Join Heidi at the beautiful Stepping Stones Farm & Retreat Center in rural New Hampshire. Stay at the Homestead, a classic, charming, historic New England style farmhouse. Relax and unwind your evenings away while watching the sun set over nature's bounty. Enjoy communion with like-minded horse lovers while you share meals, stories, and the days magical moments. Bring your own horse or lease a facility horse. Breakfast is included and lunch is available. Enjoy access to a full kitchen during your stay.
This unique retreat is designed for horses and horse lovers of all levels with the goal of deepening understanding, rapport, confidence, and connection. The result is creating safer, more enjoyable, trusting partnerships.
Horse Speak- Everything horses say to each other they say to us. Horse Speak Senior Instructor Heidi Potter will teach you how to listen to what they are saying and how to respond in a way that they can understand. A few basic “vocabulary words”, a willingness to listen, and an open heart and mind are all you need to enter the conversation. Learning Horse Speak includes workshops in theory, interactive exercises with humans, herd observation, interpretation, and communication with horses. Learning the basics of Horse Speak is guaranteed to take your horsemanship skills and all you do with horses to the next level. You will see horses differently for ever more!
Horse Agility & Stress-Free Obstacle Play- Learn the sport of Horse Agility based on the International Horse Agility Club of England. It all begins with in-hand leading skills and progresses to obstacle play. Discover how best to support your horse and help him become a more confident, trusting partner as you play! If you attend with your own horse there is an option to proceed to mounted obstacle play on the third day. Participants with leased horses will continue to apply new-found skills on the ground.
Riders Choice Monday- This optional day is for those who want a private or semi-private session with Heidi to expand on their retreat experience. Choose Centered Riding lessons, Problem Solving, either on the ground or in the saddle, or further development of the weekends many lessons.
Our packages are fully customizable. Please select the quanity of you add-ons and select Add to cart, then proceed to checkout by clicking "Cart" in the top right of the screen, or at the bottom of the package list!
If you have any trouble booking, please reach out to ives@steppingstonesfarm.com.
General Registration, including lunch and attendance for the Retreat, April 11th-14th. DOES NOT include optional private lesson costs, accommodations, leases, specific private auditing or auditors lunches. More add on options available! This price is only available if registered after the early bird special expires.
Private room, with shared bath. Can be arranged to be purchased in packages, so your party will be staying together. Includes Breakfast.
Priced per day, includes cost for Auditing the Session. Lunch NOT INCLCUDED.
Priced to include 3 days of Auditing, includes cost for Auditing the Session. Lunch NOT INCLCUDED.
Includes Lunch (meal) per day
Share your room with 2 others, that can be arranged to be purchased in packages, so your party will be staying together. Includes Breakfast.
Share your room with 1 other, that can be arranged to be purchased in packages, so your party will be staying together. Includes Breakfast.
Any Topic optional
Any Topic optional
Bedding Only is provided, please bring your own Hay/Feed, and please muck your own stalls.
Lease a horse for the sessions, subject to limited availability, please contact Stepping Stones as soon as possible, or fill out the form below to let us know you're interested!
Put your name on the wait list below and we will notify you if a spot opens up!