Meet Kelly Jones

Kelly brings 25 years of experience connecting humans to their life force and vitality through a combination of experiential modalities including mindfulness, somatic experiencing and equine assisted learning and therapy. Her nature-based approach lends a sense of safety and support, actively listening and observing subtle and powerful feedback from clients, in order to successfully move through stuck energy within the body.

This is sacred work, weaving mind, body and spirit together once again, to bring the incredible human system online completely, opening up a whole new way of experiencing life, with awakened senses and an empowered sense of clarity and calm. Learning that this sense of strength comes from within your body can be a transformational tool in healing. Schedule a free consultation.

For over two decades, Kelly has been on a deeply personal journey to explore this connection and relationship with self, others, and the universe. Whether providing trauma-informed holistic coaching services, partnering with licensed therapists within the relationship of equine-assisted mental health, or leading transformational wellness and corporate retreats, she gratefully provides fellow travelers with support and guidance through powerful healing journeys.

Clients learn to release fear, overcome loss, and reconnect to their body in order to process the lingering symptoms of past traumas. In turn, a sense of internal wisdom returns as life force is released to flow freely.

Kelly specializes in:

* Overcoming narcissistic abuse from a partner, parent or organization
* Restoring confidence and sense of self/identity
* Strengthening relationships, new and existing
* Diving in to couples work, communication, and loss of connection
* Finding healing and hope within chronic illness, chronic pain and TBI’s
* Helping with spiritual curiosity and confusion; negative religious experiences
* Supporting the loss of partner, pet, job
* Help with recurring anxiety and depression
* Recognizing and overcoming the effects of childhood neglect and abuse

Kelly offers virtual and in-person sessions and will integrate nature into all in-person sessions, as well as offering equine-assisted work upon request. Kelly has two offices, one in Crawford, Colorado and one in Paonia, Colorado. She serves as a guide in wellness and corporate retreats in Texas and Colorado, and loves to collaborate with like-minded professionals. In addition, Kelly offers private 3-day Immersion Experiences in her beautiful well-appointed cabin sitting on top of a beautiful mesa, within the high mountain desert forest of Colorado, on her horse ranch. Experiences include equine assisted sessions, time in nature, hiking, mindful movement, expressive art and homemade healthy meals.

Supporting Equine Welfare

Kelly also partners with horse owners to ensure each horse’s needs are fully met, guided by the Five Freedoms of animal welfare. From young foals to horses in their 30s, Kelly’s decades of expertise in equine nutrition, welfare, and behavior help owners and trainers recognize signs of pain or confusion and foster a safe, compassionate environment.

Click  here to schedule a free consultation to discuss booking a coaching or mentoring session with Kelly, or to chat about your horse and any issues you would like help with.

Publications

To purchase Kelly’s Book, Unbridled Connection: Soul Discovery Through Nature and Horses, click here.

To read Kelly’s article, “Allowing and Healing with Horses” in Equine Leadership‘s 6th Edition click here.

To read Kelly’s article, “Simplicity and Love” in Equine Leadership‘s 9th Edition click here.

To hear her interview with Thomas Miller of the Subconscious Mind Mastery Podcast click here.

Kelly’s Story – Long Version

A lifelong horse lover, Kelly realized her dream of creating a business around these sentient, majestic beings when she purchased a ranch north of Austin, Texas, in 1999. Here, she began boarding horses and teaching riding lessons, while also volunteering with rescue groups to rehabilitate neglected and traumatized horses. Over the years, she expanded her work to include breeding Arabian sport horse crosses, directing summer camps, and helping horse owners improve their partnerships. Whether supporting with nutrition, pain management, tack fit, training, or fostering deeper relationships, Kelly’s mission has always been to nurture the bond between humans and horses.

Click here to schedule a free consultation to explore equine therapy, equine coaching, horse owner services, or mentoring opportunities for equine professionals and licensed therapists.

In 2013, driven by a desire to understand the calming, confidence-boosting influence horses had on her clients, Kelly embarked on a journey into the science of the human brain and nervous system. This search for answers led her to the Natural Lifemanship Institute, where she began her certification journey. Now, as a dedicated lifelong learner, Kelly continues to deepen her knowledge of trauma, neuroscience, spirituality, and the nervous system and is currently training to become a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner.

Equine-Assisted Learning and Therapy

In 2014, Kelly had the unique opportunity to intern with Tim Jobe, a co-founder of the Natural Lifemanship Institute, at an equine-assisted mental health facility that worked with children in the foster care system. Here, she collaborated with four different therapists, working with children ages 3 to 18, and observed firsthand the transformative power of equine therapy. Inspired, Kelly converted her own ranch into an equine-assisted mental health facility in 2015, partnering with sixteen licensed therapists to date continuing her work in Colorado.

With thousands of hours of experience and deep partnerships, Kelly’s commitment has only grown. She offers a safe, compassionate space for clients of all ages to heal, create new patterns, and experience true peace.

Heart-Centered Awareness and the PIE Method

While studying mindfulness and spirituality, Kelly developed an innovative method of partnering with horses to harness the healing power of presence and heart-centered awareness. This approach, combined with trauma-informed care and insights into the human nervous system, creates powerful, lasting change by forming new neural pathways. During the pandemic, Kelly adapted her approach to offer virtual coaching, allowing clients to experience this transformative work remotely—and it has proven remarkably effective.

Clients learn the difference between feelings, emotions and sensations and how these differences allow them to control their responses and not jump back into an unhealthy recurring loop of reactions that damage relationships and quality of life.

Why not start today? Contact Kelly to schedule a free consultation. 

Here is what others have to say:

“After just the first session at Unbridled Connection, Kelly was able to help me tap into myself, the me that had been stacked underneath years and years of life and trauma. After another session or two, I was able to crawl out from underneath that stack and make choices that had been sitting in front of me for a long time, but I wasn’t able to see clearly until that moment. Clarity is such a wonderful thing! I realized that I had been in a fog from heavy emotional abuse and control for over a decade and now I saw the truth. I felt a peace that I’ve never felt before as Kelly explained a lot of science on how our brains and bodies process trauma and then shared how to work my way out of it. Kelly is patient, kind, giving and full of knowledge. I don’t consider myself a victim anymore…I’m a survivor!” – Lara B.

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