“The only limit to the height of your achievements is the reach of your dreams and your willingness to work for them.”
- Michelle Obama
Our Services: Professional & Personal Development Retreats
If you’re looking to connect with like-minded people outside of work while continuing to develop personally and professionally, we have a regular calendar of themed events. Generally focused on leaders, but open to people from all industries and disciplines, these events offer time and space to focus on personal growth and the opportunity to learn from nature and horses.
Equus Coaching pairs you with a horse as a coaching partner for a somatic learning experience in nature. Don’t worry—your human coach (Martina) is still there to facilitate and guide the entire journey! You’ll finesse your collaboration and communication skills, balance your energy, gain confidence, or learn to set boundaries—all in a setting away from your inbox, everyday habits, and routines. You’ll feel connected with something that’s much larger than yourself, both literally and figuratively. Learn more about Equus coaching here.
Upcoming Retreats
Don’t see a date or location that suits you?
Let us know where or when you’d like to attend a workshop. We have hosted retreats in Australia, Germany, UK and the USA.
Unplug and Reconnect
Where: Westerlands, South Downs National Park, UK
When: 8-9 October 2024
Join us for a relaxing and rewilding 2-day retreat to unplug from stress and reconnect with yourself in this tranquil and inspirational setting.
More details and tickets to book your space coming soon.
Your Call to Courage
Where: Petaluma, California, USA
When: 2 November 2024
Join us for a deep and expansive one-day leadership retreat integrating the work of Brené Brown’s Dare to Lead™. We’ll partner with equine co-facilitators to support your exploration of a current challenge, obstacle, or goal.
Click here for more details and book your space.
Thrive in 2025
Where: Los Angeles, California, USA
When: 25 January 2025
Join us to set your vision and intentions for 2025 and recharge in nature after the holidays. We’ll partner with equine co-facilitators to support your exploration of a challenge, obstacle, or goal for the new year.
Click here for more details and book your space.
Horses are perfect partners for deep inner exploration. They are highly intuitive creatures, understanding our emotions, intentions, and energy with remarkable accuracy, and provide us with immediate biofeedback.
FAQs
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No experience with horses is required. Your Equus Coach and equine partner are highly experienced and will help you navigate the entire session, regardless of your experience level. All of the activities take place on the ground in the pasture, round pen, arena, or at the hitching post. You will not be riding the horses.
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You will be doing activities with the horses that are designed to elicit specific learning objectives or awareness-building. The activities require no specific skills or experience, but all are hands-on and interactive. There is no right or wrong way for the equine coaching experience to play out. Individuals have unique experiences based on their intentions for the session, along with what they are drawn to doing with the horse.
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Year round: Choose clothing and shoes that you don’t mind getting a little dusty. Always wear closed-toed shoes and no sandals please! Most sessions take place outdoors so you will be exposed to the elements.
Summertime: Hat and sunscreen and a layer in case you get chilly.
Wintertime: Wear/bring warm clothing, a coat, gloves, and a hat. Layers are best, a hat and sunscreen.
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Water bottle
Pre-work (if relevant)
Journal and a pen
Your phone if you want to take pictures
An open heart and mind
Let’s talk about your goals
Do you have a question? Ready to focus on your dreams?
Let’s chat! We’re here to help.
Consulting
Have you experienced difficulty collaborating, making decisions, or creating alignment around goals? If you’re ready to reflect on how all of the parts of your company come together to deliver customer and business value, Northshore can partner with you on org design. Together we’ll help you evolve your operating model—your structure, decision-making, ways of working, and capabilities—to support your strategic goals. Learn More ➔
Coaching
Being a leader can be difficult—particularly when you’re leading your team or organisation through change or navigating a transition of your own. If you’re looking for personalised support, we offer 1:1 remote coaching that’s tailored to your specific needs, whether you’re looking to step into a new role, set up and launch your own business, or change the focus of your career. Learn more
Thought + Practice Partnership
If you’ve pinpointed a specific problem—whether you need a sounding board and thought partner or help building out a practice within your organisation—you may benefit from one of our thought and practice partnership options. These tend to be shorter engagements that centre around one well-defined problem or project. We can serve an advisory role or roll up our sleeves and help you create job descriptions and career paths or hire your first leader. Learn more ➔
