Equine Groups and Retreats
Included in all of our day retreats
Guided Equine and Nature-Based Group Sessions
Mindfulness Sessions: Yoga, Mindful Eating, Breathwork
Mindfulness Sessions: Yoga, Mindful Eating, Breathwork
Mindfulness Sessions: Yoga, Mindful Eating, Breathwork
Mindfulness Sessions: Yoga, Mindful Eating, Breathwork
Mindfulness Sessions: Yoga, Mindful Eating, Breathwork
Psychoeducation: Deepen your self-understanding
Mindfulness Sessions: Yoga, Mindful Eating, Breathwork
Psychoeducation: Deepen your self-understanding
Freshly prepared meals and snacks
Journal to record your feelings, observations, and reflections
Psychoeducation: Deepen your self-understanding
Gift box of hand-crafted well being products
Journal to record your feelings, observations, and reflections
Journal to record your feelings, observations, and reflections
Journal to record your feelings, observations, and reflections
Journal to record your feelings, observations, and reflections
Journal to record your feelings, observations, and reflections
Location
There's always space for you at Gordon's Green Gables
All Rainfall retreats are held at Gordon's Green Gables in Hugo, Minnesota, about 25 minutes outside of the Twin Cities. The center is located on the traditional land of the Dakota, Sioux, Anishinabe, Chippewa, and Ojibwa peoples. We are part of the Northern Great Lakes Forests bioregion, and the property features vast meadows, where the horses pasture in summer, as well as deciduous and coniferous trees.
Gordon's Green Gables is a space where we empower you embrace your authentic self in the full circle of creation, nurturing, connecting, and transforming. Here, you will find a renewed sense of self and a stronger sense of connectedness through the healing presence of nature. Let Mother Nature hold you during one of our equine retreats.
Ongoing Groups
Healing the Mother Wound
If you’ve carried deep emotional pain or feel an imbalance in your relationships—especially with your mother—you may be experiencing the effects of the Mother Wound. This wound often emerges from a strained or unfulfilled relationship with one’s mother, whether due to neglect, overprotection, or emotional distance.
This spring, we are offering you a gentle, compassionate space to begin your healing journey. Our program combines the quiet strength of horses with the nurturing support of online group circles, providing a safe and loving environment to reconnect with yourself and heal the past.
Online Groups Begin Thursday April 3rd-May 8th 6:30pm CST
Day Retreat Saturday May 31st 9am-3pm
Peace in the Pasture
It is scientifically proven that spending only 20 minutes in nature daily helps to relieve depression, anxiety and other mental health concerns. Using our five senses, mindfulness, somatic body techniques, and engaging with our equine partners you will have the opportunity to relieve some of that built up stress. Join us for a few hours on the farm to rejuvenate yourself!
Fridays
9am-11am
Private Wellness Immersion
As you immerse yourself in nature and the way of the horse, we will invite you to participate in self reflection and strengthening your awareness. This is a time for reflection, restoration, and rejuvenation from the daily grind of life. Together we will create a safe container for you to gain clarity, awareness, and empowerment.
During this one to one private session, you can choose to spend a few hours or the whole day with us as we provide a personalized retreat focused on you.
No horse riding, and no horse experience required.
Building Blocks of Self Love
This is a six session program for individuals seeking personal growth with the focus on self love and the rebirth of self empowerment. Working in a somatic oriented way with nature and our equine partners, we will find congruence, authenticity, connection, and safety in order to form healthy behaviors, understand brain responses, and integrate these patterns into daily living.
Each session is one hour, once a week, based on your schedule.
No horse riding, and no horse experience required.
Upcoming Retreats
Trauma, Healing, and Wellness
Trauma, Healing, and Wellness
Trauma, Healing, and Wellness
Upcoming for Spring 2025.....Stay Tuned For More Details!
Healing for the Healers
Trauma, Healing, and Wellness
Trauma, Healing, and Wellness
Healers often forget about themselves....join us for a day to honor and rejuvenate yourself as a Healer......Stay Tuned for Dates in 2025
Healing the Mother Wound
Trauma, Healing, and Wellness
Healing the Mother Wound
An offering of in person nurturing support surrounding the Healing of the Mother Wound with Horses. This day retreat will focus on the implementation of Healing the Mother Wound with Horses and put into practice our knowledge from our online sessions as a group.
Saturday May 31st 9am-3pm
Meet your retreat hosts!
Through somatic (body based) work, trauma informed care, and an attachment based lens, Cimena Gordon (MSW, LICSW) and TaNesha Saxon (MA, LPCC) provide a holistic, integrative approach to your well-being.
Your Equine Hosts
Tweed
Domingo
Ginger
Tweed is a Quarter Horse born in 2007. Tweed is the epitome of true friendship and loyalty. He always shows up for both his horse and human herd. With nuzzles and full body embraces, Tweed is consistent and reliable.
Ginger
Domingo
Ginger
Ginger is a Palomino Quarter Horse and gracefully aging at 24. Ginger brings a true sense of connectedness and peace to all who are willing to look inward. She is a wise elder with a heart of gold.
Domingo
Domingo
Domingo
Domingo is a Tobiano Paint and is 20 years old. As a guide and a leader it has taken Domingo awhile to find his authentic self. Spending a few years overshadowed by flashier, stronger, and more outgoing horses, he has now found a genuine sense of belonging. Partnering with Domingo has led to an understanding of living authentically.
Healing the Mother Wound with Horses
Join us Tuesdays or Thursdays online at 6:30pm CST for six weeks beginning January 28th OR April 3rd to learn more about Healing the Mother Wound. We will then gather together May 31st for a day retreat implementing our skills with the horses at Gordon's Green Gables.