The workshop is conducted over 3 days.

• August 11-13, 2023
• 9:30am – 3:30pm each day

Facilitated By:
Margie McDonald and Dr. Rebecca Bailey have worked together for thirty-plus years in a variety of capacities, often incorporating horses, psychology, and communication skills. Margie is an esteemed horse trainer and human whisperer and Rebecca is a nationally recognized psychologist with a lifetime love of horses.

The Workshop:
This comprehensive course is intended to provide an experiential opportunity to learn, understand, and operationalize PVEI concepts. Level 1 Certification qualifies you to utilize PVEI best practices in education and training (you’ll be able to share your knowledge with other people – professional or personal, and you’ll have a manual and materials).

You will learn:

• Polyvagal concepts and principles and their application to equine interventions 
• Identify Nervous system states
• Increase awareness of two-way nervous systems interact 
• Skills to shift and regulate when activated 
• Recognize tools that lead to more effective 2-way interactions and communication
• Learn Self-regulation tools
• Identify personal activators
• Redefine how mindfulness is used
• Internalize and support a sense of safety and social connection
• Alternative hypothesis active and reactive behavior
• Learn the art of stepping back (power of the pause)
• Effective collaboration
• Embody the flow states (play, creativity, music, recreation)

Included in Package:

• 1 Year of PVEI Membership
• 6 Month PVEI on-demand learning course
• 3 days of in-person training (August 11-13)
• PVEI Manual: Level 1
• PVEI Level 1 Certification (valid 2 year from date of completion of all requirements)
• Lunch (provided each day of the program)

Who is it for?:
Open to all individuals, mental health professionals, coaches, and equine professionals.

Pre-requisite to Join:
None.

Requirements to Receive Level 1 Certification:

• Completion of 3 day Foundations Workshop (August 11-13)
• Completion of 6 Month PVEI on-demand learning course
• Completion of PVEI Fundamentals webinar
• Completion of Horse Safety Video
• Completion of a post-assessment to test your knowledge