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Walking With Horse Medicine
​Phase 2


Becoming Herd: Embodied Partnership, Unique Medicine, and Inviting Others In
4-week online immersion
(with optional in-person integration weekend)
Of note**** this is the introductions into this work, an entry point and place to inspire forward movement, not a replacement for an in-depth certification program.  I will be launching a year long program this June that will be a certification program.  This is an introduction.

Phase 2 is for the student who has begun the foundations and now feels the deeper call:
To stop “working with horses” from the outside… and begin belonging with them from the inside.
This is where your nervous system learns the language of the herd.
This is where you stop performing leadership… and become it.
This is where you learn to partner with horses in a way that is unique to you, deeply attuned, and unmistakably embodied.

In this four-week journey, you’ll learn how to merge with your herd field, follow your instincts with clarity,
and begin inviting other humans into that field in a way that is safe, ethical, grounded, and powerful.

Who This Is For


Phase 2 is designed for people who:

  • have completed Phase 1 (or have a strong foundation working with horses)
  • want to deepen their intuitive partnership and embodied leadership
  • feel called to facilitate healing experiences with horses (formally or informally)
  • want to learn how to invite others into the herd space without over-functioning
  • are ready to stop “trying to do it right” and start trusting their own medicine

What You’ll Learn (The Big Transformation)
By the end of Phase 2, you will:

  • understand how to enter the herd field and be received by it
  • know how to work with horses through feel + timing + presence, not control
  • build trust in your unique style of leadership and partnership
  • learn how to create a safe, clear container for another human near horses
  • practice guiding experiences that are emotionally intelligent and grounded
  • feel what it means to be co-regulated by the herd and lead from that place
This is where it stops being “horse work” and becomes horse culture + heart intelligence + embodied facilitation.


Phase 2 Curriculum (4 Weeks)

Week 1 — Entering the Herd Field: From Observer to Belonging
Theme: “I am not outside the herd. I am in relationship with it.”

The difference between watching horses and being with horses


  • How to enter a herd space in a way that creates trust and clarity
  • Reading the herd’s “yes / no / not yet”
  • Nervous system cues: collapse, fawn, force, freeze (and how they show up around horses)
  • Practice: Herd entry ritual + coherence + boundaries
  • Integration: simple daily “herd listening” practice
Outcome: You learn to walk with the horses.


Week 2 — Your Unique Horse Medicine: Instinct, Style, and Signature
Theme: “I stop copying. I start becoming.”


This week is about you.

Not what everyone else says is right. Not the performance. Not the rules.

  • Identifying your natural way of partnering (soft power vs. directive, stillness vs. movement)
  • The “Medicine Horse” method: presence → request → response → integration
  • How your emotional field impacts horses (and how to work with that)
  • Developing your “signature”: the way horses respond to you specifically
  • Practice: one horse, one intention, one truth
  • Integration: reflective journaling + embodied debrief
Outcome: You start trusting your own medicine with horses.


Week 3 — Co-Creation: Partnership, Leadership, and Being Merged With the Herd
Theme: “Leadership is relationship.”


This is where it becomes less about technique… and more about field leadership.
Herd leadership vs. human dominance
  • How to hold a coherent field when the horse is emotional, shut down, pushy, or uncertain
  • Working with distance: the power of invitation
  • When to approach, when to pause, when to release
  • Practice: The Invitation Sequence
  • Integration: “earned closeness” and how trust is built in layers
Outcome: You learn how to lead without force — and follow without disappearing.


Week 4 — Inviting Others In: Holding Space With Horses (Safely + Ethically)
Theme: “I trust people to locate their inner guidance and find their way"


This is the bridge between your personal partnership and your ability to include another human in the work.

  • How to introduce a client/student/friend into the herd field
  • Safety + structure: what to watch for and how to intervene calmly
  • Emotional processing: allowing feelings without making it dramatic
  • The difference between being supportive vs. being responsible for someone’s experience
  • Creating a simple, repeatable session structure:
    Arrival → Intention → Herd Entry → Reflection → Integration
  • Practice: Facilitation script + container design
  • Integration: boundaries, aftercare, and nervous system completion
Outcome: You can invite people into the work without over-giving or overholding.


What’s Included

  • 4 live weekly Zoom calls (teaching + coaching + integration)
  • guided practices + field assignments each week
  • optional partner practice prompts (if you have horses available)
  • community support + reflection threads (if you want to include this like the membership)
  • replays available for those who can’t attend live

  • March 10, 2026 — 5:00–6:30 PM Arizona Time
  • March 17, 2026 — 5:00–6:30 PM Arizona Time
  • March 24, 2026 — 5:00–6:30 PM Arizona Time
  • March 31, 2026 — 5:00–6:30 PM Arizona Time

Investment
Early Bird $397 until 2/20/2026
then $497

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Phase 2 + Retreat Bundle Early Bird

$1,295.00

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Phase 3
​In person intensive, hands on, immersion with Michelle, fellow class members only, and three different horse herds in Sedona, AZ March 20-22, 2026

Prerequisite is that you attend phase 1 + phase 2 to attend this retreat.
Only 12 spots available.

3 Day Immersion Details
  • Home
  • About
    • Meet Michelle
  • Work with me
    • 1:1 Medicine Horse Journeys
    • Group Medicine Horse Journey Workshop
    • ReWild Your Nervous System Sessions
    • Medicine Horse Healing Custom Retreat
    • Horse Listening Services for Horses & Their Humans at your ranch
    • Somatic & Clarity Coaching
  • EVENTS
    • Special Medicine Horse Journey Workshop
    • Ranch Days + Sponsor A Horse
    • Medicine Horse Journey Workshop
    • Walking with Horse Medicine Online Offering >
      • Walking with Horse Medicine Phase Two
      • Walking with Horse Medicine Immersion
    • March Wild Soul Immersion Sedona
    • April 2026 Mustang Immersion Colorado >
      • ReWilding the Heart: Itinerary
    • Listening to Horses: Online Immersion >
      • Listening to Horses Video Page
  • Praise
  • Mustang Poetry
  • Contact
    • Cancellation Policy