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The six-day January retreat is now open. Eight spots only.
San Miguel de Allende
One to one

Therapeutic experiences.

Individual sessions at the ranch, in the company of the herd. This is not the group retreat work. Here you choose the person you want to work with.

Meet the practitioners Message us
A woman sitting in the sand of the round pen as a horse lowers its head to her

Everyone on this page works differently and trained differently. The label above each name says exactly what they practise, so you know what you are walking into before you write.

Today these sessions are coaching and complementary practice, not clinical therapy. They sit well alongside therapy, but they do not replace it. If you are looking for clinical therapy, tell us and we will point you in the right direction.

The practitioners

Choose who you work with.

Amy Spencer, CHA-certified riding instructor at Rancho Baile de la Luna
Complementary practice

Amy Spencer

Good for Riders who want to understand how horse and human move, communicate, and find balance together.

At a glance
  • CHA-certified instructor
  • Certified equine therapist
  • Bilingual, English and Spanish
  • Daily Kundalini and Pranayama yoga

Amy Spencer brings a lifetime of lived experience with horses, shaped by a life spent between Mexico and the United States. Fluent in both Spanish and English, she moves naturally between cultures as well as within the subtle, unspoken language of horses. Her work focuses on biomechanics and the therapeutic art of equitation, exploring how horse and human move, communicate, and find balance together. She is a Certified Horsemanship Association instructor and a certified equine therapist.

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A daily practitioner of Kundalini and Pranayama yoga, Amy incorporates breath, awareness, and energy into her teaching, creating a safe and supportive environment for deeper connection. She offers clear guidance while allowing each rider to develop awareness through direct experience.

Sessions
  • Therapeutic equitation

    Biomechanics and centered riding, working with how horse and rider move, communicate, and find balance together.

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Marti McGinnis at Rancho Baile de la Luna, smiling under a straw hat
Complementary practice

Marti McGinnis

Good for People drawn to creative, reflective work with the herd, without riding.

At a glance
  • EAGALA Level 2 Certified Equine Specialist
  • 40+ years guiding people
  • Master's degree in Communication
  • Creator of Charcoal Horse
  • English, with some Spanish

Marti McGinnis is a lifelong creative, facilitator, and pioneer in equine-assisted learning, with over 40 years of experience guiding people through experiential and transformative processes. With a Master's degree in Communication and decades as a professional artist, her work brings together authentic expression, human connection, and the intuitive wisdom of horses.

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She is an EAGALA Level 2 Certified Equine Specialist, a certified Equine Assisted Learning facilitator, and in 2024 completed a Level 2 Certificate in the Therapeutic Use of Person-Centred Creative Arts in the UK. Co-founder of HorseJourneys and founder of QuantumSparks, her current work, Charcoal Horse, blends equine-assisted learning with drawing and reflective art. Her approach is non-riding and experiential: presence, observation, and creative expression in the company of the herd.

Sessions
  • Charcoal Horse

    Equine-assisted learning paired with drawing and reflective art. Non-riding and experiential.

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Jocelyn Rausten, Mindvalley certified life coach
Certified coaching

Jocelyn Rausten

Good for Young adults and anyone navigating a transition, a question of identity, or life direction.

At a glance
  • Mindvalley Certified Life Coach
  • Degree in Biology and Chemistry
  • Lewis and Clark College

Jocelyn Rausten is a Mindvalley Certified Life Coach who brings a grounded, intuitive, and compassionate approach to her work. She holds a degree in Biology and Chemistry from Lewis and Clark College, bringing a thoughtful, holistic perspective to human behavior and growth. She has long been recognized for her natural ability to listen deeply, reflect insightfully, and guide others with clarity and care.

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Her calm presence and thoughtful questions gently uncover patterns, beliefs, and possibilities that may not be immediately visible. She is especially drawn to working with young adults and those navigating transitions, identity, and life direction, providing the space for reflection and integration that the experiential work with the herd opens up.

Sessions
  • Life coaching with the herd

    One to one coaching for transitions, identity, and life direction, with room to integrate what the work with the horses opens up.

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Maria Lucero, smiling, with a hand on a white horse in the round pen at Rancho Baile de la Luna
Complementary practice

Maria Lucero

Good for Anyone drawn to constellation work and energy practice in the company of horses.

At a glance
  • Functional therapies through the horses' heart
  • Family constellations
  • Chakra balance and blessings
  • Graphology and the Enneagram
  • Bilingual, Spanish and English

Maria Lucero guides the constellation work at the ranch, along with chakra balance sessions, blessings, and pelvic healing, all of it done in the company of the horses.

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Her starting point is simple and close to our own: horses are healers, purely because of the presence they bring. Presence is the thing a person has to arrive with, and once it is there, letting go becomes possible. She also works with graphology and the Enneagram as tools for getting to know yourself better.

Sessions
  • Constellations with horses Price on request

    Family constellation work done in the company of the herd.

  • Chakra balance
  • Blessings
  • Pelvic healing
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Patricia Rivera, smiling, on a beach with the sea behind her
Complementary practice

Patricia Rivera

Good for Anyone looking for energy work and stillness in the grounding company of horses.

At a glance
  • Certified ThetaHealing® Instructor
  • Reiki Master
  • Guide for A Course in Miracles, 10+ years
  • Creator of the Meditaluna app
  • Bilingual, Spanish and English

Patricia Rivera has extensive experience as a practitioner of ThetaHealing, Master Reiki, and Akashic Records reading, and has been a guide for A Course in Miracles for over ten years. She is a Certified Instructor with the ThetaHealing® Institute of Knowledge.

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She is also a meditation guide and the creator of Meditaluna, a meditation app designed to help you reinvent yourself through the wisdom and energy of the Moon. As a new offering, she is bringing Reiki sessions together with the horses, joining her experience in energy healing with the grounding, intuitive, and transformative presence of the herd.

Sessions
  • Reiki with horses $1,200 MXN per hour

    Energy work in the presence of the herd, paired with the settling company of horses.

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Alanna Levenson smiling up at Jeronimo, a pinto horse, as he leans down to her over his stall door
Certified coaching

Alanna Levenson

Good for Leaders, professionals, teams, and individuals navigating growth, change, and how they communicate, relate, and lead.

At a glance
  • ICF Professional Certified Coach (PCC)
  • Certified Equine-Assisted Coach and Facilitator, Equine Alchemy
  • 20+ years in coaching and leadership development
  • Trained in Relationship Systems Coaching (ORSC) and HeartMath

Alanna Levenson is an ICF Professional Certified Coach (PCC), executive and life coach, and certified Equine-Assisted Coach and Facilitator through Equine Alchemy. With more than 20 years of experience, her work spans coaching, leadership development, and organizational effectiveness. She works with leaders, professionals, teams, and individuals navigating growth, change, and the complexities of how they communicate, relate, and lead.

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Her advanced training includes HeartMath's Activating the Heart of Teams and Organization and Relationship Systems Coaching (ORSC), bringing a systems-oriented lens to her work with both individuals and groups. Alanna's approach is experiential, practical, and grounded in the belief that meaningful change begins with awareness and becomes lasting through practice.

Working with horses creates an opportunity to see and experience patterns around presence, trust, boundaries, communication, and connection in real time. Alanna helps clients make sense of what emerges, reframe patterns that may no longer be serving them, and experiment with different ways of responding, then translate those insights into their everyday lives, relationships, and leadership. It's not about getting it "right." It's about becoming more aware of what you're bringing into the moment, practicing something different, and discovering what changes when you do.

Sessions
  • Equine-assisted coaching

    Presence, trust, boundaries, communication, and connection, seen in real time with the horses and carried back into everyday life and leadership.

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How to start

Tell us what you are after and we will match you with the right person.

Send us a WhatsApp with two lines about what brings you. We will tell you who fits best, how long it takes, what it costs, and when there is room. If none of them fit, we will tell you that too.

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