Equine-Assisted Leadership Immersion

FRIDAY 8TH MAY 2026

A leadership development day at White Forest Farm in the Upper Ottawa Valley. Explore the interplay of creativity and boundaries in partnership with horses and a curated group of purpose-led Executives and Change-Makers.

SAVE YOUR SPOT

Connect in nature. Reveal your patterns. Unlock new growth.

In this unique leadership development experience, you’ll partner with horses as powerful guides, offering real-time feedback on your behavioural patterns. Through expertly-facilitated, ground-based development exercises, you’ll gain insight into your default tendencies and growth opportunities relating to boundaries and creative leadership.

Reflect on your learnings within a curated community of purpose-led executives and change-makers, and explore the application of new insights to your daily leadership.

Reveal your growing edges

Each activity is thoughtfully designed to reveal your patterns and growing edges as they relate to boundaries and creative expression. You’ll notice what emerges as you step beyond your comfort zone and engage with the horses (with lots of support and guidance). The experience will unlock new perspectives and embodied insights on your leadership.

To support the translation of insight into action, we’ll have a private integration call in the week following the retreat where you’ll establish clear next steps to guide you forward.

You’ll also have the option to pursue continued support through Arborvida’s signature coaching programs.

SAVE YOUR SPOT

Beyond a retreat

The experience begins in the weeks leading up to the event. You’ll receive access to pre-retreat audio guidance and light reflective prompts to initiate your journey.

On retreat day, you’ll take in the spring scenery as you travel the country roads to White Forest Farm, located in the beautiful Whitewater Region of the Upper Ottawa Valley.

Savour some tea or coffee as you settle in and connect with your fellow participants. As the day rolls along, you’ll be guided through a spacious, curated series of activities including personal reflective time, equine-assisted learning exercises, mindfulness practices, campfire chats and peer-to-peer sharing.

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  • “I loved the retreat and am really hoping you'll run more of these. As leaders, we need to learn to slow down before we can speed up. You are a masterful facilitator.”

    — STEPHEN, PAST RETREAT PARTICIPANT

  • "The nature immersion day was incredible. You created a space for us to be vulnerable, allowed time to digest our learnings and respectfully challenged some of our ways of thinking. I would highly recommend your retreats to any leader who wants to better connect to their leadership capacities and learn from other likeminded leaders."

    — MELISSA, PAST RETREAT PARTICIPANT

  • "Thank you, Rebecca, for an incredible day! I highly recommend your retreat experiences to anyone who wishes to deepen their practice of conscious leadership”

    — RACHEL, PAST RETREAT PARTICIPANT

  • “Thank you Rebecca for a wonderful day - very enriching and a lot of take aways. You did a great job facilitating and creating a safe environment to explore conscious leadership”

    — DAVID, PAST RETREAT PARTICIPANT

An integrative journey

It’s too common for the insights and clarity gained during retreats to become lost or forgotten once you step back into the day-to-day. We’ve designed an integrative journey including:

✔ Pre-retreat initiations and reflective prompts

✔ Full day in-person retreat with an intimate peer group

✔ A private, post-retreat integration call to anchor your insights into clear next steps

✔ Preferred rates for Arborvida signature coaching programs to support your continued growth

Join us for an unforgettable day

8 MAY 2026 AT WHITE FOREST FARM

$595

SAVE YOUR SPOT

    • Nature-based day retreat (May 8th 2026 from 9am - 4pm)

    • Nutritious snacks, lunch and refreshments.

    • Expertly facilitated equine-assisted learning sessions in small groups (hosted in partnership with White Forest Farm)

    • Preferred access to coaching programs through summer/fall 2026

    *A limited number of partial scholarships are available based on financial need. If this experience is of interest and cost is a barrier, please contact us.

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Retreat Hosts

Rebecca Wilson

Rebecca Wilson is an award-winning Executive Coach and Speaker, certified mindfulness teacher, and experienced senior leader. Her professional and personal growth journey led her to discover the impact of inner mastery on leadership effectiveness.

Rebecca founded Arborvida to help high achieving, purpose-driven leaders deepen their presence and elevate their impact. She is recognized for her expertise in the field of Conscious Leadership and weaves together 15 years of experience in strategic facilitation and leadership development with her qualifications as a mindfulness teacher and executive coach to create truly transformative retreat experiences.

ABOUT REBECCA

White Forest Farm

White Forest Farm is a 90-acre equestrian centre in the Whitewater Region of the Upper Ottawa Valley.

Bronwyn Wearring and Laila Ceballos Jung, together with their team at White Forest Farm, will be facilitating the equine-assisted learning components of the retreat. Bronwyn is a certified Equine Assisted Personal Development Coach (EAL Canada) and Laila is a Certified Equine Assisted Learning Facilitator (Dreamwinds). They each have over 20 years of background with horses in a variety of settings. 

The team is passionate about the wellbeing of the herd, and emphasize proper horse care and safety precautions when facilitating ground-based development exercises.

ABOUT WHITE FOREST FARM