Flourish in Community
Grounded in Two-Eyed Seeing, our Communities of Practice recognize that understanding grows through relationship, curiosity, and the respectful exchange of diverse ways of knowing. We believe meaningful learning emerges when practitioners, researchers, lived experience experts, knowledge keepers, and curious learners come together in shared inquiry.
Embrace the willingness to let a good question destabilize a cherished idea.
Through dialogue, reflection, and conscious listening, we seek to strengthen connection, honour diverse perspectives, and support the ethical, compassionate, and relational evolution of equine-facilitated services.
What are Communities of Practice?
Some questions are too important to explore alone.
Developing as an equine-facilitated practitioner, equestrian, horse caretaker, or lifelong learner is about more than acquiring information. It is an ongoing process of inquiry, reflection, relationship, and growth.
Community of Practice exists to create places where people can learn together, challenge assumptions, and explore the questions that matter most.
The goal is to create opportunities for reflection, dialogue, and discovery that support greater congruence between what we believe, what we value, and what we do.
EQUINE FACILITATED PROFESSIONALS
Who am I becoming as a practitioner?
Developing as an equine-facilitated practitioner is about more than learning techniques or accumulating certifications. It is an ongoing process of discovering who you are as a practitioner, how you understand horses, and what kind of relationships you hope to cultivate within your work.
This Community of Practice creates opportunities for reflection, dialogue, mentorship, and shared inquiry among those working at the intersection of horses and humans.
EQUESTRIANS
Who am I becoming through my relationship with horses?
Being an equestrian is about more than riding. It is a journey shaped by partnership, wellbeing, confidence, disappointment, growth, and the countless lessons horses invite us to learn along the way.
This Community of Practice creates space to explore the questions, experiences, and relationships that emerge through a life lived alongside horses.
EQUINE CARETAKERS
What do we owe the horse?
Living and working alongside horses invites us into ongoing questions about welfare, stewardship, sentience, relationship, and what we owe the animals in our care.
This Community of Practice brings together horse owners, caretakers, advocates, and curious learners seeking thoughtful dialogue, shared learning, and deeper understanding of horses and horse-human relationships.
Sometimes the most valuable outcome is not finding the answer, but discovering a better question.
COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE FOR ONE
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES
Developing as an equine-facilitated practitioner is more than learning techniques or accumulating certifications. It is an ongoing process of discovering who you are as a practitioner, how you understand horses, and what kind of relationships you hope to cultivate within your work.
CONSULTATION
No practitioner works in isolation. Equine-facilitated services often involve navigating complex questions related to horses, clients, ethics, scope of practice, program development, risk management, welfare, and professional identity. Many of these questions do not have simple answers.
Equine Presence offers consultation opportunities for practitioners seeking a thoughtful space to explore challenges, consider different perspectives, and strengthen decision-making. Grounded in curiosity, professional integrity, and respectful dialogue, consultation is intended to support critical reflection rather than provide prescriptive solutions.
Supporting practitioners as you develop your own voice, values, and way of working.
Informed by evidence, ethical practice, and thoughtful engagement with diverse perspectives.
MENTORSHIP
Equine Presence offers mentorship opportunities for practitioners seeking support in their professional growth and development. Whether you are entering the field, refining your approach, exploring your professional identity, or navigating the tensions and complexities that naturally arise within practice, mentorship provides space for reflection, inquiry, learning, and growth.
Independent Community of Practice
BLOG
Understanding rarely emerges all at once. Wanderings is a space for curiosity, reflection, and shared inquiry—a place to explore questions, challenge assumptions, and discover what emerges through relationship with horses, people, ideas, and the world around us.
Come wander for a while and see where the journey leads.
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
Every journey is shaped by the people, ideas, stories, and questions we encounter along the way. This library offers a glimpse into some of the books, authors, and resources that have informed, challenged, inspired, and continue to shape my thinking and the ongoing evolution of Equine Presence.
EQUINE PRESENCE’S INSPIRATIONS
No journey is travelled alone. Equine Presence has been influenced by many people, communities, traditions, and horses whose ideas, experiences, and ways of knowing have enriched this work. This page offers a glimpse into some of the voices that continue to inspire, challenge, and shape the ongoing development of Equine Presence.
CONNECT DISCOVER GROW
Equine Presence looks forward to welcoming you.
