Gentle Restoration In the Experience of Fracture

Gentle Restoration In the Experience of Fracture

A Grief Workshop with Horses

Grief enters our lives when something we love or rely on changes or disappears. It may arrive through death, separation, illness, loss of identity, or the quiet realization that life will not unfold as we once imagined. Grief is not only emotional—it is embodied, relational, and deeply human.

Restoration

This workshop is centered on gentle restoration—the careful tending to what has been impacted by loss: the nervous system, the heart, the sense of safety, and the connection to life itself.

Grief does not need to be fixed. It needs to be witnessed, understood, and allowed.

Restoration creates enough steadiness for what is present to be felt and integrated, without urgency or expectation. In the grounded presence of horses, restoration becomes possible—supporting life to continue with honesty, connection, and care.

The Presence of Horses

Horses are powerful companions in restorative work.

They live attuned to their environment, to one another, and to subtle emotional shifts. They know loss and change through lived experience—changes in herd, home, safety, freedom, and identity. When disruption occurs, horses respond honestly, regulate through connection and movement, and return to balance when conditions allow.

In their presence, people often experience a deep softening with:

• being met without judgment
• permission to slow down and feel what is present
• emotional regulation through calm, embodied connection
• safety for discomfort without the need to explain or resolve it
• a quiet reminder that grief and aliveness can exist together.

The horses do not demand or lead. They offer something more elemental: presence, attunement, and steadiness.

The Experience

Guided, ground-based experiences with horses are woven together with reflection, gentle conversation, and grief-informed insight, all held within a calm, respectful container.

The experience invites exploration of:

• grief as a natural response to loss and change
• how emotions move through the body and nervous system
• what supports restoration: safety, understanding, compassion, and self-care
• how acceptance of inevitable loss can soften resistance
• how to remain connected to life while honoring what has been lost

Simple, intentional rituals support this work. As conditions allow, the evening before may include gathering outdoors—perhaps around a fire or under the open sky—creating shared space for warmth, reflection, and transition. Time in nature, quiet pauses, and symbolic practices such as walking a labyrinth offer additional pathways for integration.

Logistics

• Duration: starts at 4:00 pm on May 2^nd, then 9:00 am -4:30 pm on May 3^rd.
• Location: Nacimiento Ranch (details provided upon registration)
• Facilitator: Kasia Roether, Master Facilitator of Equus Coaching, Grief Educator certified with David Kessler
• Horse Experience: No prior horse experience required; all interactions take place on the ground.
• Investment: $395

Designed for a small group, this workshop ensures plenty of hands-on time and active participation for everyone. Space is limited.

Register HERE!

Location:

The workshop will take place at Nacimiento Ranch, private horse property on Central Coast of California, nearby Nacimiento Lake.

Refund Policy:

For cancellations made 60 days prior to the published date of the workshop, the Center for Equus Coaching will offer a full refund.

For cancellations made between 59 to 31 days from the start of the workshop, we offer a 50% refund.

For cancellations made 30 days prior to the workshop start date, no refunds will be offered.

Please note that any payments made that are non-refundable can be applied to a future Equus Coach® Training, program, workshop, or event, to be used within one year.