In-Person Group Session w/Horse
Group Equine-Facilitated Spiritual Care™
Healing is ancient. Community is how it has always happened.
What Is Group Equine-Facilitated Spiritual Care™?
There is something that happens when people gather in honest, held space — something that cannot occur in isolation. Wounds carried alone for years begin to loosen in the presence of others who understand. Shame, which survives in secrecy, begins to lose its grip when met with witnessed compassion. And in the presence of horses, something even deeper becomes possible.
Our Group Equine-Facilitated Spiritual Care™ sessions bring together up to 10 participants in a professionally facilitated, trauma-informed, and clinically grounded experience that weaves the healing power of community with the unique, evidence-informed framework of Equine-Facilitated Spiritual Care™.
As the founders and developers of this model, we have designed this group experience with the same clinical rigor, spiritual depth, and whole-person intention as our individual sessions — expanded to hold the transformative power of collective healing.
Who This Group Is For
This group is for anyone carrying wounds that have felt too heavy, too complicated, or too shameful to bear alone. You may be navigating:
Moral injury and a fractured sense of self, purpose, or conscience
Trauma and the isolation it creates
Religious or spiritual abuse and the grief of losing a faith community
Relationship abuse and the erosion of trust in others
Burnout, compassion fatigue, or the accumulated weight of service
Spiritual disconnection and a longing to belong again
You do not need to share the same beliefs, background, or story as the others in the group. You only need a willingness to show up — for yourself, and for one another.
The Evidence Behind Group Healing
Group-based therapeutic spiritual care has a well-established evidence base. Shared experience reduces the sense of isolation that trauma and moral injury create. Witnessing others' courage activates our own. The relational safety of a well-held group creates neurological conditions for healing that individual work alone cannot always reach.
When equine-assisted learning is added to the group context, these effects deepen further. Horses respond to the collective energy of a group — mirroring, shifting, and inviting awareness in ways that are both individually meaningful and communally illuminating. Research in equine-assisted services consistently demonstrates outcomes in emotional regulation, relational trust, self-awareness, and the processing of trauma and moral distress.
Clinical chaplaincy brings the spiritual and existential dimension that much group therapy leaves unaddressed — the questions of meaning, conscience, belonging, and the sacred that lie at the heart of moral injury and spiritual wounds.
Together, these elements create a group experience unlike any other available.
The Framework
Group Equine-Facilitated Spiritual Care™ integrates:
Equine-Assisted Learning (EAL) — experiential, ground-based engagement with horses as partners in learning, emotional regulation, and self-discovery, facilitated within the group context
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) — clinically validated group-based practices that help participants clarify values, build psychological flexibility, and move toward meaningful living even in the presence of pain
Nature-Based Spiritual Care — grounded in research on ecotherapy and the collective restorative power of the natural world on nervous systems, spirits, and communities
Clinical Chaplaincy — professionally trained spiritual care that addresses the moral, existential, and sacred dimensions of each person's journey within the safety of the group
Addressing Moral Injury in Community
Moral injury — the wound formed when actions, experiences, or witnessed events violate our deepest moral and spiritual values — is often carried in profound isolation. The shame it generates convinces us we are uniquely broken, uniquely unforgivable, uniquely beyond repair.
Community dismantles that lie.
In Group Equine-Facilitated Spiritual Care™, structured moral injury curriculums are woven into the group process, guiding participants through evidence-based frameworks for naming, understanding, and beginning to integrate moral wounds — together. The horse's presence in the group context amplifies this work. As a non-judgmental witness to the entire group, the horse responds to collective emotional truth in ways that often open doors that words alone cannot.
Participants frequently discover that their deepest wounds are also their deepest points of connection with others. That discovery changes everything.
What Your 90-Minute Group Session May Include
Sessions accommodate up to 10 participants and are held in a carefully prepared, safe outdoor environment. All equine activities are entirely ground-based — there is no riding involved. No prior experience with horses is needed or expected. Your group session may be woven from:
Structured Moral Injury Work — Evidence-based group curriculums that guide participants through the spiritual and psychological dimensions of moral wounds, held within the safety and witness of the community
Group Equine Connection Practices — Intentional, ground-based interactions with the horse within the group setting, cultivating collective presence, nervous system co-regulation, and shared somatic awareness
Communal Sacred Ritual — Group-based practices drawn from participants' own traditions and spiritual frameworks that restore a sense of shared meaning, rhythm, and belonging
Nature-Based Care — Collective immersion in the healing environment of the natural world, which research connects to reduced cortisol, nervous system restoration, and a renewed sense of awe and spiritual grounding
Sound Healing — Vibrational and frequency-based practices experienced in community, deepening collective relaxation, emotional release, and energetic restoration
Organic & Holistic Approaches — Whole-group care that honors each person's body, mind, and spirit, while uplifting the unique wisdom, beliefs, and resilience each participant brings to the circle
Witnessed Sharing & Reflection — Carefully facilitated space for participants to be heard, to witness one another, and to experience the profound healing that occurs when our stories meet with compassionate presence
The Role of the Horse in the Group
In a group setting, the horse becomes a mirror for the collective. Horses are acutely sensitive to group dynamics, emotional undercurrents, and the subtle shifts that occur when people begin to feel safe with one another. They may be drawn to a participant who is quietly struggling. They may respond to a moment of group breakthrough with their own unmistakable presence. They may simply stand alongside someone who has never felt truly accompanied.
Whatever the horse offers in the moment, it is real, unscripted, and meaningful — and our PATH ESMHL-certified facilitators are trained to help the group receive and integrate those moments with clinical skill and spiritual depth.
Safety, Structure, and the Holding of the Group
Every group session is co-facilitated by a clinically trained chaplain and a PATH-certified Equine Specialist in Mental Health and Learning (ESMHL), ensuring that both the human and equine dimensions of the experience are held with the highest standard of professional care. Group size is intentionally limited to a maximum of 10 participants to preserve the intimacy, safety, and relational depth that this work requires.
Clear group agreements are established at the opening of every session. Confidentiality, mutual respect, and each participant's right to engage at their own pace are foundational and non-negotiable. No one is ever pressured to share, to interact with the horse, or to move faster than their own nervous system allows.
This is a trauma-informed space — which means we assume complexity, honor individual pacing, and never prioritize process over the safety and dignity of the people in the circle.
What the Group Will Experience Together
In 90 minutes, your group will not simply talk about pain. You will move through it — alongside a horse, beside one another, held by credentialed clinicians, supported by the earth beneath your feet. Together, you will experience:
The profound relief of being witnessed without judgment
Deep, authentic connection with an equine partner who responds to the group's collective truth
Energetic and somatic healing that ripples through the group as well as the individual
Clinically grounded, spiritually attuned care that honors every person's unique journey while weaving those journeys into something shared
The ancient, evidence-backed medicine of community — the reminder that you were never meant to heal alone
Group Formats Available
We offer Group Equine-Facilitated Spiritual Care™ in several formats to meet your community's needs:
Open Drop-In Groups — Single sessions open to any individual seeking community-based care
Closed Cohort Groups — A series of sessions for a consistent group of participants moving through a structured curriculum together
Organization & Team Groups — Designed for first responders, healthcare workers, military and veteran communities, faith communities, and other groups navigating shared moral injury or collective trauma
Retreat & Intensive Formats — Extended group experiences for deeper immersive healing
A Note on Access
We believe healing in community should be as accessible as healing alone. All group sessions are available through our flexible payment model, including sliding scale fees, trade of services or goods, buy-one-give-one, and volunteer time options. No one is turned away for inability to pay.
We did not find this work. We were called to it — and we built it from the ground up so that you could find your way back to yourself. Together.
Healing is not a solo journey. It never was.
Book your group Equine-Facilitated Spiritual Care™ session today — or contact us to bring this experience to your organization or community.
Group Equine-Facilitated Spiritual Care™
Healing is ancient. Community is how it has always happened.
What Is Group Equine-Facilitated Spiritual Care™?
There is something that happens when people gather in honest, held space — something that cannot occur in isolation. Wounds carried alone for years begin to loosen in the presence of others who understand. Shame, which survives in secrecy, begins to lose its grip when met with witnessed compassion. And in the presence of horses, something even deeper becomes possible.
Our Group Equine-Facilitated Spiritual Care™ sessions bring together up to 10 participants in a professionally facilitated, trauma-informed, and clinically grounded experience that weaves the healing power of community with the unique, evidence-informed framework of Equine-Facilitated Spiritual Care™.
As the founders and developers of this model, we have designed this group experience with the same clinical rigor, spiritual depth, and whole-person intention as our individual sessions — expanded to hold the transformative power of collective healing.
Who This Group Is For
This group is for anyone carrying wounds that have felt too heavy, too complicated, or too shameful to bear alone. You may be navigating:
Moral injury and a fractured sense of self, purpose, or conscience
Trauma and the isolation it creates
Religious or spiritual abuse and the grief of losing a faith community
Relationship abuse and the erosion of trust in others
Burnout, compassion fatigue, or the accumulated weight of service
Spiritual disconnection and a longing to belong again
You do not need to share the same beliefs, background, or story as the others in the group. You only need a willingness to show up — for yourself, and for one another.
The Evidence Behind Group Healing
Group-based therapeutic spiritual care has a well-established evidence base. Shared experience reduces the sense of isolation that trauma and moral injury create. Witnessing others' courage activates our own. The relational safety of a well-held group creates neurological conditions for healing that individual work alone cannot always reach.
When equine-assisted learning is added to the group context, these effects deepen further. Horses respond to the collective energy of a group — mirroring, shifting, and inviting awareness in ways that are both individually meaningful and communally illuminating. Research in equine-assisted services consistently demonstrates outcomes in emotional regulation, relational trust, self-awareness, and the processing of trauma and moral distress.
Clinical chaplaincy brings the spiritual and existential dimension that much group therapy leaves unaddressed — the questions of meaning, conscience, belonging, and the sacred that lie at the heart of moral injury and spiritual wounds.
Together, these elements create a group experience unlike any other available.
The Framework
Group Equine-Facilitated Spiritual Care™ integrates:
Equine-Assisted Learning (EAL) — experiential, ground-based engagement with horses as partners in learning, emotional regulation, and self-discovery, facilitated within the group context
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) — clinically validated group-based practices that help participants clarify values, build psychological flexibility, and move toward meaningful living even in the presence of pain
Nature-Based Spiritual Care — grounded in research on ecotherapy and the collective restorative power of the natural world on nervous systems, spirits, and communities
Clinical Chaplaincy — professionally trained spiritual care that addresses the moral, existential, and sacred dimensions of each person's journey within the safety of the group
Addressing Moral Injury in Community
Moral injury — the wound formed when actions, experiences, or witnessed events violate our deepest moral and spiritual values — is often carried in profound isolation. The shame it generates convinces us we are uniquely broken, uniquely unforgivable, uniquely beyond repair.
Community dismantles that lie.
In Group Equine-Facilitated Spiritual Care™, structured moral injury curriculums are woven into the group process, guiding participants through evidence-based frameworks for naming, understanding, and beginning to integrate moral wounds — together. The horse's presence in the group context amplifies this work. As a non-judgmental witness to the entire group, the horse responds to collective emotional truth in ways that often open doors that words alone cannot.
Participants frequently discover that their deepest wounds are also their deepest points of connection with others. That discovery changes everything.
What Your 90-Minute Group Session May Include
Sessions accommodate up to 10 participants and are held in a carefully prepared, safe outdoor environment. All equine activities are entirely ground-based — there is no riding involved. No prior experience with horses is needed or expected. Your group session may be woven from:
Structured Moral Injury Work — Evidence-based group curriculums that guide participants through the spiritual and psychological dimensions of moral wounds, held within the safety and witness of the community
Group Equine Connection Practices — Intentional, ground-based interactions with the horse within the group setting, cultivating collective presence, nervous system co-regulation, and shared somatic awareness
Communal Sacred Ritual — Group-based practices drawn from participants' own traditions and spiritual frameworks that restore a sense of shared meaning, rhythm, and belonging
Nature-Based Care — Collective immersion in the healing environment of the natural world, which research connects to reduced cortisol, nervous system restoration, and a renewed sense of awe and spiritual grounding
Sound Healing — Vibrational and frequency-based practices experienced in community, deepening collective relaxation, emotional release, and energetic restoration
Organic & Holistic Approaches — Whole-group care that honors each person's body, mind, and spirit, while uplifting the unique wisdom, beliefs, and resilience each participant brings to the circle
Witnessed Sharing & Reflection — Carefully facilitated space for participants to be heard, to witness one another, and to experience the profound healing that occurs when our stories meet with compassionate presence
The Role of the Horse in the Group
In a group setting, the horse becomes a mirror for the collective. Horses are acutely sensitive to group dynamics, emotional undercurrents, and the subtle shifts that occur when people begin to feel safe with one another. They may be drawn to a participant who is quietly struggling. They may respond to a moment of group breakthrough with their own unmistakable presence. They may simply stand alongside someone who has never felt truly accompanied.
Whatever the horse offers in the moment, it is real, unscripted, and meaningful — and our PATH ESMHL-certified facilitators are trained to help the group receive and integrate those moments with clinical skill and spiritual depth.
Safety, Structure, and the Holding of the Group
Every group session is co-facilitated by a clinically trained chaplain and a PATH-certified Equine Specialist in Mental Health and Learning (ESMHL), ensuring that both the human and equine dimensions of the experience are held with the highest standard of professional care. Group size is intentionally limited to a maximum of 10 participants to preserve the intimacy, safety, and relational depth that this work requires.
Clear group agreements are established at the opening of every session. Confidentiality, mutual respect, and each participant's right to engage at their own pace are foundational and non-negotiable. No one is ever pressured to share, to interact with the horse, or to move faster than their own nervous system allows.
This is a trauma-informed space — which means we assume complexity, honor individual pacing, and never prioritize process over the safety and dignity of the people in the circle.
What the Group Will Experience Together
In 90 minutes, your group will not simply talk about pain. You will move through it — alongside a horse, beside one another, held by credentialed clinicians, supported by the earth beneath your feet. Together, you will experience:
The profound relief of being witnessed without judgment
Deep, authentic connection with an equine partner who responds to the group's collective truth
Energetic and somatic healing that ripples through the group as well as the individual
Clinically grounded, spiritually attuned care that honors every person's unique journey while weaving those journeys into something shared
The ancient, evidence-backed medicine of community — the reminder that you were never meant to heal alone
Group Formats Available
We offer Group Equine-Facilitated Spiritual Care™ in several formats to meet your community's needs:
Open Drop-In Groups — Single sessions open to any individual seeking community-based care
Closed Cohort Groups — A series of sessions for a consistent group of participants moving through a structured curriculum together
Organization & Team Groups — Designed for first responders, healthcare workers, military and veteran communities, faith communities, and other groups navigating shared moral injury or collective trauma
Retreat & Intensive Formats — Extended group experiences for deeper immersive healing
A Note on Access
We believe healing in community should be as accessible as healing alone. All group sessions are available through our flexible payment model, including sliding scale fees, trade of services or goods, buy-one-give-one, and volunteer time options. No one is turned away for inability to pay.
We did not find this work. We were called to it — and we built it from the ground up so that you could find your way back to yourself. Together.
Healing is not a solo journey. It never was.
Book your group Equine-Facilitated Spiritual Care™ session today — or contact us to bring this experience to your organization or community.