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Brumby Equine-Assisted Therapy

Grounded Growth🌀

Mental health counselling supported by horses and nature.

Offering equine assisted and nature based sessions in the Blue Mountains for adults, children, and teens.

📍 Blue Mountains 2790.

09/12/2025

🌱End of Year Update and What’s Ahead for 2026

I have just released our End of Year Newsletter, filled with important updates and a look at what is unfolding in 2026 for Brumby Equine Assisted Therapy.

Here are a few of the key highlights.

🌱A small fee adjustment for private sessions beginning 1st of January 2026
🌱Our relocation from Hartley NSW to Kanimbla NSW from the 2nd February 2026 (both locations are in the Blue Mountains region of NSW)
🌱Capacity to welcome a small number of new clients in the new year
🌱Holiday break dates for December 2025 and January 2026
🌱Launch of our new NDIS Respite Care and STA service, opening for bookings from 1st January 2026
🌱Events and professional development for 2026 including practitioner circles, our DBT training collaboration, school holiday programs and Spring Camp

You can read the full newsletter here: 👇
https://brumbyeat.com.au/so/57PhxBWgn?languageTag=en&cid=9212b197-73ac-4d04-b575-fa9244ecb757

To subscribe and receive future updates:👇
https://www.brumbyeat.com.au

Thank you for being part of this community and for walking alongside the herd and me. I am looking forward to what the new year will bring.🙏💜

-Parihan

06/12/2025

A few weeks ago, I became a student again. I finished my first week of my new learning journey with Gestalt Therapy Australia in Melbourne, and even though it has only been a short time, I can feel how the learning has settled into me in a quiet but steady way.

One of the biggest reminders from this training has been the Gestalt understanding of awareness. Not awareness as thinking or analysing, but awareness as contact… the simple act of tuning into what is here in the moment. Sensations, emotions, breath, movement, space, the other person, the land. All of it part of the field we sit in together.

Being in such a diverse group brought this alive. There was so much culture, honesty and softness in the room. Learning wasn’t just happening through words. It was happening through presence, through noticing how I arrived, how I responded, and how the energy shifted between us. It felt grounding to sit in that and realise how much wisdom comes from slowing down enough to feel.

This ongoing rhythm has deepened the practice of noticing. I find myself paying attention in new ways… to how my body settles, to how a child moves toward or away from contact, to how a horse offers a signal long before a behaviour appears. The small moments feel louder now, in the best possible way.

Awareness as choice. Awareness as responsibility. Awareness as the doorway to meaningful contact and the clarity to understand our needs and directions. These ideas sound simple, but they remind me why I work the way I do… humanistically, gently, relationally and with respect for the pace of the person or animal in front of me.

It feels good to be a student again. To be stretched, to be reminded, and to let this learning quietly shape how I offer sessions at Brumby.

I feel grateful to be part of this new community and excited to keep growing, both for myself and for the people and animals I support. 🙏

-Parihan 🌱

04/12/2025

Everyone was feeling the heat today and Barney knew exactly how to cool down this afternoon.
🐴💦🌱🐾

03/12/2025

Last weekend we held our final Brumby Practitioner Circle for the year, and it reminded me once again why I created this space.

Every time we gather, no matter the size of the group, something meaningful always unfolds. Last weekend was no exception. Our conversation flowed with honesty, reflection and shared wisdom from our work with animals, nature and the people we support.

We spoke about cultural wisdom, somatic awareness and taking time to arrive in our bodies.
We explored the realities of working in this field, including boundaries, isolation, scope and the importance of grounding ourselves before holding others.
We shared insights from equine assisted practice, the role of intuition, honouring the autonomy of our animals and trusting simplicity over overthinking.
We also touched on business planning, pricing, safety, building confidence and sustaining ourselves in a profession that asks a lot from us.

What stood out most was the importance of having a space where practitioners can come together, reflect, feel understood and learn from each other. A space that is led by those who attend and shaped by real conversations.

This circle will absolutely continue next year.

Brumby Practitioner Circles 2026

Our first dates for next year are
🌱Sunday 1 March 2026, 10am to 2pm
🌱Sunday 24 May 2026, 10am to 2pm

These circles are open to practitioners working with animals or nature in therapeutic, learning or wellbeing settings.

Thank you to everyone who joined throughout the year. Your presence and openness have made this space what it is.

✅ ACA members can claim 3 OPD points
✅ PACFA members can record this as Category B CPD (Reflective Practice)

📝 Registration is essential
Register here: www.brumbyeat.com.au/eventworkshopregistration

More details: https://www.brumbyeat.com.au/event-details/brumby-practitioner-circle-2026

🌐 Website: www.brumbyeat.com.au
📧 Contact: parihan@brumbyeat.com.au

30/11/2025

There’s something comforting about watching Denver and Chance settle into the afternoon, quietly grazing while nature holds everything around us.🌱🐴

💚A gentle invitation to pause 🤚for a moment, check in with your body and notice what you might be ready to let go of as the week comes to a close.

27/11/2025

Yesterday afternoon, just before the massive storm and blackout that lasted until 2pm today. 🌩️

🐴It looks like Summer was very prepared for what was coming. 👀Can you spot where she is?

🌼🌱

25/11/2025

📣I am really excited to share a beautiful new collaboration coming up.

Myself, Parihan Wyatt, together with Sonja Keller and Camilla Mowbray, are offering a one day Intro to DBT for Equine Assisted Practice professional training, designed specifically for practitioners wanting practical, hands-on skills they can take straight back into their work.

The three of us bring different but beautifully complementary strengths.

Sonja brings more than twenty years of trauma informed experience and deep DBT knowledge, supporting children, young people and adults through evidence based practice.

Camilla is a clinical counsellor and psychotherapist who has been practising in the equine assisted therapy space for over a decade. Camilla brings her evidence based, horse centred therapeutic work, supporting regulation, sensory integration and relational attunement, along with her professional training background.

And I bring my nature based and equine assisted mental health practice, integrating counselling with the presence and attunement of horses to support embodied awareness, emotional regulation and deeper self understanding.

When we sat together and planned this training, everything just clicked.
It felt clear, grounded, practical and full of heart.

Across the day we will explore the five core DBT modules through hands-on, experiential learning, supported by the wisdom of horses. Practitioners can expect mindful movement, grounding, herd observation, practical equine activities, and plenty of space for real-time skill development, reflection and questions.

📍Location
C Horses, Galston, NSW

🗓️Date and Time
Sunday 8th March 2026
9:00am to 4:00pm

Investment
$400 + GST

🎓Professional Development
This training is ACA approved for CPD points.

🔗 Full event details and registration are available via the link below 👇

https://www.brumbyeat.com.au/event-details/introduction-to-dbt-for-equine-assisted-therapy

✅ Registrations are now officially open
🎟 Limited places available 👇

https://www.brumbyeat.com.au/eventworkshopregistration

📧 Enquiries: parihan@brumbyeat.com.au
📞 0413 781 727
🌐 www.brumbyeat.com.au

20/11/2025

Sitting with the shape of trust.
Not the kind that arrives all at once, but the kind that forms slowly.
A softening.
A knowing.
A steady leaning in.

Trust is the space between two beings where truth can land without fear.
It grows in the pauses, in the breaths we take to stay present, and in the small choices that say
I see you
I hear you
I honour what is here.

It is not about perfection.
It is about consistency.
The tiny moments that change the way we relate to ourselves and to others.
Moments where the body relaxes, the heart unclenches and something deep inside whispers
yes, it is safe to be here.

This is the kind of trust that shapes real relational progress…..quiet, steady and built through many small moments.

What does trust feel like in your body when it begins to grow?

💜🐴🌱

18/11/2025

Just two very cute ponies sharing a little hay together.🤎🧡🌾

17/11/2025

Final Reminder for Our Last Practitioner Circle for 2025 🐴

A gentle reminder for anyone working with horses in a mental health or learning capacity. If you’ve been wanting to connect, reflect and be part of a shared learning community, this space is for you.

Our final circle of the year is a chance to come together, share insights and support one another in the work we do.

✅ ACA members can claim 3 OPD points
✅ PACFA members can record this as Category B CPD (Reflective Practice)

Let’s close the year with rich conversation, connection and community.

📝 Registration is essential
Register here: www.brumbyeat.com.au/eventworkshopregistration

🌐 Website: www.brumbyeat.com.au
📧 Contact: parihan@brumbyeat.com.au

14/11/2025

One of my greatest joys in this work is watching my herd as individuals, how they meet each person exactly where they are and with what they need.

Today was one of those moments with beautiful Barney. His presence was gentle, his awareness and attunement simply incredible to witness. He offered space when it was needed most and waited with quiet understanding.

Barney is naturally curious and loves to explore, which is one of his greatest qualities. Yet in this moment, he showed such sensitivity and softness.

What still amazes me is how deeply he seems to understand the people around him. I’ve watched him lower his body when someone feels small beside him, hold space for those who need more time, and stay steady until trust begins to grow. Horses are incredibly sensitive and attuned beings, and watching Barney’s quiet awareness in moments like this is something truly special.

🤎🐴

13/11/2025

It was a pleasure to speak with a group of very curious and engaged Blue Mountains TAFE Community Services students today.

Thank you for the warm welcome and invitation to share a practical guide about Nature Based and Equine Assisted Therapy.

Wonderful to see such genuine interest and thoughtful discussion around this growing field of practice. 🌱🐴

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Hartley, NSW

Telephone

+61413781727

Website

http://www.brumbyeat.com.au/

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