A Space for Growth, Reflection, and Healing with Horses in Nature
Do you yearn for more connection? Feeling constant fatigue and fearing burn out? Feeling dysregulated and emotionally drained? Do you want to begin a healing and therapeutic journey back to your true nature? Maybe your just here for the horses! Its all okay! The art of play , joy, and laughter is all welcome and suggested!
True Nature aims to provide a supportive journey toward restoring balance and harmony in your life. We utilize an embodied approach to wellness. Our mission is to provide integrative therapies that foster mind-body wellness for all beings. We specialize in blending equine facilitated psychotherapy and wellness, yoga, qigong, and somatic therapies supported by horses and nature. We offer individual psychotherapy, therapy and wellness groups, workshops, and retreats.
Equine Facilitated Wellness Retreats and Workshops
Need to escape and rejuvenate? During the warmer months workshops and day retreats are offered on our 6 acre farm with our herd of 3 horses. Experience a deeper connection to self, others, and environment as you interact with our horses on the ground. Experience the wisdom of the horse and the connection to various somatic practices to regulate the nervous system, bring about increased awareness and connection. Your time here may include Qigong, Nature Based Mindfulness, Trauma Conscious Yoga and Heart Math practices. These experiences are proven to be beneficial in reducing distress, anxiety, improving relationships and increasing health and mental wellbeing. We offer an embodied approach that is rooted in neuroscience principles while honoring where the practices originated.
Equine Facilitated Psychotherapy and Personal Growth
Come observe and interact with our herd of horses on the ground (no riding involved) to promote increased insight and awareness. Horses partner with humans in a way that helps us understand who we are, and how we show up in the world. Equine sessions are experiential and explore our felt sense which can be shown to have a more lasting effect as memories of these experiences are stored in the body. Sessions take place on the ground with our herd at liberty. Sessions are process and relational focused. we pay attention to the present moment and explore what comes up for you naturally and allow space for you to make meaning in real time experience. While we don’t construct activities to “DO” we stay open to what may arise, which may include dancing, breathwork, grooming, leading, energy exchange, etc.. We may suggest practices that align with your goals and desires.
Jennifer A Baker, LCPC, TCYM-YT is a fully licensed psychotherapist with advanced study in equine facilitated psychotherapy, trauma conscious yoga, Heartmath and various somatic based practices. Jennifer leads these sessions and pulls from these practices while also honoring where they originated from and how they are also imbedded in her history and part of her ancestry.
Bodywork and Chinese Medicine
Melt into relaxation as you receive an individualized, holistic full body Zen Shiatsu treatment. This gentle approach addresses mind, body and spirit. Your wellness will be evaluated through the lens of Eastern and Western practices, and we’ll develop a treatment plan that is customized to you.