Callann Wolff, Owner
Animal Communicator & Equine Facilitator
I grew up loving animals with my whole heart. I was the child who spent hours outside with her dog and made sure her salamander got enough sunlight each day. They were my first teachers in friendship, in presence, in joy.
As I grew older, there was less time for animals and nature as I followed a more traditional path focused on education and work. I studied at New York University and built a career as a business consultant, working with global organizations including Boeing, Western Union, and Global Empowerment Mission across the US, Africa, and the Middle East. The work was mentally stimulating but my heart wasn’t in it.
At twenty, I took a leap of faith and purchased an older Appaloosa mare named Dalilama – Dolly. With little more than a childhood love of horses and a willingness to learn, what followed was nothing short of a transformation. Dolly set me on a course of confronting old wounds, embracing vulnerability, and learning what it truly means to be in relationship with another being. Horses see into your heart. They ask you to show up honestly, fully, and without pretense.
That experience led me back to myself. I reconnected to my intuition, began to trust my instincts, and deepened my yoga practice. I became certified as a Bhakti Vinyasa Yoga teacher, Animal Communicator, and Horse Dream Equine Assisted Leadership Coach, devoted to helping animals and humans understand one another, and themselves, more deeply.
My Dream made Real
When I went looking for a place to keep Dolly, I found the Hudson Valley, and fell completely in love: its four seasons, charming towns, and a pace of life that invites you to breathe. My husband and I bought a home in Dutchess County in 2015, and I found myself spending more and more of my life here.
As my bond with Dolly deepened, so did a dream: to create a place of softness, beauty, and safety, where people and animals could find their way back to themselves.
When Laurent and I first walked this property, it was a coup de foudre. Everything I had imagined was here: the Egyptian Revival Manor House, a separate cottage, a secret garden, a waterfall, and sixteen private acres for our animals.
A place to feel the energy of horses. To journal, to share coffee by the firepit, to let children dig in the dirt. To simply be, with the animals, with nature, with each other, and with ourselves.
I have witnessed the healing that unfolds when we slow down and become truly present. Sanctuary at Quaker Hill is my dream made real, and my deepest wish is for fellow beings to experience this peace.
