“Our passion is to create a ripple effect that fosters balance, harmony, and sustainability for the well-being of Mother Earth. Are you ready to create ripples?” -Ariana Mazzucchi
Equine Guided Education and Coaching
Our signature programs in Equine Guided Education™ and Coaching embody a vision of a world where equine wisdom is a revered catalyst for personal transformation. Equine Guided Education is a self development model that shifts the role of the horse from servant to healer/teacher.
We thrive on illuminating new pathways towards a future where humanity and nature coexist in a dance of profound respect and interconnected well-being.
The time we spend with horses quickens new insights and encourages an embodied presence (a ‘way of being’), self empowerment and self actualization.
Time in with horses in nature can revive the spirit, release spent emotions, and guide you towards right action in balance with the greater good. It’s no longer enough to merely discuss ideologies. Now is a time to connect, learn, imagine and manifest.
Our SkyHorse EGE™ programs are focused on our "healing humans, healing earth" paradigm which is about cultivating harmonious relationships and contributing to a healthy planet.
NO HORSE EXPERIENCE REQUIRED. EVEN IF YOU NEVER PLAN TO HAVE HORSES IN YOUR LIFE, OUR PROGRAMS WILL CHANGE HOW YOU SEE YOURSELF, THOSE YOU CARE ABOUT AND HELP YOU GAIN CLARITY ON THE ROLE YOU WANT TO PLAY IN YOUR COMMUNITY, your FAMILY AND/OR WORKPLACE.
The Gold Standard since 1989
Ariana has been a pioneer in shaping a collective consciousness that reveres an Earth-centric model through immersive mind/body/spirit experiences, authentic expression, and guided exploration since 1989. SkyHorse Academy and SkyHorse Equine Guided Educators lead the way in cultivating harmonious attunement with the intricate web of life—both seen and unseen.
Our unique approach of blending emotional, somatic and spiritual intelligence with an emphasis on the natural world as a place of healing has helped over seven thousand people from all walks of life. Ariana’s 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.
Now enrolling for our SkyHorse EGE™ 2026 training program - Space is limited
Schedule an interview with Ariana, get your questions answered, and see if our training program is a fit for you.
Our programs are relevant for people who want to:
Explore and expand intuition and sensory awareness
Open new pathways of exploration and learning through interactive, experiential experiences
Experience intuitive/imaginal studies and nature-based activities
Work with the biological and intuitive aspects that comprise an integrated person
Create new paradigms for healing humans and the earth in a mutually reciprocal way
Understand and develop knowledge of the inter-relationship between spirit, self, biology and instinct
Be part of a community of people who are committed to creating balance and sustainability
Introductory Classes
Our SkyHorse team is here to support you on a journey of re-awakening, refreshing your intuitive-sensate abilities and finding a sense of harmony.
Start with an introductory course. You can, choose from an online or in-person format. If you are interested in our in depth coach program in SkyHorse Equine Guided Education™ and/or Nature as Healer paradigms, see below for details on our SkyHorse EGE™ Certification program that has been training professionals since 1999.
What is Equine Guided Education?
EQUINE A horse representing the ancient archetypes of strength, courage, dignity, power, beauty, endurance, resilience, mystery, integrity.
GUIDED The magical ability of horses to take us into unknown or unexplored territory; a place where we can heal the past, re-imagine our future, and connect to our life’s purpose and share our natural wisdom.
EDUCATION Educational, coaching, and therapeutic models that encourage effective relationship, communication, coordination, and social interaction skills for individuals and/or groups.
THE GOLD STANDARD SINCE 1989
Ariana began her pioneering work in 1989 with Leadership & Horses™ and Somatic Horsemanship™. As the industry developed, she coined Equine Guided Education and created the SkyHorse EGE™ Certification Program which has trained many of the most successful Equine Guided Professionals around the world.
SkyHorse EGE™ Certification Program 2026
Horses + our Holistic Somatic™ approach + Masterful Coaching = Transformation
Our unique method of transformation and embodiment is so successful, it has been incorporated into universities, leadership institutes, coaching programs, non-profits, and businesses around the world. Many of our students have changed their local communities and passed forward our successful method, still going strong after 35+ years.
What sets us apart from other equine guided programs?
Our unique method of transformation and embodiment is so successful, it has been incorporated into universities, leadership institutes, coaching programs, non-profits, and businesses around the world.
SkyHorse ™EGE, (our signature brand of Equine Guided Education), is the home base that other equine guided programs launch from or copy from.
We were the first in this field to require that the horse is a ‘respected guide’, not a tool. Other training programs and associations have adapted our core of ethics over the years, not just towards human participants, but for the horses as well.
In our programs the horse is honored for its magical and mysterious abilities.
While horses have an uncanny ability to know when to heal and when to guide, the role of the facilitator— the human interface—remains the most complicated matrix. Our founder, Ariana Strozzi Mazzucchi, co-created the first Somatic Coaching program alongside her Equine Guided Coaching programs. As she developed leaders and coaches in the somatic arts, leadership mastery, and equine guided coaching, she learned how important it is that the facilitator embodies what he/she is teaching and presenting.
Because we care about the quality of this kind of work, our programs are small and we offer hands on support throughout.
5 Steps to the SKYHORSE EGE™ Certification Program
To reach a level of embodiment in this work, requires study, mentorship and practice. It cannot be learned in an online course alone. It takes courage, commitment, and a passion to change adversity into opportunity. We offer a ‘tried and true’ course of study that has built the foundation of many other programs for over 25 years now. We combine in-person programs with online studies and coach mentorship that make up 5 steps to completion.
1-Nature, Somatics & Spirit: Principles & Practices of SkyHorse EGE™
2-Equine Guided Education™ (EGE-1)
3-Advanced Equine Guided Education (EGE-2)-Facilitation and Coaching Refinement
4-Coach Package for SkyHorse EGE™ Program and Independent Studies
5-Final Evaluation
The first step is to set up a free discovery call with Ariana to see if our certification program is a fit for you. This discovery call satisfies our ‘interview’ requirement. To request a discovery call, click the button below and we’ll send you a downloadable PDF with more details including cost, lodging, courses, etc.