Dorothy Turek

Owner & Facilitator

Horse love and the meaning of life: these twin themes seem to intertwine at various points throughout my story long before I ever thought to become certified as an equine-assisted learning facilitator. I was a very shy girl who found her courage and voice with a small black mare exploring the backwoods of Northern Alberta. Then our teenage daughter experienced bullying on her own sports team that our "Unicorn" Shatir helped her through. 
After a long-term career, I was driven to do something more, to make   a true difference for those in search of answers to life’s bigger questions and spiritual reconnection within. I had always loved horses, so, listening to my intuition, I followed my higher calling and became certified as a facilitator for equine-assisted learning and energy balancing and wellness in humans.
Customized for individuals looking to enhance their wellness, intuitive growth and abilities or groups like persons at risk, first responders, small business teams and corporate executives, Centaur Wellness offers an array of programs all designed to build valuable skills and increase your self-awareness of the internal triggers blocking you from the success, abundance, and life mastery you deserve.                              Working alongside Theresa Coombs of Unbridled Equines, we also offered horse-led transformative energy balancing and wellness sessions for individuals. And for the horse owner I offer the exclusive workshop “Horse Talk” - where we uncover the secrets of equine communication to enhance connection between horses and their owners.
​As the owner of Centaur Wellness, I empower individuals and groups alike to fulfill their true potential through the spirit-healing synergy of horse and human.

Shatir

Teacher

Shatir is a 2005 Egyptian Arabian gelding who spent his first 8 years as a show horse down in the USA. Since then he enjoys jumping, trail riding, playing games and hanging out with his special human. As an Equine Assisted Learning horse he brings his loving, cheeky, curious personality to the programs. Shatir is highly intuitive and innately drawn to tuning into our energies. Shatir left the Earthly plain May 2025 and is dearly missed.

​Desi

Teacher

 Miss Desirae Dawn is a 23 yr old quarter horse mare ( with perhaps a little bit of thoroughbred included) who didn’t find her forever human till she was around 7 yrs old. Her calm, confident, gentle personality has been perfect for a lifetime career of trail riding, with a little bit of almost everything else thrown in. As long as there’s some tasty treats and loving cuddles along with the work, she’s game for almost anything. She’s been ridden Western and English, loves groundwork, obstacle courses, (and cats!) and was always the go to horse for any child or inexperienced rider who came along. As one of our teachers, Miss Desi will show you how to be confident and strong, yet gentle and open at the same time, and how to listen with both your heart, and your mind. Desi left the Earthly plain Fall 2023 and is dearly missed.

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Serving Edmonton & surrounding communities in Alberta, Canada.