The Art & Science of Connection
Join us for a dynamic learning series for youth & their families at Equinimity. For youth ages 7-12 years old, this is an equine experience for personal growth and development. For adults, this offering covers conscious parenting and psychoeducation.
When:- Saturday, September 13th
- Behavior = Communication
- Saturday, September 20th
- Navigating Stress
- Saturday, October 4th
- Healthy Boundaries
- Saturday, October 11th
- Compassionate Communication
Where: Equinimity: 3742 N Edith Blvd. Tucson, 85718
Cost: $465 per family - partial scholarships available. Equinimity is an ESA-approved vendor. Space is limited.

About the Facilitators
Jeanie Shepherd
A lifetime of experience with horses for me adds up to over 60 years. Beginning with training my first horse at the age of 12, and proceeding to breed and train my own horses, until the age of 37 when I developed a business breeding and training for other people.
During the last 35-plus years, I've dedicated myself to learning as much as possible about holistic health care.
I became certified not only as a Parelli InStructor, but as an Equine Touch Practitioner. From 2010 through 2013, I dedicated my life to learning more about foal development, mentally, emotionally and physically.
When I moved to southern Arizona in late 2013, I worked as the Equine Specialist for a Hippotherapy Facility until I moved into Tucson. It was then that I met Barbara Collier, and became involved in partnering with her and our horses Blue and Freedom to assist our clients on their Healing Journeys.
Emile McCrae
Emily McCrea has been working with children and families for over 25 years. She is a TEACH through Love certified conscious parent educator and coach, a certified Inner Child Journey and Resilient Heart trauma sensitive practitioner. She is a long time progressive educator and classroom teacher, school founder, consultant, Speaker, group facilitator and an LGBT youth ally. She is a self proclaimed emotional interpreter and fierce advocate of children's rights. She works with schools, families, organizations and in tandem with therapists. She is a mom of 2 kids, 15 and 21
"I teach caring adults how to identify what drives behavior and decipher and decode troubling and confusing behaviors and build compassionate communication skills and regulation tools that sustain relationships without punitive measures. I am focused on interpretation of core stored emotions and core developmental needs, somatic regulation techniques, healthy boundaries and relationship repair for our important relationships."