Horses help cultivate connection, resilience, and a greater capacity for love, empowering us to to lead our lives with authenticity.
At Heartwell, we believe horses are profound teachers, partners, and guides, offering you the opportunity to see your whole self—including your strengths and limiting beliefs—with greater clarity.
As relational herd animals that thrive on safety and presence, they remind us of what truly matters: nurturing connection, emotional well-being, and living authentically from the heart.
Through this partnership, we can explore themes of empathy, vulnerability, and emotional resilience, guiding us to reconnect with our true selves and the values that are most important to us.
Our trauma-informed, nature-based sessions are designed to nurture your emotional health, awaken your natural leadership, and harness your personal power. Through this work, you’ll tune into the wisdom of your emotions, learn to regulate your nervous system, and create loving boundaries that invite more freedom and flow into your life.
Partnering with these intuitive beings provides a safe and supportive space for exploration, healing, and growth. Whether you’re curious about a single session, ready to embark on a transformative series, or seeking a customized retreat, each experience is thoughtfully designed to help you reconnect with yourself, others, and the natural world.
This work does not involve riding or require previous experience with horses. Instead, it’s about engaging with them on the ground in a healing and growth-centered capacity. As a Pro-EFW Learning Professional, I create sessions uniquely tailored to support your journey toward greater presence, clarity, and confidence, helping you access the wisdom of your body, emotions, and soul.
Discover the transformative power of partnering with horses at Heartwell. Learn more about my scope of practice and how we can support your journey here.
WHAT IS EQUINE GUIDED WELLNESS?
At Heartwell, our Equine Guided Wellness program harnesses the unique partnership with horses to weave together life coaching, experiential learning, and personal development. Through simple yet profound experiences, we facilitate the integration of body, mind, heart, and soul.
This approach is inspired by the principles of integrative and somatic therapies, neuroscience, mindfulness, relational horsemanship, and nature-based practices. Our core principles emphasize present-moment awareness, body consciousness, engaging all the senses, viewing emotions as valuable information, establishing informed boundaries, and deepening your connection with nature.
Equine Guided Wellness is for anyone of any age looking to slow down, heal, recover, ease anxiety, eliminate burnout, be inspired, seek clarity and reconnect to the wisdom of their body, emotions and soul.
Some of the benefits you can expect from this work include updating your nervous system to respond to the present, increased capacity to modulate stress, release of trauma and expanded connection to yourself and others.
WHO IS THIS WORK FOR?
WHAT TO EXPECT FROM A SESSION
Each session at Heartwell is uniquely crafted to support your emotional, psychological, relational, and spiritual growth while also prioritizing the well-being of our equine partners.
We begin every session with a gentle check-in to center ourselves, followed by grounding techniques and a body scan to enhance your awareness. From there, you’ll engage in empowering exercises such as boundary setting, grooming, leading, or simply spending time with the horses. These activities are designed to deepen your connection with yourself and the horses, fostering a transformative experience tailored just for you.
Annika McDade, Canine Connection Training & Coaching
“Chantal holds the same warmth, groundedness, and safe energy that her horses do. Time with her is a parallel experience to the gift of time with her herd. With the intention of working on nervous system regulation, developing self trust, and learning how to ground myself, Chantal offered both tangible practices I could implement, as well as supportive reflections that allowed me to cultivate answers on my own. I left every session with more awareness, more peace, and more clarity on how to move ahead. Time with Chantal & the herd is a gift you deserve to give yourself”
Well with Horses
Introductory 90-Minute Session
Begin your journey with this welcoming introduction to equine-facilitated wellness, providing an overview of the nature of this work. This session invites you to connect with yourself and our horses in a safe, supportive environment while exploring themes of presence while meeting the herd, and cultivating and emotional awareness.
Deeper Well
Four-Session Package
Immerse yourself in the wisdom of the herd with this four-session package. Each session builds on the last, guiding you toward deeper self-awareness, emotional resilience, and alignment. Together with your equine partners, you’ll explore themes of trust, connection, boundaries and authentic communication.
Heartwell Retreat
Reconnect with yourself in the serene company of horses during this personalized 3-hour retreat. Whether you come solo or with a loved one, this retreat offers a peaceful space to reflect, renew, and realign with what matters most. Experience the unique harmony of heart and herd in this unforgettable experience.
