What is Equine Assisted Learning?

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In EAL, horses are the teachers, and a certified Coach/Facilitator supports learning. At Equine Arts, individually co-designed programs, adaptable session lengths, and an open-air, forest-farm environment set a beautiful stage for meaningful learning experiences.

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EAL offers room for personal insights in all domains, including:

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Emotional Insights:  Explore feelings/affective states, attending with intention/attention to the finest details, through the consideration of the breath, body, and patterns of thought.  Practice moving through experiences with reverence and compassion.

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Skills Mastery:  Enhance confidence by playing with the horses, creating, exploring, refining, and problem-solving through interactive challenges built in harmony with you and the horses.

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Relationship Development:  Cultivate and refine relating skills through playful horse-human communication.  Discover the herd and yourself.

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Spending time with horses is quiet and mystical.  Explore how horses learn; their species-specific needs, behaviours, and survival mechanisms. In their presence, we are reminded of our true nature.

 

In EAL, the horses are not ridden.  Participants explore with the horses side-by-side, grounded in the forest farm landscape.