I have a passion to bring people together to create meaningful and transformative opportunities that support personal growth.
Growing up with horses made Anne who she is today – a compassionate horse woman, a skilled riding coach/trainer, and an intuitive group facilitator often collaborating with horses, donkeys, and nature. Along with
I have a passion to bring people together to create meaningful and transformative opportunities that support personal growth.
Growing up with horses made Anne who she is today – a compassionate horse woman, a skilled riding coach/trainer, and an intuitive group facilitator often collaborating with horses, donkeys, and nature. Along with a 30 year career coaching/training riders and their horses, Anne's devotion has been to foster communication and partnership between a horse and human.
I am graduate of The Barbara Brennan School of Healing ,a four year degree which teaches hands-on healing and facilitates personal transformation to enable graduates to work with individual and group's energy consciousness system to effect change. (2003)
My entrepreneurial spirit shows up in the founding of Campbell's Lane Farm, in Preston Maryland, a traditional horse farm that has evolved into a sanctuary for human and animal beings to safely explore their unique purpose on this planet. A "unity" perspective makes CLF a place holder for others seeking deeper awareness and expanded consciousness (1999),
Insight Equine Therapy(2016),
Great Bear Airbnb Retreat Venue in Butler Tennessee(2021)
In 2021 I became a founding member of New Wave of Groups... "8 Elements to bring any group of two or more to a more harmonious deeper connection", the evolutionary edge of relationships, with ourselves and all beings.
Horses have been my companions for most of my life. I got my first pony when I was four years old and have been riding ever since. When I graduated from high school I wasn’t sure what was next. School was not my favorite place to be. What I did like to do was spend time playing with and nurturing young children.
My love of children an
Horses have been my companions for most of my life. I got my first pony when I was four years old and have been riding ever since. When I graduated from high school I wasn’t sure what was next. School was not my favorite place to be. What I did like to do was spend time playing with and nurturing young children.
My love of children and my experience as a nanny led me to study early childhood development in college. My personal experience with a child diagnosed with autism inspired me to specialize in working with children whose special needs require creativity and sensitivity. With these special young people I learned the importance of setting boundaries. I followed their lead toward activities that spark their interest and help them learn their own life lessons.
What I do at Campbell’s Lane Farm is much more than teach people how to ride horses. I listen, observe, and offer ideas that suit the needs of each client. In this safe environment people of all ages experience lessons that follow them off the farm and into their relationships with family and friends
Growing up on a farm inspired my creativity and helped me develop an appreciation for the life lessons available out in nature.
I graduated from Chesapeake College with a degree in human services, focused on substance abuse and addictions. I rely on creativity to engage, inspire, and empower to live up to their potential.
I began my
Growing up on a farm inspired my creativity and helped me develop an appreciation for the life lessons available out in nature.
I graduated from Chesapeake College with a degree in human services, focused on substance abuse and addictions. I rely on creativity to engage, inspire, and empower to live up to their potential.
I began my career working with children in my family’s daycare business. I have been a teen mentor at the Talbot County YMCA and directed teen summer camps at Camp Mardela in Denton, Maryland.
I came to Campbell’s Lane Farm team as a riding instructor. I also create and direct the farm’s camp experiences. I love to introduce kids to beginner riding lessons. During lessons and at camp I balance fun and discipline, which helps my students develop confidence as they learn to ride and to play.
Anne invited me to help produce the first fundraiser hosted at Campbell’s Lane Farm. I wrote and directed the mystery dinner theater show “D-Taned: A Wild West Bank Robbery.” This play brought together seasoned talent from the local stage with teens and adults new to performing. This project gave me an opportunity to use my passion for creating stories and bringing together people who want to have fun for a good cause.
In 2020 I published my first book, Puzzled Pogo, a story that reminds readers that it's OK to ask for help. My second childrens's book, Super Stanley was published in 2021.
I have always felt deeply connected to and safe with animals. Animals are the best teachers, supporters and healers. I am constantly in awe of what we can learn about ourselves, our connections with others, and how to be in this world from our animals.
I found Healing Touch for Animals (HTA) when I was looking for a holistic way to suppor
I have always felt deeply connected to and safe with animals. Animals are the best teachers, supporters and healers. I am constantly in awe of what we can learn about ourselves, our connections with others, and how to be in this world from our animals.
I found Healing Touch for Animals (HTA) when I was looking for a holistic way to support my heart dog Bear during his senior years. While working with other people’s pets, I discovered that I could hear information from and about the animals, and since then my understanding of our connections with animals and each other has grown exponentially.
By working with Bear's energy and communicating with him, I was able to support him and find peace myself during his last years. A priceless gift.
When our pets are our family, we have an emotional and energetic connection that we can use to understand and help them. When we help our pets, we often discover how to help ourselves, too.
As a Healing Touch for Animals practitioner, animal communicator and Certified Animal Hospice Practitioner, I help animals and their people across the country and internationally understand each other, deepen their bond and find solutions and peace with pet behavior and the end of life journey.
I am truly honored and grateful to be a part of the magic at Campbell's Lane Farm.
Through millions of years of evolution horses have become hard-wired to survive by sensing what is around them with acute accuracy. These instincts keep the horses safe and let them determine how to act in their best interest. This same keen awareness allows them to mirror the inner lives of people they invite into their healing field.
We humans tend to live behind the masks of our roles, professions, beliefs, and wounds. We obsess about the past and worry about the future. Horses see through to our hearts where insights arise when we pay attention to what these healers show us.
All of the critters at Campbell's Lane Farm have their own personality. Our Pogo never misses an opportunity to step into the spotlight. He had a starring role in our first mystery dinner theater show, in which he played D-Tane, the Sheriff's Deputy, who helped detain suspects during the search for the bank robber.
Fiona the Donkey made Campbell's Lane Farm her home on February 1, 2020. We suspected that she might be pregnant when she arrived. On May 25, we noticed that Fiona was pacing the fence line. A few hours later we saw that she had delivered a baby boy in the field! We quickly prepared a stall for mom and baby. Fiona wasted no time teaching her boy how to be a well-behaved jack. His name is Silas Paul. Silas in some traditions means “asked for, prayed for” and Paul was Anne's Campbell grandfather.
Campbell’s Lane Farm in Preston, Maryland, has been a place of comfort and welcome for over 100 years. The 50-acre farm on Maryland’s Eastern Shore was owned by Anne Altvater’s grandparents for 69 years. She was a frequent visitor to the farm during her childhood. Her memories are filled with days spent playing on horse-shaped swings built by her grandfather.
Anne took over the farm in 1999. In the following years she began training horses and coaching riders who have gone on to earn ribbons and develop self-confidence. Riders and visitors alike breathe more deeply as they step onto the grounds of what has become known as “tranquility acres” of Campbell’s Land Farm.
Campbell's Lane Farm
22862 Dover Bridge Rd Preston, MD 21655 US