Horse Guided Wellness Programs

Equine Assisted Learning (EAL)

Equine Assisted Learning

EAL (Dreamwinds/Cartier Farms) is an award-winning research-backed modality that leverages the transformative power of horses to empower human healing, growth and learning, through individual and group experiences. Applicable to ages 12+.

Skills Building

Focuses on experiential learning and skill-building. Partnering with horses, we facilitate structured activities that build upon competencies such as teamwork, communication, problem-solving, leadership and more. The objectives are task-oriented and customized to suit the client skill-building needs.

Workshops

Sessions are hands-on in individual, workshop or group format, whereby the relationship between facilitator and participant is important but tends to be less deep and continuous than in EAP.  Activities are followed by immediate debriefs to assess learning. The primary goal is the translation of learned skills into real life scenarios.

Our workshops offer participants opportunity to build skills pertaining to:

  • problem-solving
  • integrity in the workplace
  • team building
  • negotiations
  • leadership
  • communication

Each participant will be guided through a series of exercises with the help of your equine partner(s). By learning to break out of rigid thought patterns you will discover novel ways to handle challenges. You will gain tools to overcome obstacles and identify your role as an active or passive participant. These new found skills are transferable to your life, work and relationships.

Healing

EAL is not intended as therapy, yet the benefits can be very therapeutic. While it is less tailored to individual participants’ personal journeys, you can learn a lot about yourself. 

We, at Ara Equus, invest in continuous training and education to grow our skills to ensure the client gets the best and most appropriate service.

Should traumatic memories or unpleasant feelings emerge through EAL participation, opportunities for a more intensive EAP session with a professional trauma-informed EAP can be arranged.

Ara Equus is a safe and supportive space.

Facilitated Equine Experiential Learning (FEEL®)

Equine Facilitated Wellness

FEEL® is a heart-centered, leading-edge modality that offers a unique path to emotional healing through horse interactions. It promotes profound personal insights. Horses are masters at guiding you to overcome blocks and issues to restore balance and wellness in your life.

Mindfulness

Experience tranquility and mental clarity through mindfulness practices, sound healing, breath work, grounding and nature, in the calming presence of horses.

A highly specialized technique that has many proven therapeutic benefits. This innovative, profound, internationally recognized modality places the horse-human connection at centre stage. Facilitated equine experiential learning (FEEL) is a mindfulness-based, heart-centered, and reflective approach to connecting with horses and learning from their infinite wisdom. 

Mindfulness at Work

By becoming better equipped to  gain access to your creativity, the mindfulness with horses program, will broaden your awareness of how your body responds to stress and gives you tools to access mental clarity. Identify the areas you wish to work on, and we can begin your journey. Attend a workshop or book a 4, 8 or 12 week program. This program fosters a positive and productive work environment encouraging optimal outcomes.

The Language of Emotions

Through guided experiential interactions with horses, FEEL supports clients in ways that go beyond EAL in building skills that lead to positive life changes. FEEL programs are specifically designed to help individuals and groups enhance their personal life goals, build self-confidence, emotional agility, and resilience. 

Deepening your Healing Journey

The therapeutic benefits of FEEL may take you to higher level of self-awarness, resilence, authernicity, and conciousness. Our FEEL/EAL practitioner(s) works closely with our EAP practitioner to ensure clients receive the support they need throughout their personal journey. This unique combination of professional credentials and skills is what truly distinguishes Ara Equus and allows us to credibly, and legitimately define our services as ‘equine-assisted therapy’.

Peer Support

Inquire about group sessions where you can connect with others in a supportive environment. Our equine-assisted learning and therapy services, including FEEL® and EAL, provide a unique and powerful healing experience that encourages authentic connections and emotional healing.

“To heal is to touch with love that which was previously touched by fear.”

~ Stephen Levine

Payment Process and Fees

Payments are accepted by email money transfer and cash. Please provide 24 hour notice (excluding workshops) if you need to cancel.  If you do not cancel within 24 hours, you will be responsible for paying for a missed session.