Epona Natural Horsemanship and Riding Academy

04/04/2025

04/01/2025

🐴🐰🌻I am so happy to share that I was able to offer camp to 4 fire victim families this Spring! Your support of the riding academy and camp helps me to offer my services to those in need at a very reduced rate or for free.

Though I am not a nonprofit I believe that every business should be and prioritize humanitarian efforts.

And.. there are still a few spots left for Spring Horse Camp (April 1-4) and (April 8-11) 🌻🐰🐴

🐎 AND Summer Camp registration is open!! 🐎

Hours 9-2
Ages 5-12

Enroll/more info:
www.eponariding.com/camp
8185682373

04/01/2025

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03/28/2025

Recent studies conducted by the Institute of HeartMath provide a clue to explain the bidirectional "healing" that happens when we are near horses. According to researchers, the heart has a larger electromagnetic field and higher level of intelligence than the brain: A magnetometer can measure the heart's energy field radiating up to 8 to 10 feet around the human body. While this is certainly significant it is perhaps more impressive that the electromagnetic field projected by the horse's heart is five times larger than the human one (imagine a sphere-shaped field that completely surrounds you). The horse's electromagnetic field is also stronger than ours and can actually directly influence our own heart rhythm!
Horses are also likely to have what science has identified as a "coherent" heart rhythm (heart rate pattern) which explains why we may "feel better" when we are around them. . . .studies have found that a coherent heart pattern or HRV is a robust measure of well-being and consistent with emotional states of calm and joy--that is, we exhibit such patterns when we feel positive emotions.
A coherent heart pattern is indicative of a system that can recover and adjust to stressful situations very efficiently. Often times, we only need to be in a horses presence to feel a sense of wellness and peace. In fact, research shows that people experience many physiological benefits while interacting with horses, including lowered blood pressure and heart rate, increased levels of beta-endorphins (neurotransmitters that serve as pain surppressors), decreased stress levels, reduced feelings of anger, hostility, tension and anxiety, improved social functioning; and increased feelings of empowerment, trust, patience and self-efficacy."

03/27/2025

Raise Her in the Barn

Put your daughter in the barn, where the air smells of hay and hard work, where the lessons are unspoken but will be deeply understood.

Let her find her footing in the dust and dirt,
learning that balance isn’t just for the saddle but for life itself.

Watch as she earns trust from something bigger than herself, as she discovers that patience isn’t passive...it’s the quiet persistence of trying again and again.

Let her feel the weight of responsibility
with every flake of hay she tosses, every bucket she fills, every wound she tends with her tiny gentle hands.

Put your daughter in the barn, where she’ll learn that effort matters more than luck, that showing up every day builds more than muscle...it builds character.

Let her see that respect is earned, not demanded, that failure isn’t final, and that sometimes the best lessons come from falling off and getting back on.

Give her a place where she can be strong and soft, bold and kind, independent yet deeply connected.

Let the barn shape her, and when the world calls her forward, you’ll see a woman who knows who she is, because she was raised in the barn.

Credit to ~
💕 Michelle Knutson
Born in the Barn

03/19/2025

03/19/2025

Cowboy Camp is officially on the horizon — and **presale tickets are available NOW** for one week only (or until sold out)!

Cowboy Camp is a 6-week ground-to-saddle journey hosted by Epona x Western Wellness Social Club. This is your chance to embrace your inner cowboy and build skills from the ground up.

What You'll Learn:
* Groundwork Basics: Build trust and communication with your horse through essential horsemanship skills.
* Grooming Techniques: Master the essentials of caring for your horse.
* Saddling Up: Learn to tack up confidently and prepare for a ride.
* Riding Skills: Develop your riding techniques, safety skills, and work up to a trot!

What’s Included:
* 6 weeks of small-group lessons (3 weeks horsemanship + 3 weeks riding)
* A Cowboy Camp Workbook filled with educational readings and activities
* An exclusive WWSC x Cowboy Camp branded tote
* Non-alcoholic beverages provided
* A tight-knit crew to start your cowboy journey

**When & Where:**
Saturdays, April 19 - May 24
Private barn in Shadow Hills, CA

* Tuition: $525
* Pre-Sale: $450 — limited spots available!

Don't miss your chance to join us for this unforgettable experience! Space is extremely limited! There are only 6 spots at this Cowboy Camp so make sure to mark your calendars!

-->Click here to snag your spot!! https://westernwellnesssocialclub.ticketspice.com/cowboy-camp

03/07/2025

🩵🐴💜 48 HOUR SPRING/SUMMER CAMP SPECIAL

Join us for Spring Break and/or this Summer for the BEST Horse Camp around!!

Located in La Tuna Canyon at a gorgeous nature oasis!

9-2 Tue - Fri

Ages 5-12
🩷🩵💜
Lots of learning, fun, horsemanship and riding!

We always fill up so grab your spot!
Learn more at: www.eponariding.com/camp

8185682373
[email protected]

01/16/2025

Sandbar Sanctuary and Epona Natural Horsemanship and Riding Academy would like to help in healing our fire affected community with our Healing “Hug a Horse” two day event
For info and to RSVP email us: [email protected]

Spread the word ❤️❤️

12/29/2024

By CRYSTAL WENKER “Hey Kid! Run to the house and get Adrienne, tell her Valentine is having her baby!” A woman’s voice shouted off to my left, sharp enough to snap me from my imaginative play world back to the cool concrete floor I was sitting on in the center aisle of the old barn […]

12/21/2024

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