FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Equine Energetics Expert and Leadership Coach

Lori Halliday is a highly esteemed Equine Energetics Expert and Leadership Coach, with over 23 years of expertise in intuitive horsemanship and 18 years as a certified Equine Experiential Learning trainer. Grounded in deep reverence for the profound connections between humans and horses, Lori's approach is built on creating congruent, safe spaces where transformative leadership and relational skills are nurtured.

Her training is informed by a robust formal education in the behavioral sciences—psychology, sociology, criminology, cultural anthropology, and art—allowing her to weave a rich tapestry of knowledge into her work. Lori's methods are deeply influenced by a lineage of exceptional teachers, including John & Christina Amaral, Linda Kohanov, Carolyn Resnick, and Lockie Phillips, among others.

At her ranch, Horse & Heart, nestled in the Santa Cruz Mountains, over looking the Monterey Bay. Lori offers a sanctuary for adults, children, and LGBTQIA+ to grow and thrive under her expert guidance. Through her programs, such as Chiron Master Class, Congruency Coaching, EEL and Intuitive Horsemanship, she fosters environments of deep soul care, emphasizing leadership and relational skills that are rooted in respect, consent, and love.

Lori's work transcends traditional horsemanship, integrating her knowledge of Axis Syllabus, Gyrotonic, and Pilates to support holistic personal and relational development.

A master at facilitating spaces of congruence and transformation, Lori is dedicated to helping others become experts and leaders in their own lives, embodying the essence of true leadership and soulful connection with their horse partners.

LEAD TRAINER

At this point in my career, my approach is slow, consensual, and loving. Emotional and physical integrity are deeply considered for all. I continue to do my own personal work internally and in the field so that I can consciously meet you, and your horse partners in a biomechanically, spiritually, relationally congruent, and informed way. I hope you will come to play with us, the rich and fruitful messages of this work wait for you.

My Story - I have been insurmountably blessed nearly my whole life to have access to horses. I never grew out of that “weird horse girl” phase and I'm sure happy I didn't! As a toddler, I was infatuated with the prehistoric wonders of dinosaurs! I would watch “The Land Before Time” as often as I was allowed. Upon moving to Santa Cruz as a wee two-year-old, on a long drive up a steep hill to what would turn into my forever home, I took in my first sight on a neighboring hilltop of the majesty that is equine and nothing has ever been the same! In the months following this preliminary exposure, I would pester my mother endlessly to allow me to take lessons. She would soon give in, and we would both dive head first into a life of endless commitment to caring for, loving, learning from, teaching with, and eternally playing, in partnership with horses.

As many children do, in my tween years I broke away from my mom and what had become a familial study of natural horsemanship and began to follow my own path. Along this journey have been lucky enough to study under and be influenced by some of the greatest riders and horsemen of our time, travel to Europe, compete at venues and in divisions I have only dreamed of, ride in the same rings, and even show against my own equestrian heroes, own, sell and love horses of a lifetime, and most importantly, rediscover my passion for the tenderness and relationship in natural horsemanship that I had lost over those years on my road to achievements in the sports world of showjumping.