Ways to work with withers and wellness
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Equine-assisted coaching, psychotherapy, wellness experiences, learning programs, bodywork, and group offerings for people, horses, and organizations.
At Withers & Wellness, there are many ways to experience the grounding, growth-centered presence of horses. Whether you are looking for one-on-one support, a meaningful group experience, equine-assisted psychotherapy, or a custom program for your organization, our offerings are designed to support awareness, connection, and personal growth through mind, body, and connection.
If you are not sure where to begin, we are happy to help you find the right fit.
Experience the healing power of horses
Equine Assisted Coaching
Connection & Release Somatic Experience
Equine Assisted Psychotherapy
Equine-assisted coaching is a private, ground-based experience for those seeking greater self-awareness, confidence, clarity, communication, boundaries, resilience, or support through life transitions.
Sessions are customized around your goals and use the presence of horses to create opportunities for reflection, insight, and meaningful growth. No riding or horse experience is required.
Best for: personal growth, emotional clarity, confidence, stress, transitions, communication, boundaries, and reconnecting with yourself.
Equine Assisted Psychotherapy
Connection & Release Somatic Experience
Equine Assisted Psychotherapy
Equine-assisted psychotherapy is offered in collaboration with a licensed mental-health professional and an Equine Specialist.
These ground-based sessions use the Eagala Model to support clients in exploring emotions, relationships, patterns, life experiences, and healing in an experiential way. The horses become part of the therapeutic environment, offering opportunities for insight and awareness beyond traditional talk therapy.
Best for: clients seeking clinical mental-health support in an experiential, horse-guided setting.
Connection & Release Somatic Experience
Connection & Release Somatic Experience
Connection & Release Somatic Experience
Connection & Release sessions invite you to slow down, reconnect with your body, and experience gentle, mindful connection alongside horses.
These non-riding sessions create space for presence, awareness, relaxation, nervous-system support, and meaningful connection. You do not need horse experience, and there is no pressure to “do” anything perfectly. The focus is on slowing down, noticing, and allowing space for connection and release.
Best for: stress relief, grounding, mindfulness, somatic awareness, emotional reset, and meaningful time with horses.
Equine Escape Sessions
Heroes Healing with Horses Workshops
Connection & Release Somatic Experience
Equine Escape sessions are private or small-group experiences designed for those who want a peaceful, restorative way to step away from everyday stress and reconnect with themselves, others, and the calming presence of horses.
These non-riding sessions are a beautiful option for friends, couples, families, or individuals looking for something meaningful, memorable, and grounding.
Best for: date nights, friend groups, family connection, gifts, self-care, and peaceful time outdoors.
Equine Guided Mindfulness Workshops
Heroes Healing with Horses Workshops
Heroes Healing with Horses Workshops
Workshops are group experiences that blend mindfulness, reflection, intention-setting, and horse-guided awareness.
Each themed workshop invites participants to slow down, breathe, observe, and reconnect in a calm, supportive, non-riding environment. Topics may include stress reduction, self-awareness, connection, boundaries, nervous-system regulation, and personal growth.
Best for: mindfulness, grounding, self-awareness, community, and personal reflection.
Heroes Healing with Horses Workshops
Heroes Healing with Horses Workshops
Heroes Healing with Horses Workshops
Heroes Healing with Horses is a quiet, grounding wellness experience created for veterans, active-duty military, police, first responders, and those who serve.
Through simple, non-riding interaction with horses, participants are invited to slow down, breathe, reconnect, and experience a space where they do not have to explain, perform, or carry everything alone.
Best for: veterans, active-duty military, first responders, police, and service-based groups.
Horse Powered Reading & Math
Corporate Wellness, Leadership & Team Building
Corporate Wellness, Leadership & Team Building
Horse Powered Reading and Math helps children, teens, and adult learners build confidence, problem-solving skills, and academic engagement through hands-on activities with horses.
This unique approach supports reading, comprehension, math concepts, confidence, and learning in a way that feels active, meaningful, and fun.
Best for: learners who feel stuck, need confidence, or benefit from hands-on, experiential learning.
Corporate Wellness, Leadership & Team Building
Corporate Wellness, Leadership & Team Building
Corporate Wellness, Leadership & Team Building
Withers & Wellness offers customized equine-assisted experiences for teams, organizations, and leaders looking to strengthen communication, collaboration, trust, self-awareness, and connection.
These sessions are hands-on, engaging, and designed around your group’s goals—without sitting around a conference table all day.
Best for: corporate teams, nonprofit organizations, leadership groups, staff retreats, and professional development.
Rooted in Connection Retreats
Corporate Wellness, Leadership & Team Building
Rooted in Connection Retreats
Rooted in Connection retreats offer a deeper pause for those craving space to release stress, reconnect with themselves, and return to the present moment through horses, nature, mindfulness, and reflection.
These experiences may include grounding practices, guided interaction with horses, journaling, group reflection, and intentional time outdoors.
Best for: women’s groups, seasonal retreats, self-care, burnout support, and reconnection.
Somatic Awareness with the Wisdom of Horses
Connection & Release - A Horse Guided Mindfulness Experience
Step into a space of quiet connection and mutual release. These private or small group (up to 4 people) equine-assisted coaching sessions introduce participants to the Masterson Method® Bladder Meridian Technique—a gentle, hands-on approach that fosters presence, emotional awareness, and co-regulation between horse and human.
Guided by a coach in a safe space, you’ll learn to slow down, observe, and engage with horses in a way that invites softness and trust. These sessions aren’t about fixing—they’re about listening, letting go, and reconnecting with yourself through the intuitive feedback of the horse.
What you’ll gain:
- A deeper understanding of your own nervous system through grounded, somatic awareness
- Tools to slow down, regulate, and reconnect in daily life
- Insight into how horses mirror your energy and emotional state
- A meaningful, non-verbal connection with a horse based on trust and presence
What the horse receives:
- A calm, consensual interaction that invites deep relaxation and release
- Relief from subtle areas of tension and stress through light touch and awareness
- A break from performance or pressure, allowing them to co-regulate and simply “be”
Private session: $100
Small group (2–4 people): $75/person
Available at our farm or brought to yours, contact us for details.
No horse experience needed. No riding involved. Just space to breathe, connect, and release—together.
Locations: Harwood, MD & Woodstock, MD
Contact us to schedule your session: withersandwellness@gmail.com
transform your story with private and semi-private coaching
Change Your Story - Change Your Life
Are you r𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒂 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒕𝒆𝒓? Join us for 4 private or semi-private equine-assisted coaching sessions (perfect for individuals, couples, or families) to reflect, process, and transform your narrative.
Horses help you see your story in a whole new way—whether it's 𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐟𝐬, 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐦𝐚, 𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐬, 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬, 𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬. They give real-time feedback, helping you recognize patterns and explore new ways of being more present, connected, and grounded.
𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝟒 𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬? 𝑩𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒂 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆.
𝐒𝐄𝐄 your story clearly as it unfolds over time
𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄 powerful "arch moments" of insight
𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐂𝐄𝐒𝐒 emotions with real-time feedback
𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐒𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐌 your narrative in a supportive space
𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫: 𝐏𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝟒 𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, $𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬! ($𝟏𝟐𝟓 𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 $𝟏𝟓𝟎).
Please note that the package price applies to a single person private session. An additional $25 per person per session will be charged for couples and families.
Purchase today to begin your transformation!
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Once package is purchased, we will be in touch ASAP to discuss your needs and schedule your sessions.
unlock the magic of learning
Horse Powered-Reading Barnyard Book Club
Does your child struggle with reading out loud or need a confidence boost? Horses are patient, non-judgmental listeners who help kids relax, focus, and enjoy reading.
In this 60-minute small-group session (1–3 kids), children will:
- Connect with a horse through gentle brushing or leading
- Read aloud in a calm, supportive barn setting
- Celebrate with a confidence-building “I did it!” moments
Perfect for homeschoolers, after school readers, and weekend explorers! Sessions available throughout the week, after school, and select weekends.
Research shows that reading to animals lowers stress and boosts fluency — kids gain skills and confidence while having fun.
Cost: $55 per session or 4 sessions for $200
Location: Starboard Stables, Harwood MD
Open to all children ages 5 - 18
For homeschool groups, classrooms, or multiple children, group sessions can be scheduled at a group rate.
Email us for more information and to discuss your specific needs!
withers and wellness for warriors
Heroes Healing with Horses
FREE Equine Wellness Workshop for Veterans/Active Duty, First Responders/Police & Spouses
DATE: TBD
TIME: TBD
LOCATION: TBD
We're proud to announce that Withers and Wellness for Warriors workshop has retured — a FREE, ground-based equine-assisted experience designed specifically for:
- Veterans/Active Duty Military
- Police Officers (active/retired)
- First Responders (active/retired)
- AND their spouses
No horse experience required. Just bring an open mind and a willingness to slow down.
This workshop features the Masterson Method Bladder Meridian technique, a gentle hands-on bodywork method that invites you to connect with the horse — promoting relaxation, nervous system regulation, and emotional balance in a non-verbal way.
Proof of eligibility required
Advance registration is required
Made possible through generous corporate sponsorships.
Registration is limited to 8 participants, register here: TBD
Kids Empowerment
Empowering Kids Through Equine Experience
Designed to inspire and uplift young hearts and minds, our camps blend the magic of equine-assisted activities with enriching experiences in a nurturing environment. Through interactive workshops, outdoor adventures, and hands-on learning with our gentle equine partners, children discover their inner strength, build confidence, and cultivate compassion. Join us for a journey of growth, laughter, and friendship as we empower the next generation to shine brightly and thrive.At Withers and Wellness, we are passionate about helping you achieve a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being. Our comprehensive approach to wellness includes personalized programs, expert guidance, and a supportive community. Whether you are looking to improve your fitness, manage stress, or simply take better care of yourself, we are here to help you every step of the way.
Email us for more information and to discuss your specific needs!
