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Relax. Release. Renew Your Spirit.

As You Learn In and Learn From Nature

Events


SPRING AND SUMMER 2017

Equine-Assisted Personal Growth: A Body-Centered Approach

May 19, 2017
Participants Write . . . 
I can’t thank you enough for the amazing experience that was yesterday's workshop. I came wanting to learn about Equine Assisted Personal Growth and A Body Centered approach, which I did. You were able to distill a wide body of knowledge both on Equine Assisted Therapeutic Approaches and Body Centered work into wonderful, easy to digest nuggets of wisdom. Your stories of your experiences brought these therapeutic approaches to life. The beauty of the natural setting couldn’t have been more perfect.
 
What really amazed me the most, however, was the first-hand healing that occurred for me through my participation with a Body Centered Exercise with you, and with being in the ring with your beautiful horses. I was able to release sadness that I really didn’t even know I held. I know exactly where I held it too. For YEARS I have had left low back and hip pain. Last night, when I got back from the workshop and was getting ready for bed, I went to take my usual Tylenol to ease up my pain so I can sleep, when I suddenly realized that I no longer had the pain! The pain is still gone this morning and I wanted to let you know and to say thank you. - DB

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Shelly, thank you for the wonderful experience that you created. You gave me the opportunity to be a part of nature for a short day under the open sky, feeling the sun, walking through grasses and wild flowers, listening to birds chirping, sharing the space with majestic Sunny and Sunshine, and so much more. ...

That was the best workshop I ever had. 
What a contrast with the stuffy, cold, hotel conference rooms we have to endure for our CEUS! - ST
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June 3, 2017

A Healing Retreat for Body and Soul

Join us for a day to relax, release, and restore your spirit as you: 
  • Reconnect with Nature
  • Reconnect with your breath
  • Reconnect with you body
  • Reconnect with your Self and the Source of all things
and a little bit of poetry to help you remember:
  • who you really are and
  • what really matters​
​Agenda:
This retreat will include gentle group "releases", time alone with yourself and your journal, group meditation, and light, reflective horse interaction.
​Lunch:
A light, protein-rich, vegetarian lunch is included.
July 2, 2017

Nature's Church: A Mini Healing Retreat

Please join us for this condensed version of our June 3rd retreat!

You will be guided with some gentle group releases to help you reconnect with your body, your breath, and your Self as a naturally spiritual being.

You will also have time alone, in silence, to walk to the mountain, sit by the creek, or sun in the pasture, for prayer, reflection, and/or meditation.

You are encouraged to bring a journal!

Preregistration is required by contacting Shelly by Saturday, July 1st.

If this is your first time attending one of Shelly's workshops, you will need to download and sign the form below and bring with you to the workshop. 
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​CEUs available for LPC, LMFT, and general social work hours
Shelly Smith
PO Box 1233
Pickens, SC 29671
Equine Liability Release
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Working With Energy: What Horse Whisperers Know

Emotions are made up of energy - so are thoughts and beliefs. Energy is stored in the bodymind and must be accessed and released via the bodymind.

Great horse whisperers know that working with a horse's flight instinct, is more effective than trying to control or subdue it.

Drawing from their example, we will learn how to release negative energy - negative emotions - from the bodymind, by learning how to partner with them versus trying to manage them.

This workshop is experiential. You will learn how to use and practice these tools for yourself, before attempting to use them with clients. These tools will also help you stay balanced and centered and take on less "stuff" from your clients.
July 15, 2017

​Saturday
9am - 4pm
Heaven On Earth Farm
Pickens, SC
​(Directions available upon registration).

Cost: $90.00
6 CEUs 
SPACE IS LIMITED!
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Click here to schedule your consultation (for first-timers) or to schedule your free sessions! Or you may call Shelly at 864/933-8000.

​August 2017
Now scheduling up to three free sessions per individual for the month of August!

Learn how to release stress and other negative energy - thoughts, feelings, beliefs, and old programs - in a way that's body-centered, nature-based, easeful, powerful, and practical.

Sessions conducted in nature at Heaven On Earth Farm or by phone.

Additional Notes:
  • A brief phone consultation (free of charge) is required for all first-time clients.
  • Offer not applicable to couples' sessions or equine-assisted personal growth sessions.
  • Sessions cancelled without 24-hour notice will exclude you from participation for the remainder of the month.
  • There are a limited number of spaces available. As a courtesy to those on the waiting list, please provide as much notice of cancellation as possible. 
August 19, 2017
Casual Discussion and Experimentation
It's All Energy: Body-Centered Approaches for releasing stress, limiting beliefs, and negative emotions.
Preregistration required by:
1) contacting Shelly to say you are planning to attend, and
2) sending the form below, signed, and including your check to: Shelly Smith, PO Box 1233, Pickens, SC 29671 postmarked on or before Thursday, August 17th.
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You are encouraged to bring a bag-lunch or picnic. We may vote to take a short lunch break on-site and end our discussion before 3:00pm.

This is an outdoor event. Please dress casually and comfortably. 

​There is a port-o-john on the premises:)
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Fall 2017

Fall "Letting Go" Series for LPCs and LMFTs
Beginning Saturday, October 14th (9am-2pm)
Other dates: November 11th and December 9th
Join us for this unique opportunity to , , , 
  • Relax and surrender to the healing power of Nature
  • De-brief with supportive colleagues
  • Reconnect with your body, your breath, and your Self
  • Learn valuable body-centered tools to help you release stress and other negative energies.
  • Get CEUs in the process!
This series is designed to help you benefit from the cumulative effect of regular immersion in Nature, relationship-building with colleagues, and consistent experience and practice with the tools.

Therefore, attendance at all three is recommended, but not required.

Those preregistering for all three, will receive a 25% discount. (Shelly will happily accept 3 post-dated checks).
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​Preregistration required and accomplished by:

1) contacting Shelly to say you are planning to attend, specifying which workshops, and
2) sending the form below, signed, and including your check to: Shelly Smith, PO Box 1233, Pickens, SC 29671 postmarked on or before Thursday, October 12th.
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Saturday, November 4, 2017
(Mostly) Silent Healing Retreat
Cancelled!
10:00am-5:00pm
​$125.00


​Immerse yourself in the healing power of the present moment​ - with only the sounds of Nature to guide you, in this (mostly) silent nature retreat. 

There will be a brief introduction to help you set your intention for the day with tips to help you stay grounded and present.

A light protein-rich vegetarian lunch is included.

You might want to bring a journal.
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Also . . . 
Please join us for our evening event!
​See below for details.
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Saturday November 4, 2017
Under the Moon Releasing Event
Cancelled!
6:30pm-9:30pm
$65.00

​Just as autumn leaves surrender their grip onto what is familiar, so are we invited to let go - of emotions, stresses, worries, and "stuff" we've accumulated during the spring and summer seasons of high productivity.

As we surrender, we make room for the quiet of winter and the deep well of "remembering" to be found there.

Tonight we celebrate, as we sit by the fire, under a full moon, the last day of Daylight Savings Time and the coming darkness.

You will be guided in some gentle group releases, meditation, and will have an opportunity to burn old journals in the fire if you'd like.

Please consider joining us for this special event!

​Preregistration required for both events. To do so please:
1) contact Shelly to say you are planning to attend, specifying which events or both, and
2) send the form below, signed, and including your check to: Shelly Smith, PO Box 1233, Pickens, SC 29671 postmarked on or before Thursday, November 2, 2017.

Please note: These are outdoor events and are subject to last-minute rescheduling in case of severe weather. Please dress appropriately. There is a lovely port-o-john on the premises:)
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Coming Soon!!! More Continuing Education Opportunities for Licensed Professional Counselors, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists, and Licensed Social Workers!

​Please make sure you are on the mailing list by clicking here.
Or, feel free to contact Shelly directly at 864/933-8000.
​Location:
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​Heaven On Earth Farm

  • Five minutes from downtown Pickens, SC
  • Thirty minutes from downtown Greenville, SC
  • Thirty - Forty minutes from Clemson/Seneca, SC

​Specific directions provided upon scheduling or registration.
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​Upstate, SC
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