA, and more.