The EQUUS Experience®
One of our processes, for which we have gained worldwide acclaim, is The EQUUS Experience. Our award-winning leadership and personal development process, it engages partnership with horses to inspire discovery and insight in individuals, families and organizations in a joyful, memorable yet powerful way.
The approach uses various forms of ground work exercises that join horse and human into collaborative co-learning, thus revealing the way participants relate to themselves and others. All EQUUS facilitators are gifted at seeing these relationships and explore them with clients through the lenses of leadership, family, self-agency, wisdom and self-mastery.
No horse experience is necessary; no riding is involved.
Keystone Leadership™
Keystone species, such as the wolf or buffalo, change entire ecosystems by their mere presence. When wolves where reintroduced to Yellowstone, for example, rivers changed course, native flora and fauna returned, creating a healthier environment for all. In the same way, leaders have the capacity to wield enormous positive impact, not only by what they do, but by their presence. Our specially designed Keystone Leadership program works to cultivate this elusive yet essential capacity in leaders and leadership teams.
Personal and Executive Coaching
Coaching sessions are approximately 50 minute calls on a regular scheduled basis. We commit to assisting our clients with their optimal desired outcomes, and help them to remain accountable to themselves in honoring their values and goals.
Wisdom Circles®
Real sustained change happens when people are surrounded by community. Innovative organizational cultures are co-created by confident leaders who feel that they have each other’s backs, can trust one another, and can confide safely in one another, and are aligned for a common purpose. For this reason EQUUS created facilitated leadership peer-group meetings called Wisdom Circles.
Custom Designed
Retreats and Workshops
Through an extensive intake process, EQUUS designs and facilitates game- and life-changing experiences for groups and individuals.
Retreats are day long, and multi-day and followed by several months of integrative coaching to ensure achieved outcomes. Clients stay next door at Four Seasons Rancho Encantado, or at one of the VRBO / Airbnb managed two-bedroom self contained casitas at the adjacent Pueblo Encantado neighborhood. This provides a seamless retreat experience where the clients needs are met from the moment they disembark from their plane.
Workshops are half-day, day-long, and multi-day. Participants may stay at any of our accommodation partners, with transportation to and from Thunderbird Ridge handled by Santa Fe Valet. Workshops are usually coupled with several months of peer group circle meetings called Wisdom Circles® to ensure long term sustained change.
Our custom-designed workshops and retreats are available at Thunderbird Ridge and off-site, to serve the needs of our clients.