What is Equine Facilitated Wellbeing and how can it help you?

We and our 14 specially selected horses work with you in a natural setting, using the unique ability of horses to observe and read the emotions of clients. Even just sharing space with a herd of horses can bring up emotions. Observing how the horses behave and how it makes us feel is a great tool in our own personal wellbeing.

Horses get drawn to different people the same way people get drawn to different horses. We simply allow that process to happen organically, sharing space and waiting for the interaction or lack of interaction to happen.

When a horse makes a genuine connection, you can't escape it. It's a genuine connection, and in our world there are so many connections that are not genuine. The work we do here with horses is very real and creates deep connections between horse and human.

The horses are great mirrors of what's going on inside of a person without any need for verbal cues. The horses know how we feel even if we fail to recognise it ourselves.

Horses are a prey animal which means that they live in the fight-or-flight part of their brain and need to feel safe. They can get almost everything they need in their connection with their herd and by just grazing. They seek connection and they mirror what's around them because their safety depends on it. So if a horse notices that somebody's not safe, they will keep their distance. If a horse notices that somebody needs something, they will come and offer it. They're very transparent about what is going on in their environment.
Horses will show you exactly what's going on.

The majority of the horses have been owned by Claire a long time, they have taken her on a journey of who she is today. She has helped a lot of them feel safe and secure, and they have done the same for her. We feel in this day and age everyone should have the chance to connect with horses and get the same feelings and support we have got and still get from them on a daily basis.​​​​​