Date/Time
Date(s) - August 9, 2025 - August 11, 2025
All Day
Location
Stewarts Care Regional Equine Therapy Hub - Kilcloon
Categories
Every two years, the New Trails Learning Systems community gathers to celebrate, connect, and inspire one another—and Tribe Day 2025 promises to be an unforgettable experience! This flagship event is a celebration of our shared passion for transforming lives through horses, bringing together practitioners, mentors, and the public to exchange ideas and learn from one another.
This year, we’re thrilled to host Tribe Day at the beautiful Stewarts Care Equine Therapy Hub in Kilcloon, Co. Meath. Surrounded by Ireland’s stunning countryside, Kilcloon is the perfect place to immerse yourself in learning, collaboration, and the joy of community.
Event Details:
- Dates: August 9–11, 2025
- Location: Stewarts Care Regional Equine Therapy Hub, Kilcloon, Co. Meath, A85 F448, Ireland (Find it on Google Maps)
- Cost: €450 for the 3-day event, including breakfast, lunch, dinner, and a selection of wine and beer.
Accommodation Options:
- On-site camping and camper parking available at €30 per night (tent or camper). Please note, there are no electric hook-ups.
- Alternatively, local hotels and B&Bs in the Kilcloon area provide excellent accommodation options.
Preliminary Agenda:
- Saturday: Takhin Equine Integration & Evening Get Together
- Sunday: Movement Method
- Monday: Horse Boy Method
Registration:
- Pre Registration for Practitoners and Mentors open now – Jan 31 2025
- General Registration starting Feb 1, 2025
To reserve your place, email equinetherapyhub@stewartscare.ie. Registration, payment, organization all is handled by the Stewarts Care Team.
Details on the program will be announced throughout the next few months.
Come celebrate the magic of horses, the power of connection, and the beauty of Kilcloon. We can’t wait to welcome you to this extraordinary gathering!
Tribe Day Ireland 2025
Friday 08.08.2025 8pm Pre Opening Meeting by Rupert and Terri
incl house rules and keeping for campers
Sat 09.08.2025 9am Horse Boy Method Day
Opening by Brendan, Terri, Rupert & Rowan
10 AM Terri Brosnan, David Doyle, Sammy Leslie, Richard Moore: Scaling up: How we brought Horse Boy from the Hippie Margins into the Government funded Mainstream and how there can be NTLS centers everywhere without competition.
12 PM Lunch: Talk over lunch: Ted (Chiro)
1 PM Alex Northover & Kezia Sullivan: Latest Research into Horse Boy and How getting involved can help your program.
2PM Sheryl Barto: The Equine Assisted way to the currently underserved male populations: Veterans, Rodeos and the Western World
3 PM Sinya Nicol: The View from Down Under
6PM Pre Party Panel – Meet HB Ireland moderated by Ru
Then Dinner followed by Party end 10PM
Sun 10.08.2025 9am Movement Method Day
9 AM Megan McGavern & Rebekah Forest Building a private program from scratch – making it work for YOUR child. How to make a Program successful
10 AM Eva Walter & Henrich Berkhoff Applying movement method in everyday school life – How to Introducing movement method in German schools and how do I inspire the teachers and headmasters
11 AM David Doyle, Terri Brosnan & Alex Norhtover Movement Method for schools at Equine facilities: How to get schools into your program and how to work with them when they are there
12 PM Lunch
1 PM Leana Tank Movement Method for adults with Autism and other serious mental illness
2 PM Joell Dunlap What happens after? When kids graduate from your program and become adults, how do we help transition them to jobs and adult life
3 PM Gitti Berkhoff Kinesthetics in Motion: Participation, brain activation and emotional empowerment for all – regardless of mobility, age or neurological status” through safe handling
6 PM Dinner: Dr. Bianca Rimbach informal talk during dinner PhD results
Mon 11.08.2025 9am Takhin Day
- 9 AM Ru – full day workshop introducing the program with co trainers — Gitti, Leana, Carola, Kira, Terri, Sukie
- After the workshop people that also have completed HBM2 can get a Takhin 1 certificate.
- 12 PM Lunch: Joell Dunlap, Helen Sharp & Suzi talk over lunch – Burnout of practitioners and benefits of a sabbatical & Thoroughbred Assisted: PhD findings: The Selection and Education of Former Racehorses for Equine Assisted Therapy: Developing the Evidence Base for a Global Standard.
- 3 PM End