About Unbridled Connection
Unbridled Connection Kentucky is a healing and wellness group that is presented by Ampersand Recovery and Wellness.
"We use a holistic approach to healing at Ampersand. By partnering with other professionals and organizations we encourage treatment that encompasses healing of the mind, body, and spirit."
Jackie Newman, LPCC-S, CPTT
Our Mission and Philosophy
At Unbridled Connection, we believe that true healing and wellness comes through connection and a healthy relationship with self (mind, body, spirit) and others, including relationships with animals, nature, and a loving Creator as you understand them.
Our Approach
We believe that the surest path to healing and wellness is attained through an experiential and holistic approach. We are intentional to use the best modalities that we know and have experienced to foster space for your healing and rejuvenation. Our experiential workshops and intensives combine clinical care with integrative and supportive modalities that may include movement and breath, mindfulness activities, music therapy, energy therapies, clinical aromatherapy, and equine-assisted learning. It is our deepest desire to provide you with a safe and nurturing setting, healing hospitality, mixed with fun and opportunities to embrace healing through connection inside and out that will help you shift into a new way of being in the word.
Why Horses?
While not all of our workshops may include horses, they all include the wisdom we gain from them. Horses, being prey animals, are incredibly intuitive and highly aware of their environment. As non-verbal mammals, they are masters at reading body language. They don't care what we say. Instead, they pay attention to how we show up in a relationship. As herd animals, they are social creatures. Horses don't care about our pasts, nor do they worry about the future. They each have distinct personalities, moods, and attitudes. Horses are sentient beings who live in the moment and feel safe when we are regulated and present with them (mind, body, spirit).
At unbridled Connection, horses are our partners with which we strive to have healthy, attuned relationships. They have choices and can say yes or no to our requests. All partnering we do with horses and humans are guided by the principles of Natural Lifemanship.
What is Equine Assisted Learning (EAL)?
Equine assisted learning is an experiential learning approach that promotes life skills development for educational, professional, and personal goals through interactions with equines. In addition, trauma informed equine assisted learning applies the knowledge of the science of trauma to offer learning and transformative growth through the emphasis of connection.