Offerings Just For Women
Courses and workshops held at Mountain Spring Farm (or another wild, nature location!)
Dynamic and engaging online courses that incorporate visual and written exploration of the inner self and wisdom
Individual Spiritual Formation & Direction sessions that assist with life transitions, career issues, parenting, and relationships.
Equine Facilitated Coaching, incorporating reflective sessions that offer a deeper connection with your self and powerful heart based intention setting.
We will offer and teach you real, practical life tools to help you tune in to the present moment, be a better listener to your body, cultivate a spiritual formation that fits you and focus on your truth and inner wisdom. We'll light the way for you to explore patterns of response and belief systems. You are a creator. You have divine gifts that when accessed and allowed to flow into the world will radiate joy for you and everyone around you.
"Horses have a way of being that allow us the chance to walk back home to ourselves."
~ Julie
Soul Care Circles
Started with a desire to bring together women to create a safe space to share and be listened to, cared for as they cultivate a relationship with the divine. As we listen to God together, greater insight, love, and pattern shifting happen.
I guide you toward connecting with, and truly FEELING, this truest and deepest part of yourself, the YOU that you may have forgotten since you've been on this life journey. When you are connecting in this way, greater clarity comes to you and new possibilities open up in all areas of your life.
I learned this first-hand through my experience with cancer 15 years ago. My cancer diagnosis, treatment, and healing created a huge shift in my life and through this experience, I came to understand the mind-body connection, energy alignment, and non-traditional healing practices.
**If you're local to Mountain Spring, a session with the horses deepens this experience. Most of our group circles are virtual right now.
A bit more of my "story"
My life changed significantly and became forever an exercise in discovering more Love and well being when I was diagnosed with breast cancer at 34. That was over 20 years ago, and I can honestly say it was nothing short of the greatest gift.
My journey took me through traditional medical treatments of surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation and also more non-traditional methods of Integrative Medicine such as yoga, meditation, massage therapy, nutritional therapy, and art therapy. It was during this journey that I re-discovered my self and began to cultivate a relationship with the divine that had always been present, but not fully real to me.
I enjoy working with horses and people together to grow in self understanding and life skills. I completed training and certification through EAGALA (Equine Assisted Growth and Learning Association) as an Equine Specialist in 2009 and have worked with people and horses for mental health and wellness, personal growth and learning. I've also attended seminars and courses with Parelli Natural Horsemanship to grow in understanding the nature of horses and the varied and rich interactions between humans and horses. I attended Kathy Pike's Academy for Coaching With Horses in Colorado through Level 2 Equine Facilitated Learning and Coaching in 2016.
I'm trained in Montessori elementary education and dearly loved being an elementary teacher for many years. Children contain pure, positive energy...much like horses!
I enjoy my work at small college (I like to say "data and computer nerd," turning college and student data into stories). As I now continue to learn and to grow closer to God, I offer programs virtually and at our farm in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. I spend a great deal of time reading and writing as I pursue my Masters in Divinity with a concentration in Spiritual Formation.