Light Yoga Space in partnership with Intuitive Horse
Yoga and Horses 1 -Day Mini Retreat - NO RIDING INVOLVED
Please join us for a beautiful yoga mini-retreat at Intuitive Horse in Hastings, combining the healing and restorative powers of horses, yoga and rewilded nature
Friday 16th August 2024
The 16th August retreat is now full
Please register your interest in a waiting list for this date or in an alternative 2024 date. if there is enough genuine interest we will run a second retreat
To transfer your balance payment
For attendees who have paid a deposit please pay your balance of £110 by 1st August 2024. Thankyou
About the Retreat
This day retreat is for EVERY BODY, whether you are a practiced yogi or a curious beginner, whether you have never met a horse or have a lifetime of experience
The day offers an opportunity to:
connect with your body physically, emotionally and energetically
calm your nervous system
learn from the herd to facilitate your personal growth
experience deep relaxation
quieten the mind
become present and grounded
work with your breath whilst surrounded by nature
The day will be led by founder, coach and facilitator of the Intuitive Horse approach Emma Ross and by Body Positive yoga teacher Janice Kate Fisher, founder of Light Yoga Space
WHERE: Intuitive Horse, Ivyhouse Lane, Hastings
WHEN: Friday 16th August 2024
Bespoke Retreats
Would you like to gather a small group of friends, work colleagues or family and come and do a retreat together? We can work with you to find the perfect date. Contact us to discuss dates and prices
The Horses
Intuitive Horse is run by Emma and Cameron Ross. They live on their beautiful 110 acre farm in Hastings with their son and alongside the Intuitive Horse herd of horses, ponies, pigs and donkeys. Intuitive Horse is a vegan, re-wilding equine project, they are slowly re-wilding the land and the equines as much as possible. The horses are not ridden ever, and live together as a semi wild healing herd. When Emma brings us into the herd, the horses choose if they want to interact with us or not. Read more about Intuitive Horse here
Equine Assisted Personal Development
Emma works with Equine Assisted Personal Development a therapeutic coaching style specific to Intuitive Horse that facilitates a safe space for people to explore and find their own answers to their personal challenges. Just being with the horses in a guided way, whilst allowing them to simply be themselves without any imposed demands (no riding or labour) allows us the unique opportunity to see ourselves as they see us. We can’t disguise our true feelings from the horses and as such they mirror ourselves back to us. As herd animals and prey animals they are highly sensitive, and instinctively wired to read and respond to each other for survival and in this way they read and respond to us, and reflect back our most subtle queues, enabling us to see parts of ourselves in a new light that we may be unaware or afraid of.
Emma is a coach and facilitator in personal development. She has been around horses for over 30 years. She holds a very safe space even for people who are very nervous of horses, it is as if she acts as interpreter between human and equine to help us feel incredibly safe, and to get the absolute most out of our Intuitive Horse experiences. You can read more about Emma here
The Yoga
The yoga will be led by Janice Kate a senior yoga teacher with over 20 years of experience teaching all body types. Janice has a particular interest in the somatic healing potential of yoga, and always encourages a slow and conscious practice to that end.
This gentle yoga retreat is for EVERY body but especially for those of you who think that you are too …..….. for yoga (fill in your own belief). We will explore adapted yoga poses, breathing exercises, guided deep relaxation and meditation. Janice is a body positive, fat friendly yoga teacher. EVERY body is welcome. More about Janice Kate here
What you will need
Your Yoga mat, and ideally bring along a cushion, and a yoga bolster (or 2-3 bed pillows if you don’t have a bolster)
Stretchy clothes for yoga (sweatpants, leggings, t-shirts etc.)
Blanket, socks and jumpers for relaxation and meditation in case it is cool out
Your lunch - because we love and respect animals, both Intuitive Horse and Light Yoga Space are vegan organisations. We gently request you only bring along vegan food please
Hot drinks and snacks will be provided and mugs are available for use but your own flask is recommended to keep your drinks warm when we are out with the horses
Waterproof clothing for when we are outside with the horses just in case (this is England after all)
Wellies or sturdy shoes/boots are a must even on warm days as the ground out in the fields can be muddy
How to get there
The Intuitive Horse farm is on Ivyhouse Lane in Hastings full postcode and driving instructions will be released on booking, and parking is available at the farm. For those of you getting the train the farm is a less than 10 minute taxi journey from Hastings station and costs approximately £10 each way.
Thinking of spending the night in Hastings?
If you plan to stay in Hastings Emma has beautiful guest facilities at the farm including fully equipped glamping bell tents and 2 double bedrooms. There are also lots of B&B’s in Hastings. For more information or other suggestions please enquire on booking.