Stacy

What stood out to me is your observation that our minds are in a daily effort "to 'control' and know the outcome." I've been rewarded my entire life for intellectual work, and the clients that I work with expect the categorization and quantification of everything in order to concisely identify meaning -- this is the essence of the so vaunted "thought leadership" in the corporate world. And it is exactly as you describe, Ariana, that this focus on the mind cuts us off from healing, connection, and interconnectedness; it also cuts us off from our own wholeness and power; I appreciate how you frame somatics as an expansive relationship between self and nature and look forward to the somatic journey this coursework offers!

Leadership Coach

Carrie Wicks, PhD

"I am working on allowing my daily life experiences to come through my body rather than my logic. I had a recent professional experience where I felt unvalued, misunderstood, and taken for granted. I was lost in the narrative for a few weeks and every time I tried to bring it back to my body the words, justifications, anger, and chatter seemed to take over. Then one day I was walking with my horse on a trail and I went to our collective breathing. My nervous system seemed to release tons of white bubbles that I imagined were cells that contained anger and confusion. I slowed my breath more, I realized that in the moment we were together with the mystery and fear about the unknown. I shifted from anger and pain to empathy. We are all doing our best to understand each other and the world. Horse time has no narrative and is filled instead with sensations and awareness. I am learning to stay with these, resisting the urge to make sense of it with words."

Sports Psychologist

Equine Guided Educator

Amy Mensch

“As I head to the barn today for sessions, I’m reminded that when I step into the facilitator space, I do not need to “perform”, just continue practicing listening and learning to embody the teachings of the horse, the divine animal kingdom, and Mother Earth. Not working with words but remembering that holding space for another to connect and come to their own intuitive re-learning is the practice.” 2026

Equine Specialist and coach

Nicole Dessain

I just completed Ariana's three week Equine Guided Education program and I have to say that it transformed my life and opened up new possibilities for how we can develop better leaders. I have found Ariana to be one of the most courageous women I have ever met. She lives and breathes the purpose of equine guided education. I can recommend her without hesitation and am looking forward to collaborating with her in the future.” -Nicole Dessain

Meir Wietchner

The last 5 weeks have been a life changing experience in term of my relation to the horse. I have realized that I would never be able to treat a horse the way I used to before I came. Control and power have changed to partnership and intuitive connection with this beautiful creation. My Inner nature became one with the inner nature of the horse and with the entire environment it represents. It was a wakeup call for me, to be more real and authentic, using the old wisdom that is engraved in my body, and which was given to mankind when this world was created.

Thank you for becoming the vessel for this empowering and urgent message from mother earth.

Fall 2005

SkyHorse EGE™ facilitator and

Heart Based Horsemanship

Kansas Carradine

I just completed Ariana's three week Equine Guided Education program and I have to say that it transformed my life and opened up new possibilities for how we can develop better leaders. I have found Ariana to be one of the most courageous women I have ever met. She lives and breathes the purpose of equine guided education. I can recommend her without hesitation and am looking forward to collaborating with her in the future.”

Student reflections and testimonials