Applewood Equine Assisted Learning

08/06/2026

🐴🙏 So much gratitude to all who attended and supported my sessions and workshops this weekend, and to my wonderful horses for facilitating so beautifully alongside me. 🦄🙏Teaching calm, care, connection, confidence and compassion.

We’ve had a couple of very full days and are now taking this Monday off to relax and recharge. 💫

Coming soon: Winter holiday workshops Thurs 2nd July and Wed 8th July and some special retreat style experiences throughout the coming months. Tailored Individual, shared and group sessions available all year round.

Follow: Applewood Equine Assisted Learning 🍏🐴 for news of upcoming dates for workshops and events

Contact: [email protected] for more info or to book a tailored session or group experience.

For more info: applewoodequine.com.au

04/06/2026

👑 LAST CALL 🎺🐴 for group workshop participants - Kings Birthday Weekend.
⏰ Times available:
Saturday 6th - 10-11.30am (1 spot left)
Saturday 6th - 12.30-2pm (2 spots left)
Sunday 7th - 2-3.30pm (2 spots left)
Bookings close: midday Friday 5th
To Book Contact: [email protected]
Pre-booking essential
Location: Tylden

Equine Assisted Learning Workshops are on the ground with no previous experience with horses required

🦄 Find calm
🦄 Build confidence and connection
🦄 Groom and care for the ponies
🦄 Decorating them (optional)
🦄 Learn to lead a pony
🦄 Lead through an obstacle course
🦄 Learn horse communication

Workshops and sessions for all ages all year round.

For more info:
applewoodequine.com.au

28/05/2026

Hmmm does this remind you of a certain Pocket the Pony! 🍏🐴 🥕

Love our best boy! Pic in comments

He pauses by the doorway with that innocent little face,
Like he’s simply passing by… not casing out the place. 🐴🥕

The sign says *“DO NOT LET THE PONY IN”*
Big letters. Impossible to miss.

But judging by the look in his eyes, he considers that less of a rule… and more of a challenge.

Because somewhere beyond that door sits his true love:
Carrots.

Fresh ones. Crunchy ones. Entire baskets of them.

And this tiny four-legged criminal has spent years perfecting his strategy.

A gentle nudge here.
A distracted human there.
One suspiciously cute expression at exactly the right moment…

Then suddenly the door swings open and there’s the unmistakable sound of vegetable-related chaos.

They’ve tried locks.
They’ve tried buckets behind the entrance.
One person even stood guard with a broom.

None of it mattered.

Because ponies like this operate on determination, audacity, and an unhealthy emotional attachment to snacks. 🌿

And now he stands there once again, ears forward, pretending he has absolutely no bad intentions whatsoever.

But everyone knows the truth.

Behind those fluffy ears and that angelic little face…

Is a pony already planning his next carrot heist. ❤️

22/05/2026

🐴👑 King's Birthday weekend we have mini holiday workshops for the mini break, ages 7-12 years and sessions for all ages in Tylden.🐴
Equine Assisted Learning mini workshops running Saturday 6th June 10-11.30am and 12.30-2pm - $90.

Sessions running all weekend and throughout the year for individuals, shared or groups. Spots are limited and Pre-booking is essential.

🦄 Find calm
🦄 Build confidence and connection
🦄 Groom and care for the ponies
🦄 Decorating them (optional)
🦄 Learn to lead a pony
🦄 Learn horse communication

👑Goodies to take home from the workshops include an Applewood Equine Toy Pony and a discount voucher for individual sessions.
🐴 Fun Equine Assisted Learning activities with horses, these workshops are on the ground, no previous horse experience necessary. Some private Equine Assisted Learning Mounted sessions available.
Contact Mel to book and for more info [email protected]
or go to https://www.applewoodequine.com.au

10/05/2026

Happy Mothers Day to all my lovely clients and mums all over! I hope you all got treated and spoilt rotten today!! 🦄and for those that feel a little short changed - you make sure to make time this week to treat yourselves. Mums, dads and carers do an amazing job of bringing up our small humans!! 🧡☀️🐴

22/04/2026

Thanks to everyone who attended and supported my holiday workshops and sessions. 🍏🐴🍁🐣🧘🦄
I’m now taking bookings for this term, for people of all ages.
🍏🐴 Applewood Equine is a small local business and I rely on your support to keep my lovely little herd happy, well, and here to help you or your young person with personal development and healing.
Please contact
[email protected]
Or take a look at my website for sessions that might interest you. 🍏🐴
https://www.applewoodequine.com.au

13/04/2026

🍏🐴Just one spot left in my Horsin’ Around workshop this Wednesday.🦄
Booking and enquiries via
[email protected]

🐴 If you’re looking for something for your young folks to do these holidays, I’m taking bookings now for my Holiday workshops and sessions in Tylden, Macedon Ranges.
🦄🐴 Horsin' Around Workshop April 15th, 2026
🐴 Individual, shared and group sessions available by appointment for ALL ages throughout holidays & school terms. 🦄💚
Horsin Around workshops are a great way to learn life & social skills along with good horsepersonship skills
in a small supportive group environment, outdoors in nature with horses.
🐴 catching & leading
🐴 grooming & decorating
🐴 led obstacle courses
🐴 pony themed games
🐴 horse communication
🐴 mounted riding activity
Equine Assisted Learning can help with self regulation, over coming anxiety,
gaining confidence,increased social participation, boundary consciousness,
improved physical/motor skills, positive/kind thinking and behaviour.

🙏🧘🧘‍♂️PLUS these holidays we offer a very special new "Mindful Ponies" workshop with special guest Sarah from Shanti Studios kids Yoga 🦄🙏
Calming, connecting, and confidence building with horses alongside practicing yoga and mindfulness in a creative way to build strength, focus + connection, outdoors in a nature.
🙏🦄 Mindful Ponies Workshop April 9th, 2026

Contact Mel: [email protected]
Or to find out more go to
https://www.applewoodequine.com.au/sessionsandworkshops

11/04/2026

Beautifully said 🍏🐴

There is something deeply sacred in bearing, witness to horses. So often, they are seen for what they can do, how they can perform, how they can win, how they can carry our hopes, expectations and ambitions. But beneath the training, the pressure, the discipline and the demands, there is a feeling, sensitive soul who experiences life in ways we do not always stop to consider.

Some carry confusion. Some carry exhaustion. Some carry health issues. Some carry fear, grief, loneliness, or the quiet weight of never having truly been heard.

It is not enough to simply look away because their reality is uncomfortable. It is not enough to dismiss what they may be feeling because their world appears polished from the outside.

They ask us for something deeper than admiration. They ask for awareness. For compassion. For the willingness to truly see them. To hold space for horses is to recognise that they are not machines, not tools and not here solely to fulfil human dreams. They are souls. And how we respond to their experiences matters.

I gently invite you to send love to every horse living under pressure, expectation, misunderstanding, or pain. Send peace to the ones carrying silent stress. Send hope to the ones still waiting to be met with kindness, dignity and true listening.

And in your heart, visualise a better future for them. A future where their wellbeing matters as much as their performance. A future where they are honoured not only for what they do, but for who they are.

05/04/2026

Mindful ponies workshop this 9th April.
What actually happens at a mindful ponies workshop?…
Beautiful transformations and experiences in a mindful space with horses in nature.
🍁Yoga and mindful activities in the secret zen garden and surrounds 🍁🍁
🐴 Sacred and safe moments and activities with horses in our lush paddocks, Applewood HQ hideout and purpose built arena and undercover area.
🍁Connection, breath, movement, fun🍁
Mel Pritchard from Applewood Equine and Sarah Connell from Shanti Studios facilitate a mindful day out for your favourite young people.

Please book through
[email protected]

Find out more info
applewoodequine.com.au

Macedon Ranges Mumma
Shanti Studio
Applewood Equine Assisted Learning

05/04/2026

So many great things to do these holidays!! No need to leave our beautiful Ranges!
Macedon Ranges Mumma
Shanti Studio
Applewood Equine Assisted Learning