For licensed therapists*, executive coaches, and retreat leaders
Be known for horse-partnered retreats, groups, and 1:1 sessions.*
Learn with me online, then complete an in-person retreat in New York, California, Illinois, or Costa Rica, included. No horse, farm, or riding experience needed.
Trained in person. Assessed in person. Ready to launch.
Led within your own license. Your training, your scope, your name.
Picture your next year.
A clear morning at the farm. A client takes a long, slow breath beside a horse and says, "What just happened?"
A group laughs together for the first time in months. You drive home steady, with energy left over, because your work now feels like what you came here to do.
Your calendar holds retreats, groups, and private sessions that carry your name. You set the prices, and no insurance panel decides what your time is worth. The relationships around you help you grow, and your clients grow with you.
This is a real path, and I'll show you how to walk it.
"The session was calming, insightful, and deeply connective. Through her guidance and the powerful lessons taught by the beautiful horses, our team experienced leadership in a way that was both grounding and impactful."
John Felton, President, Southern Chautauqua FCUHere is how I help you get there.
I bring you together for an in-person retreat.
A 3 to 4 day retreat in New York, California, Illinois, or Costa Rica, included. You practice, lead your own sessions, and I coach and assess you in person.
Included in your enrollment
I show you how to connect with a horse.
It is simpler than you think. Horses stay with their herd, in their own space, and you learn to be someone they choose to come near.
Graduate, Kentucky Equine Institute, Lexington, KY
I show you how to keep people safe and settled.
You practice breath and somatic release on yourself first, then learn to settle a client before any horse contact.
200-hour certified yoga teacher. Trauma-informed certified. ASIST trained.
I show you how to create the experience.
Step-by-step tutorials teach you to shape a space, set the pace, and add the details people remember.
35+ experiences created
I show you how to lead with confidence.
You always know your next move. I coach you in person until leading feels natural.
Chautauqua Leadership Network
I show you how to build the business around it.
Pricing, farm partnerships, waivers, and insurance guidelines are done with you. You set your own prices and sell what you built.
I've run cash-paid experience days that brought in $12,000.
Practices that become yours.
You won't only learn to teach this. You'll live it. In person, you learn the somatic release, breath work, and restorative movement I teach my own clients, and you practice until they're yours for mornings, between sessions, and the end of a long day.
This is how my clients describe their first time:
"AHH."
"What just happened?"
"I need to do this every day."
Safe for the person. Safe for the horse.
The horse chooses. Horses live with their herd. No round pen, no whip, no rope, no pressure to perform. The horse decides whether to come close, and you learn how to earn it.
The person settles first. You arrive calm, and the horse feels it.
Connection is invited. When a horse walks away, you learn to read that and adjust the session.
I built this program so people and horses are both well cared for.
"Dena's calm and relaxing personality helps you immediately feel at ease, even though our group had all beginners in it."
Holly R., Board Member, CS Therapeutic Riding"Dena created a warm, safe space and clearly cared deeply for both myself and her animals."
Julie L., Media Specialist, Public SchoolsWhat you'll learn.
- Read a horse's body language and signals
- Settle a client with breath and somatic practice before any horse contact
- Design a session from first greeting to closing reflection
- Set up safety, screening, and consent
- Find and partner with a horse farm, with scripts and an agreement
- Price your retreats, groups, and 1:1 sessions
- Lead with confidence and explain every choice you make
- Build a daily practice of your own
What you leave with.
- A 1:1 horse-partnered session that is yours
- A group or retreat built around your clients and your style
- A creative touch that sets your offering apart
- Waiver, agreement, and insurance templates, ready to adjust to your state
- Farm partnership scripts and agreement, so you know exactly how to partner with a horse farm
- A safety and consent process you can stand behind
- Prices you feel good about
- Sessions you've led, with me beside you
- A daily practice of your own
- An in-person retreat and assessment in New York, California, Illinois, or Costa Rica, included
- EUI certification when you meet the standard
The paperwork is done for you.
The parts that stop most people from starting are the parts I hand you, ready to use.
- Waiver templates for 1:1 sessions, groups, and retreats
- Insurance guidelines so you know what to ask and what to have in place
- Farm partnership kit: how to find the right horse farm, the words to approach them, and an agreement template
- Screening, consent, and client preparation forms
You adjust each one to your state's laws and your own practice, and you start from a finished draft.
How it works.
Travel and lodging are separate.
Go at your own pace.
What you can't get online.
Some things only happen in person, with the horses.
Horses, with you in person.
You work beside them, learn their signals, and practice with them in real time.
Live coaching and assessment.
I watch you lead, coach you on the spot, and assess you in person.
A farm partnership and paperwork kit.
Scripts, an agreement template, waivers, and insurance guidelines you adjust to your state.
Choose your retreat.
Four retreats through the year, same price. Pick the one that fits your calendar. Spots are limited at each.
New York
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California
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Illinois
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Costa Rica
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What leaders and clinicians say.
"Dena exceeded expectations. The joy, delight and peace experienced will never leave us... We will be passing the lessons on."
Susan B., MA, NCC, LPC, Clinical Director, Wellness Warrior Group Therapists"We all left feeling more embodied and connected... Dena was awesome throughout the planning process...very prompt and communicative."
Christina S., Owner, Wellness Warrior Group, MA, MS, NCC, LPC"It was the perfect opportunity to come together, get out of our comfort zones, and challenge our go-to mechanisms... The lessons learned were incredibly applicable to where we are headed as a team."
Elizabeth C., Decision Associates"It's all we could talk about on the drive home. I think what you do is so important not only for the people participating but for the animals as well."
J.D., Wellness Coach"Prior to our session, I struggled with nervousness. The biggest takeaway was finding the ability to ground myself in a way that deepened my connection with my horse... Now, when he acts out of the ordinary, I am able to quiet my energy and respond to his reactions confidently."
Clarissa S., ExecutiveMeet Dena.
I'm Dena Garfield, founder of Equine Union International. I've created more than 35 experiences and led 150+ sessions for individuals, clinical teams, executives, students, and retreat groups.
A corporate team rated one program 10 out of 10 (92%), and 96% would recommend it. A clinical group came for three hours, then posted about it themselves.
Enroll today.
You work with me directly, in live training and in person.
Start with $1,000 today, then two payments of $1,400. Or pay $3,800 in full. Your in-person retreat and assessment are included.
Enrollment closes [DATE]. Live training begins [DATE].
Enroll by [DATE] and receive a private 45-minute launch review with me.
You may be eligible to self-report this training for CEUs. Check your state's regulations for details.
Start My Certification: $1,000 today
After you enroll, I call you personally to welcome you and plan your path.