{"id":6524,"date":"2024-09-12T18:42:20","date_gmt":"2024-09-12T18:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.nihi.com\/sumba\/?post_type=wellness&#038;p=6524"},"modified":"2025-01-23T02:32:49","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T02:32:49","slug":"equine-connection","status":"publish","type":"wellness","link":"https:\/\/staging.nihi.com\/sumba\/wellness\/equine-connection\/","title":{"rendered":"Equine Connection Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"container header\" data-comp=\"header\" data-element=\"video-container\"><noscript><picture class=\"img-box\"><source media=\"(min-width: 961px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.nihi.com\/sumba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/equine_big.jpg\"><source media=\"(max-width: 960px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.nihi.com\/sumba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/equine_mobile.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.nihi.com\/sumba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/equine_big.jpg\" alt><\/picture><\/noscript><picture class=\"img-box\"><source media=\"(min-width: 961px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.nihi.com\/sumba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/equine_big.jpg\"><source media=\"(max-width: 960px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.nihi.com\/sumba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/equine_mobile.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt data-src=\"https:\/\/staging.nihi.com\/sumba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/equine_big.jpg\" class=\" lazyload\"><\/picture><div class=\"row outerText\"><div class=\"col-36-36 center\"><h2><br>Equine Connection<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"container full-text-section\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-12-12 center\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-transform:none\">The horses of Sumba take center stage of these sessions where the graceful synergy between humans and horses becomes a transformative journey of healing and self-discovery.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity small\">\n\n\n\n<p>Our local herd of gentle and intuitive horses become your partners in this therapeutic process where a series of five purpose-crafted sessions allow participants to gain profound insights into their emotions, communication styles, and behavioral patterns. As you interact with the horses, you learn to build trust, assert boundaries, and embrace vulnerability, through a unique language of feedback from your equine companions. To understand the horse is to understand yourself.<br><br>Equine Connection is available year round as a package or individual sessions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Our Wild Wellness team is ready to give more details,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a href=\"mailto:freya@nihi.com?subject=I want to know more about Wild Wellness\" style=\"background-color: rgba(150, 175, 107); border:0; justify-content: center; color: #fcf0e5; display:inline-block; align-items: center; text-transform: uppercase; padding: 20px 20px; letter-spacing: 0.1em; margin:  30px auto; align: center; font-family: var(--work-font) !important; font-size: 1.5em; cursor: pointer!important; text-decoration: none!important\">Contact us<\/a>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity big\">\n<\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"accordion-two-columns first-open\" data-comp=\"accordion-two-columns\"><div class=\"row top\"><header class=\"offset-left-12-1 col-12-10\"><h2 class=\"no-mobile\">Experiences<\/h2><\/header><menu class=\"offset-left-12-1 col-12-5\"><ul class=\"tabs no-mobile\"><li class=\"tab\" data-tab=\"0\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"accordion toggle\"><header><h4 class=\"no-mobile\">Equi-Essence<\/h4><div><i class=\"icon\"><\/i><\/div><\/header><\/li><li class=\"tab\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"accordion toggle\"><header><h4 class=\"no-mobile\">Equi-Seen<\/h4><div><i class=\"icon\"><\/i><\/div><\/header><\/li><li class=\"tab\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"accordion toggle\"><header><h4 class=\"no-mobile\">Equi-Tunned<\/h4><div><i class=\"icon\"><\/i><\/div><\/header><\/li><li class=\"tab\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"accordion toggle\"><header><h4 class=\"no-mobile\">Equi-Feel<\/h4><div><i class=\"icon\"><\/i><\/div><\/header><\/li><li class=\"tab\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"accordion toggle\"><header><h4 class=\"no-mobile\">Equi-Sana<\/h4><div><i class=\"icon\"><\/i><\/div><\/header><\/li><\/ul><\/menu><div class=\"aside-content col-12-6\"><article class=\"accordion\" data-tab=\"0\"><header class=\"mobile\"><h4>Equi-Essence<\/h4><div><i class=\"icon\"><\/i><\/div><\/header><div class=\"content-wrapper\"><div class=\"row-wrapper\"><div class=\"main\"><p>This session is an introduction to our NIHI<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> herd, to instill a general awareness to the horses\u2019 sensory perspectives, and how they communicate and navigate their world. By observing the natural social interactions and communication of the herd, we can gain insights into a horse\u2019s highly sensitive sensory system, one that both serves them as prey animals, and can lend itself to healing in humans. <br><br>Here guests will also learn the unique differences between Sumba horses and western domestic horses and be invited to experience horse communication and connecting. <br><br>This endeavors to allow enhanced levels of appreciation which opens avenues for deeper<br>horse to human connection and connection with self.<\/p><\/div><aside><ul><li><strong>Duration<\/strong><p>45 minutes<\/p><\/li><\/ul><\/aside><\/div><\/div><\/article><article class=\"accordion\" data-tab=\"1\"><header class=\"mobile\"><h4>Equi-Seen<\/h4><div><i class=\"icon\"><\/i><\/div><\/header><div class=\"content-wrapper\"><div class=\"row-wrapper\"><div class=\"main\"><p>Explorers will be guided through interactive exercises demonstrating how a horse may see and feel when engaging in the human world. <br><br>With glimpses of the world through the eyes of a horse, valuable insights are gained by experiencing elements of vulnerability on a path to allowing trust.<br><br>It also helps increase your awareness of the biofeedback symptoms of your nervous system<br>and awareness of stress coping and self-regulation.<\/p><\/div><aside><ul><li><strong>Duration<\/strong><p>45 minutes <\/p><\/li><\/ul><\/aside><\/div><\/div><\/article><article class=\"accordion\" data-tab=\"2\"><header class=\"mobile\"><h4>Equi-Tunned<\/h4><div><i class=\"icon\"><\/i><\/div><\/header><div class=\"content-wrapper\"><div class=\"row-wrapper\"><div class=\"main\"><p>This activity is designed to facilitate an environment for horse to human synchronization through sound and meditation. <br><br>Participating in this mindfulness practice and meditation can help quiet the mind, allow focus on the present moment and elevate<br>emotional states. It is in this space where the natural flow of well-being and healing is accessed.<\/p><\/div><aside><ul><li><strong>Duration<\/strong><p>45 minutes<\/p><\/li><\/ul><\/aside><\/div><\/div><\/article><article class=\"accordion\" data-tab=\"3\"><header class=\"mobile\"><h4>Equi-Feel<\/h4><div><i class=\"icon\"><\/i><\/div><\/header><div class=\"content-wrapper\"><div class=\"row-wrapper\"><div class=\"main\"><p>The exercise in this session further opens the channels of communication with the horse<br>through body language and energetic feel. <br><br>We explore engaging emotional feelings versus physically doing.<br><br>Playing with the power of these elements strongly elevates new levels of in the moment self\u2013awareness particularly in the areas of<br>trust, leadership and self-confidence.<\/p><\/div><aside><ul><li><strong>Duration<\/strong><p>45 minutes<\/p><\/li><\/ul><\/aside><\/div><\/div><\/article><article class=\"accordion\" data-tab=\"4\"><header class=\"mobile\"><h4>Equi-Sana<\/h4><div><i class=\"icon\"><\/i><\/div><\/header><div class=\"content-wrapper\"><div class=\"row-wrapper\"><div class=\"main\"><p>This dynamic and powerful movement session incorporates yoga asanas and breathwork, while working alongside your horse partner.<br><br>Trust, confidence, and pushing mental boundaries are themes here, and moving, breathing and stretching while using the horse for support, and as your mirror.<\/p><\/div><aside><ul><li><strong>Duration<\/strong><p>45 minutes<\/p><\/li><\/ul><\/aside><\/div><\/div><\/article><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"spacer\" style=\"--heightDesktop:60px;--heightMobile:20px\">\n\n\n\n<section class=\"container have-fun-activities-crosselling\" data-comp=\"have-fun-activities-crosselling\"><div class=\"row top\">\n<a class=\"col-article\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.nihi.com\/sumba\/wellness\/visiting-gurus\/\" target=\"_self\"><div class=\"media\"><noscript><picture 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