the herd
Ciuin – A 13-year-old pure-bred Connemara gelding. Ciuin and Geraldine are both originally from Ireland and bring that particular Irish attitude to life!
Roki – An 18-year-old Chestnut Thoroughbred gelding. Big and strong, but something of a “surfer dude in a horse’s body”.
Ciara – A 22-year-old Standardbred mare. Perceptive, with a deep understanding of trauma, Ciara has much to teach.
Rose – A 15-year-old Chestnut Thoroughbred mare. Soft, sensitive, pretty and loves to run.
Geraldine holds the space and facilitates the programme. She understands the healing that a relationship with horses can bring to humans.
- over 13 years working with horses
- clinics and courses with Elsa Sinclair, Warwick Schiller, Russell Higgins and Jane Cook
- attended equine therapy workshops in Canada and Portugal
In addition to working with horses:
- 20+ years as a nurse (RGON with Post Graduate Certificate in Health Science - Emergency Nursing) (not practicing)
- 12+ years as a lawyer (Master of Laws with First Class Honours) (not practicing)
- Kinesiology and holistic health practitioner (International Certificate in Professional Kinesiology Practice)
- mother of two, grandmother of two
- worked with young people to strengthen literacy skills and re-ignite joy in learning in Northland and Taranaki
- a lover of poetry and short stories, she writes and publishes under her maiden name, Geraldine Forde-Buckley