Fresh Start II: Confidence & Connection
July 18-20 2025
Build your Confidence
Find Connection with your horse
Create lasting change
Join a small group where you can get personal help from Justin Haefner and Dr. Paul Haefner. They have lots of knowledge and experience and will show you how to deal with fear and anxiety—whether it's your own or your horse's!
With their help, you’ll learn how to build confidence and connection in a way that's doable and will last. Plus, you'll leave with easy strategies you can start using right away!
Riders struggling to overcome fear and anxiety
Horse owners with an anxious/difficult horse
Any rider in search of deeper understanding
3 Lectures/Discussions
~Tools to Strengthen Mental Skills and Capacity to Regulate Emotions
~Disrupting Negative Patterns and Connecting to Resourceful States
~Creating Consistent and Lasting Change
3 Horsemanship Demonstrations
~The Big Picture: From Groundwork to Riding
~Growing the Window of Tolerance and Identifying Processing Signs
~Redefining Our Horses’ Relationship to the Bit
3 Guided Group Sessions
~Applying Mindfulness to Groundwork
~Introducing In-Hand Work
3 Semi-Private Lessons
~Ridden or groundwork
Private Sessions with Dr. Paul Available
Stall and Bedding
Daily Lunch
Group Dinner
Event Details
Hosted by Sycamore Seed Farm
303 Willingham Rd
Charlestown, WV 25414
Stabling and lunch included all three days for participants
Entire weekend rate: $1,000 - $500 deposit required
Auditor rate: $50/day-$125/weekend with preregistration
Book Your Spot Now!
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