FLAURA ASHLEY HEALING ARTS
EQUINE-ASSISTED HEALING
in JOSHUA TREE
HORSE MEDICINE:
The deep connection between horses and humans is ancient.
Horses are deeply sensitive and inherently selfless, and they remind us to honor and align to these qualities within as well as to our innate inner strength and ability to self-heal. Their vitality encourages us to live authentically and free. They have supported humans in overcoming obstacles for eons and continue to offer this medicine to those who engage with them with an open and receptive heart. Horses are said to be guardians of and guides to the spirit realm, and will meet us "spirit to spirit."
Our private healing location is in the heart of the sacred Mojave Desert. During your equine-assisted healing session, you will feel held in an ultra-private, convenient-to-town location, surrounded by sweeping desert views, native plants, and held in the presence of our co-facilitators, our gifted and intuitive equines.
Sessions occur with the human on the ground, and our horses participating at liberty, meaning they are not haltered or restrained, and are free to choose how they'd like to engage in the session.
We recognize our horses as wise healers and we have witnessed time and time again that they bring their inherent wisdom and act as intuitive collaborators and co-facilitators for your highest good during your healing session.
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. Victoria Thompson, our equine specialist, is a lifelong equestrian and is also trained in equine-assisted learning.
Our horses and private, safe location partner with our highly trained staff in creating a container for our clients that acts as a catalyst for optimal personal growth, self-discovery and healing.
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NEXT OFFERING
SPRING 2025
This event is a 2 HOUR EQUINE-ASSISTED FULL MOON YOGA PRACTICE, SOUND HEALING & GUIDED MINDFULNESS INTERACTION with the HORSES.
Open to the public. Pre-registration required. Less then10 minutes from the village of Joshua Tree. $60
Discounts offered to locals and military personnel.
EQUINE ASSISTED HEALING
Ancient Evidence-Based Medicine for the Soul
MILITARY & VETERANS
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.
DETAILS & PRICING
Wounded Warriors, Personal Growth & Healing and Recovery
based private sessions are one hour long.
Please arrive no more than 10 minutes prior to your session.
50-minute Individual Session $125
Group Session (including Yoga, Sound & Horses): $180 (up to 3)
+$40 each additional person
Inquire about LOCALS and MILITARY RATE as well as SLIDING SCALE, which may be available based on financial need.
COMMUNITY FULL MOON EVENT
YOGA, HORSES & SOUND
Our full moon events take place each month on the full moon. These events are open to the public.
Participants enjoy an evening moonrise yoga practice to open the body and align the energy systems. Then the horses join the group for a meditative sound journey and guided mindful interaction.
Book in Advance: $60
~GIVING BACK ~
Each month, we invite a selected group of community members to give themselves the gift of self-care with this complimentary offering. Participants enjoy an accessible sunset yoga practice, followed by an equine-assisted meditative sound journey and guided mindfulness interaction with the horses.
JULY: MILITARY SPOUSES
SEPTEMBER: FIRST RESPONDERS
OCTOBER: MH PROVIDERS
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Flaura Ashley Nunn - A Lifetime Held By Horses
Ashley has felt a deep connection to horses since childhood—one that has carried her through every season of life. Being in the presence of horses has been a touchstone and sanctuary for her —a place where acceptance, trust, insight and healing are always waiting.
After being an internationally ranked rider in her teenage years, Ashley fulfilled her childhood dream of working alongside horses to foster healing by devoting herself to the art of equine-assisted therapy. She has facilitated thousands of human-equine interactions over the past 21 years. As a master's level therapist with a deep reverence for supporting personal transformation, Ashley's trauma-informed collaborative work with horses as healers has touched the lives of those in recovery from substance abuse, those healing from physical and sexual abuse, the battling eating disorders, people living with grief and loss, as well asthoseliving with terminal disease such as cancer and Alzheimer's, children with attachment disorders and countless others who are committed to personal growth and transformation.
Drawing from her background in yoga, sound healing, and psychotherapy, Ashley's work with horses offers a unique and integrative approach—an invitation to come home to the body, to breath, and to the quiet wisdom that horses so selflessly share.
"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."