Light Yoga Space in partnership with Intuitive Horse

Yoga and Equine Assisted Personal Development Retreats - No riding involved

Please join us for a beautiful afternoon yoga mini-retreat at Intuitive Horse in Hastings, combining the healing and restorative powers of horses and yoga.

Next dates TBA

This day is for EVERY BODY, whether you are experienced in yoga or a beginner. We will offer yoga for deep relaxation and recovery, breathing, meditation and guided relaxation alongside guided self development work with the horses.

The day offers an opportunity to:

  • work 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 deep breathing exercises 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, proprietor of Light Yoga Space

WHERE: Intuitive Horse, Ivyhouse Lane, Hastings

WHEN: TBA

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, 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 practices EAPD the horses choose if they want to participate or not. Read more about Intuitive Horse here

What is Equine Assisted Personal Development?

Equine assisted Personal Development is 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 human 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. 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

Depending on numbers and the weather the yoga, pranayama and meditation sessions will take place either in the cozy heated barn alongside a roaring wood burning stove, in one of the Bell Tents, or out in the fields if the weather is warm. Note we won’t practice in the same field as the horses but we will be able to see them.

The yoga will be led by Janice Kate who runs Light Yoga Space and is a body positive yoga teacher with over 20 years of teaching experience. You can find out more about Janice and about Sivananda yoga by exploring our website 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

  • Drinks and snacks (both Intuitive Horse and Light Yoga Space are vegan organisations so we gently request you only bring along vegan food please)

  • Hot drinks 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

  • 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 £8 each way.

Thinking of spending the night in Hastings?

Emma has 2 beautiful guest rooms at Intuitive Horse. There is also a caravan park next door to Intuitive Horse. For more information or other suggestions please enquire on booking.