I was raised on a farm from the age of four and even at a young age I felt deeply connected to the openness, Mother Nature and of course animals. I didn’t start off then with a horse of my own, but through my Uncle Maurice’s insistence, “She needs a horse,” I received one shortly thereafter. It wasn’t until later in my life that I learned just how majestic horses really are. This pulled me into a journey to understand them more, which led me to taking an Equine Assisted Learning Certification course. In addition to that I began reading voraciously, going to horse barns, clinics and taking my own…

Deb Matlock grew up in Colorado and is deeply committed to nurturing the connection between people, animals, earth, and spirit. She has spent twenty-five years working as a professional environmental educator and naturalist. Deb offers nature-based spiritual life coaching, nature connection practitioner training, workshops, and retreats through herbusiness, Wild Rhythms.Deb created a body of work called Nature-based Spiritual Arts™ and offers professional training in this work for nature connection practitioners, spiritual companions, and community leaders. She is passionate about helping people find connection and deep spiritual meaning in their lives and in the places where they live. Deb holds a Master of Arts in Environmental Education from Prescott College and…

As a Renaissance Woman and founder of AponaHealing.com, Lidia Kuleshnyk (aka Lady Apona) brings together 30 years of passion, expertise and wisdom in pathways, for every stage of personal development, to help you live a Centered, Connected and Conscious™  Life. Lidia’s Apona Healing Ranch offers Equine-Assisted Therapy and Equine Healing Retreats to help you return to wholeness through heart-centered, transformational relationships with horses. Equine Healing Retreats are a powerful pathway to reclaim your health, regain your energy and refine your power As a High Performance Wellness Coach, Lidia helps overworked, stressed-out, high achieving men and women master their inner power, manage their energy and stress and create their highest state of health. Spending time with horses in nature…

While working as a corporate financial analyst, Kathleen Carroll Mason attended healing arts school and learned how to ”get out of her head and into her heart”. It was there that she began to help other women get into their heart and heal at the soul level, which also resulted in getting their weight and life into balance.She wrote an award-winning book called “Lose the Diet – transform your body by connecting with your soul”. She now offers programs and retreats that help women love themselves, lose weight and be free of diets. Kathleen lives in the beautiful White Mountains of Arizona with her hubby, three dogs, two cats and…