About
A sanctuary shaped by hand and by heart
Highlands Centre for Healing sits on 106 private acres bordering State Forest in the NSW Southern Highlands. It was built by Soo Woods as a genuine sanctuary for the herd, for the land, and for the humans who need somewhere gentle to arrive.
Meet Soo
Soo Woods
Founder, Custodian & Somatic Practitioner
Soo trained as a somatic practitioner after her own long chapter of caring for others. She came to horses in the way many practitioners do: through burnout and grief, and a sense that talk was not going to be enough.
What she found at Eureka Pines shaped the practice: horses left free to be horses, humans invited in at the pace of their own nervous system, and land quiet enough to actually hear yourself.
Today she works with women in midlife carrying grief, burnout, overwhelm or a major transition. Every session is ground-based, at liberty and led entirely by what the body is ready for.
Credentials
- Trauma-trained somatic practitioner
- Level II Tanran Reiki practitioner
- IICT (International Institute for Complementary Therapists) member
The herd
Fifteen horses living at liberty
Our herd of fifteen lives as a free-roaming group across the paddocks and forest edge at Eureka Pines. They are never haltered or required to participate. When you come for a session, they choose whether to approach.
Horse welfare is a first-class practice here. That means real herd time between sessions, bodywork when they need it, and days off. It also means we sometimes hold a session even if only one horse wanders near, because their choice matters as much as ours.
The land
106 acres on Gundungurra Country
Eureka Pines is 106 acres of open paddock, wetland, gum forest and quiet, sitting on the edge of State Forest in the NSW Southern Highlands. About 90 minutes from Sydney and 60 minutes from Canberra: close enough to reach in an afternoon, far enough to feel the city fall away.
We acknowledge that this land is Gundungurra Country. We pay our deepest respect to Elders past, present and emerging, and acknowledge that sovereignty of these lands, waterways and culture was never ceded.
Begin gently
If any of this is calling to you
Reach out for a gentle conversation. No pressure to decide anything until you feel ready.