Sumaya Abuhaidar is the founder of Equine Insights, an equine guided education practice in southwest Colorado. After earning a PhD in education, co-founding an innovative school, serving as mayor of a small town and teaching philosophy to undergraduates, Sumaya found her true calling in the field of equine guided education. She now weaves together her passion for education and her deep connection to horses by partnering with her herd to facilitate powerful growth experiences for her clients. Sumaya lives with her husband Jason and her two teenage boys on ranch in Crested Butte, Colorado. When she’s not with her horses, she enjoys yoga, dancing, skiing, biking, hiking and backpacking in Colorado’s breathtaking mountains. Learn more about Sumaya

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Brad Gallup has dedicated his life to being of service and helping people heal. His passion as a Transformative Coach is guiding folks to look in a new direction that transforms their lives. He combines his understanding of the 3 Principles with his training as an Equine Guided Educator by bringing horses into the conversation, which accelerates deep insight.

Brad served his country for 21 years, both as an enlisted Marine and as an Air Force Officer, retiring with the rank of Major. His own healing journey started 27 years ago after returning from Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm; in severe emotional pain, he wanted to end his life. Through processing his grief, he discovered the capacity to be supportive, empathetic, and present for others who were suffering over life losses to transforming their lives.

Since then he has been on staff with the following non-profits; Tragedy Assistance for Survivors as a grief facilitator, the Men’s Leadership Alliance as a leadership coach, and Save A Warrior as an equine specialist. He is also an entrepreneur as well as the co-founder of the Rocky Mountain Veterans Alliance, a veteran resource clearinghouse and the Warrior Storyfield a warrior-civilian led art project

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Deep in the heart of the redwood forests, Tara Davis immerses herself in the teachings of the Herd, seeking to share the timeless wisdom of the Horse. Weaving together lessons from science and spirituality, she synthesizes a unique horsemanship approach in which the main goal is to empower both the horse and the human. Tara believes that the relationships between horses and humans is a microcosm of the macrocosm - and that opening our awareness to the possibilities of a more conscious and consensual relationship with our horses will reflect on our interpersonal relationships, as well as our relationships with ourselves.

Tara founded Unbridled Goddess in 2016 in honor of her equine muse, as an homage to the promise she made to protect and honor her sovereignty. What started as an experiment to explore the possibilities of a truly force free relationship, ignited a passion to share those possibilities with the world. Her collection of services ranges from equine rehabilitation, avant garde training programs, seminars and clinics as well as online courses.

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Taren Maroun is a Northern California practitioner specializing in somatic trauma work and equine-guided, body-centered healing, and is currently pursuing her MA in Counseling on her way to becoming a licensed marriage and family therapist. Rooted in both Lebanese and Celtic lineages, her work weaves nervous system science with archetypal and earth-based wisdom.

A lifelong horsewoman, Taren’s path deepened in 2021 when she completed The Reflective Horse® Mastery Program, an experience that expanded her understanding of the profound mirroring, sensitivity, and relational intelligence of horses. Since then, she has assisted Cassandra in facilitating the 2022, 2023 and 2024 TRH Mastery Programs and co-launched a trauma-informed equine-guided program with TRH graduates Laura Miller and Lauren Rohs.

Through modalities like Ceremonial Breathwork, Shadow Alchemy, and Equine Guided Somatic Reprogramming, Taren supports people in reconnecting with their bodies and reclaiming the parts of themselves they were taught to abandon. Her work is grounded in autonomy, choice, and relational attunement—principles she brings to both humans and horses as pathways back to wholeness.

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Emily is the founder of Embodying Wild, a one-of-a-kind coaching program that provides mentorship and community to all those embarking on the vital journey of reclaiming the Wild Self. Drawing from her background in Spiritual Psychology, Astrology, Human Design and, of course, Equine Guided Empowerment®, Emily specializes in supporting women who are seeking to reconnect to the wisdom of the Wild Feminine, a language of instinct, intuition and softness that has been lost to our collective for thousands of years and holds the key to living from a place of flow and trust. Emily currently offers Equine Guided Empowerment® sessions and retreats at her family ranch in the breathtaking landscape of Southwest Montana from June through September and virtual coaching programs year-round.

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Shayna Hiller is a yoga & meditation teacher and Certified Health Coach based in Venice Beach, CA and Maui, Hawaii. She is also a women’s healing + embodiment guide and business coach for wellness professionals. Her multidisciplinary approach incorporates teachings and practices from Yoga, Tantra, Coaching, Modern Psychology + Tao Healing Arts.

Having healed herself from a severe eating disorder, nonexistent libido and lack of menstruation for over a decade, she is passionate about helping women heal from trauma, awaken their feminine energy and use pleasure as the guiding force for generating more peace, power, prosperity and magic in their lives.

Shayna has been teaching yoga and leading wellness retreats around the world for over the past 16 years. She took her first Yoga Teacher Training in Interdisciplinary Yoga in 2006 at the Nosara Yoga Institute under the guidance of Don and Amba Stapleton. Additional studies include Children’s Yoga, Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga, Iyengar Yoga, Yoga Nidra, Trauma Informed Tantra, Meditation, Shamanic Chinese Medicine, Qi Gong and Tao Tantric Arts.

Shayna graduated from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition as a Certified Health Coach in 2008. She has been fortunate to study with many master teachers from various lineages and her teachings draw from many different traditions adapted for modern times. She offers classes, courses and trainings virtually and in-person.

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Kerri's work began with helping troubled horses. Over the past two decades, the skills and wisdom she developed with horses have evolved into tools and guidance for humanity. Today she offers simple, intuitive and pragmatic tools of awareness that integrate the mind, body and heart to help you develop a clearer and more intuitive relationship within yourself so your connections with animals, people and your world can flourish in any circumstance. Please read more about Kerri, her sessions, courses, group events and podcasts and appearances on her website, www.kerrilake.com. Her books, Listen Like A Horse: Relationships Without Dominance, and Spiritually Gifted, are available on amazon and audible.com.

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Jack Pransky, Ph.D., has been involved with the Three Principles since 1991; his primary teachers Syd Banks, George Pransky and Roger Mills. Prior, Jack had worked in the field of Prevention since 1968, had been conducting prevention trainings all around the U.S. and authored the book, Prevention: The Critical Need, the first book to translate the research about what worked to practical application. Once exposed to the Three Principles his entire approach changed to prevention from the inside-out. After leaving the Prevention field Jack established The Center for Inside-Out Understanding (formerly, NorthEast Health Realization Institute,) where he conducted Three Principles trainings and consultations internationally, which then also evolved into individual counseling and coaching. Jack authored nine well-respected books on the Three Principles, including Somebody Should Have Told Us!, which many practitioners recommend as one of the best introductory books on the Principles; Seduced By Consciousness, which, along with Somebody…, many people have told him changed their lives; Modello: A Story of Hope for the Inner-City and Beyond, which won the Martin Luther King Storyteller’s Award for the book best exemplifying King’s  vision of “the beloved community”; Parenting from the Heart;  Hope for All; and Paradigm Shift about the history of the Three Principles. Among these are two coauthored children’s books and a curriculum for middle school students. Jack is now semi-retired but runs mentoring groups and is a coach of coaches and trainer of trainers.   

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