Medicine of the Herd:
A collective gathering
In the mountains of British Columbia, we live on a beautiful 80 acre property that is home to our herd of 30 horses.
Our herd has gathered with us with intention, to be part of what we hold with the land and the purpose that brought us together, in service of humanity and the ascension and support of our existence on earth.
Our herd is wise and practiced, holding the space of those that journey to us each year, they are conscious in how they weave together their existence in their physical and how they support the collective energy of those who journey with us.
To experience the medicine of the herd you do not have to be with us physically, there is a frequency and energy, an experience that can transcend physical boundaries that can be received in their energy and the sharing of it.
Of course the amplification of this is more potent when you are physically near them, however we can still receive the benefit and sharing of their medicine in a forum that is held in the energetics.
What is this gathering?
The herd is in tune with what is happening collectively, with intention and in the gathering in their field, we can receive the medicine that we need to journey each month, through what is showing up for us energetically, spiritually, emotionally, mentally and physically.
What wisdom does the herd have to show us, and how they hold it, and what is being received around that, is what we will land in each month.
The gathering is a monthly circle, where you will receive a video with the herd, and a share of what their energy is bringing forward for us and integration in what we can do with the frequency that they are showing us.
Each month you will receive the video of the herd, where we interpret the messages coming forward and the ability to sit in their energy around what is coming forward for us as a collective.
If you have wanted to journey with our herd and can’t be here in person, or you have been here and want to continue to tap into the medicine of the herd, this is a beautiful gathering and collective to be a part of.
Winter is a time for contemplation and stillness, there is a sacred pause where we sit in that space of reflection while we gather our seeds for planting a new year.
This is a retreat that will offer that time, while also being able to receive the wisdom of the stars, our charts, horse medicine and the intelligence of our own spirit.
What is included in the retreat:
5 nights accommodation in a private cabin
4 days of immersive experience with the herd and facilitators
Catered Meals
Somatic Practices
Mini transit astrology reading (full reading can be added on at retreat)
Our retreat center is located just north of Kamloops BC.
When: december 3rd - december 6th
Investment: $3300 CDN (plus taxes)
Custom and extended payment plans available
Meet your facilitators
Nicole Quaid
Nicole is a licensed psychotherapist, Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP) and Integral Somatic Psychology Practitioner (ISP). She has studied Embodied Imaginal Dreamwork, Jungian psychology, and trauma- informed attachment theory.
She practices eco-therapy, animistic astrology, and most recently, horse medicine sessions.
Sessions with Nicole offer time to explore body, psyche and spirit.
She holds and co-creates the space to explore the magic that emerges from engaging our most stuck and expansive parts while gently sharing the land. Being with the plants, trees and animals allows for a reciprocity and exchange of energy that continually proves generative and healing.
Nicole also studied and worked in photography and fine art. The curiosity she most enjoys in creative processes is similar to that brought into healing work. Both feel like devotional practices.
She is the guardian of a black and white paint named Willow and part-time care provider for her herd mates. She lives with the energy of four cats who are now all in spirit-form. They live on the unceded land originally and continually cared for by the Fernandeño Tataviam Band of Mission Indians and the Gabrieleño-Tongva people, called greater Los Angeles.
Hillary Schneider
Hillary Schneider is the founder of Horse Medicine Leadership and Epona Rise Retreat Center.
She has spent the last 14 years dedicating herself to teaching and sharing the wisdom and medicine of horses to those that are called. Hillary runs her own 80 acre retreat center with a herd of 27 wise equine teachers, together they lead and facilitate retreats for those that are called to the wisdom and medicine of horses.
Since 2013 Hillary has been mentorship and teaching other equine facilitators that are looking for a path that empowers and is centered around the partnership with horses and what they have to teach us. She is deeply honored to share and teach this path with her herd of horses and grow this beautiful community of horse medicine leadership.
