Riding lesson program providing instruction in dressage, jumping and horsemanship focusing on relationship, communication and rider biomechanics. Emily has over 20 years experience teaching riding and Horsemanship. Her passion is for classical dressage although her teaching covers everything from ba****ck to jumping to training and more. Instructor in training: Caitlin Petrini. Our riding and hors
emanship program offers you a place to:
Explore your relationship with horses
Advance your skills with thorough, correct instruction
Find your path – what is YOUR way of working with horses? Set goals that work for you. Experience support for these goals rather than pressure to achieve them. Be part of a community of like-minded riders and horse people
Apply your learning from horses to your personal life
Our Equine Facilitated Wellness (EFW) mental health programs include individual sessions for children youth and adults, workshops and professional training. Counsellors: Deborah Marshall, MA RCC, Kate Burns MSW, Emily McClure, MA and Sasha Routley, MA. Youth Worker: Kerry Moon BA C*C. Horses have a powerful role in healing and assisting people in feeling alive in their lives. Horses live in the present moment, highly aware of their surroundings, without the ability to ruminate about the past or worry about the future. They fully use all of their senses, including their ability to read the inner state of another. They are social and respond warmly to humans who are in touch with their emotions. Their attentiveness to the present state of a human has the capacity to heal old wounds through the bond of connection in the here and now. Not creatures of the cognitive, horses have the gift of intervening on an emotional and somatic (body) level. In our work we help people to regain their ability to experience these attributes that come so easily to horses. People then heal naturally. With guidance from a facilitator and a horse, in the natural environment, people can update old traumas and reconnect with the memory of how to function well and think clearly. Equine Facilitated Wellness can be applied in:
riding
horsemanship
personal development
mental health approaches for children, youth, adults and families
addictions treatment
group settings
leadership