Salmon Arm and Williams Lake, British Columbia, Canada
New EAL Facilitator in Salmon Arm
Mikayla Sterling
is joining Connect Uniequus as an equine-assisted learning coach and equine support specialist.
Mikayla is a lifelong equestrian and professional exercise rider with many years of hands-on experience working with horses and people in many capacities including instructional and therapeutic settings. Alongside her horsemanship, Mikayla brings a deep understanding of mental health and lived experiences of into her work. Shaped through family, community, and hands-on experience supporting
individuals with physical, emotional, and mental health challenges through Therapeutic Riding. She is known for a considerate and compassionate approach. Mikayla values safety, trust, and clear communication, and believes equine assisted learning can offer meaningful connection, confidence, and healing.
Services - equine assisted learning
Personal Development
Personal Development
Personal Development
Encourage leadership skills, help overcome fears and uncertainties, build relationships, and enhance creative problem solving through equine assisted learning.
Heath and Wellness
Personal Development
Personal Development
Promote and maintain physical, emotional, and mental health through equine assisted learning. Help cope with symptoms of depression and anxiety.
Youth
Personal Development
Corporate Development
Effective intervention for youth at risk.
EAL focus on promoting self confidence, making connections, identifying support systems, effective communication, and leadership skills.
Corporate Development
Horsemanship and Therapeutic Riding
Corporate Development
Half-day and full-day equine assisted learning courses geared towards effective communication, team-building, negotiation and strategies, or custom to suit your group.
Horsemanship and Therapeutic Riding
Horsemanship and Therapeutic Riding
Horsemanship and Therapeutic Riding
Safety around horses, groundwork, leading, grooming, identifying pain, desensitization training, tacking up, mounting, and basic riding based on natural horsemanship principles.
Equine Assisted Therapy
Horsemanship and Therapeutic Riding
Horsemanship and Therapeutic Riding
Experiential and attachment-focused therapy in a land-based setting.
Clinical counsellor
