NEUROSCIENCE and horses
Online Program
Horse Medicine Sessions
Retreat May 1 to 4, 2025
HORSE SESSIONS
Receive the luxurious beauty of a guided session with a horse. Horses are master teachers in delving into the truth within our deepest heart’s wish. Discover the magic & neuroscience of a Horse Medicine Session held just for you in a remote mountain field. Receive the following in your first virtual experience:
Introductory 1:1 Session to Clarify Your Wish
Customized Directions to Prepare for Your Session
1 Hour Session with the Herd
WHY HORSES
AND NEUROSCIENCE?
When you understand your personal neuroscience, you can more deeply trust the process of transformation that occurs when in the presence of horses. You access greater calm, relational understanding and leadership skills. If you guide others, you learn how to support greater nervous system balance.
Horses, through their exquisitely detailed perception of the present moment, impact our hearts and nervous systems and more, to shift our perception for greater insight. There is a science to this, as well as a mysticism.
If you are interested in leadership, you may know that horses have increasingly been shown by scientific research to advance leadership skills by improving the emotional intelligence traits of self awareness, social perceptiveness, independence, confidence, and adaptive intelligence.
When you learn the neuroscience of how this works, you understand yourself and how to lead yourself, and others, with greater adaptive intelligence.
GALAXY SESSION
Experience the mysterious wisdom and intelligence of Horse Medicine in a session with Sterling Galaxy. Sterling Galaxy is a horse who has come through severe challenges and near death on multiple occasions, to emerge victorious, bright, powerful and wise. He has a magnetic presence, gathering your attention towards your own power, magnificence, beauty and intelligence. Together, we hold space for a release of subconscious energies that hold you back from manifesting your dreams. We help you remember your deepest dreams and step into your brilliance. Receive the following in your virtual session with Galaxy:
A Guided Meditation to Prepare for Your Session
A 30 Minute Virtual Session with Galaxy
Complimentary eBook on Galaxy’s Story and Horse Medicine
OnLINE PROGRAM
Learn how to use the language of neuroscience to speak to the powerful connection that exists between horses and humans. Discover how your clients can learn more about their nervous systems as you guide them in experiences with horses. Designed for equine facilitators and informed by evidence-based scientific literature, the Horses & Neuroscience Online Course provides a platform for you to deepen your knowledge and hone your facilitation skills.
Horses & Neuroscience Curriculum
Video Lectures & Written Content
Q & A with Maia Love and Hillary Schneider
Certificate of Completion
RETREAT PROGRAM
Join us in person for an immersive experience in the neuroscience of being with horses. A retreat designed for equine facilitated learning coaches, you will expand your repertoire of skills, learn applied exercises, and practice how to apply the language of neuroscience to explain the power of working with horses.
Read more below . . .
neuroscience teaching
herd wisdom
equine-guided coaching
Luxuriate in mind, body and soul in retreats with horses that combine both the mystical transcendence of the soul’s journey and the intelligence of your nervous system, in experiences with a powerful herd of horses.
Learn how the brain operates and supports you, and learn how horses act as an empowering bridge to lasting and impactful change in your neuron pathways, and in the unseen aspects of self that resonate in your subconscious and unconscious.
For years we have understood that a profound bond exists between horses and humans, with the horse both an intuitive companion in ridership as well as a guide to authentic emotions, and a guide into the unseen realms of existence.
When you enter the space with a herd of horses, you experience physical, emotional, mental and spiritual shifts. Through nervous system rebalancing, insight from the horses, and impressions on what is called the archetypal level of consciousness, you experience transcendence and clarity that allows you to move forward in life with more ease.
Join us to learn more, in an enchanting retreat in a remote mountain valley with songbirds, farm animals, and endless fields. Sleep deeply in private cabins, and gather in a relaxing lodge overlooking the valley. Immerse in the herd to gain insight, relax deeply and have profound moments of transcendence.
80 acreS 29 horses
private cabins
Farm-to-table meals
During your retreat, you’ll have time to unwind, learn and explore while being fully supported with catered meals, warm cozy private cabins, and a large two story high lodge with a wood burning fireplace.
EPONA RISE
RETREAT CENTRE
cozy & Elevated lodge
We will have the ranch all to ourselves. There are eighty acres of land to ramble over, hikes up mountain ridges, cozy cabins to contemplate and rest in, cozy log beds, a warm wood burning fireplace in the main lodge. The lodge has vaulted two story high ceilings for you to feel spacious and relaxed. A large dining table is reminiscent of Valhalla. Outdoor sports abound nearby. Epona Rise is truly a place to unfurl into a relaxed magnificence surrounded by nature that pulls you into a deeper peace. Quiet nights far away from a highway nestle you into the sounds of nature and usher you into a deep calm.
about your hosts
MAIA LOVE
I spend a lot of time listening to the feeling that is the Horse Human Intuitive Connection - that subtlety sometimes called horse whispering but may be better described as horse listening. I first came across the pure magic of this potential as a young child, surrounded by ranches and horses. I later deepened my understanding of soul through coming to terms with the deaths of several loved ones, with the guidance of experts in death and personal growth in my second decade of life.
I love to hold space for transformation and insight, combining science and mysticism in a clarity to gain more comfort with what is seen and unseen.
My love of neuroscience grew from making a board game based on the brain in grade school, to a university degree on the biophysics of humans and animals, and then into advanced training in the brain and behaviour in medicine, psychiatry, yoga, meditation and mindfulness training.
When we prepare with a greater understanding of the neuroscience of connection, and then enter into the world where horses show us truths, we touch on a rare intelligence. In this weekend, I will guide you to understand the neuroscience of the Horse Human Connection in a very practical way, and help you learn how this develops leadership with self, and with others.
Hillary is a phenomenal woman who has manifested her dreams into reality. She studies horse language and behaviour, She also is in constant communion with her herd of 29 horses, with whom she has developed a unique and specific understanding of how to let the horses guide you to greater awareness, intelligence and capacity to lead.
When I met Hillary, I felt a shared understanding and then embarked on her training with full commitment. She is wise, powerful, gentle, direct, observant, and deeply human. She will be co-leading the retreat to lend her wisdom as keeper of the land and of her horse herd.
Hillary brings her powerful knowledge on how the horses communicate with you in very physical, as well as energetic, ways, to bring the neuroscience teachings into a lived understanding, from her wisdom as founder and director of the Horse Medicine Leadership Program.
HILLARY SCHNEIDER
retreat program
horses & neuroscience
NIGHT ONE: EVENING
Dinner & Horse Stories
DAY ONE, TWO & THREE
Optional morning meditation & yoga
Breakfast
Neuroscience Talk then Meet with the Herd
Lunch
Neuroscience talk then Meet with the Herd
Free Time
Dinner
Day Three: Yoga Nidra in the Evening
FINAL DAY: MORNING
Breakfast
Integration with the Herd
Lunch then depart by 1 pm
NOTE: SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
ABOUT YOU
We work with deeply curious people committed to making the world abetter place. through meaningful connections with each other, animals and the land. As we travel together through the landscape of Horse Human Neuroscience in this retreat, we review:
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THE PHYSICS OF NEUROSCIENCE
THE HORSE HUMAN CONNECTION
EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
THOUGHT & BELIEF NEUROSCIENCE
INTUITIVE AND ENERGETIC AWARENESS
INSIGHTS FROM THE HORSES
SUBCONSCIOUS ARCHETYPES & NEUROSCIENCE
DURING YOUR NEUROSCIENCE HORSE Retreat WITH US, YOU WILL RECEIVE:
A review of the neuroscience of the Horse Human Connection and how it applies to your daily life.
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Greater emotional intelligence through your experiences with the horses, and the science and wisdom of emotions, intuition and feeling intelligence.
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Guidance on how to use the four pillars of well being for greater balance and leadership skill.
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An invitation to experience a powerfully restful reset through your interactions with the horses, a guided inner journey and understanding how your heart attunes with the herd.
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The opportunity to delve into how understanding Horse Human Neuroscience improves your leadership skills.
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THE HORSE HUMAN NEUROSCIENCE 5 NIGHT RETREAT INCLUDES:
Teaching & Discussion Sessions
Guided Interactions with the Herd
Neuroscience Talks
Optional morning meditations & yoga The Horses & Neuroscience Curriculum Guided Meditation Audio Files
INVESTMENT
$3500
for 5 nights, 4 days
(cost in CAD$ before tax)
May 1 to 4, 2025
MY EXPERTISE
Maia Love
INTELLIGENT • STRATEGIC • PROFESSIONAL
I guide you to become brilliant. My coaching approach includes science-based strategies, neuroanatomy education, mind training and inner work with the subconscious. My experience in leadership training includes well being program development, lectures, retreat program development, multiple physician health and leadership conferences and more. I also have a peer-reviewed physician leadership program approved for scholarships by physician advocacy bodies.
Credentials • Internationally Certified Coach • Medical Doctor • Board Certified Psychiatrist • Extensive Yoga, Meditation and Breathwork Training • BSc Biology & Physics • BA Ecology & Dance • Neuroanatomy and Resilience Researcher • Horse Medicine Leadership Guide
HILLARY SCHNEIDER
CO-LEAD EXPERTISE
PURPOSE • AUTHENTICITY • LEADERSHIP
I believe deeply in the journey we take to reclaim and witness the strength of our own passions, gifts and purpose, and the growth we go through to be courageous enough to hold it, to create through it and step into the full potential of what it is meant to be for us and others.
Credentials • Equine Science Production and Breeding Diploma, Olds College • Coaching Training and Leadership Development, Coach Training Institute • Certified Facilitated Equine Experiential Learning Practitioner, FEEL, Horse Spirit Connections • Certified Equine Assisted Personal Development, Chris Irwin • Equine Guided Coaching, Wisdom Horse Coaching • Intuitive Development Certification, Hannelore • Coach and Equine Guided Facilitator • Retreat Owner and Entrepreneur
TESTIMONIALS
“Maia masterfully blends her knowledge of the human brain and our bodies with that of the horse’s. She reinforce the science behind human and horse interactions but still recognizes the spiritual aspects. She has gentle way of coaching which puts you at ease and her thought provoking questions get you thinking deeply about your core purpose and values. She truly partners with the horses and I felt very safe being with a herd of horses. I’m now more confident and authentic leader after working with her. I highly recommend Maia’s workshops with the horses.” - DBM, Professional, Retreat August 2023
“This retreat was truly a gift for my soul. The people, horses and land all gave something to me that was without expectation. This allowed me to immerse myself into each experience without feeling like I had to give anything back to anyone but myself. I left feeling connected, clear and grateful. Thank you for your creation.” - Sarah Thorne, Chiropractor and Medical Acupuncturist, Retreat March 2023
“Maia helped me transform my well being, to seeing light, loving unconditionally, and wellness like I’ve never experienced before. Her experience, techniques and process, as long as you’re committed to do the work, will revitalize, rejuvenate, and open your mind to a new world of opportunities. Maia’s work on expanding my intuition, my minds’s thought process and future planning has given me tools not only for me, but tools I can share for the well being of my friends, colleagues, family and loved ones.” - NK, CEO, Private Retreat November 2022