A 13-Month Journey of Feminine Reclamation in the Presence of Horses.


The Four Seasons of Her and Herd

The power of a woman lies in her knowing of her cycles and how to move with them.  

To be in tune with our cycles means we are in rhythm with ourselves and life, that we are empowered in how to hold our capacity, and we move in relationship to our own energy as opposed to outside conditioning or structures that deplete us.

To move in rhythm means to move with our wild nature and innate intelligence, that we are inspired by the cycle of life we are in, instead of feeling in loss of control or in resentment with the stage of life we find ourselves in.

To dance with a herd of horses, is to be reminded of the power of cycles, and how to read them in ourselves.

A herd moves in connection to their natural cycles as individuals and as a collective, horses as prey animals, need to operate in connection to their prey nature, to listen to when they need to rest, eat, and integrate.

We have in many ways the knowing of how to listen to our body rhythms and the wisdom of our energy and spirit.

We feel rushed by life, depleted by outdated holdings of a man made cycle, in this retreat we take back our power and knowledge of being in tune with our cycles in the way they are meant to be held for us.

The herd will guide us into deep listening, of reactivating pathways in our body so we know what it is speaking to us, to remember what it feels like to be led by intuition, and to look to nature to be our guides.

We will be joining with each moon, in each quarter, learning the partner with the energy of that space and to be in tune with the rhythms and wisdom of what each brings to us.  

Each month carries a mythos, an element, a horse teaching, a rite of passage, and ceremonial practices that awaken ancestral memory and strip away the layers that never belonged to us.

With each month you will receive a ceremony of the month to honor that cycle, a horse wisdom video to bring the space of the herd into the space with us and journaling prompts to engage with what that moon and cycle bring into your life.

The 13 moons that we will be journeying with and what is in the space of them are:

1. Moon of the Wild Seed ~Primordial Maiden

Mythos: The untouched one, the soul before story 

Archetype: Untamed Girl, Soul Embryo

Horse Medicine: Curiosity, sensitivity, herd play

Theme: Remembering who you were before the world told you who to be

Ceremony: Rewilding initiation; running barefoot with horses

Element: Air

Journey: Meet your original self, the pre-pubescent girl, full of her self knowing, before the first blood estrogen nurturing energies begin to change her focus, the one who was never tamed. How did horses feel to you as a girl? What was your relationship with them? How did they call to you back then?

Ceremony: Naming by the herd, silent recognition of the soul-self

2. Strawberry Moon~The red thread

Mythos: Blood awakens the underworld. She descends alone but returns with power. Red Girl, Threshold Walker 

Element: Water

Horse Teaching: Rhythm, flow, womb-tide wisdom, initiation, leaving the wild girl behind, stepping into the red thread path. What was coming up for you? Did you rebel? Did you submit? Were you in pain? Did you go numb? 

Practice: Drum beside an elder mare, listen to the beat of your own womb

Journey: Call back your first blood story, rewrite it in truth, reclaiming of a lost ceremony 

Ceremony: Red thread initiation, a collective reweaving of blood rites ceremony, offering blood to the earth as reclamation of the sacredness of our bleed. Blood blessing story telling circle, Strawberries, the first fruit to ripen, they look like a tiny womb

3. Moon of Blossoming~Awakening Desire 

Archetype: Aphrodite, Pleasure Seeker, the lover maiden

Horse Medicine: Embodiment, sensuality, presence

Theme: Awakening eros, reclaiming beauty and desire

Ceremony: Anointing the thighs, hips, and womb with oil in the pasture

Practice: Feeling the horse with your hand, perhaps being topless with the herd 

Mythos: The erotic maiden awakens, She begins to burn with life force.

Element: Fire

Horse Teaching: Sensual presence, primal magnetism, Did you deny your pleasure or embrace it? Were there any events that fractured the sweetness of your becoming? 

Journey: Descend into the yoni, the first point of pleasure, what do you hold here? 

Ceremony: Dance under moonlight, Wear red

4. Moon of the Hearth~Young Mother

Mythos: She tends others and must learn to tend herself

Archetype: Nurturer, Seed Planter

Horse Medicine: Grounding, loyalty, caretaking

Theme: How do I hold life without losing myself?

Ceremony: Circle of tending – women caring for one another while with horses

Practice: Heartbeat to hoofbeat attunement

Element: Earth

Horse Teaching: Nurturing, structure, sustained care, Rhythm, Mooncycles, Patterns of behaviour, Patterns taking shape in life. What are you still holding? Is there anything longing to be birthed? Seeds of desire never ignited. Were your needs met? Is there anything longing to be held by the herd? No village to raise children, teachings from the herd

Journey: Into the heart cave, guided by a matriarchal mare

Mother kneeling beneath dark horse

5. Moon of the Creatrix~The Maker of Worlds

Mythos: The fertile force builds life, not just babies but beauty, vision, and form

Archetype: Fertile Weaver, Manifestor

Horse Medicine: Momentum, trust, co-creation

Theme: Creation from the womb (not just babies)

Practice: Womb breathwork with mare companionship

Element: Fire/Ether

Horse Teaching: Momentum, Will, Co-creation, Allowing the creative force to move through you. Building capacity to hold more.  

Journey: Womb-to-world….Birth something from your depths

Ceremony: Make a clay womb bowl and fill it with symbols of what you’re birthing, declare aloud all you have created in your life. Womb tending

6. Moon of Milk and Shadow~The Matrescence

Mythos: She is mothering, unraveling, becoming again

Archetype: The Frayed Mother, Self Lost

Horse Medicine: Reflection, Steadiness

Theme: The unraveling and rebuilding of self in mothering

Practice: “What parts of me have I given away?” “What did I ask for but never received?”

Element: Water

Horse Teaching: Reflection, containment, soft gaze, what have you learnt, what pearls of wisdom do you carry in your medicine bag. The shadow bag? Have you become aware of what you carry there? 

Journey: Into the fragmented self to reclaim what’s been given away

Ceremony: Circle of tending, women care for each other as horses look on

9. Moon of Descent~Bone Woman

Mythos: She walks the underworld to gather bones and stories

Element: Earth

Horse Teaching: Still presence, tracking, inner sight

Practice: Night walk in the herd

Journey: Meet your shadow sister and ask her what she needs

Ceremony: Earth Altar of bones, feather, sticks, shells, driftwood…Items that have served their purpose.


10. Moon of the Stillpoint~Crone in Waiting

Mythos: She rests. The cauldron simmers. No action, only presence

Element: Air

Horse Teaching: Gaze, breath, patience

Practice: Lie on the ground near a resting herd, feel your bones against the earth

Journey: Into the void, what is gestating in the dark?

Ceremony: Dream weaving , each woman gifts a symbol to another’s dream

7. Moon of the Sacred Marriage~Hieros Gamos Within

Mythos: She marries herself. The dark and the light bow to each other within.

Element: Ether

Horse Teaching: Balance, polarity, harmony, Medicine bag/ shadow bag work. 

Practice: Liberty work with horses, how your energy moves the herd.

8. Moon of the Autumn Queen~Maga Rising

Mythos: The harvest woman. She reclaims what was lost in service to others

Archetype; High Priestess

Element: Earth/Fire

Horse Teaching: Mature power, direction, discernment, the sword of truth 

Practice: Walk with intention stones in your pockets, shed them as you let go of an old story of yourself

Ceremony: What truth do the women see within each other


11. Moon of the Death Mother~Winter of the Womb

Mythos: She is death and midwife of death. She surrenders all names

Element: Water

Horse Teaching: Release, truth, crossing over

Journey: Into the river of forgetting, what do you choose not to carry forward?

Ceremony: Death rite, funeral for an identity, a role, a story


12. Moon of the Oracle – Elder Seeress

Mythos: She speaks in riddles and dreams. She sees without eyes

Element: Ether

Horse Teaching: Knowing, prophecy, presence

Practice: Sit where horses have lain. Listen to what the land tells you

Journey: Down the spiral to meet the ancient one within

Ceremony: Oracle circle, each woman speaks her knowing to the next

13. Moon of the Weaver ~The Wombman Whole

Mythos: She has walked every path. Now she braids them together

Element: All

Horse Teaching: Freedom, integration, wholeness

Practice: Create your cloak of essence, woven from the elements, scents, sounds, and symbols of your year

Journey: Return to the beginning, meet yourself anew

Ceremony: Cloaking ceremony, walk between two horses as the village sees you whole


What is included in the journey:

Ritual and write up of each month and quarter, the symbolism of it, ritual, journal prompts and a herd video to deepen.

Quarterly calls with Abigael and Hillary to deepen the teachings of the space. 

All content is recorded; you will have lifetime access to all course content and recordings to continue your journey as often as you would like.

A private online community space to deepen with community and circle of sisterhood.

We begin this journey on Imbolc February 1st as a potent day to begin our 13 moon journey.

Investment: Sliding Scale please choose the tier that feels most accessible and supportive for you financially.

Tier 1: $900 CDN or 13 payments of $70 CDN
Tier 2: $1100 CDN or 12 payments of $85 CDN
Tier 3: $1300 CDN or 13 payments of $100 CDN

Meet your Facilitators

Hillary Schneider

Hillary is the founder and lead facilitator of the Epona Rise Retreat Center and Horse Medicine Leadership Academy, she has been leading and teaching retreats and trainings with her herd for the last 13 years.

Passionate about bringing the teachings of the horses to impact the lives of humans, she has been devoted to her own vision and purpose of creating a space in nature where people can come and receive the wisdom of horses, the land and their own inner guidance.

She has over the last 13 years had the privilege of hosting and leading retreats for a range of people who are seeking to become more masterful in their experience of being a human with their own passion of personal and professional growth and development.

Abigaël Totty

Abigaël Totty is a mother of seven, a grandmother, a homeopath, a medicine weaver, and a daughter of earth who has walked with horses since childhood.

Horses have been her greatest teachers, shaping the way she listens, senses, and works with women. Abi weaves energy healing through homeopathy, ancestral healing, womb work, horses and ceremony into a grounded and deeply embodied way of holding others.

Everything she offers rises from a place of quiet depth, intuition, and lived experience.

She lives on Prince Edward Island in a leaky old farmhouse with her Husband and three youngest children.

She currently has two horses in her care Alrún a 3.5 yr old Icelandic filly and Monty a big hearted paint.