Equi-talk is a unique experience using horses to communicate

Equine Experiential Coaching is a unique co-active coaching experience that integrates corporate and life coaching training with horse interaction on the ground to explore and enhance interpersonal skills and relationships, personal intelligences, work performance and leadership potential.

Programmes are facilitated by Sarah Hewitt from Equi-Talk and Hazel Farrer from Hazel Tree Coaching with the objective of facilitating inspiration, intuition and inner wisdom through knowledge and a life changing equine experience.

Equi-talk is a unique experience using horses on the ground in a safe and non-threatening environment to explore and enhance communication, interpersonal skills, EQ and personal well being. It is a subtle yet powerful tool that can be used for self- realisation and reflection, as a measure of effective verbal and non verbal communication and the four cornerstones of interpersonal relationships. Activities are designed to explore leadership and management skills, flexibility, self esteem, conflict resolution, personal boundaries and many more soft skills. All activities take place in arenas with the horses in close proximity

Why Horses

In the herd environment, horses have a strong hierarchy, very similar to that of humans. They are specialists in the field of non-verbal communication where body language clearly displays their intentions. Horses by their very nature are gregarious and would rather be with their peers than alone and similar to humans they have their personalities and attitudes. They will challenge, try to dominate, submit or withdraw, often what works for one horse will not work for another. Interacting with horses on the ground provides an interesting platform for observation, comparison and realisation that… it’s not just about the horse!

Power of the Herd

“It’s not just about the herd”. A Visionary approach to Social Intelligence, Leadership and Innovation through a unique co-active experiences that integrates coaching and life coaching training with horse interaction on the ground to explore and enhance leadership potential, interpersonal skills, authentic power, personal intelligences and work performance to inspire and empower others.

Communication Intelligence

The quality of your Communication shows the quality of your life. Learn instant rapport & social intelligence cues to understand what you are communicating verbally & non verbally & demonstrate how to communicate with confidence in presentations, feedback situations & conflict situations using NLP techniques.

Emotional and Personal Intelligence

Emotional Intelligence is responsible for 80% of the successes in our lives. Understand leadership, motivation, attitudes and performance potential through our emotions and explore the shift to using multiple intelligences to identify, understand and apply emotional and social skills.

Ethical Intelligence

Ethics IQ, maybe the most practical form of intelligence there is – and the most valuable. Explore the principles of ethical intelligence, its relationship to emotional intelligence, how to apply them in the workplace and in life and why integrity is the most important persuasion tool.

Coaching and Mentoring for Empowerment

A Mentor is someone who allows you to see the hope inside yourself. Apply key coaching and mentoring skills and techniques to understand and motivate individuals, accelerate learning, build relationships, develop leadership potential and empower others through intelligent choices.

Personal Mastery and Performance Excellence

Personal Mastery is both a discipline and a journey. Understand the concept of the personal balance scorecard for performance and learn the key principles and practices for tapping into your full potential, positives attitudes and personal power to deliver and maintain excellence and success.

Assertive Conflict and Negotiation Skills

Assertiveness is not what you do, it’s who you are. Master self esteem, confidence and assertiveness to enable you to know what you want, create personal power and manage conflict and negotiation situations through language, communication excellence and the power of agreement.

The Horse on the logo is Wild Air, an American ‘Morgan’ breed rescue horse that had apparently been damaged or subject to abuse in some way. After being rescued, he worked for a while at ‘The Cowboy School ‘in Pretoria, South Africa however because of his past, he was often inconsistent in his behaviour and temperament and was therefore a safety concern for riding.

However, because he radiated such beauty, spirit and presence, he was transferred to a ranch in Dullstroom, where he now runs free with a wild herd of 30 to 40 horses and despite what he has been through and where he has come from, he has found his home, a space to run with the herd and his freedom to be true to his name – Wild Air

Equine Experiential Coaching

works on the ‘Wild Air’ principles that although we may be ‘damaged’ or limited by our past in some way, we can still discover and radiate our purpose and presence and find our place in the world, our space that feels true and our freedom to be who we are meant to be