Holistic
horse
academy

Reset, relax and relearn.

Our Farm

Our farm offers an off-grid living experience drawing its power and water through sustainable means. Situated about an hour outside of Mossel Bay on the Western edge of South Africa’s Garden Route, the raw surroundings allows both humans and horses to live as closely with nature and natural cycles as possible.

Our Herd

We were inspired by the research of Jamie Jackson, and have always aimed to secure as large a piece of range land as possible for the herd. This resulted in the current property where the horses have access to a multitude habitats, including 3.5km of Gouritz riverine habitat, Gouritz valley thicket in the valleys and renosterveld/karoid like aloe veld on the ridges. 
 
Our horses are free to roam over diverse habitats spanning 150 hectares of wild space and still enjoy the benefits of daily care and attention from their human custodians. Our horses are worked in hand and participate in liberty training.
 
We aim to simulate an environment as close as possible to the natural lifestyle that many wild horses live in. 
 
This allows their feedback to us and interactions with us to be unspoiled and divinely natural.

cornelia scholtz

Cornelia coaches natural and bitless riding professionally, as well as teaching and being an advocate for Holistic Horse Care, Wellness and Management both online and on the farm. This includes Liberty training, ground work as well as horse and rider biomechanics.

Over the past 6 years, Cornelia has incorporated the practices of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy,  Full spectrum and Natural Mindfulness,  Heal Your life practices – especially Inner child exploration,  as well as Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy fused with Somatic Expression and Equine Assisted Experiential Learning & Non clinical Trauma Support . Working intuitively utilizing the wonderful tools from many insightful practices.

Cornelia assists clients by becoming their guide, (a Chironic healer) as nature and her equine tribe helps you move deeper into your own energy field and centers. This assists clients in capturing the essential nature of an experience, which includes the intangible and abstract.

Cornelia’s formal training includes:
The Racing and Equestrian Academy of South Africa, University of Tswane (Onderstepoort), TTouch SA, SANEF, Love Life Academy, Landmark Foundation, Achology – Academy of Modern Applied Psychology, Science of People, Brain Academy, Priority Academy, International Association of Therapist, Neuroscience Academy , Arizona Trauma Institute ,Transformation Services & Impact Therapy Center.

Our Team of

Facilitators

Anja Bock
Movement Medicine, Dance, Yoga and Quantum Touch Specialist
Loes van Dijk
Level 4 Performance Horsemanship Coach
Dr Marie Lavrut
Veterinarian & Equine Behaviour Enthusiast

For more information about our farm and facilities, please get in touch!