Welcome to Dreamwinds
Dreamwinds Equine Assisted Learning Centre is an award winning EAL Centre that is located in Tryon, North Carolina with affiliate locations across Canada. Dreamwinds is a centre of EAL Excellence providing unforgettable leadership development and team building experiences for corporate teams and private groups as well as best in class EAL certification training. As experts in the field of Equine Assisted Learning, Dreamwinds is the only certified training facility for the Cartier Farms EAL Facilitator Certification Program and is committed to driving the growth of EAL career opportunities and promoting the development of top-quality facilitators and EAL services across North America.
Our Services
Corporate Events
Enjoy a uniquely empowering training day. We’ll take your leadership skills to new levels, help you become more authentic, build followership, and unlock leadership abilities to create immediate and lasting results for you and your team.
Your breakthrough awaits…
EAL Certification
Dreaming of a fulfilling career with horses? Dreamwinds’ EAL Facilitator Certification offers the proven Cartier Farms curriculum, all the tools to get started, practical experience and a lifetime of coaching and support.
This way to your dream career…
An Introduction to Dreamwinds EAL
2018
Simcoe County Business Excellence Award
2017
Bradford Entrepreneur of the Year
2016
Bradford Business Excellence Award
Simcoe County Business Excellence Quality Award
Newmarket Best New Business Finalist
2015
Bradford Best New Business Award
Simcoe County Entrepreneur of the Year
2014
Bradford Best New Business Award
What is EAL?
Equine-Assisted Learning (EAL) is an experiential approach to teaching life skills like leadership, communication and teamwork using horses. Our program is an objective based learning program where participants work on the ground with horses through carefully designed objective-based obstacles and problem solving exercises.
The horses’ sensitive nature, awareness of their surroundings and herd instincts make them exceptional teachers. Working together with groups and teams, horses look for a leader, the same kind of compassionate, clear and confident leader that people seek and through our many experiential programs they help gently guide participants, letting them know when they get it right and when they have opportunities to grow!
Upcoming Events
Dreamwinds Blog
Pro Tips from Ollie – the King of Self-Isolation
During his 8 months of stall rest to heal his broken leg, Oliver seemed to master self-isolation. While he couldn’t... read more
The Adventures Continue – It’s a Sheep Show!
For years people would say to me "you need sheep"! I would joke that the only sheep I... read more
Turning your “One Day” into a Dream Come True
Our Story of 'One Day' It's a familiar saying, 'one day'. Those 2 words that all too often get replaced by... read more
How to Choose the Right EAL Certification For YOU
Equine Assisted Learning is a growing industry that is opening many career opportunities to help others through horses. There are... read more
Testimonials
Wow that a GREAT Night! We had the pleasure of working with Whisper (the horse) are our teammate tonight. While being blindfolded and have to lead Whisper, with each other’s instruction, through obstacle courses, was really cool. It was amazing to see how Whisper would respond to us and how our voices, our body language guided her or not LOL. Great experience that I think all couples should do.
The Dreamwinds EAL program delivered unique and structured exercises that facilitated teamwork, communication, and active listening across my team. This experience was a great alternative to the “monthly boardroom meeting”, and motivated the team to act as a cohesive unit within a fun and safe environment. I would recommend Dreamwinds to any organization!