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Why Fear is a Sacred Doorway

Aedín is a small black six-year-old quarter horse mare who was saved from the kill pens last year. When she arrived three months ago to live at our ranch she had not been trained or ridden. In horsemanship terms, you would say she hadn’t been ‘broken’. Broken––such an incisively appropriate term for what we do to horses (and people I would add). In order to feel safe on the back of one thousand pounds of wild horse muscle, trainers notoriously intimidate, bully and manipulate their four-legged companions into submission, rendering them emotionally numb and spiritually bereft. Cowboys call these horses proudly ‘yes ma’am-ers’. I call them a tragedy.

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Southwestern Exposure

The most memorable experience, perhaps, is located a short but beautiful hike away from the resort, at Thunderbird Ridge. There, bordering the property of Egan’s former home (where local shamans have located two spiritual vortexes), co-founders Kelly Wendorf and J. Scott Strachan have launched a horse-assisted self-empowerment program, Equus.

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Beware the Reality Check

Dream denial comes in all kinds of forms, packaged seductively inside facts, rationalizations, statistics, or morality. I would hear things like, “Well, let’s just be realistic here. Banks don’t make business loans to companies with your cash flow.” Or “It’s even more expensive to take care of your own horses than just board them at a stable,” Or said for my own good like “Do you want to have all that responsibility?”…

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Getting Ahead by Leading From Behind

Sitting across the table from Dr. Hoffman, I observed a very specific sense emerging in the space. It was a feeling of infinite possibility. I felt exceptional self-confidence and sparkle—not in him—in me. I felt, well, remarkable, as if I had super powers and could do anything I put my heart into. It then dawned on me that this was his gift—he saw, and therefore evoked, greatness in others.

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EQUUS Animal Partners

Wynnie

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Lizzie

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Molly

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Kassandra

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Cimarron

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September 22, 2020

Flying Lead Change is Here!

August 4, 2020

Virtual EQUUS Herd Visit

August 3, 2020

Miracles are a Natural Symptom of Life

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April 5, 2021

The Care and Feeding of Empaths

It is estimated that empaths make up 15-20% of the population, meaning that there is a chance that you could be one, or most certainly know one.
March 1, 2021

Where to Stand As the World Goes Insane

January 11, 2021

The Monsters We Create

December 30, 2020

How Doing Nothing Makes You More Productive

December 9, 2020

Trapped – the Spiritual Awakening of Confinement

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Kindred: Finding A Bridge To Indigenous Wisdom And Worldview: An Interview With Kelly Wendorf

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March 24, 2021

Experience, Discovery and Moving Forward

Virtual Campfire
September 23, 2020

Virtual Campfire Podcast: How You Can Lead From Behind with Kelly Wendorf

July 30, 2020

What is a Flying Lead Change?

July 18, 2020

Calling Them In – A better way to social change than shaming oppressive mindsets

July 3, 2020

Anger is Your Friend

June 10, 2020

Suffocating Racism

May 26, 2020

How You Imprison Yourself – You may not realize it, but you have the key

May 20, 2020

It’s Not Your Fault – Some things are so much bigger than you and your choices

May 6, 2020

Why Fear is a Sacred Doorway

April 30, 2020

Dreading the End of the Lockdown?

April 28, 2020

MoxieCast 043: How to Lead From Behind, with Kelly Wendorf

April 24, 2020

Coacharya: Wonder Women Wednesday

April 8, 2020

How to Create Your Own Virtual Support Circle

March 31, 2020

15 Ways I’m Staying Sane in Lockdown

March 14, 2020

Karuna-virus: The One Most Effective Thing You Can Do Right Now

March 1, 2020

Why Love is Not Enough in Relationships

December 5, 2019

Dealing with Family Drama in the Holidays

October 6, 2019

In Preparation for the Imminent Storm

September 2, 2019

Travels with Darley

July 19, 2019

Presence as a Coaching Tool, Coacharya Coaching Colloquium

July 3, 2019

The Shadow Side of Mindfulness

May 10, 2019

Southwestern Exposure

March 18, 2019

Beware the Reality Check

January 25, 2019

Getting Ahead by Leading From Behind

January 19, 2019

Wynnie

January 19, 2019

Lizzie

January 12, 2019

Molly

January 12, 2019

Kassandra

January 12, 2019

Cimarron

January 12, 2019

Blue

January 12, 2019

Dante

January 12, 2019

Cisco

January 12, 2019

Brio

November 14, 2018

Forbes says, ‘EQUUS will change your life.’

September 30, 2018

Leadership – It’s Not What You Think It Is 

September 12, 2018

Artemis

August 18, 2018

An Antidote to Overwhelm

August 15, 2018

EQUUS’s Own Horse ‘Brio’ on London’s West End

June 10, 2018

Optimizing Outcomes by Creating Good Containers

April 19, 2018

The New Midlife (not)-Crisis

March 12, 2018

The New Age of Corporate Enlightenment

February 11, 2018

The Boxes We Live Inside

January 22, 2018

Throw Away Your Plans

January 8, 2018

Going Native – Reclaiming Our Lives from Oppression and Stress

December 7, 2017

21 Lessons on Leadership and Love from an Uncommon Master

October 31, 2017

Stop Saying Kumbaya and Woo Woo

September 10, 2017

Joy as a Way Through Darkness

August 12, 2017

The Most Overlooked But Essential Leadership Strategy

June 11, 2017

Empowering Others by How You See Them

April 20, 2017

Doubt, Despair, Darkness and Walls—Symptoms of a Passionate Life

February 23, 2017

You Are Not a Hypocrite

January 15, 2017

Disappoint Someone

December 12, 2016

No One is Spiritual

September 6, 2016

Small is Better

August 8, 2016

How to Have Less Drama in Your Relationships (Relational Literacy 101)

February 4, 2016

The Beauty in Breakdowns, Meltdowns and Implosions

April 22, 2015

Be Different: Be Wise

December 3, 2014

Cultivate Indifference

October 14, 2014

Why We Need Softies in Leadership

July 10, 2014

Horse Herd Dynamics and the Art of Organizational Success

April 25, 2014

Essential Qualities of an Awakened Leader

April 3, 2014

The Four Phases of a Request

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March 24, 2021

Experience, Discovery and Moving Forward


Media


April 12, 2021

Kindred: Finding A Bridge To Indigenous Wisdom And Worldview: An Interview With Kelly Wendorf

March 22, 2021

The New York Times

June 20, 2020

“What Horses Can Teach Us About Leadership”

April 28, 2020

MoxieCast 043: How to Lead From Behind, with Kelly Wendorf

April 24, 2020

Coacharya: Wonder Women Wednesday

September 2, 2019

Travels with Darley

July 19, 2019

Presence as a Coaching Tool, Coacharya Coaching Colloquium

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Our Beginning

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Our Beginning


EQUUS Co-Founders Kelly Wendorf and J. Scott Strachan began on completely different paths. Kelly, a mother of two, was working as a horse trainer, coach, mentor, and facilitator in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and developing The EQUUS Experience®. Scott was living on a boat in California, working as an executive /personal coach, culture consultant, and facilitator. 

Kelly and Scott met when they were both invited to a coach’s summit in Florida. Though they had many things in common, when Kelly described to Scott the part of her work that included horses, Scott expressed his indifference towards horses saying that in his opinion horses were ‘1200 pound beasts with brains the size of walnuts and it made for a bad combination!’ 

Kelly invited Scott to come to Santa Fe and try the EQUUS Experience®. Within twenty minutes, Scott held a new perspective and appreciation for horses, and their powerful ability to create change. He asked Kelly why she had been keeping this work a secret, and immediately invested himself to change that. He traded his boat shoes for cowboy boots and moved out to Santa Fe. 

Starting a business together is never a first recommendation for a new couple, but Kelly and Scott are no ordinary pair. From the beginning they shared a passion for creating conditions where people and organizations could transform. The couple continued Kelly’s work of EQUUS and began the search for a property on which to not only call home, but to create a campus for guided self-discovery.

While on this search, they met with Four Seasons Rancho Encantado. During this meeting, Scott and Kelly were informed of an 11-acre estate next door that had stood empty for eight years, suffering from years of neglect. They committed themselves to fixing it up and creating an environment befitting EQUUS’s quickly growing, high-performing clientele. Their journey would require exactly what they empower their clients to do – leverage their gifts, strengths and crystal clear intention.

This is what they continue to do every day.

Scott and Kelly take special care to work within the Traditional Indigenous protocols of the area, and engage with the Tesuque Pueblo governance.They have received express permission to do the EQUUS work. Tesuque Elder, Kathy Sanchez, came to the property, blessed the land, blessed each of the horses, and blessed their work. They embed this protocol each day by formally acknowledging the Traditional carers, past present and future, in every opening of their workshops and retreats, and thanking them for EQUUS’s ability to do its work on the land. In ongoing support of their neighbors, EQUUS donates their property and workshop space to Tewa Women United, a multicultural and multiracial organization founded and led by Native women.

The property has become Thunderbird Ridge – an Experiential Discovery and Learning Campus. It is the home of five horses, a donkey named Kassie, two dogs, and two barn cats. It is a place that embraces every client that steps foot onto the land, and places themselves into the powerful tutelage of the horses. Each and every person, without exception, leaves there transformed.

They are still at the beginning. There is so much more about to unfold – for EQUUS, for its clients, and for you. We invite you to follow along with us as we continue to grow and make an immeasurably powerful impact in the world. 

Welcome to EQUUS, we are so pleased that you are a part of this journey.

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The EQUUS Experience®

Our award-winning leadership and personal development process engages partnership with horses to inspire discovery and insight.

The approach uses various forms of ground work exercises that encourage collaborative learning between horse and human, revealing the way that participants relate to others and themselves. 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.


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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.


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Wisdom Circles®

Change happens when people are surrounded by community. Healthy organizational cultures are created by leaders who are confident in each other, can confide safely in one another, and are aligned for a common purpose. For this reason EQUUS created the facilitated online peer group meetings called Wisdom Circles.


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Custom Designed
Retreats and Workshops

Through an extensive intake process, EQUUS designs and facilitates life changing experiences for groups and individuals.

Retreats are multi-day and are followed by several months of integrative coaching to ensure achieved outcomes. Clients can 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, providing a seamless retreat experience where the clients’ needs are met from the moment they disembark from their plane. 

Workshops are half-day, day-long, or 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 best serve the needs of our clients.

Shamanic Offerings

The EQUUS Shamanic offerings are a spiritual approach to help restore and deepen your connection to Mother Earth through earth-based wisdom traditions. In our sessions together, we look at ways you are able to create conditions for an authentic connection to Mother Earth. You will discover how to initiate that connection to Mother Earth through learning earth-based techniques that anchor, grow, and strengthen your inner vision. This inner vision allows you to tap into your Soul Vision and assists you in navigating challenge with genuine earth-based technologies. As you re-orient yourself back to your Soul, you encounter yourself from a more evolved space that will support you to align more fully with your deeper knowing and purpose.

Thunderbird Ridge Venue

Thunderbird Ridge is the 11 acre EQUUS Experiential Discovery and Learning Campus in the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, and a premiere location seated on sacred ground where the original land’s caretakers are honored today. Extreme care and the highest standards are held. The campus includes a gracious hacienda, a large workshop space streaming with natural light with a portal framing the Jemez Mountains. There is a private one-on-one room, a sculpture garden walk, nature and hiking trails that lead into the National Forest. Among native piñon groves are secluded meditation and contemplative spots and vistas, and a covered pergola overlooking our arena. Nearby and within easy access are premiere hotels, Tesuque Village, and historic Santa Fe is simply 15 minutes away.


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Stories of Transformation


Couple’s Retreat
Lucy and Robert, married for 28 years, seeking to renew and revitalize their relationship.



Government Agency
Change Culture of Department Through Long-Term Contract.



International Consultancy Firm
The client sought a deeply personal experience for each participant, and a transformational change.



Women, Power & Money Retreat
A three-day retreat for 12 professional women from major national corporations, educational institutions and privately held businesses.


Client List (Partial)

AAA Colorado

Alan Cumming (Actor)

Amanda Palmer (Singer, Songwriter, Activist)

American Family Insurance

Amy Tan (Author)

Axialent

Bank of the Rio Grande

CareSource

Central Garden and Pet

CIC Advisory

Cisco

Collideoscope

CSG West

Dan Brown (Author)

DENT the Future

Equinix

Four Seasons

Geraldine Brooks (Author)

Hallmark Home Mortgages

Healthy Native Community Partners

Jamie Lee Curtis (Actress)

Jeff and Susan Bridges
 (Actor)

Jeff Tweedy and family (Singer, Songwriter)

Jim Gaffigan (Comedian)

Julie Taymor (Lion King)

J.R. (Photographer, Activist)

Kevin Richardson (The Lion Whisperer)

Mary Kay Cosmetics

Microsoft

Neil Gaiman (Author)

New Mexico Tourism Department

Pacific Pulmonary Services

Patty Smith (Singer, Songwriter)

REI

Rich Litvin

Shire Pharmaceuticals

Shirley MacClaine (Dancer)

StriVectin

The North Face

The Seminar Network

TEWA Women United

Tory Burch

Tracy Pollan

Yale University

Wonderful

Zelda LaGrange (Assistant to Nelson Mandela)

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The Spiral Connection

EQUUS strives to be socially responsible to those underserved communities, non-profit organizations and individuals who are making a difference in the world.

Our client loyalty and community outreach scholarship program

Most of our clients are by referral and we want to reciprocate that positive energy. We give a ‘thank you’ commission for the referral of someone to EQUUS who then becomes an EQUUS client. Referrals may be used in several ways:

  • Referral Thank You Commission paid directly to you in cash.
  • Referral Thank You Commission credit towards your next engagement with EQUUS
  • Or, you may wish to donate your Referral Thank You Commission to the Spiral Connection Scholarship Fund, a public outreach program that gifts an EQUUS Experience process to qualified social change thought leaders, community activists and educators.

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What if all the assumptions you had about yourself and your organization were not only challenged, but dispelled?

What if they were replaced by new possibilities and potential?

Imagine literally changing your brain to be wired towards presence, attunement and wisdom.

Imagine creating the life you really deserve.

The EQUUS Experience®



The EQUUS Experience® is our flagship program, for which we have gained international acclaim. It is our award-winning personal and leadership development process that changes organizations, and transforms individuals, families, leaders, and teams. Through partnership with horses and masterful facilitation by our staff, The EQUUS Experience® inspires breakthrough learning in a joyful, powerful, and sustainable way. The process takes place at Thunderbird Ridge, and is a stand alone two-hour and four-hour program and is also embedded inside our retreats, workshops and certification trainings.

Are you interested in having your own EQUUS Experience? Use the form to the right to contact us.



Frequently Asked Questions about

The EQUUS Experience®

Our Award Winning Transformational Process


Can people just drop by Thunderbird Ridge?

EQUUS Experience® sessions and our other programs are by appointment only. Because of the nature of our work, and that we are often engaged with other clients, we do NOT accept drop-ins.

Can I ride your horses?

No riding is involved and we do not put people on the horses at any time.

Is it equine therapy?

The EQUUS Experience® is ‘Equine Integrated Learning’ and is not therapy. It is about learning, discovery and creating new practical ways to live and lead. The horses reflect who you are, and how you show up, absent the story you might tell yourself about that. This liberates potential and possibilities to enhance a fulfilling life and / or career.

Who do you serve?

We work with individuals, couples, families, professionals, and groups of all kinds.

Is it safe? And what if I am afraid of horses?

EQUUS Experience® horses are highly trained and very respectful of their human counterparts. Many clients first walk into the paddocks being very afraid of horses, and emerge with a deeper understanding of that fear and how to work with it, and a herd of new equine friends!

How long is a session?

We offer two-hour and half-day sessions. We also offer deep dive private retreats for a half-day, up to three days. These longer engagements use other processes, in addition to the horses, to inspire life-changing experiences.

Can I do a session today?

Advance notice is preferred, but last minute sessions can sometimes be booked.

Is there an age requirement?

Minimum age: 12. Younger children may participate with adult supervision and as pre-arranged.

Where are you located?

On site at Four Seasons at Thunderbird Ridge, our learning campus. We are literally a two minute drive away, or a seven minute walk away (on a lovely scenic well-marked trail that goes door to door).

What happens during a session?

Each session is custom-designed to meet the specific needs of the client, and so there is not ‘one way’ that it looks. But basically, people are engaging with either the entire herd, or one horse at a time using various forms of ‘groundwork’ exercises. They are accompanied by a skilled facilitator who is trained in the discipline of human development and learning, and this facilitator uses inquiry processes to assist in the insights and learning.

What are some of the things you explore?

  • Leadership and right use of power
  • Trust in ones self and others
  • Creating conditions for thriving
  • Mindfulness and presence
  • Boundaries
  • Connection to your authentic self and your purpose Accessing wisdom to inform your actions
  • How to inspire others
  • The power of intention
  • Tapping into intuition and creativity
  • Creating healthier relationships
  • How to attune to others
  • The art of regulating stress in yourself and others

What are some of the healing benefits of The EQUUS Experience®?

The EQUUS Experience® works with the confluence of neuroscience, attachment theory, radical self-inquiry and equine behavioral sciences to create breakthrough learning experiences that literally rewire participants brains towards wellness, fulfillment, confidence and courage. This results in peoples’ lives changing, whether it be within the context of their work or their personal life. Clients report that they feel greater awareness, increased trust in themselves and others, a deeper sense of purpose and meaning, and clearer direction informed by wisdom.

Are the horses really engaging, or is this just our imagination?

All of our work is based in the rigorous science of horse behavioral science. We do not anthropomorphize them, nor project stories upon them. Our horses are diligently engaged with daily through riding and groundwork that inspires them to be free-thinking, respectful, partnering and opinionated. Not every horse makes a good EQUUS horse. We enlist horses that are spirited, special, keen to engage with people, and equipped to be robust and opinionated partners in facilitation.

Are there pre-requisites such as knowing how to ride a horse that must be met before taking part in the program?

There are no prerequisites. No riding is involved, no horse experience necessary. This is not about the horse; it is about the individual person, group or team, and what they want to learn.

Why do you work with horses to teach people about themselves?

As horses are animals of prey they have acute sensitivity to all influences around them. They mirror these influences in very specific and direct ways. This makes them trustworthy reflections of what is really at work underneath the story we might tell ourselves, or the qualities about ourselves that may be hidden.



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The 5 Pillars for Thriving

56 Million Years of Wisdom


© 2018, EQUUS. Thunderbird Ridge, LLC. All rights reserved.


5 synergistic core pillars held masterfully with the imperatives of care and presence.

A co-designed, safe, non-linear, custom process that impacts each individual in a way that’s just right.

EQUUS Inspired®

Custom-Curated Approach to Breakthrough Learning

EQUUS is a personal and organizational change platform where clients are supported in reshaping their neural landscape to support a life of meaning and resilience. Our unique process is custom designed and personal for each individual. We work remotely, onsite at organizational locations, and at our Experiential Discovery and Learning Campus, Thunderbird Ridge.

Thunderbird Ridge, located at the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo mountains in Santa Fe New Mexico, is a safe and sacred place — created with intention and truth and great care — honoring the original caregivers of the land, nature, our clients and the world around us.

We Explore How To:

  • Develop and master non-verbal skills
  • Develop inner resourcefulness in the face of challenges
  • Work through a power-with dynamic vs. a power-over dynamic
  • Diversify one’s leadership skills and styles
  • Be present, and know its impact
  • Create trust and safety
  • Develop the ability to self-regulate, and regulate others
  • Gain clarity of intention
  • Have sane, safe, mutually supportive relationships
  • Stay calm in a crisis
  • Sense ’emergent’ futures, and engage in ’emergent’ learning
  • Practice the art of collaborative leadership
  • Access wisdom

… and much more.

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About

About

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A culture built on authenticity, accountability, and
collaboration can forge the way to a more just and sustainable world.

We believe that people are capable of amazing, creative, and purposeful accomplishments, and that their dreams are made manifest through courage, intention, honesty, and challenging their own thinking. EQUUS is an innovative change-making platform that assists individuals and organizations in becoming who they deeply strive to be, and in achieving what they profoundly wish to achieve.

Our clients are high performers and life long learners who appreciate our unconventional approach to inspired leadership, personal and professional development, self-agency, and transformation. We custom design experiential processes that support breakthrough learning and long-term sustained change.

We work offsite, virtually, and on our 11-acre Experiential Learning & Discovery Campus – Thunderbird Ridge in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Mission

EQUUS is a personal and professional development organization. 

Inspired by nature-based wisdom and informed by neuroscience, we create conditions for transformative learning and organizational change. We leverage evidence-based experiential approaches to ignite powerful, lasting, breakthrough learning and self-actualization for individuals, families, teams, and organizations. We create custom processes to support the needs and meaningful achievements of our clients, whether they be short-term sessions and workshops, or long-term retainer engagements. 

Built on approaches of self-mastery, discovery, and leadership, we offer uniquely transformational coaching, retreats, and workshops for our clients, as well as certifications for select, advanced coaches. 

We custom-curate innovative ways that people can become their best selves and accomplish their most ambitious dreams.

EQUUS leads humanity, relationship, and leadership coaching for individuals and groups. Our work develops new capacities for the awareness, wisdom, and presence required in today’s world. New learning conditions need to be created for such capacities to emerge. EQUUS creates these conditions for our clients — with extreme care and the highest standards.


Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Promise

Sacred

EQUUS believes places, people, creatures, and circumstances deserve unconditional positive regard. We express this wherever we are, with a respect, reverence, care, and connection to the place that we are and everyone who is present. We bring along the epic histories and lessons taught to us by Elders of Original Peoples from around the globe to share, teach, and continue powerful conversation with people from all walks of life. We acknowledge and pay deep respect and gratitude to the traditional carers, elders and ancestors — past, present, and future, of the land on which we work.

The Spiral


The spiral is the oldest symbol known to be used by mankind. It is found in petroglyphs, art, and on dwellings all around the world — across many traditions, ages, and cultures. It reflects the universal pattern of growth and evolution and represents the goddess, the womb, fertility, and life force energy. Reflected in the natural world, the spiral is found in human physiology, plants, minerals, animals, energy patterns, weather, growth, and death. It is a sacred symbol that reminds us of our evolving journey in life. When used as a personal talisman, the spiral helps consciousness to accept the turnings and changes of life as it evolves. This is why it is deliberately integrated as part of the EQUUS logo.

Communication is a core principle with us.
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EQUUS believes places, people, creatures and circumstances deserve unconditional positive regard.

Founding Partners

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Kelly Wendorf

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J. Scott Strachan

Faculty

EQUUS Faculty are hand-selected based on their unique gifts, genius and mastery. Each faculty member was recruited based on several factors: training / background and education, character and depth, and a unique purpose. We are profoundly proud of our EQUUS Faculty. They enable EQUUS to precisely and expertly respond to each and every client that comes our way.

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Adam Ram Charan

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Daniel Weil

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Niccole Toral

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Mary Ann Menetrey

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Audrey Herrera-Castillo

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Kendra Prescott

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Susan Morel

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Aedín

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