Finding Your Blueprint — A Day of Connection, Reflection and Creative Expression
Join us for a one-day workshop including equine-assisted experiential learning and cyanotype. Cyanotype printing is a photography without camera technique, using cyanotype solution, water colour paper and objects to create beautiful prints. Throughout the day, you will explore the idea that both horses and cyanotype reveal what is already present. Horses offer immediate, honest feedback about how we show up, while cyanotype captures the light, shadow and forms in a lasting image. Together, these experiences invite you to slow down, observe, reflect and create a personal blueprint for moving forward with greater awareness and intention. No previous horse or art experience is required to engage fully in this experience.
By the end of the workshop, participants will:
- Increase self-awareness through experiential learning with horses
- Explore themes of trust, boundaries, communication, and presence
- Reflect on the personal insights using creative expression
- Learn the fundamentals of cyanotype printing
- Create a meaningful cyanotype artwork inspired by your experience.
All materials will be provided. Join us for a day of connection, reflection and creative expression.
Workshop Fee and Details:
- $200 per person paid by e-transfer to jgarland@themaneintent.ca
- Saturday, October 3, 2026
- 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
- Registration Deadline: Monday, September 28, 2026
- Maximum 8 participants
- Located: 2410 Cameron Line, Indian River, ON K0L 2B0
- To register, email jgarland@themaneintent.ca
What to Bring
- A journal and water bottle
- Your own lunch and snacks
- Closed toed-shoes/boots that you don’t mind getting muddy
- Clothing appropriate for weather
About Your Facilitators
Jennifer Garland, Registered Psychotherapist, is the Owner/Program Director of The Mane Intent, offering equine-assisted psychotherapy, health and wellness workshops, individual and team effectiveness coaching and leadership development. Jennifer Garland is also a mixed-media artist who believes in the reincarnation of found objects and images and in inviting the beauty of the natural world around us to speak for itself in colour, line, form and texture. Jennifer comes from a family of creative seekers.
Jennifer is the recipient of the 2024 Women of Impact Award from United Way Peterborough and Business Excellence Awards from Peterborough and Kawartha Chamber of Commerce. Most recently she received a County of Peterborough 2026 Recognition Award for business leadership.
Before her discovery of horses, Jennifer was President/Owner of The Cactus Group, a management and communications consulting business. To her equine and therapy services, she brings over 30 years of leadership experience in communications, community investment, marketing and change management supporting a variety of clients in corporate and non-profit sectors. She has provided counsel and support to senior leaders from all walks of life to create opportunities to build productive relationships, facilitate learning and to embrace change. To learn more about Jennifer’s experience, lectures, awards and publications, go here.
Kelly Isfan, following a 40 year career in healthcare leadership, has always turned to the restorative power of nature to maintain her sense of equilibrium. She particularly enjoys the medium of cyanotype printing, choosing native plants and things from her garden to create beautiful images. Kelly is always happy to see peoples’ reaction to their first cyanotype print using botanical or found objects. Kelly is also passionate about teaching yoga and pilates. Most recently Kelly has become a certified personal trainer with a vision of helping people stay healthy and mobile as we age.
About the Farm
Jennifer and her husband Chris van den Berg pursued a shared dream of owning a rural property after their two daughters left the nest. They became stewards of their beautiful farm in 2010 and are pleased to share it with visiting individuals, couples, teams and small groups looking to explore what’s possible in connecting with horses and nature. Building on the property’s natural beauty and heritage, they’ve worked hard to create a serene place for exploration, renewal and wellness.
The farm features an in-door arena for equine-assisted experiences, century barns, a heated (and cooled) workshop space, a seven-circuit stone labyrinth, a walled- and perennial gardens, rolling fields and a 20-acre mature forest with trails.
The farm is located in Otonabee South-Monaghan Township near Rice Lake – just a 90 minute drive northeast of Toronto. It’s nestled in the scenic Southern Ontario countryside and offers a variety of opportunities to find tranquility in the sights and sounds of nature. Not far from Peterborough, Port Hope, Campbellford or Cobourg, an extensive variety of accommodations, restaurants, tourist attractions, historic sites and shopping are available to complement your visit.