Rise Retreats at Valkyrie

Rise Retreats at Valkyrie Helping people lead with clarity, confidence, and connection—through the wisdom of the herd.

✨ Are you seeking a meaningful way to take your team out of the office and into an environment that fosters leadership, ...
02/04/2026

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Are you seeking a meaningful way to take your team out of the office and into an environment that fosters leadership, communication, and trust?

Rise Retreats offers a unique experiential leadership program guided by one of the most effective teachers there is: the horse. Through facilitated, ground-based experiences, teams gain practical insights into presence, collaboration, and authentic leadership.

Our new website is launching soon.
Now booking corporate leadership retreat dates for summer 2026

It’s been a little quiet around here, but sometimes stillness means something is growing behind the scenes.Stay tuned, t...
10/11/2025

It’s been a little quiet around here, but sometimes stillness means something is growing behind the scenes.
Stay tuned, there’s something special on the Rise at Valkyrie.



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09/06/2025

Failure can be incredibly challenging, often difficult to accept and hard to stomach. We are conditioned to believe that failure is something we should always avoid, as if it somehow makes us less worthy as individuals. Many of us tie our self-worth to our successes or failures, continuing the cycle of an outdated pattern rooted in a fixed mindset. This mindset promotes linear thinking and does not reflect our true nature as creative, dynamic beings.

Failure is an essential part of our journey toward success. It is what prompts us to learn and to grow, becoming one of the most important aspects of our human experience. Every time we fail, we have a valuable opportunity to learn something new. These moments broaden our understanding and create depth within us as individuals. Failure is also a sign that we are truly putting ourselves out there, leaning into challenges, and embracing pressure. Pressure reveals more about who we are than our achievements ever could. Each time we fail or fall down—and every time we rise—we become a new, greater, and better version of ourselves. Our success as individuals is not defined by how easy our journey has been but instead measured by how many times we fall and choose to get back up.

Read this month's blog about embracing failure on my website at:
www.brookerempel.ca/blog/success-is-not-final-failure-is-not-fatal



09/04/2025

✨ Is your team ready for a reset? ✨

At Rise Retreats, we create space for teams to step away from the day-to-day and reconnect in a beautiful, grounding setting. Through powerful experiences with horses, your team will gain insight into their leadership and communication styles while strengthening trust, confidence, and collaboration.

A day to reset.
A chance to grow together.
A unique experience that leaves lasting impact.

Give your team the gift of clarity, connection, and renewal.

✨ Reflection from our latest executive team retreat ✨Watching this group move through a full day of exploration with the...
08/30/2025

✨ Reflection from our latest executive team retreat ✨

Watching this group move through a full day of exploration with the herd was nothing short of inspiring. As the day unfolded, their confidence began to bloom — quiet at first, then radiating outward as each leader stepped into their presence with authenticity and strength.

The horses, in their wisdom, offered the greatest gift: clear, immediate feedback that only comes when we show up grounded and confident. By the end of the workshop, each member of the team had not only found their own footing, but also discovered how much more powerful they are when they lead with trust, clarity, and confidence.

Leadership — it’s about presence. And this team left shining, ready to carry that lesson forward into every part of their work and life

08/10/2025

“Trust is not built in big, sweeping moments. It’s built in tiny moments every day.” ~ Brene Brown

When we think about trust, we often think it should be this big, powerful moment of connection and peace, but trust often shows up quietly in the tiny moments of daily life. Building trust with horses is not something that happens overnight, it takes time and consistency. Horses care more about how we feel and act than what exercises we train or what we ask them for. They care about how we will respond in stressful situations, how we handle mistakes and how congruent our actions are with our insides. Building trust can take time, but it is so rewarding to feel our horses search for our guidance in challenging moments and find peace in our presence!

08/07/2025

What is your body language saying?

08/01/2025

A day to step away from the noise, reconnect with yourself, and explore leadership, presence, and connection — all alongside a powerful herd of horses.This isn’t just about wellness. It’s about remembering your strength.

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07/20/2025

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The horse’s heart is a powerhouse — and a mirror.Weighing up to 10x more than ours, it pumps over 60 liters of blood per...
07/16/2025

The horse’s heart is a powerhouse — and a mirror.
Weighing up to 10x more than ours, it pumps over 60 liters of blood per minute during intense movement. But its true strength lies in how it feels.

🔹 Horses can detect human emotion through subtle shifts in heart rate and energy.
🔹 Their electromagnetic field — emitted by the heart — extends up to 15 feet, affecting those around them.
🔹 When calm and connected, human and horse heart rates can sync — a phenomenon called heart coherence or bioelectrical resonance.
🔹 This isn’t just instinct — it’s nervous system intelligence at work.
🔹 A dysregulated human (anxious, distracted, closed-off) will often create tension in a horse — even without physical contact.

At Rise Retreats at Valkyrie, we explore this connection. Not through theory — through experience.
The horses reflect your leadership in real time. And when you show up clearly? They respond with trust.

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