EQUIANA
The Power of Mare Medicine for Women Coming of Age
A Women’s Workshop

Women. We roar. We purr. We rant and rave. We give penance to faith, brace against fate, harbour our secrets and fight the good fight. Above all, we aim to please, keep the peace and strive to submit to the higher good.

We are the daughters of mothers, cultural clones. Managers and empaths, we learn to diminish the “me” and exalt the “we,” suppress our dreams and accept our lot in life. We pray for “the one” and kowtow to love. Then, when push comes to shove, we martyr ourselves, shape-shift at will, and play victim when there’s no way out.

We are seekers. Of a fresh approach, a new perspective, an honest take that doesn’t pull any punches, has no agenda, hits the mark, and brings goose bumps to our skin. A tall order that lays bare the shelf of trustworthy two-legged souls.

Alas. We seek solace in the one to whom we can pour our heart, confide our fears, knowing in our bones it will stay between us. The one whose eyes tell of enduring sorrows, who never once feels sorry for itself. The one who lifts our spirits, shoulders our tears, suffers our ignorance, and humbles us with forgiveness.

Yes, our horses. Beasts of burden. Pets of pleasure. We may love them. We may fear them. Either way, they are entwined with our psyche, a totem women cannot ignore. Their vulnerability is dangerous, their needs transparent. They tug at our heartstrings, give rise to our romance, and leave us dreaming of all we desire.

And we turn to our mares. Our muses, our mirrors, our compass, our conscience. A mare will fuel our passion, try our patience, coax our courage and put us through our paces should we aspire to meet her needs. In the blink of an eye, she will read us like a book. She cannot be tricked. She cannot be fooled. She will not bow or bend to our will until we have gone the distance and are there for her. Not the other way around.

Every mare keeps her own counsel with a mind very much her own. Without airs, without pretense, she will cut to the chase and do her job. Without fanfare or fuss. Without kudos or applause. There is no threat she won’t take on, no bluff she won’t call. She doesn’t think twice. It is simply her calling.

To see our world through her eyes – really see it, without romantic illusion or rose-colored wishful thinking – is to open a portal, glimpse the secrets deep inside our own soul. Her lessons are our grounding, our divining rod, nourishing our souls and shedding light on the human condition.

When you see eye to eye with a mare, the pathway is private, the dialogue personal. Your connection will have its own resonance, its own epiphanies, its own rhythm and blues. A mare does not lump us all into one category. She is an individual, just as you are. She will see you in your own right, and tell you what she thinks in no uncertain terms. What is revealed is profoundly moving. What is revealed will usher in changes you never imagined.

This is EQUIANA. Workshops for women. Journeys into yourself with time devoted to you. To finding your joy. To finding your voice. The power of mare medicine knows no bounds. Women coming of age are coming into their own. You will find no pity party. No blame game. No bitch fest. These are not just pretty words on a page. We will aim for what’s true - for the heart of the matter. All that matters. And stay very, very real.