If you desire to truly live life, not merely survive, then you must reconnect to the spirit of the untamed, pursue the scent of freedom and awaken within you the true essence that life has to offer. Mythic scholar Joseph Campbell often said, “I do not believe people are looking for the meaning of life as much as they are looking for the experience of being alive. The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature.” The horse stirs our deepest and most moving ancestral memories because we are one. In a time when people are desperately searching for the experience of being alive, yet feel as if a great dragon is sitting upon their chest, now is when we need the horse the most to reconnect our heartbeats with the beat of four hooves and to match our nature with nature’s most gracious gift, the horse.© - Tricia Weldon

Ananda Ranch gives girls and women the tools to reconnect with their forgotten and neglected selves and teaches them how to rejoice in the Bliss of Empowerment.

Our goal is to create an opportunity for participants to heal by utilizing the intuitive nature of horses which is taken up and then interpreted by the clients themselves.

The Ananda Ranch philosophy is built on one principle: Greatness Comes from Within. We are here to empower girls and women and to help them Find and Follow their Bliss. Our program is designed to specifically nurture the female gender’s unique intellectual, psychological, and emotional needs - addressing the whole person in mind, body and spirit. We promote natural healing from the inside out - we are women helping women.

This is a behavioral learning, not horseback riding, program which has shown to have a powerful impact on females by increasing their emotional, behavioral, and physical health so that they can develop confidence, courage, and determination to enhance their abilities to take full advantage of their talents, academic interests, career pursuits and potential for healthy relationships.

By playing in a series of activities and games with the horses, clients are able to visually interpret the real difficulties in their lives by reflecting on the way the horses confront them. This experiential modality works by creating the context in which clients can realize how much they already know and then use these abilities to remove individual barriers, providing a pathway to greater health and healing. This program’s model of structure is designed to foster self-esteem, help young girls maintain authentic connection with peers and community and to counter trends toward self-doubt and harmful decision-making.

Every equine activity is performed on the ground, rather than riding, to keep the focus on the assigned goal and experience; therefore, all clients are able to participate regardless of age, prior horse experience and/or physical disabilities.

Our unique program provide a transformational experience that transcends beyond the arena and enables girls and women, of every lifestyle, to become proactive in all aspects of their lives. The Ananda Ranch experience is an all inclusive adventure into your own being where you are given the tools necessary to transform the life you

are living into your personal vision of bliss.

        Come with us to Find and Follow Your Bliss!