Epona Ridge Retreats for Women, Reiki Healing and equine facilitator training, girls getaway and spiritual connection to horses

Epona Ridge: A Sanctuary to Quiet the Mind and Open the Heart



Epona Ridge Retreats
 
Finding the Inner Journey to Life and Inspiration
 
In the ancient and nurturing mountains of Asheville, NC, 
Barbara Alexander co-facilitates with her horses as teachers that inspire heart alignment and authentic living . 
Epona Ridge is home to this human/horse team of experiential facilitators, who  support the personal journey
to your inner body wisdom which can provide life enhancing awareness  and wellbeing.
 
These experiential retreats combine uniquely designed sessions that open new pathways of communication between our head and heart ...  as we learn to find our way to a life in balance.  While we incorporate a variety of experiential modules, heart resonance with the horses provide an integral key to understanding our inner guidance and non-verbal /vibrational messages in connection to others. 
All sessions with the horses are done easily and safely from the ground so no prior experience is necessary. 
 
The Epona Ridge Retreats are filled with many different experiential quests to enhance the part of us that listens for the inner voice and quiets the unnecessary chatter within the mind.  You learn how to be authentically present  'in the moment '  as you attune to the simultaneous awareness of self and others,
 hearing your inner wisdom, being able to find peace in honoring your truth, and feeling the empowerment of living in alignment with your joy.

Individuals, families and groups empower each other as they learn to interpret non-verbal communication and honor an authentic connection with each other..
Business teams who are focused on a more productive use of limited time and those seeking more healthy and empowering leadership skills
can highly benefit from this advanced human training in the subtle non-verbal and vibrational levels of communication.
 
 
 
 

Why Horses

Why Horses
 
 
 
The horses have an awe inspiring presence and an ability to touch the hearts of those who are open to the inner journey.  It has been known by many over the years that horses have an innate wisdom shared by those who have the desire to listen within. They have the ability to be gifted guides and facilitators of personal growth, creativity and inspiration.  Being herd and prey animals, horses are adept at perceiving subtle shifts in energy, movement and emotion and they can teach us how to tune into our physical awareness. 

Because of this sensitivity, horses are skilled at responding to each individual and their vibrational (personal energy) and non-verbal expression, helping humans understand themselves and their relationships more clearly. The work with the Epona Approach™ though the Way of the Horse is unique and honors all beings in the process.  Though working with horses and/or people in this way, individuals are able to access their own inner guidance to health and wellbeing as they find the only true heart connection to all others, one of mutual respect and honor. 

Workshops and Women's Retreats

 
 
 
 
 
 
Spend the days relaxing into the natural rhythms of nature as you quietly find that natural rhythm within yourself ...
There is magic to be heard in the song between the hoof beats
and listening within composes the harmony to create the life you love ...

 
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Mentorship Program and  Facilitator Training

 Photo compliments of Diane Giermek

The Mentorship Program
Facilitator Training and Personal Growth

Following the deeper journey into an eight month personal program for Advanced Equine Facilitated Experiential Learning (EFEL) and Facilitator Training

2009 (limited to a small group of students)

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Epona Ridge Mentorship program

 

 

The Ancient Form of Reiki ... Walking the path of Healer

 
Reiki: The Heart of Healing
for
Horses, Humans and all of Nature ...
 
 
 
The Reiki Heart of Healing is as much if not more, a personal gift and growth adventure into your own journey as a healer with the added benefit of Reiki training and certification for animals, humans, and nature.    Those who have had Reiki training in a rushed or non comprehensive way and feel they want more of the deep healing gift Reiki has to offer are also welcome and encouraged to attend.  You can never get too many attunements!
 

 

Spa and Individual Packages




A new kind of getaway and spa retreat that ministers to the inner heart and supports the rekindling of your passion in life.  Intimate and elegant facilities complete a inner and outer rejuvenation package that includes more than the incredible spa treatments. Through the horse encounters on foot you will find your the inner world where they will help guide you to reconnection and alignment with your own natural and personal balance.
Individual retreats range from a one day rejuvenation packages to a multi-day immersion into bliss. 
Come and enjoy the magic!

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Accommodations and Retreat/Spa Packages

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Workshop options



The Epona Ridge Center


Listening to the sounds of nature and
feeling the ancient grounding energy of these mountains, soothes the soul...
Our workshops are carefully designed to support inner balance
and inspiration for the mind and body as it gently nourishes the Spirit.
Epona Ridge is located in Asheville, North Carolina
in the beautiful and breathtaking Blue Ridge Mountains.
Three hours from Atlanta, GA and two hours from Charlotte, NC or Knoxville, TN.


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Information on The Epona Ridge Center

A Focus on Exceptional Women

 Stormy May
 
'The Path of the Horse'

 

"Stormy May has created an inspirational documentary that has touched my heart in a way no other video has...  It felt like she had read my mind and knew of my inner journey over the last ten years as I have struggled to find a way of being in relationship with horses that truly felt congruent with my heart.  As I watched, my eyes filled with the tears of awareness and truth along with the hope that we are opening to a more humane world, both with the animals we love and in our relationships with each other."  Barbara Alexander

Click here for more information on an exceptional woman and her journey:   Stormy May and The Path of the Horse

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