My name is Betty. I am a devoted horse lover, and I am passionate about helping humans with the help and guidance from my horses.
I am a certified Equine Assisted Learning (EAL) Practitioner. I studied at the Equine Psychotherapy Institute, Victoria.
My goal is to promote the profound healing abilities of horses.
Horses are a wonderful example of how to live in the moment. They live, eat and play, in the now. Like humans, horses have an emotional and sensory range of experience which means they are adept at helping us with our emotional regulation, and social -emotional development. When you watch this experience, it sometimes looks like nothing is happening but the reality is very different. The co-regulation of emotions, somatic experience and energy all come together for an often deeply meaningful experience for the human.
All of this has a positive influence on both your personal and professional development.
The Wilkydoo herd will help your journey of self-discovery, dealing with behaviours that no longer serve you well while learning the freedom of simply living in the moment.
My mission is to introduce you to EAL and support you in your equine experience here in my peaceful surroundings at Wilkydoo Equine Connection. While at your EAL session, you are in a no-judgment-zone; a safe space where you can explore and learn on a personal level, at your own pace.
“Horses see the real you.
Being seen is incredibly healing.”
Meg Kirby
At Wilkydoo Equine Connection, I keep the conversation plain and uncomplicated, and you have the empowering freedom to tell the horse whatever you need to!
Together we work as a team to realise the deep feelings and sensations within you and how they may present out in the world. The horses will help you explore the patterns of behaviour and deep belief systems that are no longer serving you well and may be holding you back from living your best life.
Horses have so much to offer humans. They are great confidants, and they can support you to learn with co-regulation, mirroring, awareness of emotion and mood, and understanding body language.
Betty grew up around horses and spent most of her life in rural and regional areas. After finishing school, Betty trained as a nurse and went on to work at and study numerous interesting things including child care, horsemanship, training and education, horticulture and human resources management. Betty has travelled extensively for work and pleasure, throughout Australia to many remote areas and communities as well as overseas.
After studying natural horsemanship, and achieving certification in Online and Liberty modules, Betty went on to study at The Equine Psychotherapy Institute in Victoria and certified as an Equine Assisted Learning Practitioner in 2019.
Her work-life experiences, help her to be a holistic practitioner and promote the profound healing abilities of horses.
Betty’s mission is to introduce you to EAL and support you in your equine experience here in the peaceful surroundings at Wilkydoo Equine Connection. While at your EAL session, you are in a no-judgment-zone; a safe space where you can explore and learn on a personal level, at your own pace.
Learning basic online and liberty skills with the horses, is an integral part of building a deeper understanding of your own and your horses’ feelings and sensations and work through behaviours that no longer benefit you. It is a heartfelt priority to Betty, that this is part of your own developmental journey.
In 2024, Betty gained certification in ReWilding Retreat Facilitation. Journey home to yourself through the wisdom of the Horse & Nature through lessons from nature, complemented with activities to explore and support expression, emotional regulation and relaxation. These retreats will be specific to a group or topic that a group may wish to explore.
Half day and full day retreats are available. Look on the @Wilkydoo social media pages for expressions of interest. Or email Betty directly asking about facilitating a retreat for you and your friends or colleagues.
For more details, please visit: https://www.wilkydoo.com.au/
Email: wilkydoo2013@outlook.com
