Partnering with horses, tweens and teens learn and practice powerful leadership, gain valuable life skills, and experience the magic and joys of connection and teamwork with horses. The program will empower, inspire, and support balance.
About Equine Facilitated Leadership
Kings Farm Equine Facilitated Leadership sessions partner tweens and teens with horses to develop their personal leadership, learn natural horsemanship training, practice mindfulness, and have fun as they learn to connect, communicate, and work with horses through unique and challenging groundwork exercises.
Benefits
Through participating in Equine Facilitated Leadership sessions, participants…
- Develop coping skills that enable resilience in the face of challenge
- Develop non-verbal awareness and communication skills
- Cultivate internal and external environments of trust and safety
- Deepen their capacity to self-regulate
- Learn how to lead with intention and access their intuitive self
- Learn to build trust and cooperation as the foundation of leadership excellence
- Learn how to channel emotions and energy into purposeful action
- Develop innovative and creative ways to solve new challenges
- Learn mindfulness tools that enhance presence and listening capacities (& more!)
Schedule: Equine Facilitated Leadership programs for Tweens and Teens
Weekly Schedule | Leadership 10 Mins | Groundwork 20 Mins | Review/Quiz 10 Mins | Gymnastics on Horse 20 Mins | Review/Quiz 10 Mins |
Lesson-1 | Connection & Self-Regulation
| Train Your Horse to Stand Still | Arm Exercises for Balance Arm Circles | ||
Lesson-2 | Powerful Leadership | Train Your Horse to Lead Properly | One Hand Behind the Back Arm Extensions Hand on Your Head | ||
Lesson-3 | Building Relationships
| Train Your Horse to Flex and Soften to Pressure | Body Twists Leg Lifts Toe Circles
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Lesson-4 | Communication & Teamwork
| Train Your Horse to walk with you | Around-The-World Red Light, Green Light
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Lesson-5 | Play | Train Your Horse to Move Their Front-End | Horse Riding Exercises: Learn to tack and bridle your horse
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Lesson-6 | Wisdom of herd | Train Your Horse to Move Their Hind-End | Horse Riding Exercises: Mount, Position and Hold Rein
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Lesson-7 | Benefits of horse riding | Practice | Horse Riding Exercises: Learn to groom a horse Straightening the Wrists
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Lesson-8 | Benefits of horse riding | Practice | Horse Riding Exercises: Learn Riding Basics-Move and Steer Horse riding Exercises: Learn how to do Trot posting and Canter Taping the Reins
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Course Features
- Lectures 25
- Quizzes 0
- Duration 20 weeks
- Skill level Beginner
- Language English
- Students 57
- Certificate Yes
- Assessments Yes