Equine Energy Connection
“Horses forge the mind, the character, the emotions and inner lives of humans.” — Charles de Kunffy
Mondiwell’s founder, Lara Wilson, invites you to discover the beauty of deep connection through compassionate communication with horses, and learn how it leads to greater wellBEing.
Lara listens deeply. Her masterful evidence-based somatic and energy healing training invites us all to Be present in ways that re-regulate nervous systems. The deep trust that results from equine encounters leads horses and humans to communicate intuitively, connecting for the benefit of all. As one observer put it watching Lara’s work with a mare in liberty:
“It looked like you were dancing together to understand each other, and the energy swirling around you was … love.”
Are you aware that…
Horses’ electromagnetic field is 5 times as great as a human’s, which influences our heart rate and neurobiology.
Being in the presence of horses can help ease a dysregulated nervous system.
Horses sense your state of mind and some suggest ways to be calmer, if you care (or dare) to pay attention.
Observing herd behavior increases awareness of subtle signals that impact our relationships with others.
Mindful wellness practices such as breathing techniques invite horses and humans to connect, co-regulate and feel BEfriended.
Learning the language of horses allows us to better understand ourselves, one another and the natural world.
Whether you love horses, have no experience with them or feel uncertain in their presence, Being with horses opens a path to understanding your true Self.
BE Heard with Horses
The HeArt of Equine Connection
Begin your equine connection journey with a private one-on-one or shared two-person experience designed to prepare your nervous system for meaningful work with horses. Through mindfulness, guided self-awareness, and foundational practices, you'll develop the presence and inner steadiness that allow authentic connection with these remarkable animals.
By invitation only, Level 2 offers an immersive healing experience with horses for those who have completed the foundational work of Level 1. Together, you'll deepen your capacity for presence, trust, and authentic equine connection through guided interactions that invite profound personal insight and transformation.
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About Mondiwell’s Founder, Lara Wilson
Lara and her BEloved KWPN gelding, Chey
photo by Starlit Images
Lara has been a befriender of horses since childhood, when she spent hours playing in fields with members of a mixed herd at a university agricultural center. As a young person, her happiest moments were spent sitting on a horse willing to trot with no tack in a pasture, riding miles bareback to swim in a lake or jumping fallen trees along woodland paths. Her experiences discovering nuance of equine behavior through observation, play, and riding through feel helps her connect with honor each individual horse.
Over the decades, Lara’s equine teachers have included Belgian draft horses, off-the-track thoroughbreds, dressage horses of every level, Western pleasure and rodeo ropers, bold eventers, pinto ponies, athletic hunters and jumpers, rescued youngsters and wild mustangs. Even after years of lessons in various disciplines, it was all about fun and discover - fostering mutual understanding through curiosity, acceptance and compassionate communication.
During the Year of the Fire Horse, Lara had the good fortune of traveling to South Africa to have a personal session and be on retreat with the incomparable Candice Webster and her beloved herd of equine healers. As a lifelong embodied horse befriender, Lara has studied equine experiential arts in America and abroad with many celebrated instructors, including Barbara Alexander (NC), Double Dan (AU), Linda Kohanov (AZ), Lucinda Vette (AZ), and Cavalia originators Frederic Pignon and Magali Delgado (France). She has completed equine-based leadership coursework with Eponaquest and the Polyvagal Equine Institute, attended clinics with and studied the methodology of Jim Masterson, and is mentored by master equine healer, Jessica O'Neill of Orchard Brook Farm (MA) and esteemed international animal communicator, Anthea Payne (UK).
Following spinal fusion when her fourth child was a toddler, Lara was told to never ride again. Yet, after surviving eighteen intense months treating the cancer that took her mom too young, Lara’s recovery led her to choose what healed her best: time with horses. It was not easy. Multiple surgeries had “redesigned” her body, and she had to re-learn how to move in ways that would not cause injury and pain. This struggle, her greatest teacher, prompted her to undertake a master’s program in Mindfulness Studies that deepened not only her knowledge, but her understanding of the intuitive and energetic nature of all Beings.
FEEL THE LOVE with Lara and her horses - or yours!