We Also Offer: Affordable Horse boarding, Horse-riding lessons, Horse-back Weddings, Kids Horse Camps (year-round), Horse-training for problem horses, and fishing adventures. Wildfire Ranch staff members interpret horse behavior during these sessions as the horses 'mirror' what they are sensing in the clients. Clients are given games to play with the horses which empower clients in their weak areas and promote healing from inner traumas as a result. As such there is no counseling conducted during our equine therapy sessions. Our purpose at Wildfire Ranch Spiritual Retreat is to promote healing for emotionally-hurting men, women and children through one-on-one encounters with 13 magnificent horses.ĭisclosure: Wildfire Ranch Staff members are not licensed counselors, psychologists or psychiatrists nor do we make any such claims. The heartbreaking effects are seen in broken families, drug addiction and suicide. Emotionally-traumatized families are often unable to afford the $150/hour psychiatric treatments and unwilling to wait the 3-6 months at the low-income counseling centers. The epidemic of depression in America has touched every home.

Wildfire Ranch Spiritual Retreat is owned and operated by the mother-daughter team of Cynthia and Ariel Sweeley. Nights are often spent under the stars around an Amish-crafted campfire pit. wrap-around deck, sleeping, reading and meditating while soaking up the breathtaking views of mountains, valleys and horses. Between horse activities guests are invited to join our staff in authentic ranch life chores, including mucking out horse stalls, leather-oiling saddles and feeding the herd of 18 'angel-animals.' In between horse activities our guests spend endless hours on our 1200 sq. Each day is filled with riding lessons, equine therapy sessions, pony cart rides, 'All About Horses' clinics and unforgettable mountain horseback trail ride adventures. Others visit just to enjoy the horse dude ranch experience with their loved ones. Guests from Florida to California and Argentina to Germany have spent week-long retreats to receive healing from depression. log-sided lodge with guestrooms available to rent. The retreat center itself is fondly referred to as 'The Ponderosa,' a 6,000 sq. Breathtaking views surround the setting creating an atmosphere of peace and tranquility. Wildfire Ranch Spiritual Retreat, LLC, is a peaceful paradise located in the heart of Spring Mills, Pennsylvania (just 25 minutes East of the Pennsylvania State University and State College, PA).

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