Upcoming Trainings
Watch this webpage for our up to date training schedule that are open to the general public.
Join us to learn how to facilitate and coach learning programs with horses that deliver powerful outcomes for all types of clients!
Join us to learn how to facilitate and coach learning programs with horses that deliver powerful outcomes for all types of clients!
- Certification Training: Become a certified Equine Assisted Learning Facilitator with our 4-day Accelerated Facilitation Certification Training
- Mindfulness Training: Facilitate powerful mindfulness programs with horses, including guided meditations, with our 1-day Facilitating Mindfulness and Mindful Leadership EAL Programs
- We're in process of developing a new course based on simply being in the presence of horses, rather than asking them to do things for us, and experiencing their powerful presence through individual experiences
- Learn more about us: How We're Different and Our Model
2024 ScheduleBelow is a list of our trainings for 2024. Soon we'll post flyers and we'll open registration in early January 2024 for all trainings.
Click on the buttons below or scroll down for information about these trainings, posted in this order:
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Registration & PaymentsREGISTER HERE for all trainings.
Please review our Cancelation Policy before registering to understand refund timelines. Online Payments: If your payment isn't accepted when you try to register online, please contact us so we can resolve this for you. Unfortunately this happens often with Square and is is easily resolved by sending you an electronic invoice via email, which allows you to pay online. All Payment & Discount Information Private TrainingsWe hold private training at your location for 6 - 12 attendees, which typically is a significant savings on the per person registration cost, plus there's no travel expenses for your team. This is an incredible opportunity to train your entire organization to facilitate EAL. Many nonprofits secure grant or major donor funding to train their staff. Our schedule accomodates a few of these private trainings each year. Contact us to learn more.
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When: April 24 - 27, 2024 Pacific Time Zone
Venue & Host: Stoney Oaks Ranch at 1524 Viejas Creek Trail, Alpine, CA 91901 Registration:
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When: April 28, 2024 Central Time Zone
Venue & Host: Stoney Oaks Ranch at 1524 Viejas Creek Trail, Alpine, CA 91901 Registration:
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Our 4-day certification training provides in-person, hands-on experience of experiential facilitation and coaching methods, so that you can facilitate EAL programs. We take you through the process step-by-step. You’ll facilitate EAL activities as well as learn how to design and conduct effective EAL programs that provide lasting impact with clients.
Each training typically has 6 - 12 participants, so this is a highly personal experience with the trainers and other participants.
Pre-Work: This is an accelerated training program with pre-work to complete prior to the training. 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:
Certification: 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 lifetime certification that doesn't require future investments, membership, or continuing education to maintain your certification status.
Each training typically has 6 - 12 participants, so this is a highly personal experience with the trainers and other participants.
Pre-Work: This is an accelerated training program with pre-work to complete prior to the training. 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:
- Open to Outcome 2 Edition: A Practical Guide for Facilitating & Teaching Experiential Reflection
- Strengths Based Leadership: Great Leaders, Teams, and Why People Follow: This 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 book. Alternatively you can purchase and take the Top 5 CliftonStrengths on Gallup's website, without purchasing the book.
Certification: 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 lifetime certification that doesn't require future investments, membership, or continuing education to maintain your certification status.
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During the Certification training, you will:
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Payment & Discounts:
Lunches: Please watch for an email sent a few weeks before the training that will explain how lunches will be handled; which varies for each training. 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 whatever method you use to whitelist) to receive our emails in your inbox.
Continuing Education Units (CEUs):
Post Training Collaboration: We encourage each training class to maintain their strong bonds and continue their collaboration after the training. Plus, you'll be invited to join our free online community to connect with others that have attended our in-person trainings to collaborate about EAL tools, techniques, resources, facilitation opportunities, and in many other ways. Also, you can always contact us to ask questions. |
Prior Certification 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."
Our 1-day mindfulness training provides in-person training to learn experientially how to facilitate mindful meditations, mindful leadership, and other mindfulness activities with horses. Experience a mindful day as you experientially learn how to facilitate Mindfulness and Mindful Leadership EAL programs. Clients are seeking programs to help them find greater balance, better ways to manage stress, self-care, and more heart-centered interactions based on compassion and empathy. Offering mindfulness programs with horses is a great way to expand your horse program.
Mindfulness involves simply maintaining focus in the present moment while being intensely aware of what you're sensing and feeling without judgment. Horses are the best mindfulness teachers because they live mindfully in the present moment, typically in a coherent state. They offer an active mindful experience that's very different than typical mindful meditation experiences that clients enjoy. Facilitating these heart-centered experiences is personally rewarding for all involved.
There's a movement in the business world for programs to improve employee well-being along with organization culture and productivity to support a competitive advantage. Mindfulness programs aid teams with employee well-being.
This program can be taken independent of our certification training; prior certification is not required. No experience with mindfulness or meditation is needed.
Each training typically has 6 - 16 participants.
Pre-Work: We encourage you to complete the pre-work prior to the training to enhance the 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 our webinar, Heart of the Matter: Why Horses are Ideal Partners for Transformation, which we provide when the training curriculum is sent approximately 40 days before the start of the training.
Mindfulness involves simply maintaining focus in the present moment while being intensely aware of what you're sensing and feeling without judgment. Horses are the best mindfulness teachers because they live mindfully in the present moment, typically in a coherent state. They offer an active mindful experience that's very different than typical mindful meditation experiences that clients enjoy. Facilitating these heart-centered experiences is personally rewarding for all involved.
There's a movement in the business world for programs to improve employee well-being along with organization culture and productivity to support a competitive advantage. Mindfulness programs aid teams with employee well-being.
This program can be taken independent of our certification training; prior certification is not required. No experience with mindfulness or meditation is needed.
Each training typically has 6 - 16 participants.
Pre-Work: We encourage you to complete the pre-work prior to the training to enhance the 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 our webinar, Heart of the Matter: Why Horses are Ideal Partners for Transformation, which we provide when the training curriculum is sent approximately 40 days before the start of the training.
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During the Mindfulness training, you will:
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Payment & Discounts:
Lunch: Please watch for an email sent a few weeks before the training that will explain how lunch will be handled; which varies for each training. 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 whatever method you use to whitelist) to receive our emails in your inbox.
Continuing Education Units (CEUs):
Post Training Collaboration: After the training, you'll be invited to join our free online community to connect with others that have attended our in-person trainings to collaborate about EAL tools, techniques, resources, facilitation opportunities, and in many other ways. |
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."
Please review our Cancelation Policy before registering to understand refund timelines. Consider paying by Venmo or check to minimize the refund fee.
Online Payments: REGISTER HERE for all trainings. Select the training you want to attend and you'll see the available pricing, including discounts (described below).
If your payment isn't accepted when you try to register online, please contact us so we can resolve this for you. Unfortunately this happens often and is easily resolved by sending you an email invoice (see below). We sincerely apologize for this inconvenience.
Email Invoice: Square uses a separate system for email invoices which overcomes issues with online purchases made here. The email invoice allows you to "Pay Online" through a link in the email. We need the following information to send you an email invoice:
your name, email address, phone number, training location, which trainings you want to attend (Certification and/or Mindfulness), and inform us if there's another discount that applies other than the Early-Bird discount (for Certification, Previously Certified, Group, or Host Affiliate - see below).
For your convenience, we're happy to send you an email invoice rather than paying online.
Payment Plan: We offer Square's Afterpay so you can buy now, pay later, for a purchase amount up to $2,000 paid with 4 interest-free installments over 6 weeks. Each payment is 25% of the total purchase amount. You make the first payment with your purchase and the following payments are due every 2 weeks.
Alternative Payment Methods:
In-person Training Discounts Available - Select these Options when Registering:
Prior Attendees: For those that have previously attended one of our trainings and want to attend again as a refresher, we may be able to offer a deeper discount if there are available spots 2-3 weeks before the training start date. Those that have attended a second time find it beneficial in gaining new insights and strengthening their facilitation skills. We would love to have you join us again, so please contact us to learn more.
Online Payments: REGISTER HERE for all trainings. Select the training you want to attend and you'll see the available pricing, including discounts (described below).
If your payment isn't accepted when you try to register online, please contact us so we can resolve this for you. Unfortunately this happens often and is easily resolved by sending you an email invoice (see below). We sincerely apologize for this inconvenience.
Email Invoice: Square uses a separate system for email invoices which overcomes issues with online purchases made here. The email invoice allows you to "Pay Online" through a link in the email. We need the following information to send you an email invoice:
your name, email address, phone number, training location, which trainings you want to attend (Certification and/or Mindfulness), and inform us if there's another discount that applies other than the Early-Bird discount (for Certification, Previously Certified, Group, or Host Affiliate - see below).
For your convenience, we're happy to send you an email invoice rather than paying online.
Payment Plan: We offer Square's Afterpay so you can buy now, pay later, for a purchase amount up to $2,000 paid with 4 interest-free installments over 6 weeks. Each payment is 25% of the total purchase amount. You make the first payment with your purchase and the following payments are due every 2 weeks.
Alternative Payment Methods:
- You may register using Venmo (@EALAcademy), PayPal (https://paypal.me/ealacademy), or by mailing a check (address here). Before paying with these registration methods, please contact us to confirm there are spots available for the training you want to attend and provide the following information: your name, email address, phone number, training location, and which training(s) you're registering to attend.
- We can manually process your credit/debit card payment with this information: your name, email address, phone number, which trainings you want to attend, name on your card, card #, expiration date, CVV, and zip code.
In-person Training Discounts Available - Select these Options when Registering:
- The Early-Bird discount is available when paid in full 6 weeks prior to the training (the Early-Bird end date is specified above for each training). For some trainings this discount is extended beyond the end date and that is indicated above with each training.
- There's a Bundle discount when you register for both the Certification (4 days) and Mindfulness (1 day) trainings. When you register for Certification, use the "Add-on Mindfulness 1-day" to get this discount.
- For the certification training, we offer a Previously Certified discount* for those that have been certified by us or another EAL, EAP, EAC, or Equine-Assisted organization (including equine facilitated, equine guided, etc.). Prior certification does not need to be active or current; however, it must be a certification and not a certificate of attendance. Prior certification must be based on facilitating experiences with horses and integrating the horse-human connection. Submit your prior certification documentation by email. Note: This is not an audit experience, rather all training attendees participate fully and have the exact same experience.
- We offer a Group discount* when 2 or more register together. Please inform us by email as to who is attending together when you register. The registrations do not need to be purchased together in the same transaction; select the Group Discount and then inform us who's attending together by email.
- We offer a Host Affiliate discount* for host staff, volunteers, partners, board members, or other host affiliation. Please confirm with us or the host that you qualify for this discount before registering.
- *There are discount eligibility requirements (explained above). Provide the requested information when you register (submit by email or through our contact form, found here: contact us). If you don't meet the discount requirements, you'll need to pay the difference for the correct registration rate.
Prior Attendees: For those that have previously attended one of our trainings and want to attend again as a refresher, we may be able to offer a deeper discount if there are available spots 2-3 weeks before the training start date. Those that have attended a second time find it beneficial in gaining new insights and strengthening their facilitation skills. We would love to have you join us again, so please contact us to learn more.
2024 PRICING Cert Mind Bundle^
Regular Rate: $4,497 $697 $4,994
Early-Bird Discount: $3,497 $597 $3,994
Group Discount (per person): $3,247 $497 $3,744
Previously Certified Discount: $2,997 NA $3,494
Bundle Mindfulness with Certification^: NA $497^ See above
Regular Rate: $4,497 $697 $4,994
Early-Bird Discount: $3,497 $597 $3,994
Group Discount (per person): $3,247 $497 $3,744
Previously Certified Discount: $2,997 NA $3,494
Bundle Mindfulness with Certification^: NA $497^ See above
We want to talk with you so we can answer your questions and share information that's specific to your goals - please contact us!
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