FLAURA ASHLEY HEALING ARTS
JOSHUA TREEÂ
EQUINE-ASSISTED HEALING ARTS
Our private healing location is in the heart of the sacred Mojave Desert. During your equine-assisted healing session, you will be surrounded by sweeping desert views, and nestled among boulders, native plants and Joshua Trees and of course or co-facilitators, our healing equines.
These sessions generally take place on the ground, with the horses participating at liberty, meaning they are rarely restrained and choose how they'd like to engage in the session.
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The horses bring their inherent wisdom and act as intuitive collaborators and co-facilitators during your healing session.
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Our equine-assisted therapist, Ashley Nunn, is a master's level trauma specialist and has worked with horses in therapeutic settings as a means to address trauma, eating disorders, anxiety, attachment disorders, substance abuse and domestic violence for more than twenty years.
Our horses and private, safe location support our trained staff in creating a container for our clients that allows for optimal growth, learning and healing.
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Equine Assisted Growth, Learning & Healing
WOUNDED WARRIORS
Sessions are available to military personnel and veterans who are living with psychological trauma and/or the physical wounds of war or just those struggling with acclimating to life after service.
It is our goal to provide our services via a sliding scale or at no charge to military clients.
PERSONAL GROWTH & HEALING
For individuals, couples, or families. Personal growth and healing sessions take place in the round pen or paddock. Equine-assisted healing is a somatic (of the body, largely non-verbal) modality and significantly aids post-traumatic emotional healing and reduces stress and anxiety.
RECOVERY
Clients struggling with substance abuse or in recovery will build self-confidence, reconnect with their passions, challenge maladaptive beliefs and learn to trust themselves. Equine-assisted therapy offers these clients an opportunity for tremendous insight and healing by tending to the trauma that leads to addictive behaviors. We welcome the opportunity to partner with rehabilitation programs.
"I participated in one of Ashley’s Sibling Loss equine daylong retreats. I learned so much about my grief and how I had internalized it for many years."