3-Day Horse & Land Immersion

Location: Derrinberg Farm, Saanichton, BC
Next Date: April 17-19 2026

Hours: Friday & Saturday 10:00 am – 5:00 pm | Sunday 10:00 am – 3:00 pm

Facilitators:

Lisa Hartwick, MA (Psych), RCC, GEP, IF

Brooklyn Rae Greig, RYT 200, Equine Professional

... and our herd of horses

 

Whether you’re seeking to address anxiety, tend to unfinished business, work with traumatic patterns, find more emotional and energetic balance, get closer to your intuitive self, or simply find peace in a hectic world, our intentional time together on the land and with horses will support and enrich your growth, healing, and wellbeing.

 

This land-based intensive – held in Saanichton, which borders the city of Victoria on Vancouver Island – weaves together the healing and enlivening presence of horses in a transformative container of natural beauty, skillful guidance, self-discovery, direct experience, and growth.

 

Get out of your mind and into your body. Join Lisa Hartwick, MA (Psych), RCC, and Brooklyn Rae Grieg, Horse Expert, who know from years of combined expertise and experience, that the moment-to-moment meeting place between humans and horses creates profound shifts in how we live and relate in the world.

 

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This retreat is for you if ...

… you want a nature-based depth experience in a beautiful place with horses, with enough time, skillful guidance, and relational practice to create real, embodied change in your life.

Your life force will improve, and you will find more balance through the richness of working directly with your life, with land, and the horses, who naturally help us remember our whole selves and touch into potential we may not even realize is there.  

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What to Expect

You will be guided and supported with:

  • Awareness practices to enliven the senses, orient to place, and reconnect in the here and now,
  • Guided, relational experiences with horses,
  • Skill-building and practice with our nervous system design,
  • Somatic experiences through breath, tracking internal states, and connecting with horses,
  • Creative and guided inner work and group process grounded in nature, psychotherapy, and wisdom traditions
  • Journaling and integration

What is Included: Coffee, tea, and snacks will be provided. Please bring your own lunch or visit one of the nearby lunch spots or cafes.



"I am so thankful for the opportunity to participate in this program. It has been such a gift, that I am only just beginning to integrate. It helped me gain access to parts of myself I haven't seen for a long time and openings to new parts I think I might like to get to know better. With so much gratitude! <3"

 

 

PARTICIPANT

"And thank you Lisa and Brooklyn for your warmth and kindness each week. I'm deeply grateful. You and the horses - each week I began to feel a bit safer - I left with an invisible horse security blanket wrapped around me."



 

PARTICIPANT

"I have been in so much therapy. And nothing comes at all close to this experience. More of this please is what we all need. This is how we heal. In community, experiential and relationally, with nature and animals, and with highly skilled and compassionate facilitators."




 

PARTICIPANT

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Lisa Hartwick

I am passionate about good relations and discovering elegant pathways through complexity. With over 25 years of experience as a therapist, my work is intimately informed by clients, teachers, and mentors over time, and my personal journey.

What fuels my work is a love for aliveness, depth, adventure, and the wisdom of the natural world, including horses. I divide my time between two very different, equally nourishing places: the remote, wildness of Tatlayoko Lake, BC and the beautiful city of Victoria on Vancouver Island. I regularly teach and supervise other therapists in Gestalt and equine therapy, and I am honoured to serve as international visiting faculty at the Gestalt Equine Institute of the Rockies (GEIR).

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Brooklyn Rae Grieg

Brooklyn Rae Greig, of BRG Horsemanship, provides experiences in the art of relational horsemanship and yoga. As a CHA Certified Instructor with over 30 years of equine experience and an RYT 200 certification, Brooklyn has a unique combination of diverse skills, passion, and competency in working with horses and people. These diverse skills include business, hospitality, counselling, cross-cultural service, and working in therapeutic and instructional settings with individuals and groups.

Creative, intuitive, and deeply compassionate, Brooklyn brings a grounded and heart-centered approach to everything she offers. She is dedicated to the lifelong path of healing and reclamation of inner wisdom through the rhythm of the herd, breath, and the land.

See Brooklyn’s website at www.brghorsemanship.com.

Details & Investment

Dates: April 17-19, 2026

Only 10 spots available: secure yours with a $175 deposit (non-refundable).

Final Registration: Apr 15, 2026

Sliding Scale Pricing (CAD) - choose your investment level
$945 - $840 - $735

 

A partial scholarship may be available. If interested in applying, please contact us for details.

If you are interested in sponsoring someone, please reach out.