wHAT IS EQUINE ASSISTED LEARNING?
Equine Assisted Learning... What is it? Equine assisted learning is a "participative" learner based educational experience with horses. More specifically, EAL is an effective approach to human development that encourages individual and team growth. Participants engage in objectively driven exercises and find themselves learning valuable life and leadership skills in a fun, very unique and exciting atmosphere.
Why horses? Horses consistenly react to stimulus provided by participants. Some of the joys associated with working with horses are: They don't judge, but they constantly assess. Their feedback is honest and instant. Learning to listen to what horses have to say is powerful and often inspires individual change. By including horses in specially designed educational exercises, equine assisted facilitators have greatly multiplied the participant's rate of succes to self discovery and honed leadership skills.
How do horses help? Horses can magnify an individual or team problem immediately and provide a skilled facilitator with an opportunity to identify an individual's character. Horses don't overthink a participant's motives, but horses do challenge their behaviour and leadership.
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CORPORATE TEAM BUILDING
Leadership and Communication! The highest level of communication within the herd is the ability to anticipate intent. Herd animals that travel in such close proximity have to be able to comprehend the intentions of the other moving parts. Some animals defer. Others impress their will in subtle, nearly automatic transfers of control over space. In the same way, knowing how a corporate team is likely to respond is the key to proper management and leadership.
We accept that humans are instinctually and genetically driven by herd dynamics. Communication is the tool that transfers and translates information. A team is only as strong as its communication and acceptance of each role. The quality of employees and the continual improvement of their skills and productivity through training are now widely recognized as vital factors in ensuring the long-term success and profitability of any business. Our program ratchets up your employees' critical skills at each leader-level. The participants leave with increased competency, improved morale and a solid toolkit for success.
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RESULTS ARE IMPORTANT! When you invest in your team, you want results for both time and money. A one day program working with our horses will …
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Bring immediate change through experiential learning.
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Uncover forthcoming and hidden talents of your employees to establish that you have the right people in the right positions so that you are utilizing each employee to their full potential.
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Provide a solid understanding of who is in your team and how to effectively work together
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Create a team mindset. Your organization’s stability and growth depends on the people within it.
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Engaging your employees with training and development they can use both personally and professionally creates stability within your organization.
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Increase communication skills and techniques. These are essential to any situation, especially in the workforce.
FAMILY AND COUPLES
Herd Dynamics offers on-demand events that are fun relationship building encounters for couples and families!
Part of our company’s ethos is to promote healthy and happy people who are able to honestly and kindly relate to others. As families and couples participate in our delightful memory-making events, we often see positive relational growth while having blast! Great communication helps families and couples grow, love each other better and discover new aspects of each other.
This is a very popular offering at Herd Dynamics! If you are interested in booking a fun and very different event that will bring you closer together.
YOUTH PROGRAMS
Our interactive, equine assisted learning youth programs are specifically designed to ensure learning and retention of necessary life skills and promote personal growth. EAL gives them an experience to refer to when they are faced with daily life choices. Our youth programs usually range between 4 - 6 sessions. This allows our facilitators to ensure the effectiveness of the course for the youth and the youth’s advancement in the program.
Horses are an ideal educational tool for use with children. Once a child is taught the basics of dealing properly with a horse, he or she can become the leader the horse seeks. When the horse feels safe and at peace with the child the horse willingly cooperates. The process of learning to lead is life-changing for the child.
WOMEN'S PROGRAMS
"Connection is the energy that is created beween people when they feel seen, heard and valued - when they can give and recieve without judgement." Brene Brown, PhD, LMSW
Herd Dynamics has a very special place in its heart for women - you know - wife, mother, daughter, survivor, friend, business owner, tireless worker, "Agent of Order", the mentor and lover, pusher and, often times, the heart of a marriage and family. You move mountains. Statistics show women often feel alone in their roles, forgotten in their quiet, selfless giving to others. It's easy to suddenly loose clarity of an integral self and a healthy balance of life and for life in the midst of every day craziness. Our facilitators and horses want to teach you skills that will encourage balance, inspire new life directions and offer courage and dignity through our programs for women. We want to remind you of how wonderful it is to connect - to be seen, heard and valued.
We facilitate through five basic principles: freedom, courage, assertiveness, self-reflection and transparency in communication and in living. What we ask is for you to commit to following through on what you learn in our programs. YOU WILL SEE RESULTS. We hope to see you soon!
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