INGELARA RETREAT HORSE AND FARM PROGRAM
Allow your child to have a relationship with Nature and Interact with animals at our Biodynamic farm
EFL is a program where people can learn about themselves, relationships and the world through interaction with a horse. It is a ground based activity. Equine Facilitated Learning helps young people to improve their skills in schoolwork, friendships, personal awareness and everyday life.
EFL empowers the young person to feel what its like to be a confident leader. No previous horse experience is necessary
• For young people 6 to 18 years • Adults programs available and Programs can be designed for individuals or groups • They usually run for 6 to 8 weeks during the term.
Mums and dads you are welcome to bring your younger children
The program would include: horse care and handling skills, playing games with the horse, farm activities eg feeding pigs and chickens, basic yoga, breath work and visualization to enhance creativity and relax mind and body, time in the tipi, exploring meditation and our intuition.
Dates: phone or email to book in January times available throughout the holidays
Exchange: $60 for1hr private session $75 for 2 hour group session
Bring a picnic to have by the lake or creek Your facilitator is Virginia Eagle, Equine therapist social worker, yoga and reiki teacher. Please see contact below for bookings
Virginia Eagle 0431 675 561 spiritgenes@hotmail.com www.ingelararetreat.com
See ya soon Gini
Allow your child to have a relationship with Nature and Interact with animals at our Biodynamic farm
EFL is a program where people can learn about themselves, relationships and the world through interaction with a horse. It is a ground based activity. Equine Facilitated Learning helps young people to improve their skills in schoolwork, friendships, personal awareness and everyday life.
EFL empowers the young person to feel what its like to be a confident leader. No previous horse experience is necessary
• For young people 6 to 18 years • Adults programs available and Programs can be designed for individuals or groups • They usually run for 6 to 8 weeks during the term.
Mums and dads you are welcome to bring your younger children
The program would include: horse care and handling skills, playing games with the horse, farm activities eg feeding pigs and chickens, basic yoga, breath work and visualization to enhance creativity and relax mind and body, time in the tipi, exploring meditation and our intuition.
Dates: phone or email to book in January times available throughout the holidays
Exchange: $60 for1hr private session $75 for 2 hour group session
Bring a picnic to have by the lake or creek Your facilitator is Virginia Eagle, Equine therapist social worker, yoga and reiki teacher. Please see contact below for bookings
Virginia Eagle 0431 675 561 spiritgenes@hotmail.com www.ingelararetreat.com
See ya soon Gini
What is Equine Facilitated Learning?
EFL is a process by which children and adults learn about themselves, other people and the world through interactions with horses. It is a ground based activity, and is not about teaching riding. It has applications for a wide range of individuals, including those who have difficulty fitting into the real world.
EFL is gaining popularity worldwide as a means of helping children and adults with a range of social, emotional and developmental disabilities (such as Autism ) or mental illness ( depression). The benefits of the experience with horses are often profound. Children with ASD will focus on the horse for long periods of time even thought they have difficulty focusing tin their everyday lives. Once children understand how to ask for and receive cooperation from the horse, their self esteem and confidence goes sky- high. For a child or young adult who has limited control of their own environment, EFL can be very empowering , providing communication and relationship skills and teaching responsibility , respect , trust and self control.
How does EFL work?
When working with humans, horses act like a mirror – they cannot lie, they simply reflect back to us our emotions, energy levels and communications. As they are prey animals, they have an overriding instinct to feel safe. They will become fearful if in the presence of aggressive , noisy or over controlling person, yet they are constantly searching for a leader to help them feel safe.
EFL teaches children the importance of body language, gestures, breathing and voice it shows them how to build relationships based on trust and respect – all taught through practical lessons working with a horse.
Jess and Gini Eagle at Pegasus Riding for the Disabled
Hayley Jumping
