ELEVATE EXPAND
ENLIGHTEN
BEYOND THE SADDLE:
Horses As Healers
Starr Horse Retreats
Minden, Nevada
Welcome to Starr Horse Retreats
A Sanctuary for Soul Awakening & Embodied Connection with Horses
In this sacred space nestled beneath the Sierra sky, horses are more than companions—they are cosmic allies and earthly shamans. They reflect your truth, amplify your gifts, and activate dormant codes of remembrance.
We are entering a new paradigm of Horse Activation, where transformation arises not from what needs fixing, but from what is ready to awaken.
Whether you are on a healing path or feeling called to something greater, Starr Horse Retreats is here to guide you into deeper resonance with yourself, with nature, and with the soul of the Earth.
Come as you are. Leave as who you came to be.
Founded in 2020, Starr Horse Retreats is a 30-acre bit-less horse sanctuary nestled in the Sierra Nevada. Here, horses are not seen as tools for therapy but as sovereign beings, shamans, and soul activators. Each horse in our herd carries a distinct energetic frequency, and together, they help our guests remember who they are, why they came to Earth, and what their soul mission is during this planetary awakening.
Here, the horses lead. They are mirrors of truth—illuminating unconscious patterns, revealing the shadow, and transmuting it through unconditional love. Unlike traditional talk therapy or equine-assisted models that center the human as healer, this approach honors the horse as guide, teacher, and sacred ally. Through them, we witness the sacred art of awakening in motion.
We offer two retreat pathways, both designed to support profound transformation:
🌀 Beyond the Saddle: Holistic Clicker Training Program
September 14 – October 10 | Tuition: $2000 (lodging included)
This four-week immersion is perfect for those longing to work with the herd daily. It offers a grounded, ethical way to engage in mutual trust, spiritual dialogue, and non-coercive learning with the horses. It is an intimate and illuminating way to explore your own inner landscape through relationship, attunement, and reflection. This program has been described as life-changing and initiatory by past participants.
October 17 – 20 | Tuition: $1500–$2000 (includes meals + lodging)
A ceremonial four-day immersion including sweat lodge, sound healing, cacao, flower baths, and guided work with the herd. This retreat is a powerful portal into soul remembrance, recalibration, and deep healing—held in reverence and co-creation with the Earth and the elemental forces.
🐴 We are located in Minden, Nevada, just 30 minutes east of Lake Tahoe, with three guest houses on the land.
To learn more about the depth of our work, we invite you to subscribe to our YouTube channel and explore the videos we’ve created over the past year:
Horse Healing Retreats
Awaken Through Horse Spirit Medicine
Step into a sacred sanctuary where horses are honored as shamans, healers, and cosmic mirrors. Our retreats weave together ceremony, sound, movement, and bareback connection to awaken the wisdom within.
Through practices like Free Liberty, yoga, Temazcal, and sacred flower baths, you’ll release old narratives, reset energetic patterns, and receive guidance for your path forward. Each moment with the herd becomes a portal—opening insight, activating confidence, and restoring your natural rhythm.
This is not just a retreat. It is a remembering. Come as you are, and return more fully to who you’ve always been—with the herd as your guide.
Music: Together
Jay Aliyev
Holistic Clicker Training Program
Beyond the Saddle: Holistic Clicker Training Program
This is a first-of-its-kind immersive, four-week experience designed to transform the way we engage with horses — and ourselves. Rooted in ethical horsemanship, our training method uses positive reinforcement and clicker communication to build trust, cooperation, and deep relational harmony.
Clicker training allows us to teach a horse virtually anything that traditional methods might — but without force. Instead, we work through clarity, curiosity, and compassionate feedback. It aligns with a conscious framework that honors the horse as a sentient being, not a tool to be controlled.
At Starr Horse Retreats, our herd of 17 free-roaming horses live on 30 sacred acres, supported by natural rhythms, clean water, community, and care. This environment allows them to step out of survival mode and into their true nature — as intuitive guides, teachers, and healers.
Students often arrive thinking they’re here to train horses.
But what they discover is that the horses are training them.
Angelene Hall discusses her experience at Starr Horse Retreats
