About This Event
Learn about mindfulness, authenticity, compassion, & communication from horses. And express yourself through color!
We provide a safe, inclusive, and healing space for participants to have guided interactions with horses followed by self-expression through abstract painting that explores metaphors and mirrors your life experiences, personal growth, and self-discovery.
Art4Healing® invites you to paint the parts of your life needing to be explored by using the language of abstract painting on canvas. Your paintings are like journals in color instead of words.
No prior experience with horses or painting is needed. All activities with horses are guided by certified, experienced facilitators on the ground in a safe and supportive environment. There is no horseback riding in this specialized therapeutic program. You connect with the horses in a personal, deep and heartfelt way.
Combined with the healing qualities of nature, these experiences become transformative. This workshop will take place at SLT’s Rush Ranch, a place rich in beauty, history, and ecological significance. Immersion in open space allows participants to experience the calming rhythms of nature—wind moving through native grasses, the steady presence of horses, and the quiet expansiveness of protected land. This setting supports relaxation, nervous system balance, and a sense of belonging. The land connects all the people, plants, and animals that it touches.
Testimonials
“This program got me in touch with a part of myself that I was longing to get in touch with. It gave me a safe place to be creative, to access my depth through creativity.”
“I learned so much from... the horses. That was one of the most powerful things I have ever experienced”. - program participant
Facilitator Bio
VICTORIA TUGWELL
Community Engagement, Program Coordinator
Certified Art4Healing & Equine-Assisted Learning Facilitator
Victoria (Vickie) Tugwell was drawn to Crescent Moon Center's program because of her own experience with recovery through mental health challenges. She felt Crescent Moon’s program offered many lenses of self-discovery and aligned with her own healing through self-expression and connection with animals. Vickie's lived experience with recovery programs has given her the tools to live a happy and healthy lifestyle.
About Us
Crescent Moon Center's mission is to build a community of support around people in recovery from or at risk for alcohol and drug dependency, and those facing life challenges due to stress, trauma, and disability.
Our program is hosted at Rush Ranch in Suisun City, thanks to the generosity of our community partners Solano Land Trust and Access Adventure.
Many thanks to Open Hearts Foundation and Yocha Dehe Community Fund for ensuring our workshops are accessible to all.
Donations are welcome. 100% of contributions support people in recovery from mental health challenges - stress, trauma, addiction and disability.
Learn More about Crescent Moon Center: crescentmooncenter.org
Questions? Email us at Info@crescentmooncenter.org
If you are not already part of the Solano Behavioral Health Suicide Grief & Loss Support Group, contact:
Lori Espinosa, LPCC, MH Clinician
Suicide Response Coordinator,
Solano County Behavioral Health.
Phone: 707-784-8409
Email: lespinosa@solanocounty.gov
www.solanocounty.gov/depts/bh
About This Event
Learn about mindfulness, authenticity, compassion, & communication from horses. And express yourself through color!
We provide a safe, inclusive, and healing space for participants to have guided interactions with horses followed by self-expression through abstract painting that explores metaphors and mirrors your life experiences, personal growth, and self-discovery.
Art4Healing® invites you to paint the parts of your life needing to be explored by using the language of abstract painting on canvas. Your paintings are like journals in color instead of words.
No prior experience with horses or painting is needed. All activities with horses are guided by certified, experienced facilitators on the ground in a safe and supportive environment. There is no horseback riding in this specialized therapeutic program. You connect with the horses in a personal, deep and heartfelt way.
Combined with the healing qualities of nature, these experiences become transformative. This workshop will take place at SLT’s Rush Ranch, a place rich in beauty, history, and ecological significance. Immersion in open space allows participants to experience the calming rhythms of nature—wind moving through native grasses, the steady presence of horses, and the quiet expansiveness of protected land. This setting supports relaxation, nervous system balance, and a sense of belonging. The land connects all the people, plants, and animals that it touches.
Testimonials
“This program got me in touch with a part of myself that I was longing to get in touch with. It gave me a safe place to be creative, to access my depth through creativity.”
“I learned so much from... the horses. That was one of the most powerful things I have ever experienced”. - program participant
Facilitator Bio
VICTORIA TUGWELL
Community Engagement, Program Coordinator
Certified Art4Healing & Equine-Assisted Learning Facilitator
Victoria (Vickie) Tugwell was drawn to Crescent Moon Center's program because of her own experience with recovery through mental health challenges. She felt Crescent Moon’s program offered many lenses of self-discovery and aligned with her own healing through self-expression and connection with animals. Vickie's lived experience with recovery programs has given her the tools to live a happy and healthy lifestyle.
About Us
Crescent Moon Center's mission is to build a community of support around people in recovery from or at risk for alcohol and drug dependency, and those facing life challenges due to stress, trauma, and disability.
Our program is hosted at Rush Ranch in Suisun City, thanks to the generosity of our community partners Solano Land Trust and Access Adventure.
Many thanks to Open Hearts Foundation and Yocha Dehe Community Fund for ensuring our workshops are accessible to all.
Donations are welcome. 100% of contributions support people in recovery from mental health challenges - stress, trauma, addiction and disability.
Learn More about Crescent Moon Center: crescentmooncenter.org
Questions? Email us at Info@crescentmooncenter.org
If you are not already part of the Solano Behavioral Health Suicide Grief & Loss Support Group, contact:
Lori Espinosa, LPCC, MH Clinician
Suicide Response Coordinator,
Solano County Behavioral Health.
Phone: 707-784-8409
Email: lespinosa@solanocounty.gov
www.solanocounty.gov/depts/bh