Somatic Coaching helps you shift from talking about change to experiencing it directly in your body.
Through guided awareness and nervous-system–informed practices, you learn to recognize patterns, release tension, and build new responses to stress. Unbridled Connection offers healing and hope to the community. Kelly Jones is a certified equine professional with the Natural Lifemanship Institute. She is passionate about supporting people who are struggling with that feeling of being stuck, who want to break through unhealthy patterns of behavior that are affecting their relationships and quality of life. Through her innovative method of partnering with horses, whether in a team with a licensed mental health professional or as a facilitator of coaching and workshops, her clients gain awareness, and experience a lifelong transformational shift as they reconnect to themselves and others. This journey helps them gain clarity and confidence, so that relationships improve as they get from where they are, to where they want to be.
Most of us know we should take care of our bodies (even if we don’t always).
We know how to keep our minds active…sometimes too active.
But what about our spirit?
That word alone can bring up a lot.
Curiosity. Resistance. Comfort. Pain.
For many people, spirituality got tangled up with religion somewhere along the way. And for some, that experience was supportive. For others, it was deeply hurtful. When human systems get involved, things get messy.
But spirituality itself?
That’s something different.
Beneath the fear, anger, pain, and confusion that life piles on top of us is something essential—your life force. The part of you that knows how to be present, connected, creative, compassionate, and alive.
One of my greatest passions is helping humans reconnect with that place.
Spiritual exploration doesn’t require a specific religion.
It doesn’t require rules, labels, or doctrine.
It can simply be:
• treating others the way we hope to be treated
• cultivating compassion and ethical living
• prayer or meditation
• time in nature
• quiet reflection
• recognizing that life may hold something bigger than what we can see
Across cultures and traditions, spiritual paths were never meant to be about rigid belief systems. At their core, they are invitations toward transformation—becoming more compassionate, more aware, more aligned with truth, and more connected to the world around us.
Not perfect.
Just more awake.
Maybe the question isn’t what do you believe?
Maybe the question is:
What helps you feel most connected to your life force?
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“Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.”
~ Rumi
Art: Calm Moment by Albena Hristova.
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Welcome to our 11th volume of Equine Leadership, a collection of short stories sharing the voice and wisdom of the horse. Each volume starts with a theme. This year, we chose: A Perspective Beyond...
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Kelly Jones discovered Ponderosita Ranch in 1999, located just north of Austin, Texas in Leander. The first time she walked on this land, she immediately connected with the trees, flowers and wildlife present. Although only 31 years old at the time, something inside of her soul was touched and so began the process of creating South Wind Equestrian Center and eventually Unbridled Connection.
With a 2 year old by her side, Kelly started the process of slowly releasing the trees from years of undergrowth. Giant oak and cedar elm trees took a deep breath, as the were freed from the vines and juniper that suffocated them. As the various parts of the ranch began to emerge, a natural symmetry was unveiled, with the pond that forms from the wet weather creek flourished with frogs and cranes. The grass started to grow again and the lightning bugs returned.
Then, without actually planning it, people started to ask Kelly to keep their horses and teach them horsemanship and horseback riding. In 2004 Kelly went down to the County office and filed a DBA forming South Wind Equestrian Center. Although she had a connection to horses her entire life, and worked at a stable as a young girl, she had only recently purchased a horse and started riding regularly again. Seeking the help of a well-respected horse trainer in Colorado, Kelly was able to start developing her own method of working with horses and people.
After 14 years of teaching and boarding horses it was obvious that there was more going on than simply teaching people how to correctly work with and ride horses. The obvious effect that the horses had on humans became apparent, and Kelly continued to pursue additional knowledge of horses by attending a Natural Lifemanship Fundamentals training in 2013. In that training she learned about the human brain, trauma, experential modalities of treatment for the symptoms of trauma and about authentic connection in relationship.
The opportunity to intern at a located horse therapy facility presented itself, and Kelly was able to experience first hand the healing that happens when horses are asked to partner with experienced and trained licensed professionals to work with clients who are overcoming traumatic events. It was remarkable to watch the transformation of children, adolescents and adults, from darkness and isolation, to light and relationships. The tremendous impact of this work deeply moved Kelly, and she went back to South Wind Equestrian with a dream to provide these services to the public at her ranch.
In 2015 four therapy teams started working with clients at the ranch, and the results were life-changing. Couples were restored, individuals saw hope again, families learned how to depend on one another and stay connected. Each of the licensed mental health professionals that Kelly was grateful to partner with over, taught her even more about the human brain, trauma and the restoring power of authentic connection.
Unbridled Connection is the culmination of this passion for Kelly. It is the specifically an entity that is focused on bringing real connection back to families and individuals. We offer equine assisted learning programs for individuals and families through one-on-one mindfulness and coaching work, equine experiences for couples, friends and family, and team building opportunities for teams. All of the work is done in a quiet private environment with happy healthy horses that give authentic feedback to help teach humans what it means to be present and learn about connection and safety in relationships.
