Graduation from the HEAL Facilitator Training Program

Graduation from the HEAL Facilitator Training Program

why horses?

My horse experiences started as a young girl, when my father would take my younger sister and I to watch horses from a local riding school and mounted police unit out. We would just watch them turned out in their small field. This was my first experience of observering horses in a herd. As a teenager, I attend summer day-camp for 10 days where I first learned to ride. I think it was these early experiences that planted the love of horses in my heart. It wasn’t until I started to volunteer with a therapeutic riding centre in Toronto, Cananda that I took up riding again.

Nancy and Buster during a reiki session.

Nancy and Buster during a reiki session.

inspiration

The birth of Dance with Equus came about from my own journey towards discovering my authentic self. This journey has been facilitated through my personal development and healing work with horses, my study and training in Equine Facilitated Learning and my study and practice of reiki and Chakradance. My purpose is to empower you to become your best self. 

Nancy and Fredrick in Norway

Nancy and Fredrick in Norway

HEAL training in Norway

HEAL training in Norway

It was through my time spent with the therapeutic riding program, as well as my own riding, that I experienced first hand the special bond riders developed with their horses. I started searching for more information about therapeutic riding, which lead to learning more about equine assisted activities and therapies, eventually leading to learn more about the horse-human bond and equine assisted learning.

I remember people asking me when I was getting my own horse. I told them when I’m forty, I’ll have my horse. Well that number came and went many years ago. It was in 2022, that I started thinking now was the time to find my horse. After looking at several ads for horses, friends sending me posts about horses, and visiting one to try, I thought now was not the time. Then I saw a post for a 20 year old Irish Sport Horse. I went to see and ride her and knew she was the one. I found my HEART Horse, Annie or I should say Annie found me late September 2022. She joined me at the Holistic Horse and Pony Centre in October 2023.

MORE TO COME about Annie!

Annie, also know as Big Annie.

Having so much fun at the Level 1 Animal-Assisted Play Therapy training!

In addition to my love of horses, I am a passionate and dedicated educator, who has had the opportunity to facilitate learning for diverse groups of individuals across various environments in Canada, South Korea, and the United Kingdom. My goal for my students is for them to develop a growth mindset, an attitude of “Let me give it a try!” 

 

Education and Training

Certified Registered Instructor

Certified Registered Instructor

 

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