I am Daya Eliana Rota

Pioneer in Italy of Personal Growth with the Horse.

Ever since I was a girl I felt great dissatisfaction, a sadness in my heart, many existential questions that I couldn’t answer.

So in ’89 I started the first personal growth group of “courses in Vipassana Meditation as taught by S.N. Goenka in the tradition of Sayagyi U Ba Khin”, I consciously experienced the Here and Now.

In that period the culture of the natives of the great plains and their connection with nature and the horse resonated with me. I participated  in conferences, I was lucky enough to meet representatives of that wisdom I aspired to. I encountered simplicity, discretion and a humility that moved me.

I continued the exploration with groups of Primal, Somatic Experience, Osho Pulsation, Osho Diamond Breath, Trauma Healing, Gestalt, Mindfulness, Enneagram, Energywork, Inner Man, Inner Woman, Metamedicine with Claudia Rainville on Emotional Unblocking, Chakra Energy with Anodea Judith, Family Systemic Constellations, Truth Search groups with Charles Berner’s Koans and I deepened the technique of Ramana Maharshi’s Inquiry.

At the same time, to make a living, I worked as a Massage Therapist and Holistic Reflexologist in a Medical Practice;  After acquiring the title of Naturopath and having various trainings, (Bach Flowers, Ayurveda, Iridology, Gestalt,..) I opened my own Holistic Centre.

I have been to various Ashrams in India where I met various masters, who passed their teachings on to me. After a few years I began  my shamanic path in Findhorn in Scotland and subsequently in Türkiye with Sufi masters where I encountered the compassion of the heart. A great and profound inner movement that led me to seek answers. I was looking for nourishment for my soul.

There have been years of research and meetings with masters who have changed my vision of the world. In 2005 I met Avikal, a teacher and guide who was very precious to me. With him I attended the experiential training on the inner judge and I followed the training on the Essence, a work on the Self that has lasted for more than fifteen years now.

After having gained my experience, I recognize the horse as a great teacher and thus create, thanks to my intuition given by the union between my passions and the acquired skills, a new method: Horse Life Coaching®.

Horse Life Coaching is the first method of Personal Growth in Italy with the support of a spiritual mediator like the Horse to work on the release of repressed emotions, the development of human potential and the essential qualities of the soul, proving to be an effective technique for the re-elaboration of trauma and mourning.

In 1990 the first recognition from the Region and in 2017 the certificate as a horse assistant from the zooprophylactic institute.

In 2018, the publishing house Le due torri published my first book “The horse that whispers to men. Meeting with the inner master” now in its second edition.
In June 2021 my second book “The Horse, medicine for the soul” was released, available in English. In August 2021 “The Essence and Horses ritual cards”. In August 2023 “Journey to freedom the way of the horse”, available in English.

My Method of Personal Growth with the Horse

For over thirty years in the Life Coaching sector.

A new approach, made of emotions and intuitions, the result of all the experiences lived with the various masters and the encounter with the horse which invites presence and sensitivity to rediscover oneself.
The horse supports us in meeting our insecurities, it reflects us and shows us the way.

It will be an emotional riding experience, there is no riding as everything happens from the ground. The Path takes place through Sessions that offer strong and precious support to meet our emotions, in order to welcome them and learn to manage them with awareness.

The wisdom of the horse is like an ancient master who guides us to meet the present moment through meditation. An opportunity to rediscover parts of us that have been frozen and neglected for several years, bringing them to light and giving us the extraordinary possibility of recovering contact and the sacredness of the lost or even blocked part, thus triggering a process of inner elaboration and self-healing. What Carlos Castaneda calls “recovering the fragments of the soul”.

I offer sessions as a Therapist and Coach with a deep and delicate approach to bring clarity to your devaluing dynamics and the obstacles that prevent you from being whole and happy. I facilitate retreats and workshops on awareness and self-development, emotional intelligence, trauma release and mindfulness. I work with the intuitive constellations chakra healing with horses.