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We
offer training events utilising our horses to teach
groups and individuals to improve their communication
skills, build on their strengths, identify obstacles
to effective collaboration and work on areas of communication
that they wish to develop. The training consists of a one - day intensive and
experiential learning opportunity, facilitated by Louise
Gillard-Owen, RGN, D/N Cert, Dip. Person Centred Counselling,
Dip Addiction Studies and Sally Baker, BHSAI.
You do not have to have ridden horses before,
but you will be asked to identify your own goals
for the day with the horse that you are allocated.
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How Does it Work?
The name of our organisation probably gives you a big
clue. The word REFLECTIVE may conjure up associations
with mirrors and this is exactly what the horses provide
us with; an accurate reflection of our way of communicating.
This provides us with another opportunity to develop
and learn about ourselves, through REFLECTING on what
happened in a session, what was significant, what this
means to us and the way we communicate.
We call the organisation REAL because being ‘real’
is what it’s all about so that we can access the
issues that may be causing problems or obstacles to
our development as individuals or teams.
The training team consists of Sally, in her role as
‘horse specialist’, Louise, as the ‘human
facilitator’, and our own horses selected especially
for their roles as learning facilitators.
Horses are herd animals and as such rely on fast and
transparent communication between them to remain safe.
As a result they display immediate behaviour, verbal,
(in the horse sense!) and non-verbal, in response to
humans or any other animal. You, of course, display
the same behaviour, - often without being aware of it
- and the ‘conversation’ between horse and
human offers real insight into how we operate and what
drives our behaviour. We use observation as a tool to
help you identify what is going on for you as an individual
and as a member of a team as you pursue the set task.
Sally observes the horse’s behaviour and Louise
observes the human behaviour, offering you our observations
at appropriate moments. Following the equine sessions,
we have reflection sessions where identified issues,
successes and problems are clarified, giving you the
opportunity to decide how to address these most effectively.
We offer three different goal oriented training and
development days:
- Groundwork Day
- Working with new challenges
- Positive Progress
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Please Click
Here for an outline of the three training days (opens
as a PDF in a new browser window)
or Contact Us if you would
like any more information on  and
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