Starr Horse Retreats

10/23/2025

The Horses Are Returning as Healers

Horse healing centers are on the rise. Across the country, farmers are converting barns into places where people work with horses for trauma recovery, emotional awareness, and nervous system health.

Horses bring the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems into coherence. They offer a mirror for people to find the answers within themselves, often more directly than talk therapy. Even from several meters away, a horse can lower a person’s heart rate.

All horses can do this, but those living freely in herds and on pasture offer it most clearly. Farms are turning horses out of cages and back to open land. Barns are removing cross ties, bits, spurs, branding irons, and other relics of a harsh past.

We are making the change one barn at a time, one farm at a time. It is happening.

Starr Horse Retreats is part of it.

Edgar Cayce, a prophet of the 1930s whose many predictions proved true, spoke of a time when horses would return as healers of humankind

There is a prophecy by Edgar Cayce about horses that the world has ignored for nearly a century. He said a time would come when humanity, lost in its machine...

10/17/2025

This video marks the completion of our four-week Beyond the Saddle Holistic Clicker Training Program at Starr Horse Retreats.
Each student presented their final project with their horse partner, demonstrating what they have created together.
They also shared letters from the herd, reflecting the connection that has grown through presence, practice, and shared experience.

This closing day brought the program full circle, honoring the horses, the participants, and the journey of mutual learning.

Filmed at: StarrHorseRetreats, Nevada
Program: Beyond the Saddle Holistic Clicker Training Program
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10/16/2025

Galaxy, a former racehorse, played the drum during week 4 of our Beyond the Saddle Holistic Clicker Training Program at Starr Horse Retreats.
Valentine practiced the barrels for her partner’s final project, and we closed the day with a trail ride in the back ten acres eith Feather, who has never had a bit un her mouth.

Week four was riding week of our Beyond the Saddle Holistic Clicker Training Program, and Monday, October 6, was a day of firsts here at Starr Horse Retreats.

Solar, born at Starr Horse Retreats three years ago, went on his first trail ride with a rider on his back.

It was also the first time I rode River over the tire through the obstacle course. He placed all four feet on the large tractor tire and jumped off with me on his back. Galaxy did too! All four feet were on the tire with rider.
We are always bit less at Starr Horse Retreats.
We are a bitless center.

10/14/2025

This was our riding week, where students practiced yoga ba****ck on the horses.
The focus was alignment, balance, and connection through movement and breath.
Without saddles, each participant learned to feel the horse’s motion through direct contact, using the body as the point of communication.

Participants are now preparing their final projects, which they will present on Friday during the closing circle and graduation.

10/10/2025

Friday of Week 3 in the Beyond the Saddle Holistic Clicker Training Program opened with a quiet breathing session among the herd, inviting the group into stillness and presence.

Later, one participant experienced a meaningful ride with Feather under saddle in the Bunk Lot, a reflection of the trust and partnership cultivated throughout the week.

The day concluded with restorative yoga in the yurt and a group exploration of The Reckoning, the third stage of the Hero’s Journey and the Major Arcana. Through breath, movement, and reflection, students deepened their connection to the horses and to themselves, integrating lessons of surrender, transformation, and renewal.

🎥 Filmed at Starr Horse Retreats, Northern Nevada
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10/09/2025

Valentine, only three years old, carried her first saddle rider today. After morning Qigong in the pasture, the herd and students took their first trail ride together across the back ten acres in the light rain. It was a day of courage and connection, a moment where trust became movement.
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10/07/2025

Tuesday of Week 3 in the Beyond the Saddle Holistic Clicker Training Program began with morning yoga and a free-liberty meditation among the herd, opening the day in presence and flow.

Later, students learned to tie a simple knot in a halter to create a bitless bridle, beginning their first experiences of bitless riding. Using reins in harmony with the target, they explored mounted work guided by trust rather than pressure.

At Starr Horse Retreats, each exercise deepens the shared language between horse and human. Through balance, awareness, and positive reinforcement, riders learn to lead through intention, entering a new paradigm of partnership.

🎥 Filmed at Starr Horse Retreats, Northern Nevada