The team and facilitators at Eat Sleep Ride taught us all about Herd Dynamics and how the interpersonal relationships between horses can effectively mirror how we relate with others through our work in the Third Sector. Attendees were encouraged to approach the horses as their own true selves as horses can sense inauthenticity. Horses use a shared leadership model which is often seen within the Third Sector and attendees discussed the benefits of this. We also had a number of discussions about how these practices can be put into use in both the attendee’s professional and personal lives.

Learning Outcomes

• Attendees will learn about Biomimicry and how Eat Sleep Ride are using this process in order to develop their projects and support development.
• Attendees will also learn about how Eat Sleep Ride operate as a female-led social enterprise and their experience with collective leadership models.
• Finally, attendees will learn about how Eat Sleep Ride take responsibility for looking after the natural environment in order to protect it for future generations.

"We took part in a guided meditation in both the stables and the gardens which helped to ground us and connect us to the emotions that we were coming into the space with. We also learnt a little about how Eat Sleep Ride use horse waste as a sustainable fuel source and about the importance of environmental stewardship."