Programs

Programs are available to community groups, teams, families, parents, grand-parents, wedding parties, schools, and corporate groups.

Programs can be customized for single sessions, ½ day or full day workshops, and 4-, 6-, 8- or 12-week session programs. Sessions typically are 90 minutes in length, including reflection and discussion.

Team Building

Plan a unique and unforgettable offsite for your group or team and be prepared to Engage, Energize and Empower! From sports teams to small organizations to large corporations Poppy’s Haven can custom design a session that meets your goals with a fun, engaging and interactive team event!

What do you want to improve in your organization?

• Creative thinking outside the box
• Understanding every team member has value
• Non-verbal communication
• Problem solving
• Connecting and building relationships

In our team building sessions with the Newfoundland Ponies your team will benefit through enriched communication, collaboration and cooperation. Your team will improve group dynamics, increase morale, and experience instant results through experiential learning that promotes lasting change. Team building sessions allow team members to connect on a deeper level. In these sessions you learn to consider all viewpoints, consider all team members, and learn not to impose rules that don’t exist.

Youth Programs

Our experiential learning program uses a building block approach, focusing on one objective at a time. Programs can be designed as single workshops focusing on one objective, or as part of a multi-week program building on previous sessions. Skills include:

• Building healthy relationships
• Developing appropriate assertiveness
• Confidence & self-esteem
• Creativity and out-of-the-box thinking
• Leadership
• Teamwork
• Negotiation
• Problem solving
• Trust
• Verbal and non-verbal communication
• Embracing diversity
• Self-regulation

Family Workshops

Girls Just Want to Have Fun

Date Night/Ladies Night

Couples who play together stay together! A safe space where all partnerships are welcome. A fun evening for yourself and your partner designed to build trust, connection, communication skills, and laughter. Your equine team member will help you to problem solve through obstacles and learn new things about one another. Come grow closer to your partner. A night you will not forget!

Women’s Retreats

Individuals

Our individual programs provide time to pause and experience quiet reflection with the herd. Guided by the Newfoundland Ponies you will increase your self-awareness, self-esteem, self-confidence and reduce anxiety.  With the Newfoundland Ponies as your primary facilitators, you will learn about:

• Attachment: As sentient beings – the ponies experience emotion and teach you about forming connections.
• Self- and co-regulation: As prey animals the ponies are naturally sensitive to their surroundings. They live in the present moment and react to your stimulus, providing instant feedback. Their immediate feedback encourages us to be present and intentional, and to develop self- and co-regulation skills.
• Boundary Setting: The ponies offer a safe environment. They do not judge. They provide honest, non-judgmental feedback.
• Communication: The ponies constantly communicate through their body language. Being around the ponies motivates us to be aware of our own communication patterns, and to better understand the communication patterns of others.
• Leadership: As herd animals the ponies seek a confident leader. A trusted leader is critical to the herd’s survival, teaching us about our own leadership potential and to have confidence in ourselves.