Join Annette & Cassandra in an exploration of movement and meditation with free-roaming horses.
Horses guide us in becoming practiced and aware of our human experience through being present in our bodies. We receive a clear reflection when we are seduced into the mental ideas or images in our head. Experiencing this place of stillness, the peace, connection and intelligence of nature that we really are, through embodiment, Is freedom & empowerment.
“If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?”
—Dogen Zenji
What to be open to:
An expansive, sacred, and honoring space held by compassionate, experienced guides.
An experiential understanding of who you are — your depth, wakefulness & presence.
Practices to shift you away from limiting, negative beliefs and access to your innate somatic intelligence.
Recognition of energetic patterns that block you from experiencing what you really want.
Connection with a Nature Ally, retrieving its medicine and receiving its guidance to support your remembering.
Embodiment practices to expand and ground you in your body, distinct from your mind.
Immersion and connection with free-roaming horses, experiencing your true nature and connection.
When: Saturday September 30 & Sunday October 1, 10am - 4pm both days
Where: ‘Awa’y Malibu, Malibu, California
*This is a non-residential retreat. Local lodging suggestions on request.
With: Annette Knopp & Cassandra Ogier
What to bring: Comfortable layers of clothing, a blanket or cushion, closed-toed shoes, a refillable water bottle, a sun-hat, sunscreen, a journal + pen, a picnic lunch for both days.
Who: This retreat is open to anyone, 18 and over. No experience with horses is necessary. There is no horse riding and all activities take place on the ground. *Space is limited to 10 guests.
Investment: $675 (bring a friend, $625)
Cassandra Ogier: Cassandra is the pioneer of equine-guided programming with free- roaming horses. She created The Reflective Horse® in 2011 and has expanded her practice through The Reflective Horse® Mastery Program, teaching TRH Practitioners, and widening the potential for free beings - horses and humans - coming together to experience a shift in perspective through somatic practices and Insight-Based mentorship. Horses and nature have been Cassandra’s allies throughout her life and over the last two decades, she has partnered with them in supporting peoples self-realization in a therapeutic setting. Originally from England, Cassandra moved to California with her family in 2007 where she actualized her dharma. She is the Mother of three incredible sons, for with whom she is most proud and honored to be sharing this life. She currently teaches in North and Central America and in Europe. To learn more about Cassandra visit her website, thereflectivehorse.com
Annette Knopp: With 30 years of exploration, Annette is a seasoned guide in the realm of consciousness. She is a meditation teacher, nature mystic, and healer who mentors clients in their unique journeys of awakening and transformation. Since early on, she has had a deep love for Spirit which was nurtured by her connection with the natural world. Suffering from depression in her early twenties led her to seek relief in Eastern wisdom traditions and the practices of Yoga and Thai Chi. Annette draws from a rich background in the teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi, Indo-Tibetan meditation, Shamanic energy medicine and modern Western modalities of psycho-spiritual integration (parts-work, interpersonal neurobiology, and sacred theatre). She is a mesa carrier in a nature priests lineage of the Peruvian Andes, a yoga teacher trained in various traditions, and a certified DARe-practitioner (somatic approach to repair attachment trauma). Originally from Germany, Annette worked as a simultaneous interpreter in Spain before following the call to explore in depth the essence of life, living in a number of different parts of the world. In 2009, her husband Stephan and Annette opened the Blue Spirit retreat center in Nosara, Costa Rica. To learn more about Annette visit her website, annetteknopp.com
“Our own self-realization is the greatest service we can render the world”
― Ramana Maharshi