Program Schedule & Private Trainings
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✨ We are here to fully support all our clients with their EAL programs - Contact us.
✨ Join us in Sonoma, CA, in September for a deeply connected personal wellbeing experience with horses, which includes experiences from our 1-Day Mindfulness and 3-Day Heart Connection with Horses. This is not one of our train-the-trainer trainings, rather this is a facilitated experience everyone may attend. |
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Power of Presence
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Learn how to facilitate and coach powerful horse experiences for all types of clients. Our approach to Equine Assisted Learning (EAL) is based on partnership with horses, where we open and connect to receive their wisdom.
- Teams: Team Building Leadership Development Mindful Leadership Business Training Coaching
- Personal growth for anyone, including first responders, active military, and veterans: Wellbeing Meditation Mindfulness Wellness Self-care
- Youth programs: Team building Leadership Development Life Skills
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This accelerated training will strengthen your facilitation skills through an experiential coaching model that applies to all types of EAL clients. You'll also learn the process and techniques to conduct high revenue EAL programs, such as business team building, while gaining practical knowledge in EAL business development, marketing, and selling your EAL services. Group and individual connection with horses.
Upon completion, you’ll be eligible to take the Self-Test and earn your certification as an EAL Facilitator. |
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Learn how to structure and faciitate a unique style for mindfulness and wellbeing EAL experiences, including retreats. Explore concepts such as coherence and discover how horses support regulation and influence human energy systems. Gain skills to guide both groups and individuals into deeper states of connection and communion with horses.
Upon completing of both the 1-Day Facilitating Mindfulness EAL Programs and the 3-Day Heart Connection with Horses, you’ll be eligible to take the Self-Test and earn your certification as an EAL Mindfulness & Wellbeing Facilitator. |
Information about our 4-day Facilitator Training
EAL Accelerated Facilitation Certification Training
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Become a certified EAL Facilitator! During our 4-day Facilitator Certification training, you'll experientially learn a coaching style of facilitation to conduct EAL programs for varying types of clients. We'll experience how horses, as co-facilitators, provide experiences unlike any other for people to learn and grow. You'll be guided step-by-step as you facilitate activities, and learn best practices to design and conduct effective EAL programs that provide lasting impact for clients. You'll build your competence and confidence in facilitation, and you'll explore how to build and market your program.
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Pre-Work: This is an accelerated training program with pre-work to complete prior to the training to support your learning experience. We've intentionally designed the training so we can move quickly, discuss key topics about EAL programs, and facilitate horse activities. The pre-work includes a pre-study document that we provide (included with the training curriculum sent approximately 40 days before the start of the training) along with these two books that we've integrated with our curriculum:
Register at least 2 weeks prior to the training start date to have enough time to complete the pre-work and our processing of your strengths information.
Become a Certified EAL Facilitator: After attending the training and meeting all the requirements for certification (documented within the training curriculum), you have 6 months to complete the open-book certification Self-Test. Your Self-Test results along with facilitation skills demonstrated during the training program will determine your certification status. This is a knowledge-based certification, which is a lifetime certification that doesn't require future investments, membership, or continuing education to maintain your certification status.
- Open to Outcome 2 Edition: A Practical Guide for Facilitating & Teaching Experiential Reflection
- Strengths Based Leadership: Great Leaders, Teams, and Why People Follow: The book provides instructions along with an access code to take the CliftonStrengths assessment online, the access code can only be used once so be sure to purchase a new hardcopy book. Alternatively you can purchase and take the CliftonStrengths Top 5 on Gallup's website, without purchasing the book. This video explains the assessment. If you're interested, the CliftonStrengths 34 and other reports are optional and they can be purchased in the future without having to take the assessment again.
Register at least 2 weeks prior to the training start date to have enough time to complete the pre-work and our processing of your strengths information.
Become a Certified EAL Facilitator: After attending the training and meeting all the requirements for certification (documented within the training curriculum), you have 6 months to complete the open-book certification Self-Test. Your Self-Test results along with facilitation skills demonstrated during the training program will determine your certification status. This is a knowledge-based certification, which is a lifetime certification that doesn't require future investments, membership, or continuing education to maintain your certification status.
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During the Facilitator Training, you will:
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Electronic Communication:
We communicate important training information through email. Our email may arrive in your spam/junk folder, so please check this folder regularly and add our email address to your address book or mark our email address as not spam/junk to receive our emails in your inbox.
Continuing Education Units (CEUs):
We encourage each training class to maintain their strong bonds and continue their collaboration after the training. You'll have access to our free online community (private Facebook group) to connect with others that have attended our trainings to collaborate about EAL tools, techniques, resources, facilitation opportunities, and in many other ways. Also, you may always contact us for support with your questions. |
Prior Facilitator Training Attendee Feedback:
- “Empowering experience that resulted in personal and professional growth.”
- “This training takes the best of everything EAL and puts it into an accessible and well organized package that includes everything a successful facilitator needs.” "It's an EAL business in a box."
- "Absolutely priceless; everything I was taught and experienced was so impactful."
- "Transformative for myself and my business."
- “Efficient, effective, powerful way to become aware of using your strengths to create meaningful programs with horses.”
- “Without a doubt, the most useful and lasting training I have had in my career.”
- "Absolutely the best training I have ever attended from the leaders to the facility to the pace and arrangement of material presentation."
- "I'm leaving filled with love, gratitude, and inspiration."
- "Incredibly powerful and valuable."
- "Impactful! Transcended from excitement to inspiration to conviction."
- "Exceeded my expectations for content and support materials."
- "Life changing on all levels."
- "This training taught me how to facilitate but may have taught me even more about myself that will carry me to success in my business and my life."
- "I gained life changing tools to assist others."
- "Absolutely invaluable in preparing myself to share my passion."
- "This program exceeded my expectations in preparing me to facilitate and lead EAL experiences. The intentional progression of the learning opportunities was excellent."
- "It was more than a training program; it was a personal transformative experience."
- "I'm leaving this training feeling like we made the very best choice by choosing EAL Academy for our training."
- "This program delivered on what was promised."
- "It is rare to have four days really attain such in depth useful training that leaves a participant ready to implement new programs."
- "This is an incredible experience in expanding knowledge and personal growth, unmatched in my 45+ years of life."
- "It has given me the confidence and clarity to facilitating EAL."
- "This training is the complete package! It provides everything to be successful."
- "A purposeful business in a box that empowers individuals and teams to build their dreams."
- "The best EAL Facilitator training out there. Very well thought out and great support before and after the training."
- "This training touched my heart, uplifted my soul, and opened my mind to what's possible. I now feel equipped to launch and lead a successful EAL business."
Information about our 1-day Mindfulness Training
Facilitating Mindfulness EAL Programs
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Learn to facilitate mindful meditations and other mindfulness activities with horses to support your clients with greater balance, better ways to manage stress, and supporting self-care. The heart-centered interactions in this program can be a foundation to increase their compassion, empathy, and gratitude.
Mindfulness is simply maintaining focus in the present moment while being aware of what you're sensing and feeling, without judgment. Horses are the best mindfulness teachers because they primarily live in the present moment, and typically in a coherent state. |
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Explore coherence, the benefits of being in this state, and how horses support us in shifting into it (all based on coherence research). Best of all, experience for yourself this regulated coherence state and its effects.
These experiences with horses are active and very different than typical meditation and mindfulness experiences. Many that have struggled with meditating find ease with meditating with horses. Clients enjoy how the horses choose how to interact with them and the deeper connections that unfold.
This is a beautiful personal wellness experience with horses to offer. Everything is provided to host programs right after the training, including step-by-step processes, activity descriptions, meditation scripts, forms, tools, templates and sample agendas.
No experience with mindfulness or meditation is needed.
Pre-Work: We encourage you to complete the pre-work prior to the training to support your learning experience. We've intentionally designed the training so we can move quickly and spend much of our time together with the horses doing mindful activities. The pre-work includes a pre-study document that we provide (included with the training curriculum sent approximately 40 days before the start of the training) with important foundation information explaining the research about what happens energetically when people are in the presence of horses.
These experiences with horses are active and very different than typical meditation and mindfulness experiences. Many that have struggled with meditating find ease with meditating with horses. Clients enjoy how the horses choose how to interact with them and the deeper connections that unfold.
This is a beautiful personal wellness experience with horses to offer. Everything is provided to host programs right after the training, including step-by-step processes, activity descriptions, meditation scripts, forms, tools, templates and sample agendas.
No experience with mindfulness or meditation is needed.
Pre-Work: We encourage you to complete the pre-work prior to the training to support your learning experience. We've intentionally designed the training so we can move quickly and spend much of our time together with the horses doing mindful activities. The pre-work includes a pre-study document that we provide (included with the training curriculum sent approximately 40 days before the start of the training) with important foundation information explaining the research about what happens energetically when people are in the presence of horses.
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During the Mindfulness training, you will:
Note: The scope of this training targets the facilitation aspects of meditation and mindfulness programs with horses. During the 4-day Facilitator training there are additional activities that can be used for mindfulness experiences as well as in depth information and tools for managing equine liability risk, marketing, pricing, selling EAL programs, program planning, and building an EAL business. During this training, these topics are covered at a high level and specific to meditation and mindfulness programs with horses. |
Electronic Communication:
We communicate important training information through email. Our email may arrive in your spam/junk folder, so please check this folder regularly and add our email address to your address book or mark our email address as not spam/junk to receive our emails in your inbox.
Continuing Education Units (CEUs):
You'll have access to our free online community (private Facebook group) to connect with others that have attended our trainings to collaborate about EAL tools, techniques, resources, facilitation opportunities, and in many other ways. Also, you may always contact us for support with your questions. |
Prior Mindfulness Training Attendee Feedback:
- "Beautifully, mindfully, and spiritually done."
- "Wonderful experience from both participating and as a facilitator."
- "The whole world needs this!"
- “Amazing experience that allowed me to learn and grow personally while providing me with the tools and confidence to share this with others.”
- "Absolutely amazing and powerful experience that I can apply to all areas of my life."
- "It's valuable, powerful, insightful, and meaningful."
- "I experienced deep personal mindfulness as well as insights, ideas to create my own program."
- "This program is a beautiful thing and the world needs more."
- "Soul renewal."
- "Absolutely life changing."
- "The program was powerful, insightful, and touched my heart."
- "I cannot say enough about the collective experience today. The meditations left me feeling balanced, free, and open."
- "This day of training changed my outlook on the true sensitivity the horse offers - HRV/HeartMath proves it, I got to experience it!"
- "This program exponentially increased my mindfulness practice and moved me to a new level."
- "I found a way to connect my intuition to my business."
- "This training is very useful as a first experience as a meditator or to experience how the horses can power it up for experienced meditators."
- "One of the most moving experiences I have ever encountered."
- "It has been transformational and natural to implement."
- "I have new awareness of using mindfulness to make the world better for horses and humans."
Information about our 3-day Wellbeing Training
Heart Connection with Horses
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This training builds upon our 1-day Mindfulness experience, offering in-depth experiences focused on mindfulness, meditation, wellness, wellbeing, self-care, and personal growth. It includes over 30 techniques and horse interactions designed for repeat clients and multi-day retreats. Our approach deepens connection through heart coherence - a state of balance and resilience where the heart, mind, and breath align, leading to physical, emotional, mental, and energetic shifts. This is supported by research, much of which is documented by HeartMath.
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This is an incredibly beautiful experience of heart-centered expansion. This training builds on our 1-day Mindfulness experience, offering in-depth experiences focused on mindfulness, meditation, wellness, wellbeing, self-care, and personal growth. It includes over 30 techniques and horse interactions designed for repeat clients and multi-day retreats. Our approach deepens connection through heart coherence - a state of balance and resilience where the heart, mind, and breath align, leading to physical, emotional, mental, and energetic shifts. This is supported by research, much of which is documented by HeartMath. This is an incredibly beautiful experience of heart-centered expansion.
Explore the hidden realm of horse culture, where horses are recognized as ∞ Masters of Coherence ∞. They help us raise our heart coherence and they reflect our state of coherence through their movements and interactions. Also, you’ll learn about the energy flow of Earth and how horses support Earth with coherence. You’ll witness horses engaging with Earth’s energy grid and experience synchronizing your breath with both the horses and the planet.
Horse interactions include connection activities, coherence resonance, breathwork, and meditation. These can be tailored for individual or group settings, with curated segments targeting different mindfulness principles. Most interactions involve simply being in the presence of horses where they decide how to interact with us and offer their insight into our own coherence. This is a powerful place of communion.
Experience the expansive presence of horses through these mindfulness practices: ∞ Meditation Experiences ∞ Healing Frequencies ∞ Multiple Coherence Techniques ∞ Mindful Movement, including Qigong ∞ Mudras ∞ Chakra Balancing ∞ Visualization Techniques ∞ Connection ∞ Listening ∞ Journaling ∞ Breathwork ∞ Intentions & Affirmations ∞ Manifesting ∞ Expanding Intuition ∞ Self Love & Forgiveness ∞ Gratitude ∞ Sacred Geometry ∞
Throughout the training we’ll use a protocol that respects the voice and choice of horses, ensuring harmonious engagement. We’ll also practice techniques to give back to the horses for all they give to us. You will experience how this approach deepens connection and supports communion with horses.
You will experience these sacred interactions with horses and learn to facilitate mindfulness techniques that support the wellbeing of mind, body, and spirit in others. We provide step-by-step processes, activity descriptions, meditation recordings, scripts, forms, tools, templates, and sample agendas, so you can facilitate programs right after the training.
No experience with mindfulness or meditation is needed.
Pre-Work: We encourage you to complete the pre-work prior to the training to support your learning experience. We've intentionally designed the training so we can move quickly and spend much of our time together with the horses engaged in mindful activities. The pre-work includes a pre-study document that we provide (included with the training curriculum sent approximately 40 days before the start of the training) with important foundation information and research.
Become a Certified EAL Mindfulness & Wellbeing Facilitator: After attending both the 1-Day Facilitating Mindfulness EAL Programs and 3-Day Heart Connection with Horses, plus completing the required 30 hours of facilitation experience, and meeting all the requirements for certification (documented within the training curriculum), you have 6 months to complete the open-book certification Self-Test. This is a knowledge-based certification, which is a lifetime certification that doesn't require future investments, membership, or continuing education to maintain your certification status.
Explore the hidden realm of horse culture, where horses are recognized as ∞ Masters of Coherence ∞. They help us raise our heart coherence and they reflect our state of coherence through their movements and interactions. Also, you’ll learn about the energy flow of Earth and how horses support Earth with coherence. You’ll witness horses engaging with Earth’s energy grid and experience synchronizing your breath with both the horses and the planet.
Horse interactions include connection activities, coherence resonance, breathwork, and meditation. These can be tailored for individual or group settings, with curated segments targeting different mindfulness principles. Most interactions involve simply being in the presence of horses where they decide how to interact with us and offer their insight into our own coherence. This is a powerful place of communion.
Experience the expansive presence of horses through these mindfulness practices: ∞ Meditation Experiences ∞ Healing Frequencies ∞ Multiple Coherence Techniques ∞ Mindful Movement, including Qigong ∞ Mudras ∞ Chakra Balancing ∞ Visualization Techniques ∞ Connection ∞ Listening ∞ Journaling ∞ Breathwork ∞ Intentions & Affirmations ∞ Manifesting ∞ Expanding Intuition ∞ Self Love & Forgiveness ∞ Gratitude ∞ Sacred Geometry ∞
Throughout the training we’ll use a protocol that respects the voice and choice of horses, ensuring harmonious engagement. We’ll also practice techniques to give back to the horses for all they give to us. You will experience how this approach deepens connection and supports communion with horses.
You will experience these sacred interactions with horses and learn to facilitate mindfulness techniques that support the wellbeing of mind, body, and spirit in others. We provide step-by-step processes, activity descriptions, meditation recordings, scripts, forms, tools, templates, and sample agendas, so you can facilitate programs right after the training.
No experience with mindfulness or meditation is needed.
Pre-Work: We encourage you to complete the pre-work prior to the training to support your learning experience. We've intentionally designed the training so we can move quickly and spend much of our time together with the horses engaged in mindful activities. The pre-work includes a pre-study document that we provide (included with the training curriculum sent approximately 40 days before the start of the training) with important foundation information and research.
Become a Certified EAL Mindfulness & Wellbeing Facilitator: After attending both the 1-Day Facilitating Mindfulness EAL Programs and 3-Day Heart Connection with Horses, plus completing the required 30 hours of facilitation experience, and meeting all the requirements for certification (documented within the training curriculum), you have 6 months to complete the open-book certification Self-Test. This is a knowledge-based certification, which is a lifetime certification that doesn't require future investments, membership, or continuing education to maintain your certification status.
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In this Expanded Wellbeing training, you will:
Note: The scope of this training targets the facilitation aspects of mindfulness and wellbeing programs with horses. During the 4-day Facilitator training there are additional activities that can be used for mindfulness and wellbeing experiences as well as in depth information and tools for managing equine liability risk, marketing, pricing, selling EAL programs, program planning, and building an EAL business. During this training, these topics are covered at a high level and specific to mindfulness and wellbeing programs with horses. |
Electronic Communication:
We communicate important training information through email. Our email may arrive in your spam/junk folder, so please check this folder regularly and add our email address to your address book or mark our email address as not spam/junk to receive our emails in your inbox.
Post Training Collaboration: You'll have access to our free online community (private Facebook group) to connect with others that have attended our trainings to collaborate about EAL tools, techniques, resources, facilitation opportunities, and in many other ways. Also, you may always contact us for support with your questions. |
Prior Heart Connection with Horses Training Attendee Feedback:
- "The space held for us was beautiful."
- "I learned to continue following my inner guidance and act on it."
- "You gave us so many tools and materials to create a program that is our own."
- "This program was lovingly and generously created and shared. And, again, you've given me confidence!"
- "I feel whole and complete!"
- "Overall the personal healing and insight was phenomenal, then learning how to integrate this into our own program "in a box" is a gift to all human and horses it touches. Awesome!!!"
- "Opens your heart and mind to the gifts of spiritual mindfulness."
- "I am so grateful for this experience and how it offered me personal growth and healing while also validating my abilities to carry the work forward."
- "This course was life-changing...literally! ... When I tell you that the horses' impact stayed with me for weeks, that is an understatement. I will use the tools I learned for the rest of my life. EAL Academy does an outstanding job facilitating this experience."
"I can't thank you enough for furthering my skillset and giving me the confidence to lead really transformative, and in participants words "life changing" EAL programs. I am truly in love with my purpose here and am proud of each experience I lead.”
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Explore why horses, as partners and co-facilitators, provide insight and benefits unlike any other learning or growth experience. EAL has progressed into the realm of human development, growth, mindfulness, and wellbeing. Join us to learn about the key aspects of facilitating these experiences that honors the sacred gifts of horses - their wisdom, connection, and energetic exchanges, including coherence.
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