EQUINE-ASSISTED LEARNING (EAL)

EAL is a powerful approach that uses horses to promote personal, educational, and professional growth by developing essential life skills through hands-on interaction. The learning experience focuses on participant engagement with horses which helps create an environment where valuable life skills such as trust, respect, honesty, and communication can be developed.

Benefits

• Trust and Respect: Horses are highly intuitive and sensitive animal. To work with them effectively, participants must learn to earn their trust and respect, which directly translates into a deeper understanding of these qualities in human relationships.
• Self-Esteem and Confidence: EAL challenges participants to interact with large, powerful animals, promoting a feeling of achievement. This boosts self-esteem as participants experience success in building partnerships with horses and overcoming challenges together.
• Communication Skills: Horses require clear, consistent communication. In an EAL setting, participants learn to convey their intentions through body language and non-verbal cues, which helps improve their ability to communicate effectively in everyday lif.
• Emotional Awareness and Regulation: Working with horses requires emotional sensitivity. Horses reflect the emotional state of their human counterparts, which allows participants to develop greater emotional awareness and self-regulation by becoming more attuned to their emotions and how they affect others.
• Personal Growth and Reflection: Horses offer immediate feedback to the actions and energy of the human. This real-time response allows participants to observe and reflect on their behavior, gaining opportunities for self-improvement and growth.
• Compassion, and Challenge: The partnership with such a large animal presents challenges that requires patience, and compassion. These are essential elements for building resilience and fostering personal development.