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. This center is situated on the traditional land of the Dakota, Sioux, Anishinabe, Chippewa, and Ojibwa peoples. We are part of the Northern Great Lakes Forests bioregion, featuring vast meadows where horses graze in the summer, alongside deciduous and coniferous trees.
Gordon's Green Gables is a space where we empower you to embrace your authentic self through our mindfulness retreats, which include trauma-informed retreats designed to nurture, connect, and transform. Here, you will discover a renewed sense of self and a deeper connection to nature, with the healing presence of Mother Nature supporting you during our equine therapy sessions.
Ongoing Groups and Retreats
Remembering & Returning
Remembering & Returning is a monthly, in-person circle held on the land, offering a grounded and nurturing space to step out of urgency and into embodied presence. Each gathering is guided by the rhythms of the season and the steady, regulating presence of the horses.
Together, we will:
- Spend intentional time on the land
- Experience the attuned, grounding presence of horses
- Engage in gentle, body-centered and reflective practices
- Gather in community without pressure to share beyond your comfort
No prior experience with horses is needed. All interactions are conducted from the ground in a guided, consent-based practice , and grounded in safety and respect for both people and animals.
This offering is especially supportive for women who:
- Feel disconnected from their bodies or the natural world
- Long for slower, more rhythmic ways of being
- Are therapy-aware and emotionally resourced
- Seek healing that is experiential, relational, and grounded
Reclaiming Joy: A Trauma Healing Retreat
This retreat is designed to create a safe space for healing and empowerment, allowing you to nurture your body and mind through nature, art, and horses. By embracing equine therapy, we can reclaim the joy we hold inside.
Through mindfulness retreats focused on somatic awareness and body-based practices, we’ll emphasize:
- Supporting nervous system regulation
- Building emotional resilience and capacity
- Creating space for grief, anger, and healing
- Reconnecting with a sense of agency and empowerment
This is a trauma-informed retreat where we empower individuals to embrace their authentic selves in the full circle of creation, nurturing, connecting, spirituality, and transformation.
You will discover a renewed sense of self through the healing presence of nature, artistic creation, and the companionship of horses.
Healing is not meant to be a solitary journey — and in this space, you will find that you don’t have to walk this path alone.
Gracefully Held-A Professional Workshop
A Somatic and Equine Assisted Healing Workshop and Retreat for Helping Professionals.
In the quiet wisdom of the herd, we are invited to return to ourselves.
Gracefully Held by the Herd is a restorative, experiential workshop/retreat designed specifically for helping professionals—therapists, healers, nurses, doctors, social workers, coaches, and caregivers—who hold space for others and are ready to be held themselves.
This equine therapy workshop integrates somatic practices, equine-assisted exploration, and time in nature, providing a safe environment to reconnect with your body, reawaken your inner wisdom, and ground into the grace that exists beneath burnout, compassion fatigue, and overextension.
With the presence of horses—masters of regulation, relationship, and authenticity—you’ll be guided to the felt sense of safety, embodiment, and grace. No horse experience is required; all interactions are on the ground.
Join us for this unique experience that combines mindfulness retreats with trauma-informed retreats, offering 3 Minnesota Board of Social Work Continuing Education Hours.
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 strengthen your awareness. This is a time for reflection, restoration, and rejuvenation from the daily grind of life, making it an ideal setting for mindfulness retreats. Together, we will create a safe container for you to gain clarity, awareness, and empowerment through equine therapy.
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, ensuring a trauma-informed retreat experience.
No horse riding and no horse experience are required.
Building Blocks of Self Love
This is a six-session program designed for individuals seeking personal growth, with a focus on self-love and the rebirth of self-empowerment. Through equine therapy and a somatic-oriented approach with nature and our equine partners, we will cultivate congruence, authenticity, connection, and safety. This process helps to form healthy behaviors, understand brain responses, and integrate these patterns into daily living, making it a valuable experience for mindfulness retreats and trauma-informed retreats alike.
Each session lasts one hour and occurs once a week, tailored to your schedule.
No horse riding and no prior horse experience are required.
Equine Retreats at Rainfall Therapy
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
Lōkahi
Lōkahi
All Rainfall retreats are held at Gordon's Green Gables in Hugo, Minnesota, about 25 minutes outside of the Twin Cities. This center is situated on the traditional land of the Dakota, Sioux, Anishinabe, Chippewa, and Ojibwa peoples. We are part of the Northern Great Lakes Forests bioregion, featuring vast meadows where horses graze in the
All Rainfall retreats are held at Gordon's Green Gables in Hugo, Minnesota, about 25 minutes outside of the Twin Cities. This center is situated on the traditional land of the Dakota, Sioux, Anishinabe, Chippewa, and Ojibwa peoples. We are part of the Northern Great Lakes Forests bioregion, featuring vast meadows where horses graze in the summer, alongside deciduous and coniferous trees.
Gordon's Green Gables is a space where we empower you to embrace your authentic self through our mindfulness retreats, which include trauma-informed retreats designed to nurture, connect, and transform. Here, you will discover a renewed sense of self and a deeper connection to nature, with the healing presence of Mother Nature supporting you during our equine therapy sessions.
Lōkahi
Lōkahi
Lōkahi
This retreat is designed to create a safe space for healing and empowerment, allowing you to nurture your body and mind through nature, art, and horses. By embracing equine therapy, we can reclaim the joy we hold inside.
Through mindfulness retreats focused on somatic awareness and body-based practices, we’ll emphasize:
- Supporting n
This retreat is designed to create a safe space for healing and empowerment, allowing you to nurture your body and mind through nature, art, and horses. By embracing equine therapy, we can reclaim the joy we hold inside.
Through mindfulness retreats focused on somatic awareness and body-based practices, we’ll emphasize:
- Supporting nervous system regulation
- Building emotional resilience and capacity
- Creating space for grief, anger, and healing
- Reconnecting with a sense of agency and empowerment
This is a trauma-informed retreat where we empower individuals to embrace their authentic selves in the full circle of creation, nurturing, connecting, spirituality, and transformation.
You will discover a renewed sense of self through the healing presence of nature, artistic creation, and the companionship of horses.
Healing is not meant to be a solitary journey — and in this space, you will find that you don’t have to walk this path alone.
Domingo
Lōkahi
Domingo
A Somatic and Equine Assisted Healing Workshop and Retreat for Helping Professionals.
In the quiet wisdom of the herd, we are invited to return to ourselves.
Gracefully Held by the Herd is a restorative, experiential workshop/retreat designed specifically for helping professionals—therapists, healers, nurses, doctors, social workers, co
A Somatic and Equine Assisted Healing Workshop and Retreat for Helping Professionals.
In the quiet wisdom of the herd, we are invited to return to ourselves.
Gracefully Held by the Herd is a restorative, experiential workshop/retreat designed specifically for helping professionals—therapists, healers, nurses, doctors, social workers, coaches, and caregivers—who hold space for others and are ready to be held themselves.
This equine therapy workshop integrates somatic practices, equine-assisted exploration, and time in nature, providing a safe environment to reconnect with your body, reawaken your inner wisdom, and ground into the grace that exists beneath burnout, compassion fatigue, and overextension.
With the presence of horses—masters of regulation, relationship, and authenticity—you’ll be guided to the felt sense of safety, embodiment, and grace. No horse experience is required; all interactions are on the ground.
Join us for this unique experience that combines mindfulness retreats with trauma-informed retreats, offering 3 Minnesota Board of Social Work Continuing Education Hours.