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Our mission is to allow our clients to disconnect from everyday stresses & enhance wellness. https://eponaretreats.com/9-steps-to-unleash-your-inner-power.

We gently introduce nature and the intuition of horses to connect with your own awareness specifically through horses & Movement Meditations Noreen specialises in women's personal and professional development through equine learning and energy healing and provides Animal Reiki Teachings, Reiki Energy Healing, Equine Therapy, Bespoke Retreats & Meditations at Epona facilitated by her 3 horses, Ruby, Lizzie and Isabel. At Epona Retreat Centre, its unique selling points have proven that the horse's behaviour matches a person's behaviour. During my sessions, the horses change the new carers' attitude and behaviours to become more empowered by listening to their inner wisdom, which brings about the inner power of leadership, gains clarity in their vision of purpose, and builds their confidence and trust in holding space for themselves during uncertain times. Check out my on-line programme where I help professional woman who want to find their purpose, direction and increase confidence through the revolutionary programme that taps into the power of the horses. Ask to join my Private Facebook Group Epona Celtic Goddess of Horses - it is for like-hearted souls who feel pulled to, connect more deeply with their intuition and wisdom, and embrace their spiritual gifts with the energy vibration of the horses and mother nature. Book a Free Consultation call with Noreen if you are curious and would like to hear more about how Noreen can help you on your Life Purpose. https://eponaretreatcentre.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php?appointmentType=3487305

30/10/2026

🐾❤️ WHEN MY DOG BECAME MY TEACHER: A WEEKEND OF HEALING, LOVE & LISTENING ❤️🐾

Sometimes, the greatest teachers in our lives have four legs, a beautiful heart, and a way of reaching places within us that we haven’t yet found the words for. 🐾✨

Last weekend, my beautiful dog Molly became very unwell. She was empty reaching, seemed to have something caught in her throat, and had a fever. With the vet closed for the bank holiday weekend, I spent time caring for her and sending her healing energy, hoping to bring her some comfort and relief. 🤗

Little did I realise that, while I was trying to help her, there was something much deeper unfolding.

Over the following days, I experienced intense discomfort in my own body, particularly around my solar plexus, just below my breastbone. It felt like a fire burning inside me. I was in so much pain that I struggled to sleep, and eventually sought medical attention.

Thankfully, my blood results were reassuring, but I knew I needed to listen to my body and take what was happening seriously.

Over the years I had been drawn to eating bread and dairy, yet something inside me kept whispering that my body wasn’t happy. I had been receiving those little nudges, but I hadn’t fully listened.

Then, on Thursday evening, as I sat on the couch, my dog jumped up beside me, resting against the right side of my body. Suddenly, she began heaving again.

I found myself wondering whether she was reflecting something back to me, reminding me that I needed to pay attention to my own wellbeing.

Was this a coincidence? I cannot say for certain. But the experience invited me to pause, reflect and listen.

✨ Our animals have so much to teach us, if we are willing to listen. ✨

As an Animal Reiki Master and Transformational Equine Therapist, I spend so much of my life holding space for others, listening to the animals, and helping people reconnect with themselves.

Yet this experience reminded me that we, too, must be willing to receive.

Sometimes, we become so busy caring for everyone else that we overlook the messages our own bodies are sending us.

We ignore the discomfort.
We push through the tiredness.
We dismiss our intuition.
And sometimes, we even feel we have to justify looking after ourselves.

But choosing to honour what our bodies need is not being awkward. It is self-respect. It is self-love. ❤️

I recently began exploring my own trauma more deeply, by reading “The Body Keeps the Score” by Dr Bessel van der Kolk, I felt this opened up a lot of healing for me and preparing myself for the weekend to attend his seminar in Dublin💗

I feel blessed to have my animals beside me as I continue this journey of self-discovery, healing and learning to love myself more deeply.

They remind me that healing isn’t always about doing more. Sometimes, it begins when we become still enough to listen.

🐴🐾 Our animals don’t always need words to communicate. Their presence, behaviour and connection with us can invite us to look within.

I believe our animals can be wonderful mirrors, helping us become more aware of our emotions, our boundaries and the care we need to give ourselves.

But we must also remember to listen to our bodies, seek medical support when we need it, and never dismiss symptoms that require attention.

💕 So today, I invite you to pause for a moment.

Look into the eyes of your dog.
Sit quietly beside your horse.
Feel the presence of the animal who loves you without judgement.

And ask yourself:

Am I giving myself the same love, patience and care that I so freely give to them?

Because sometimes, in caring for our animals, we discover that we are being gently reminded to care for ourselves, too.

I am forever grateful for the beautiful animals who walk beside me, teach me, and continue to open my heart to a deeper understanding of love. 🙏❤️

Sending you so much love & light. Noreen ❤️

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27/10/2026

🌿 Sometimes, the answers we seek are found when we slow down and listen within. 🐎💓

We live in a busy world, often carrying emotions, worries and thoughts that can cloud our judgement and prevent us from seeing the opportunities unfolding before us.

Sometimes, we become so caught up in what has been that we struggle to see what is possible.

✨ What if you gave yourself permission to pause, breathe and reconnect with yourself?

At Epona Retreat Centre, my 1:1 sessions with the horses offer you a sacred space to do just that.

Beneath the wisdom of the ancient yew tree, surrounded by the beauty of the land, we begin by gently grounding your energy through Qigong movements, helping you reconnect with your body and find a sense of inner balance.

From there, we invite you to slow down and become present.

The horses, with their beautiful sensitivity to our emotions and energy, offer us an opportunity to look within. Through their presence and the connection we create with them, we can begin to notice what we are holding, what needs our attention, and where we might be ready to let go.

As a voice for the animals, I listen to the horses and share the messages I intuitively receive through me, offering reflections that may help you understand your own journey more deeply.

🌳 The trees teach us to stand rooted.
🐎 The horses invite us to become present.
🌿 The land reminds us that healing takes time and space.

Sometimes, we need solitude to hear the quiet wisdom of our own hearts. Other times, we need the gentle support of another to help us see beyond the emotions that have been clouding our path.

When we create space for stillness, we may discover that new possibilities have been waiting for us all along.

You don’t have to have all the answers. You simply need to be willing to pause, listen and take that first step towards yourself.

Perhaps the next chapter of your life isn’t asking you to try harder, but to become still enough to hear what your soul has been whispering. 🩷

If you feel called to reconnect with yourself, the horses and the healing energy of nature, I warmly invite you to experience a 1:1 session at Epona Retreat Centre.

22/10/2026

Sometimes, we don’t find a sacred space it finds us. ❤️

Recently, I’ve felt a beautiful connection with a new little space on the land here at Epona, at the far corner of the land facing south-east, where I can sit quietly, feel the earth beneath me, and allow myself to simply be.

As I sit here, watching the sun rise and feeling its warmth on my face, I’m allowing myself to download the wisdom and knowledge that live within me, while gently inviting more harmony, balance and peace into my life. ☀️🌿

One of the most beautiful moments is looking across the field and seeing the horses lying down, resting in the sunshine, feeling safe enough to be completely vulnerable. There is something so profound about witnessing them in this way. They remind me that we don’t always need to be doing, giving or holding everything together. Sometimes, the greatest healing comes when we feel safe enough to soften, surrender and simply rest.

And then there is Molly, always by my side, offering her unconditional love and gentle presence. 🐾❤️

As I sit here absorbing the energy of the land, the trees, the sunshine and the beautiful beings around me, I feel a deep sense of gratitude. A reminder that so much wisdom is available to us when we slow down, become still and listen with our hearts.

Perhaps this is what harmony truly feels like coming home to ourselves, reconnecting with nature and allowing life to flow through us rather than trying to control every step.

My heart is full. I am so grateful for this land, my beautiful horses, Molly, and the sacred spaces that continue to reveal themselves when I am ready to receive them.

Sometimes, all we need is to be still enough to hear what our soul has been whispering all along.❤️

Sending you so much love & light.
Noreen 💗🦋🐴

08/10/2026

How does your horse see you ?

06/10/2026

✨ A weekend of remembering, connecting and moving deeper ✨

This Inner Child weekend felt incredibly powerful for me.

I came into the weekend ready to hold space for the women who had trusted Epona, the horses and me with their journey but somewhere along the way, my own healing moved another level deeper too. 💗

There was something different in the energy of the land.

The fog arrived and seemed to soften everything around us, almost creating a veil between the everyday world and the deeper space we were entering.

We connected with the trees, the earth, the horses and the energy of Epona and I felt myself becoming more open to what was being shown, felt and sensed.

The trees felt ancient and wise.

The land felt grounding.

And the horses they were simply extraordinary. 🐴

Ruby and Lizzie held the most beautiful space. They didn’t need to be told what to do. They listened with their bodies, their energy and their presence.

They reminded me again that healing doesn’t always come through words.

Sometimes it comes through a breath.

A movement.

A feeling.

A horse standing quietly beside you or over you.

A tree beneath your hand.

The earth underneath your feet.

Or a moment when something inside you suddenly says

“I know this.”

As we journeyed into the Inner Child, we explored those younger parts of ourselves that learned ways to survive, protect and feel safe.

And I found myself reflecting on my own journey too.

How much healing has happened.

How many layers have been softened.

How much I have learned to trust my intuition and the messages that come through when I become quiet enough to listen.

I felt a beautiful connection with my guides and with the energies all around me. 🦋

It felt like a reminder:

You don’t have to stay who you once had to be.

You are allowed to grow.

You are allowed to expand.

You are allowed to be seen.

You are allowed to shine.

And perhaps this is what I felt most strongly throughout the weekend.

That my own healing has moved up another level.

Not because I have somehow arrived.

But because I am learning to trust more deeply.

To listen more closely.

To surrender more fully.

To allow the horses, the land and the trees to teach me.

And to know that every time I hold space for another person, I am also invited to look within myself.

✨ The healer is always healing too. ✨

I feel incredibly grateful for this beautiful land, for Ruby and Lizzie, for the trees, for the women who trusted the process, and for all the unseen support that surrounded us throughout the weekend.

There are things we cannot always explain.

Things we simply feel.

And sometimes, when we become quiet enough, the land speaks.

The horses speak.

The trees speak.

Our Inner Child speaks.

And beneath it all, our own soul whispers

“Come home.
You are safe to be you.
You are ready to shine.” 💗✨

02/10/2026

🍂 OCTOBER • THE ENERGY OF THE INNER CHILD 🍂

As October arrives, there is something in the air that invites us to turn inward.

The horses have been quietly reminding me that the Inner Child doesn’t always speak through words.

Sometimes she speaks through a feeling.
A tightening in the body.
A sudden sadness.
A need to be held.
A desire to play.
A longing to be seen.
Or simply the feeling of “I don’t know what I need… I just know something feels different.”

🐴 The horses say: slow down.

Before you rush to fix the feeling, sit with it.

Before you tell yourself you are being too sensitive, listen.

Before you put everyone else first, ask yourself:

“What does the little me need from me today?”

Perhaps she needs reassurance.

Perhaps she needs boundaries.

Perhaps she needs to know that she no longer has to keep everyone happy.

Perhaps she simply needs permission to be soft again.

Our Inner Child carries so much of what we learned about love, safety and belonging.

And sometimes the patterns we carry into adulthood began as beautiful survival strategies created by a younger version of ourselves who was simply trying to feel safe.

October feels like an invitation to meet those parts of ourselves with compassion rather than judgement.

The horses don’t ask us to be anything other than what we are.

They don’t ask us to perform.

They don’t ask us to explain.

They simply meet us where we are.

And perhaps that is the message for us this month:

✨ You don’t have to earn love.
✨ You don’t have to hide your feelings to be safe.
✨ You don’t have to abandon yourself to care for others.
✨ You are allowed to play, feel, rest and simply be.

Maybe this October, instead of asking “What should I be doing?”

ask yourself…

“What would feel loving to the little me today?”

And then listen quietly.

Your Inner Child may have been waiting a very long time for you to come back and listen.

Sending you lots of love & light as I prepare for my Inner Child retreat at the weekend 🐴🌳🍂

A message from the horses and the land at Epona. 🩷

27/09/2026

✨ Animal Reiki Level 1 , YESTERDAY WE MADE A COMMITMENT ✨

We gathered for Animal Reiki Level 1 yesterday and as I watched the day unfold, I was reminded that learning Reiki is about so much more than learning a healing technique.

It is about commitment.

A commitment to ourselves.
A commitment to the animals.
A commitment to listening more deeply.
A commitment to becoming more present, compassionate and aware.
And a commitment to continuing the practice long after the day of training has ended.

🐴 Ruby and Lizzie were part of our day, quietly reminding us that the most profound communication doesn’t always need words.

🐾 Molly, too, brings her own beautiful presence to Epona, reminding us of the unconditional love and trust animals offer us when we are willing to meet them exactly where they are.

And then there is the land. The trees, the horses, the earth beneath our feet, the energy of this little piece of Epona that holds so many journeys.Yesterday, each person who came made a commitment to walk a little further along their own path with the animals.

Because a dream is one thing.

But devotion to the dream is something deeper.

Commitment isn’t something we make once and then forget.

It is something we return to.

Again and again.

On the days when everything feels easy and on the days when doubt appears.

We return to our practice.
We return to our intention.
We return to the animals.
We return to ourselves.

And perhaps this is where true abundance begins. I believe that when we make a commitment from the heart and continue to nurture it with love, something beautiful begins to grow.

Just like a seed in the earth.

🌱 What are you committing to today?

What dream, calling or quiet knowing inside you is asking you to say yes?

Sometimes abundance begins with one simple thing: showing up, and choosing your path again. ❤️

Sending you lots of love & light.
Noreen 🩷

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Opening Hours

Tuesday	9am - 2:45pm
	7pm - 8:30pm
Wednesday	9:30am - 12:30pm
Thursday	9:30am - 2:45pm
	6pm - 8:30pm
Friday	9:30am - 2:45pm

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