First Light Farm

First Light Farm, Cornish, NH

August 3, September 7, October 5 from 10 AM-12:15 PM Come to one, come to as many as you like. If interested, contact Susanne Haseman @ 603-675-2678 or

Susanne.Haseman@FirstLightFarm.com. Please RSVP.

Mindfulness is described as focus on the present moment without judgement. It allows us to bring stillness to our perpetually busy minds, explore our internal experiences, while activating our rest/digest, and tend/befriend neurological systems. Research has shown that spending time in a mindful state is extraordinarily helpful to our overall happiness and wellbeing.

Horses are very large, social prey animals who seek peacefulness. In order to survive, they are very present and alert to their environment, and have to focus on the present moment. They seek a state of “groundedness” (or “zero”) and encourage those around them to find that state of calm, as its easier for them to be calm in the presence of others who are calm. As herd animals, they invite us into their herd, and draw us to a mindful way of being.

Vanessa Lane and Susanne Haseman invite you to bring the peacefulness of horses to support a time of mindfulness in Horse Assisted Mindfulness Circles. Vanessa and Susanne have over 20 years of horse and leadership experience for therapy, education and wellness groups. We welcome you to join others in spending some time with the wonderful horses at First Light Farm in

Cornish, NH. No prior horse or mindfulness experience is needed, but

it is welcomed if you have it! There will be no charge, and donations will be welcomed.

If interested in attending, please call Susanne at 603-675-2678 or email Susanne.Haseman@FirstLightFarm.com to reserve a spot, ask questions, find out what you need to bring, and get directions to the farm. Please RSVP before coming!

We look forward to seeing you there, Susanne Haseman & Vanessa Lane

Horse Assisted Mindfulness Circles

Monday, 7 October 2019

Susanne is in the process of retiring!

But I’m a little nervous about it!

In order to keep at least a finger in, I recruited Vanessa Lane to help me put on a pilot series of Horse Assisted Mindfulness Circles at First Light Farm. We held 3 this summer and fall, and between all of them we had about a total of 40 people come through and enjoy the opportunity to focus on the present moment in a very mindful way while surrounded by our always present horses! See the flier below.

We completed the last circle this past Saturday, and hope to compile all the wisdom we gained from this year’s efforts for a redesign. We hope to begin again in the spring of 2020! Stay tuned!!!

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