The Equus Effect Program

The Equus Effect Program We teach veterans, first responders and ‘warriors from all walks of life’ how to wake UP and settle DOWN.

Through experiential learning with horses, body-based practices, insights into why we get stuck in habitual patterns and then, we help set you free! We also do one-on-one coaching, workshops and weekend retreats for men and women who want to rediscover their own "horse sense" and write new scripts for their futures.

🐴 Join us for our picnic in the round pen!Bring your family, pack a blanket, and we'll handle the cookies. Sunday, June ...
06/18/2026

🐴 Join us for our picnic in the round pen!

Bring your family, pack a blanket, and we'll handle the cookies. Sunday, June 28th, 1-3pm at The Equus Effect, 37 Drum Road in Sharon, CT. Cowboy boots welcome. 🤠

We look forward to seeing you there! Please RSVP so we know how many cookies to make: https://www.facebook.com/events/2455309911649325

06/16/2026

We were so happy to have Ipek Serifsoy as a participant in the Somatic Enneagram retreat at The Equus Effect. In this video, she talks about her experience as an Enneagram Type 3 working with Blaze in the round pen.

Our upcoming workshop, Inside the Equus Effect, is available twice this year.

Choose one and join us! July 7 - 9 or October 2 - 4. https://www.theequuseffect.org/itee

06/12/2026

Meet Lance. He's half thoroughbred, half Clydesdale, and part of our program here at The Equus Effect.

So much of what we do comes down to energy. We use rope halters and our participant's energy to ask our horse to do something with us. Once they understand what you're actually asking for, it transforms the work that you do with them. In this demo, Jane explains how we work with the horses and then shows you what it actually looks like in practice.

The rope halter encourages a softer feel, and that clears the way for the body to ask without adding pressure through the lead line. So when Jane invites Lance to come with her, she isn't pulling him. She's just asking. Embodiment plus minimal essential pressure, that's the whole approach.

Want to learn this in person? You can choose between two dates to join our Inside the Equus Effect workshop this year: July 7 - 9 or October 2 - 4, 2026. Visit theequuseffect.org to register!

Our Train to Facilitate Program is body-based and grounded in nervous system work, built for horse professionals, EAL pr...
06/11/2026

Our Train to Facilitate Program is body-based and grounded in nervous system work, built for horse professionals, EAL practitioners, and coaches who want to go deeper with their clients. We're so excited to share more about it with you here.

The 2026–2027 cohort is now forming! Joining the program requires attending Inside The Equus Effect, a weekend-long workshop being offered twice this year: July 7 - 9 and October 2 - 4.

The workshop is not just open to professionals. We welcome anyone who feels a need for grounding.

Get in touch with us if you have any questions and visit theequuseffect.org to learn more.

Most people leave a session feeling that something has shifted, and that feeling is real, but the point of the work is t...
06/04/2026

Most people leave a session feeling that something has shifted, and that feeling is real, but the point of the work is to make sure that shift follows us home.

This is where integration comes in. It’s not necessarily about the insight that happened in the round pen or in the therapist’s office, but about the argument that didn't escalate or the pause you were able to take before reacting to a trigger.

Those are the moments that tell us the work we are doing is real.

05/27/2026

Horses show us how we come across, without a word from us. Very cool.

05/27/2026

A subtle shift in energy can change everything.

In this exercise, Lance responds not to force or big gestures, but to small changes in pace, focus, breath, and intensity. As the participant raises their energy, Lance moves forward. As it softens and settles, he comes to a quiet stop.

Most of us don’t realize how much we communicate through the energy we bring into a space. But others feel it, often before we say a word.

Good boy, Lance.

05/25/2026

These images are from a visit to the Omaha Beach and Vietnam Memorials in Normandy, France and Washington, DC.

General Eisenhower told the troops before D-Day, that he knew the casualties would be great. They went anyway.

Everyone knew and they went anyway.

I read every single story that accompanied the photos of soldiers who survived to tell their tales. Men who crossed that unfathomably treacherous beach and climbed to safety, most of whom said that they were one of the few who survived.

The courage to face these unthinkable odds was and still is, unbelievably moving to me.

It was hard to leave the cemetery with crosses that mark the 9,389 lives that were lost in June, 1944.

We know many Vietnam vets at The Equus Effect and every single one knew others whose names are etched on the war memorial in DC.

The men and women who served in Iraq and Afghanistan lost battle buddies and will never forget those who could not remain on this planet after coming home.

It will take much more than a moment today for us to remember them all.

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37 Drum Road
Sharon, CT
06069

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+12036131107

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