Day 1

8:30am - 9:00am | Opening Ceremony

We Belong to Each Other

Special Guest Performance by Stephanie Davis

9:15am - 10:45am | Keynote

Because The Horse Doesn’t Know Who the Client Is. . . (Why Our Personal Growth Matters so Much!)

Tim Jobe and Bettina Shultz-Jobe

11:00am - 12:30pm | Workshops (select one)

Self in Session

Kate Naylor and Sara Sherman

Trauma Informed Health Coaching

Ashley Decker

Hidden in Plain Sight: The Signs and Symptoms of Dissociation (Part 1)

Reccia Jobe and Rebecca Hubbard

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2:00pm - 3:30pm | Workshops (select one)

Implicit Bias, Prejudices, and Somatic Work

TBA

Hidden in Plain Sight: The Signs and Symptoms of Dissociation (Part 2)

Reccia Jobe and Rebecca Hubbard

Traveling Together: Bringing Psychodrama Skills into Your Practice (Part 1)

Kate Naylor

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4:00pm - 5:30pm | Workshops (select one)

Trauma Informed, Somatic, and Attachment Based Facilitation

Bettina Shultz-Jobe and Kathleen Choe

Hidden in Plain Sight: The Signs and Symptoms of Dissociation (Part 3)

Reccia Jobe and Rebecca Hubbard

Traveling Together: Bringing Psychodrama Skills into Your Practice (Part 2)

Kate Naylor

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5:45pm - 6:15pm | Daily Healing Practice (select one)

Connecting to Nature through Music

Mary Oliver

Experience bottom-up regulation as we connect to the elements of air, earth, water, and fire through music.

Orientation: Moving into Presence

Mark Taylor

Meeting with novelty or threats in the environment, our bodies normally react with a stress response, which prevents us from being fully present. On this first day of the conference we will enjoy orienting and re-orientating through our senses, to increase comfort in our bodies; comfort within our personal spaces; and comfort within the virtual space we will be sharing for the next four days.

Building an Internal Safe Place

Kate Naylor and Kathleen Choe

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7:00pm - 8:00pm | Fireside Chat

Open to VIP Pass and early bird registrants only.

Day 2

8:30am - 9:00am | Daily Healing Practice (select one)

Donna Eden's Daily Energy Routine

Michelle Holling-Brooks

Michelle will guide you through this simple routine to help you establish positive "energy habits" in your body so you can navigate daily stress by releasing, energizing, and strengthening your body.  Michelle will guide you in this practice while also inviting you to listen deeply to your body and respond.

Morning Drum Jam with Found Sounds

Mary Oliver

Grab a cooking pot, a cardboard box, a bucket, some spoons––you get the idea. Let’s awaken our bodies through rhythm!

Interoception, Kinesthesia, and Proprioception

Mark Taylor

Enjoy a gentle morning movement meditation focused on the hidden senses of interoception, kinesthesia, and proprioception. These senses together refine the awareness of movement and help us to feel and enjoy the relationships of our bodies to the earth and space.

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9:15am - 10:45am | Keynote

Becoming a Healing Presence

Bonnie Badenoch

11:00am - 12:30pm | Workshops (select one)

Doing Attachment Based Work with Self and in Sessions Part 1:  Formation and Display of Attachment Style - How we all learn about connection from our caregivers

Jim Harlow

Nutrition and Mental Health

Ashley Decker

It’s Not About the Activity

Veronica Lac 

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2:00pm - 3:30pm | Workshops (select one)

Doing Attachment Based Work with Self and in Sessions Part 2:  Massaging Our Core Fears

Jim Harlow

Working with First Responders, COVID-19, and Social Justice:  Is This Right For Me?

Cindy Skelton-Hodge and Jill Gustafson

Business Building 101 (Part 1)

Shannon Knapp and Bettina Shultz-Jobe

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4:00pm - 5:30pm | Workshops (select one)

Doing Attachment Based Work with Self and in Sessions Part 3:  How to Discern Needs and Guide Change in Others

Jim Harlow

Creating a Holistic Wellness Program for You and Your Horse

Michelle Holling-Brooks

Business Building 101 (Part 2)

Shannon Knapp and Bettina Shultz-Jobe

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5:45pm - 6:15pm | Daily Healing Practice (select one)

Cellular Respiration

Mark Taylor

External respiration—breathing in the lungs—brings oxygen and energy into the body. As pleasurable as it is, you will discover a deeper connection with your breath by focusing on how it moves into and out of each cell in your body. Awareness of breath in the body provides deep relaxation and creates the potential for healing and transformation on a profound level.

Pocket Horse: Equine Assisted Mindfulness Meditation ©

Shannon Knapp

At the end of this conference day, as our heads and hearts reel from the mixture of knowledge and experience, relax and awake at the same time through meditation. In this session we’ll practice mindfulness meditation, through the lens of Dan Siegel’s Wheel of Awareness while also immersed in the sensory-rich experience of being with horses. Mindfulness Meditation is all about being truly, nonjudgmentally aware and present; let’s step into this moment, with horses, together. Beginning meditators are welcome!

Drum Meditation

Mary Oliver

Wind down your day with calming rhythms. Drum on a drum, a hardback book, your desk, or your lap. Connect to yourself and others through soothing sounds and rhythms

WANT ACCESS TO ALL 3 DAILY HEALING PRACTICE SESSIONS?

7:00pm - 8:00pm | Fireside Chat

Open to VIP Pass and early bird registrants only.

Day 3

8:30am - 9:00am | Daily Healing Practice (select one)

Spinal Movement and the Fountain of Youth

Mark Taylor

The spine forms the central axis of the body and protects the spinal cord: as we age we tend to lose spinal mobility, so the fluidity of the nervous system suffers as well. Gently and systematically mobilizing the spine creates rejuvenation in the nervous system while releasing superficial holding in muscles and ligaments.

Finding My Rhythm and Our Together Rhythm

Mary Taylor

Through exploration of different rhythm patterns, find the rhythm that your body feels the most “in tune” with at this moment. Then share your rhythm with a partner in a break-out room and work together to integrate your two rhythms into a shared rhythmic experience.

A Journey from Parts to Self

Jenn Pagone

This guided meditation will assist you in identifying any activated parts that are calling for your attention, and help you attune to your body to build resiliency and increase resources. A regulating way to create internal space and begin a day of learning.

9:15am - 10:45am | Keynote

Why Movement Matters

Mark Taylor

11:00am - 12:30pm | Workshops (select one)

Navigating Implicit Bias, White Spaces, and the Somatics of Racialized Trauma

Veronica Lac, Elizabeth McCorvey & Sarah Schlote

Discernment as Deep Connection

Kathleen Choe and Laura McFarland

The Journey into Self-Leadership: Integrating the Internal Family Systems Model (IFS) with Equine Assisted Practice (Part 1)

Jenn Pagone

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2:00pm - 3:30pm | Workshops (select one)

Balance, Posture, Attachment, and Trauma (Part 1)

Bettina Shultz-Jobe and Tim Jobe

The Journey into Self-Leadership: Integrating the Internal Family Systems Model (IFS) with Equine Assisted Practice (Part 2)

Jenn Pagone

Taking Control of Your Narrative: Assessment & Documentation in Your EAP/L Program (Part 1)

Rebecca Hubbard

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4:00pm - 5:30pm | Workshops (select one)

Balance, Posture, Attachment, and Trauma (Part 2)

Bettina Shultz-Jobe

The Journey into Self-Leadership: Integrating the Internal Family Systems Model (IFS) with Equine Assisted Practice (Part 3)

Jenn Pagone

Taking Control of Your Narrative: Assessment & Documentation in Your EAP/L Program (Part 2)

Rebecca Hubbard

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5:45pm - 6:15pm | Daily Healing Practice (select one)

Relaxing Sound Bath

Mary Oliver

Unwind for the day as you are bathed with the relaxing sounds of gongs, singing bowls, chimes, and other soothing instruments.

Guided Inner Child Meditation

Britt Palmer

Learn to connect with your inner child in a compassionate way.

Meditating from the Body

Mark Taylor

A short, guided meditation practice that incorporates seated meditation (chair or cushion), walking meditation, free movement, personal reflection, and journaling.

WANT ACCESS TO ALL 3 DAILY HEALING PRACTICES?

7:00pm - 8:00pm | Fireside Chat

Open to VIP Pass and early bird registrants only.

Day 4

8:30am - 9:00am | Daily Healing Practice (select one)

Connect to Your Child Within Through Music

Mary Oliver

Let’s have some fun as we play rhythm games and sing silly songs to bring out the kid in us; connecting to our playful side which is so important to our own healing.

Trauma Conscious Yoga

Britt Palmer

We will do some awakening and grounding poses. This will be a nice way to help yourself become centered, grounded, and prepared to learn!

Your Connected, Safe Place Within

Bettina Shultz-Jobe

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9:15am - 10:45am | Keynote

The Emotional Lives of Animals

Temple Grandin

11:00am - 12:30pm | Workshops (select one)

Regression and The Inner Child

Kathleen Choe and Kate Naylor

Nervous System Tracking Through a “Ponyvagal” Lens

Sarah Schlote

Drum Circle Facilitation Skills

Mary Oliver

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2:00pm - 3:30pm | Workshops (select one)

Consent and THIS Horse (Part 1)

Tim Jobe & Tanner Jobe

Equine Connected Eye Movement and Desensitization (EC-EMDR) & Inner Child Work

Bettina Shultz-Jobe and Kathleen Choe

What’s Your Compass? How Research and Program Evaluation Help Your Program Reach Its Goals (part 1)

Laura McFarland and Rebecca Hubbard and Briana Perkins

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4:00pm - 5:30pm | Workshops (select one)

Consent and THIS Horse (Part 2)

Tim Jobe & Tanner Jobe

The Earliest Stages of Building a Secure Attachment For All: Trust, Respect, and Willingness

Michelle Holling-Brooks

What’s Your Compass? How Research and Program Evaluation Help Your Program Reach Its Goals (part 2)

Laura McFarland and Rebecca Hubbard

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5:45pm - 6:15pm | Daily Healing Practice (select one)

Tapping into Peace:  Emotional Freedom Techniques

Angie Finn and Beverly Walsh

Chakra Balancing

Michelle Holling-Brooks

Chakra balancing is based on the ancient Indian belief in a series of seven chakras, or energy centers. Chakra balancing is believed to promote health and resilience by maximizing the flow of energy in the body. Michelle will be your guide as you sense deeply into your body, becoming grounded, rooted, and balanced.

Connecting to and Anchoring from Your Core

Bettina Shultz-Jobe

WANT ACCESS TO ALL 3 DAILY HEALING PRACTICES?

7:00pm - 8:00pm | Fireside Chat

Open to VIP Pass and early bird registrants only.

Day 5

8:30am - 9:00am | Daily Healing Practice (select one)

Soften the Trigger

Jessica Benton

We will move through a 30 minute release of 'system' when triggers happen. This will focus on our pelvis, spine and core connecting breath and body - the very foundation of yoga.  Forgiveness is not an event, it is a lifestyle that includes flowing through awareness and acknowledgement toward active participation in our release.   I will introduce several tools within this flow that can be adapted for yourself within life and used proactively or reactively when triggers occur.

Cardinal Directions Walking Meditation

Beverly Walsh

Rhythm and Reflexes

Margery Segal and Bettina Shultz-Jobe

Contemplative Prayer

Laura McFarland

Join Laura McFarland for contemplative prayer time. Contemplative prayer is all about connection. Following a very brief orientation, we will spend our time together opening to connection with the sacred within and among us, in silence. Open to people of all faiths and traditions.

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9:15am - 10:45am | Keynote

Playfulness IS the Treatment

Robyn Gobbel

11:00am - 12:30pm | Workshops (select one)

Hoof-Beats + Heart-Beats = A Whole Lotta Regulation

Marti Smith and Michael Remole

Integration of Trauma Conscious Yoga and Equine Assisted Practice

Britt Palmer

Compassionate Conversations about Racism and Anti-Racism

Bonnie Badenoch and Vanessa Timmons

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2:00pm - 3:30pm | Workshops (select one)

Keeping Families Together:  Tools for parenting and working with children from hard places  (part 1)

Kendra Twitty and Ann O’Brien

Live the Release:  Pelvic Floor Connection

Jessica Benton

"What does that mean?" An Empathetic Approach to Observing Horse Behavior

Callie King

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4:00pm - 5:30pm | Workshops (select one)

Keeping Families Together:  Tools for parenting and working with children from hard places  (part 2)

Kendra Twitty and Ann O’Brien

Make Your Own Instruments

Mary Oliver

Making the Connection: Sexual Assault, Human Trafficking, and Healing

Sue McKinney & Laurie Johnson

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5:45pm - 6:15pm | Closing Ceremony

There’s a Crocus in the Snow

Special Guest Performance by Stephanie Davis