Tending the Inner Landscape Day Retreat  

Now more than ever, we are being asked to tend to our inner landscapes so that we may show up in our relationships, our work, and the world in more sustainable and meaningful ways. In this retreat, you are invited to unplug, tune in, and connect with community, horses, and the natural world. 

 

Activities will invite participants into relationship with horses - and nature - as conscious being. As we tend to our own inner landscapes, we’ll also attend to theirs — meeting the subtle conversation that unfolds when nervous systems share space with care.

In this mutual presence, horses reveal themselves not as mirrors alone, but as guides whose steadiness, sensitivity, and selfhood invite us into deeper honesty and regulation. This is an introduction to learning with horses rather than from them, an approach where wisdom emerges not through control or interpretation, but through respectful proximity and shared awareness.

Kim Hallin, the founder of Unbridled LLC, is an educator, facilitator, and author whose work is rooted in equine ethology, prey-animal wisdom, and emotional intelligence. For over a decade, she has been exploring the ethical, emotional, and relational dimensions of human–horse relationships, with a particular focus on tending inner landscapes shaped by trauma, attachment, and inherited patterns. Kim brings a steady, trauma-aware presence to shared spaces, inviting both humans and horses to be met as sovereign beings rather than tools for transformation. Her work is guided by humility, deep listening, and a commitment to mutual healing—where relationship, not outcome, leads the way.

 

Shae Keane holds a Masters degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and specializes in facilitating nature-connection therapeutic experiences. She is particularly inspired by the meaningful impact animals have on people and loves partnering with them in the educational and therapeutic process.

 

Chelsea Green is a Licensed Professional Counselor trained in Couples and Family Counseling. She is passionate about supporting people in remembering their roots and deepening their relationship with the natural world. ​She loves working with people who want to thrive in their relationships, and who wish t to make meaningful contributions to their communities and to the world. 

 

An organic lunch will be provided!

Gluten-free and vegetarian options also available. 

 

WHAT TO BRING:

• Please wear close-toed shoes for safety as we may be in close proximity to horses. Participants can choose to enter the field or remain outside of the fence based on individual comfort level. 

• Please bring a camping chair or blanket to sit on, and any other comfort items for outdoor activities (ex. sunscreen, hat, bug spray, sunglasses).

• Please bring your own water bottles and any preferred snacks for the day!

 

 

NO PREVIOUS HORSE EXPERIENCE NEEDED. All experience levels are welcome and likely to receive valuable insights from the experiences facilitated during the retreat.

 

I understand that this workshop may bring up issues of a highly personal nature that may cause me to experience emotional or physical responses that may be unexpected and/or unpleasant. I understand that I may experience mental, emotional, physical, or spiritual distress and that such distress may cause unpleasant feelings. I agree to assume this risk, including but not limited to the types of responses described.

This workshop is not a substitute for therapy or a substitute for any other form of professional consultation.

I confirm that I do not currently suffer from any mental or physical impairment that might make it inadvisable for me to assume such risks.

I understand and acknowledge that my participation in this workshop/activity with horses and other animals at Fauna Forest Farm may expose me to dangers or conditions which are an integral part of animal activities including, but not limited to, the following: 

- the propensity of an animal to behave in ways which may result in injury, harm or death to me around the animal; 

 - the unpredictability of an animal’s reaction to sound, to sudden movement, to an unfamiliar object, to a person or to another animal; 

- certain hazards such as surface and subsurface conditions; 

- collisions with other animals, people or objects; 

- and the potential of me or another participant to act in a negligent manner which may injure me, such as failing to maintain control of an animal or not acting within my ability to control an animal. 

 

What is experienced in this workshop may create physical responses on my part or on the part of other participants. I understand that there is the risk of physical injury or emotional distress. I agree to assume this risk, including but not limited to the types of responses described. 

 

By claiming my ticket, I agree with the preceding statements and hold harmless from all liability, the facilitators, Fauna Forest Farm, Anu Beginning Therapy, Unbridled, or any of those from whom space is being rented, and all participants and observers attending this event.

ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF RISK

By signing below, I acknowledge that participation in any and all programming and events at Fauna Forest Farm includes possible risks or hazards. I absolve and forever release Fauna Forest Farm, it’s teachers, guides, mentors, coaches, directors, property owners, affiliates, successors and assigns, officers, employees, representatives, partners, agents and anyone claiming through them (collectively, the “Released Party”) in their individual and/or corporate capacities from any and all claim, liabilities, obligations, promises, agreements, disputes, demands, causes of action of any nature and kind, known or unknown, which I may have or claim to have against Releasee or any of the Released Parties arising out of or relating to any injury, loss or damage to person and property that may be sustained as a result of participation in Fauna Forest Farm.

 
I understand that my participation in Fauna Forest Farm services involves inherent risks of physical or psychological injury, pain, suffering, illness, disfigurement, temporary or permanent paralysis and/or death, and I assume all related risks associated with participating in any activity at Fauna Forest Farm.

 
I agree to indemnify the “Released Party” against any and all claims, actions, lawsuits, damages, and judgments, including attorney’s fee, arising out of or relating to my participation in Fauna Forest Farm services.

 
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