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Our Approach
Our Approach
At Freckles Farm, we create space for presence, compassion, and curiosity-filled attention—both for the people who come here and the animals who share this land. We support practices that invite you to listen deeply and to connect body and mind with the world around you.
Through time with horses, movement, and the rhythms of the land, participants are invited into practices of listening, grounding, and connection.
Freckles Farm offers workshops and classes—both onsite and online—for individuals seeking welcoming and diverse learning opportunities rooted in authentic experience and relationship.
We emphasize process over outcome—invitation over instruction—and honor the intelligence already present in each person and animal. Our work is guided by the belief that awareness and presence are the foundation of any meaningful learning or healing. We attend to lived experience without claiming to fix anything, creating what often becomes a space of naturally-arising awareness rather than performance.
Our Teachers
Our Teachers
At Freckles Farm, learning happens in relationship. While human facilitators help hold structure and safety, much of the teaching here comes from the animals themselves. Our horses and other animals are not tools or techniques; they are sentient beings with agency, preferences, and the inherent right of choice, to say yes or no to participating. Teaching at Freckles Farm does not follow a scripted curriculum. It emerges through attention—through noticing what arises in the moment and responding with care.
The Human Teacher
The Human Teacher
Malaika King Albrecht
Malaika’s role at Freckles Farm is to create conditions for safe, respectful, and attentive relationships. She is an equine specialist in mental health and learning, a PATH International certified therapeutic riding instructor, a Reiki practitioner, and a yoga instructor. Rather than directing outcomes, she focuses on holding space where meaningful learning can emerge—guided by the needs of both participants and animals.
The Equine Teachers
The Equine Teachers
The equines at Freckles Farm each bring their own histories, sensitivities, and ways of relating. They are highly attuned to emotion, intention, and nervous system states, offering immediate and honest feedback. Their responses—approach, distance, curiosity, stillness—invite participants into deeper awareness and different ways of seeing.
Some horses are more expressive; others are quiet observers. Some are quick to connect; others require time. Each teaches something different about boundaries, trust, and presence. Participation with horses is always optional and guided by consent, both human and equine.
Other Animal Companions
Other Animal Companions
Other residents, such as chickens and goats, contribute to the lived experience here. Their presence offers opportunities to notice curiosity, gentleness, patience, and the subtle ways connection unfolds when nothing is demanded. Simply being among them is a chance to return to the present moment.
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