The breakfast will be hosted at H20 in the Burnett Room - with an alternate drop breakfast, tea & coffee. We have a wonderful lucky door prize of a Self Care Hamper kindly donated by Connections Play Therapy & Consultancy.
Alternate Drop:
Farmhouse Smashed Avocado - cherry tomatoes, macadamia nut crumble, burnt lemon & Persian feta on sourdough.
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Eggs Benedict - Eggs, Bacon with hollandaise sauce & spinach on sourdough
Guest Speaker Details - Debora Lewis of Rivendell Equine Assisted Therapy.
Let me introduce myself, my name is Debora Lewis. I have recently achieved an accreditation in Equine Assisted Therapy EAP / EAL. I trained through The Equine Psychotherapy Institute (Meg Kirby) and had the pleasure of being mentored by Sue Lamond at Loadstone NSW where the training was held.
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Member of the Australian Counsellor Association
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ACA 13493 ( Level 2 Counsellor)
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Diploma in Counselling
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Diploma in Community service
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Cert VI Mental health peer support.
I have been fortunate to have been around horses for 34 years and they are still teaching me new things with their out breaths and the beautiful energy they bring living in the moment, the here and now as well as promoting awareness.
I have had horses consecutive years since I was 13 years of age, currently running a herd of 7 horses.
In the days of my youth I had the opportunity of working (work experience) at racing stables and saddlery.
I studied Horse Husbandry at Tafe. In my early 20's working at paint horse stud in NSW (where Sunny was born), I was mentored in equine massage and had a exciting opportunity to work at fox hunting stables.
I'm hoping to offer the rural community a non judgmental inclusive service that supports people on their recovery journey fostering hope for the future with the help of the horses in equine assisted therapy.
Mindfulness With Horses
How it works
Equine assisted therapy EAP/ EAL program
Participants go through a series of mainly one-on-one interactions with horses, under the supervision of an EAP/EAL practitioner.
As prey animals, horses are acutely attuned to the body language of humans.
"The horses act as mirrors, so whatever your energy is, or your emotions are at that time, they're going to mirror that to you”.
This is thought to help develop life skills like self-awareness and the ability to regulate emotions and to promote awareness, be in the here and the now and live in the moment.
