Supporting Sacred Transition with our Equine Partners:
A course in navigating and being a doula of death for our horses.
Being a guardian of our horse partners means there comes a point in the journey where we are going to need to step into the role of being a doula for their death and walking transition with them.
It is the hardest thing of being a guardian and sacred partner to our horses, and walking with death has been one of the most initiating and transformative paths that our own herd has held for us.
We wanted to create a course that would be supportive to those that are in this space to help them and their horse partners to find the sacred journey with death and to know how to hold that in a way that feels honoring to both ourselves as guardians and also our horse partners.
Finding our way to be with this path, does not mean we bypass the grief and pain of it, but rather we are given an anchor to hold ourselves and our horse partners while we navigate our grief.
About this course.
This course includes, rituals, ceremonies, videos of us sharing how we are tending to this with our herd, logistics of how we hold this, and also how to tend to be conscious euthanasia and emergencies and how to be with both.
We are collaborating with Brittany from Sacred Echoes who supports our process with animal communication to give you a guide and a container that will help you navigate all aspects of this journey.
This course includes pieces to support you, the holder and guardian, your horse and also the herd that they are a part of. The horses themselves will also be included in supporting this journey with you.
If you are walking or facing the space of having to navigate the loss of your equine beloved and you are seeking a space to support you in that journey, this will provide you with that support and more.
What is included:
Video Library:
Videos with our horses that are navigating transition, how we are tending to it, and what our process is. We are sharing a lot in this space of what it looks like in the fullness of the journey with individual horses.
Written Modules: There are teaching modules providing eighteen in-depth lessons. Included are reflective prompts and guidance to help you navigate this sacred process with intention, awareness, and care.
1. Honouring the Journey: Preparing for Transition
Learn to recognize when the time is right, prepare yourself and your horse, honour their needs, support the herd, and use practical and emotional tools to create a nurturing transition environment.
2. The Practical Realities of Transition
Explore how to navigate unexpected transitions, plan for euthanasia, and lean into essential resources for both you and your horse, helping you feel prepared and supported.
3. Rituals and Ceremony
Discover how to hold sacred space for your horse, including planned and emergency ceremonies, and learn ways to use intention, offerings, and music to create meaningful, supportive rituals.
4. Stewardship Through Transition
This module focuses on grief. How to support your horse through loss while tending to your own emotional needs, creating balance and compassion during the transition process.
5. Continuing Connection: Relationships Beyond the Physical
Learn to maintain and deepen your connection with horses in spirit form, recognizing their presence, receiving guidance, and nurturing a relationship that continues beyond the physical.
Over the last 16 years that we have had horses in our lives, we have held space for and tended to the transition of 14 horses in our herd. We understand the layers and complexity that comes along with the journey and how to support that.
Transition and knowing how to tend to death with our equine partners is a part of our responsibility as their guardians, and it can also be a deeply sacred and transformative journey, our hope with this course is to give you the foundations and anchors to help you hold it that way and find your way in what can be often one of the hardest parts of being guardianship of our equine partners.
Course Teachers
Hillary Schneider
Hillary Schneider is the founder of Horse Medicine Leadership and Epona Rise Retreat Center.
She has spent the last 13 years dedicating herself to teaching and sharing the wisdom and medicine of horses to those that are called. Hillary runs her own 80 acre retreat center with a herd of 27 wise equine teachers, together they lead and facilitate retreats for those that are called to the wisdom and medicine of horses.
Since 2013 Hillary has been mentorship and teaching other equine facilitators that are looking for a path that empowers and is centered around the partnership with horses and what they have to teach us. She is deeply honored to share and teach this path with her herd of horses and grow this beautiful community of horse medicine leadership.
Brittany Ashworth
Brittany Ashworth lives alongside her horses on the traditional and unceded territory of the Secwépemc people, specifically Splatsín (Salmon Arm, BC).
Through her business, Sacred Echos, Brittany serves as an Animal Communicator, Akashic Records Reader, Horse Medicine Leadership faculty member, intuitive, and educator. Her passion lies in bridging the gap of communication, understanding, and partnership between humans and animals. Her practice is deeply guided by the wisdom of animals, her intuition, and her love for all things teaching. In her work, she strives to support both humans and animals in a way that honours each being's authenticity, bringing in both the physical and spiritual worlds.
As a faculty member, Brittany is committed to empowering individuals on their developmental journeys. She recognizes each being—whether animal or human—as a unique individual with their own lived experiences, challenges, and passions. With a commitment to inclusivity, she creates a welcoming and safe space where all feel seen, heard, and supported.
Brittany’s passion for her work shines through in all that she does. She is excited to share her passion, and knowledge, and connect with others while guiding them on this transformative journey.
Investment:
Option 2: Community support
Gives you access to the course plus community space so you can ask questions and receive support and guidance as you navigate transition. This is good for a year of support. After the year you can decide if you want to opt in again or not, you will continue to get access to the course content and library.
$375 CDN or 6 payments of $62.50
Option 1: Evergreen option
Gives you lifetime access to the course material, library and updated content, we will be adding to this course with each transition we navigate. You will get automatic access to all course material and content
$125 CDN or 4 payments of $32 CDN