WAY OF THE HORSE COACHING INC
Direct Feedback from Clients:
"I felt happy interacting with the horses, I would like to come everyday. The horses made me more aware of my feelings"
" I learnt about horse breathing, leadership and how my behaviour changes the horses"
" I learnt a lot of things like the difference between boundaries and personal space, learning to say no and letting my mask down"
' Il learnt to be more aware, I liked Chance as he reminded me of my own pony"
" I think it is good and useful as I get grumpy sometimes, it helps me when I do horse breathing, I leant that horses know what you are feeling and show it in their body language"
Seaford Secondary College Student Evaluations term 1 2026
What have you learnt from this programme?
"I have learnt about self awareness and learnt about self motivation"
"I have made royal friends, horses are way cuter than I thought, I learnt about their behaviour and body language"
"I have learnt an amazing amount of information on horses, they have taught us a lot about horses body language, boundaries and the horses have taught me a lot about myself too, boundaries, self regulation and POP the power of pause"
"Calmness, patience, body language from horses, I don't like people close to me, personal space like Chance
Are horse breathing and POP the power of pause helping you in your every day life?
"It helped me in my everyday life because it helps me to self regulate and it. Helps me to calm down'
"Learnt about power of pause and responding not reacting'
"Absolutely I have found myself using POP when I have been stressed, overwhelmed or frustrated, I take a horse breath and come back to the situation, when I am calm and clear minded"
"Sometimes when my little sister is annoying me, using horse breathing when I am angry"
Is there anything you would like to say about the programme?
"I found the programme really helpful to learn about your emotions more"
"Thankful to participate, my confidence grow during the programme, keep trying never give up'
" I am extremely thankful for the horse handlers, the horses and the land and being able to do this programme - thank you for having us"
" I love the programme. I learnt things from the horses about feelings and connection"
" How the pony Chance reacted to my thoughts made me aware of my behaviour and wonder how humans react " Student in the equine Learning and wellbeing programme.
"I learnt that I could help regulate how the horse was feeling and they could help me regulate, I hadn't experienced this before" Student in the equine Learning and wellbeing programme.
"Being around the horses made me happy and gave me something to look forward to" Student in the equine Learning and wellbeing programme.
An 11 year old boy disengaged from other support services: " I love being here with the horses can we stay for the day?"
"I felt fantastic after the session". 16yr Male
" I always feel calm after the sessions, I am now able to move the horses around using my body language my confidence and trust has really grown" 11 yr old girl
“Amazing experience work with Way of the Horse Coaching, Jo is such a welcoming person who makes you feel your in a safe place which helps you express your emotions”. Older Female Adult
“The Sessions are set in the most relaxing beautiful location which I founds beneficial to clear my mind, I always feel reset after each session”. 24yr old Female
“Chance and Shadow are beautiful horses they each have different personalities which I found really helpful as who I worked with would be determined by my mood”. 18yr Male
Direct Feedback from our Care givers/ Case workers
"On the few occasions I have come to Way father Horse coaching, I am always amazed to see the connection between the students and the horses. I have seen students who display challenging behaviours at school become completely calm around Winston, Chance and Dolly. A student who attended taught me "horse breathing" back at school. This shows me one of the many benefits of this fantastic programme.
It's been good to see the young people enjoy here time here, grow in confidence and learn new skills. I have been able to get multiple students to use some of the techniques learnt at the programme to regulate and reflect during different situations back at school
SSO Reynella East College
" We have received really positive feedback from the students and staff following the equine learning sessions today"
Program Manager SCILS
" The girls are always so much more relaxed after sessions and use the relaxation techniques they have learnt in other environments. It really is the highlight of their week". Support Worker
" Arriving with my young person after a difficult day at school I was amazed at how her mood changed as she worked with the horses taking them through her day, when we left she was in a much better place". Foster Carer
"Jo's work with our clients was invaluable. She enabled them to get in touch with their own emotions, their bodies and their thoughts in such a practical, friendly way that it became the highlight of their time with us."
Miriam Crosby
Adventure Therapy Case Manager
Baptist Care, Tumbelin,
Feedback from our Women's Groups
Overall Comment
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Love this programme it has really helped during tough time in my life
2. Would love to have this course a little longer, its helps me to find out a lot about myself. I love to enrol in the future
3. This course has added another layer of deep healing for my trauma. It has brought more confidence and love for myself. I am thankful to Yellow gate and Way of the Horse Coaching for this life change privilege
4. Not feeling at all focused when completing this doc I very much enjoyed my time with the horses. It has helped me to slow down and become much more self aware
5. Thank you so for this wonderful course it helped me through a very difficult time
6. Just a massive thank you. Despite my physical limitations each week and the emotional stressors in my life, this farm,Way of the horse Coaching, all the volunteers and most of all the horses have soothed and healed me and set me up in a better mindset to face life moving forwards
What have you learnt about self awareness in these sessions?
2. Really putting it into practice to help reduce the stress for the horses, to enable interaction with them. They are like the mirror to our self awareness and emotional regulation
3. The horses have taught me the power of pause and I can self manage and calm myself
4. Much. It has allowed me to more conscious of myself, my feelings, my actions , body language when around the horses
5. To check in and see how I am feeling
6. When I am stressed horses pick up on it then I can dself regulate, Ive taken this into the real world
Have you developed techniques to help with emotional regulation?
1. Yes, deep breathing, awareness of my emotions and where they show up physically. POP technique and mindfulness
2 Horse breathing, silence, power of pause and boundaries
3. I lean into my emotions now , I allow myself to deeply feel them, allow myself to move through them and then look for solutions to integrate and practice
4. POP and horse breathing
5. Power of pause and horse breathing
6. Yes, breathing really help
Have you improved your ability to establish boundaries?
2. Yes, I am now able to set boundaries and awareness when people situations challenge those boundaries
3. Yes, calm, firm objective language
4. I think my boundaries were good in some situations but my body language also has ab impact which I was not so conscious of in the past
5, Yes, saying No and really meaning it
6. I believe so
Has horse breathing and POP the Power of Pause helped you with communicating with others?
1. Yes, thinking before speaking or acting to ensure I am not saying the wrong thing based purely on our emotions. Pausing allows you to think about the most useful way to communicate
2. I used to react to situations, now I take a pause so That I can think about it properly and rect fairly
3. Yes, gives the moment of calm which creates clarity and empowerment to communicate
4. Yes I will be using it in court soon!! And with my daughter and son when theme comes
5. It helped communicating with calm and compassion
6. Absolutely, during some very difficult times lately I have managed to remember both of these things and even othered the ideas to others
Are you more aware of your inner critic and inner champion?
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Yes, I try journalling and rationalising to challenge negative thinking
3. Yes, and I started mirror work which gives me more champion
4. I think that I am always quite optimistic, and see the positive in life. I became more aware when working with the horses that if I doubt myself the horse picks up on it, so I have ti believe and it will happen
5, More critic but now I am working on bringing my champion in
6. I think so yes. This course has definitely helped me tune into my thoughts, feelings and body sensations
Has being with the horses developed your understanding of empathy?
1. Yes, being able to understand how they are feeling through their body language and co regulating
2. Yes it gave me a different perspective of the situation
3. Tuning in energetically with horses creates natural empathy and ability to communicate and support
4. Yes
5. Yes, the way we feel influences others and the other way around
6. Oh gosh yes, standing quiet and observing the horses, their surroundings and their body language really helps tune into my empathy for others, whilst learning from the best teachers ever, the horses Winston, Chance and Dolly
Do you recognise your default setting in familiar environments?
1. Yes, people pleasing and masking true emotions in front of my family to keep the peace
2. Happy and confident
3. Confident and happy
5. I am discovering more about this than I used to
6. I have had an incredibly challenging couple weeks bit I ma convinced had I not had the lessons at this course I don't think I would have coped nearly as well as I did
Any other comments
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Love this programme it has really helped during tough time in my life
2. Would love to have this course a little longer, its helps me to find out a lot about myself. I love to enrol in the future
3. This course has added another layer of deep healing for my trauma. It has brought more confidence and love for myself. I am thankful to Yellow gate and Way of the Horse Coaching for this life change privilege
4. Not feeling at all focused when completing this doc I very much enjoyed my time with the horses. It has helped me to slow down and become much more self aware
5. Thank you so for this wonderful course it helped me through a very difficult time
6. Just a massive thank you. Despite my physical limitations each week and the emotional stressors in my life, this farm,Way of the horse Coaching, all the volunteers and most of all the horses have soothed and healed me and set me up in a better mindset to face life moving forwards
We have referrals from DCP, Aboriginal family Services, Metropolitan Health, SYC, Relationship Australia, FLO programmes, Bowden Brompton and NDIS
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