Equine Assisted Learning (EAL)
Harness Your Horsepower with Equine Assisted Learning ( EAL).
Specially designed to develop leadership and life skills for a
variety of clients and applications, the EAL Center’s Certified
Building Block™ Program Series® brings out the best in
participants of any age, experience or profession.
Don’t ride? Doesn’t matter. EAL is not about riding or
horsemanship. Your lessons will be learned out of the saddle and
on the ground, using horses as powerful teaching tools in a safe
and non-threatening environment.
Beaver Creek Ranch and Horse Centre’s Certified Equine Assisted
Learning Specialists provide the opportunity for a unique
learning experience. You will engage in team-focused exercises,
working with horses in a safe, fun and exciting atmosphere that
will open doors to a new way of seeing yourself.
EAL is an educational approach that involves
incorporating horses into learning experiences to achieve specific
goals (objectively oriented). Ideal for children, adults or
adolescents seeking tools or strategies needed to make better
choices (not requiring a mental health professional). Exercises with
the horses help build an awareness of how the client’s behaviors,
attitudes and beliefs impact themselves as well as others. They are
guided through exercises with the horses, on a halter and lead rope,
and after each exercise we visit how they interacted with the horse,
how the horse reacted to them and how they interacted with each one
another.
Leading the Beaver Creek Equine Assisted Learning team is Brenda Clemens, a Certified EAL Facilitator and highly experienced equine professional.
Visit our testimonials page to read what people are saying about Harness Your Horsepower.
Click here for a printable copy of our Harness Your Horsepower Through Equine Assisted Learning (EAL) brochure.
The Girls In The Game spring group learnt many new skills about themselves and the horses! It was a good sign!
Why does playing with horses have such a magical effect on
people? Find out in the film "Playing with Magic"
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The Professional Photographers of Saskatchewan was a great team. They considered each other as allies rather than competitors and it was reflected in their work with the horses. (Photo credit Lavonne Gorrill)
Photo credit Lavonne Gorrill
Horsing Around in Childhood Really Can Change
Your Life
By Fran Jurga | Apr 28, 2014
equusmagazine.com
What is it about kids and horses? A new study measures a change in juvenile participants’ levels of the stress hormone cortisol after working around horses.
We all know it’s true, but now there’s proof: horses have a positive effect on children.
To read this article -
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Recent studies conducted by the Institute of HeartMath provide a
clue to explain the bidirectional "healing" that happens when we
are near horses. According to researchers, the heart has a
larger electromagnetic field and higher level of intelligence
than the brain: A magnetometer can measure the heart's energy
field radiating up to 8 to 10 feet around the human body. While
this is certainly significant it is perhaps more impressive that
the electromagnetic field projected by the horse's heart is five
times larger than the human one (imagine a sphere-shaped field
that completely surrounds you). The horse's electromagnetic
field is also stronger than ours and can actually directly
influence our own heart rhythm!
Horses are also likely to have what science has identified as a
"coherent" heart rhythm (heart rate pattern) which explains why
we may "feel better" when we are around them. . . .studies have
found that a coherent heart pattern or HRV is a robust measure
of well-being and consistent with emotional states of calm and
joy--that is, we exhibit such patterns when we feel positive
emotions.
A coherent heart pattern is indicative of a system that can
recover and adjust to stressful situations very efficiently.
Often times, we only need to be in a horses presence to feel a
sense of wellness and peace. In fact, research shows that people
experience many physiological benefits while interacting with
horses, including lowered blood pressure and heart rate,
increased levels of beta-endorphins (neurotransmitters that
serve as pain surppressors), decreased stress levels, reduced
feelings of anger, hostility, tension and anxiety, improved
social functioning; and increased feelings of empowerment,
trust, patience and self-efficacy."
