Programs
8 Week 1:1 EAL Program For Individuals
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This weekly series supports individuals who are rebuilding their lives and moving through personal healing. Through guided experiences with their teachers, the horses, participants are invited to slow down, reflect, and gain greater clarity about themselves and their path forward.
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Horses offer an honest, intuitive, and non-judgmental presence. Their responses often bring awareness to patterns, emotions, and behaviors that may otherwise go unnoticed. These moments create powerful opportunities for reflection, learning, and meaningful change.
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Working with horses creates memorable experiences that anchor life skills in a deeply meaningful way, often far beyond what traditional classroom learning can offer. Through a variety of guided exercises, participants are encouraged to recognize their strengths while developing confidence, communication skills, and emotional resilience. Along the way, there is also space for joy, laughter, and genuine connection.
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Each experience in the arena is intentionally connected back to everyday life. The awareness and skills developed while working with the horses can be applied to relationships, decision-making, and daily challenges.
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Held weekly in the Chilliwack area, this 8-week program focuses on one essential life skill at a time. Over the course of the series, participants gradually build a foundation of self-awareness, resilience, and personal leadership that continues to grow well beyond the program itself.
12 Week EAL Program For Groups
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This 12-week series offers a structured group experience for individuals who want to deepen their personal growth while learning alongside others.
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Participants engage in guided, ground-based exercises with horses that explore important life skills such as communication, healthy boundaries, collaboration, and leadership. Working in a group setting allows participants to practice these skills in real time while gaining valuable insight into their interactions with others.
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Horses respond honestly and instinctively to human behaviour, offering immediate feedback that helps participants recognize patterns, increase self-awareness, and develop new ways of responding to challenges.
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While many participants choose to begin with the 8-week individual program to build a personal foundation, it is not required. The group series welcomes both returning participants and those who are ready to begin their learning within a group environment.
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Each experience in the arena is intentionally connected back to everyday life, helping participants apply what they learn to their relationships, work, and personal decision-making.
Held weekly in the Chilliwack area, this 12-week program provides a supportive space to strengthen confidence, deepen awareness, and continue developing meaningful life skills.
Experiential Workshops for Teams and Organizations
Whispering Mare also offers experiential workshops and events for organizations, teams, and community groups seeking a meaningful way to support wellbeing, strengthen connection, and develop practical skills together.
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These sessions take place through guided, ground-based experiences with horses. Participants engage in interactive exercises that naturally highlight patterns in communication, leadership, and collaboration. Because horses respond honestly and instinctively to human behaviour, they provide immediate feedback that helps participants gain new awareness of how they show up within a team.
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Workshops can explore themes such as burnout recovery, stress regulation, team building, communication, leadership development, and building healthy workplace dynamics. The experiential nature of the work allows participants to learn through direct experience rather than theory alone.
Many organizations find this approach especially impactful for teams who benefit from stepping outside the traditional workplace environment and engaging in a shared learning experience.
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Sessions can be arranged as half-day events, full-day workshops, or multi-session experiences depending on the goals of the organization.
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Organizations interested in hosting a workshop or team experience are welcome to contact us to discuss availability and group size.
SEASONAL OFFERINGS
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Next Program Date:
Please Contact For Dates
Duration Of Program:
Typically 8-12 Weeks (1 session per week)
Custom programs available to suit your needs
Each session is 90 minutes
Pricing:
Starting at $60 per session
Location:
Chilliwack, BC
What Participants & Organizations Are Saying
Female Client
"Today I learned that instead of always taking from others, I have the ability to help others as well. I also need to learn to not just shove people aside, because of me thinking that they don’t have the ability to teach me something. When every person has something to offer."
Key Worker
"The program for the day was Red Light Green Light which was about focus and moving forward in life, while learning to pay attention to our surroundings. The women had to work their way through the obstacles while keeping their eye on their goal. This concept had a powerful impact on the ladies as they could apply it to so many places in their lives such as past criminal history, impulsive behaviours and relationships they didn't feel they had full power over."
Female Client
"Although I love horses, I don't have much experience with them... It was truly magical. Approximately nine months later, I am still finding that I am learning things from this experience as I reflect back. I would highly recommend this fun, informative, uplifting and inspiring course for any woman who is struggling to find herself. The course and the women who teach it are one of a kind."
Participants Develop Practical Skills and Meaningful Insights, Including:
Participants are guided through hands-on experiences with the horses that encourage reflection, awareness, and personal growth. Through these interactions, individuals gain insights and practical tools that support stronger relationships, clearer communication, and greater confidence in everyday life.
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Self-Awareness and Personal Growth
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• Learning to lead with intention rather than force or control.
• Recognizing how focusing on the past can limit forward movement.
• Developing personal responsibility and accountability for actions and their impact.
• Overcoming internal and external barriers that stand in the way of change.
• Discovering creativity and new ways of approaching challenges.
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Confidence and Leadership
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• Building the courage to respond to challenges and step into growth.
• Recognizing the leader within themselves with quiet confidence and clarity.
• Strengthening decision-making skills through experiential learning.
• Practicing patience and persistence, one intentional step at a time.
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Communication and Relationships
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• Experiencing the power of clear communication, both verbal and non-verbal.
• Discovering the value of collaboration and shared effort.
• Understanding the importance of trust, respect, and integrity in authentic relationships.
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And along the way, participants share moments of joy, laughter, and connection while working alongside the horses.
