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What is Equine Facilitated Learning & Coaching?
Horses Bringing Clarity to Your Life Questions
Equine Clarity applies Equine Facilitated Learning & Coaching to the process of self awareness and personal growth. Equine Facilitated Learning is a unique and innovative approach, providing the experiential interaction of horses with humans. As animals with extremely large and sensitive guts and hearts, horses’ exhibit heightened emotional perception. The volume is not only turned up higher in their bodies, they don’t have the relentless mental chatter drowning out important messages.
Horses cannot be easily manipulated or lied to. Horses are truth tellers. They respond to inauthentic and incongruent human behaviour with agitation, disinterest or by taking charge. They respond to authentic, congruent behaviour by connecting with eye contact or movement (even from far away). They willingly interact and become entrained. When a client touches the horse’s field with his own heart-based awareness often a human sigh will be matched by an equine one. An authentic smile will invoke relaxation in the horse. Through this engagement, a new experience develops. Equine Clarity invites people to engage collectively in group process, or through 1:1 interaction with the horses. This is acquired through a safe and reflective process of learning through the emotions and energy horses bring to the space.
Leveraging the expertise of the horse and a Certified EFL Life Coach to interpret the new language spoken by the horses you will gain invaluable experience and awareness. Activities can be specifically designed to meet the needs and development outcomes desired thereby deepening the learning and catapulting action for change.
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Horse Power Life Coaching
Put a Little Horsepower into Your Life!
I’ve often said, the coaching approach I use is one of “walking a journey from head to heart.” Susan Morel, CPCC
Imagine the journey including the heart of a horse! Being in the presence of a horse can naturally connect you to your deepest self, taking you to the heart of the matter…your heart! One of the gifts offered through horses is their ability to become a mirror. Horses reflect moment-to-moment feelings back to you. As animals with extremely large and sensitive guts and hearts, horses’ exhibit heightened emotional perception, and they tell the truth.
The experience can bring about spiritual interpretation through the profound stillness often present. Through the love and safety of coaching with the horses you will complete your awareness. You will create clarity for your life and will know where to put your attention and move in that direction with conviction and purpose. The horse’s heart is as wide as the world, taking you to unlimited heights. In their presence you’ll find peace and stillness. Co-active coaching with the horse will inspire and catapult your heart’s desires. For it’s there you will find your clarity…
AcknowledgementEve Perron
"Over the summer (2012), I had the privilege to work with Susan and a beautiful horse named Athena. What an amazing experience it was. The use of horse energy made my healing experience unique, safe and memorable. It has allowed me to see the direct effect of my thoughts, feelings and energy on Athena… The horse acts as mirror of yourself and allows you to get clarity about where you stand and what steps you should take. It brought me internal peace and I can’t thank Susan enough for her guidance and compassion."
Lynne Webb
"I had the good fortune to attend one of Susan’s ‘Equine Clarity’ workshops. Having no past experience with horses, I was somewhat nervous and skeptical. However, this workshop turned out to be an exceptionally unique experience. With Susan’s superb skill as a life coach, her close connection with the horses and her ability to understand their behavior, I discovered what was missing in my life and what I needed to do to feel more fulfilled. I believe this is a workshop everyone can benefit from and I highly recommend it!"
To learn more or register for coaching programs
contact susan@thecoachingroom.com or call 519-433-0703
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Unbridle Your Team
An Experiential, One Day Workshop Bringing Horses & Work Teams Together
Put some horse power behind your team through this program designed for companies and leaders, who want their team to think together, resolve conflict together, and generate possibilities together. Gain insight as members inspire each other and maintain accountabilities together.
Equine Clarity exercises are dramatic and transformative. Through interactive exercises with horses, teams can refine their goals and practice effective ways of leading. Directly relevant themes for your team will be custom designed into the program. Themes may include:
- Learning for continuous improvement
- Refining goals and alignment
- Building spirit and sharing leadership for exciting possibilities
- Honoring emotional intelligence and nonverbal communication skills
- Developing trust and cohesiveness
- Clarifying roles and responsibilities
AcknowledgementAndrew Lutowicz, President LCS Workplace Furnishings
"The Unbridle Your Team workshop was a seminal point in the evolution and development of our team. It put us on a new trajectory and 6 months later we are still discovering things about each other and ourselves as a result of the work we did together."
Michele Parkin, Faculty Relations Western University
"My team really enjoyed working with the horses - a stretch for some of us. In addition to building personal confidence, we learned how our actions/reactions impact others and how much we can accomplish if we are all "rowing the boat in the same direction". This is a great team-building exercise and fun to boot!"
To learn more or register for coaching programs
contact susan@thecoachingroom.com or call 519-433-0703
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Equine Facilitated Learning & Coaching Dual Certification Program
What is Equine Facilitated Learning and Coaching?
Are you curious about the human and horse’s connection? Do you work in the human services field? Are you looking for a unique career path? Equine Clarity’s Dual Certification Program may just be what you are looking for!
The horses engage us in Experiential Learning – learning by doing. In this process, individuals gain knowledge, acquire skills, and enhance values from direct experience. Through structured exercises between horse, client, coach/facilitator(s), new perspectives will be gained and reinforced promoting integration in individual’s daily lives to make the learning practical and meaningful. Horses have the uncanny ability to illuminate who we are. They respond to us as unique individuals and relate to who we are in our hearts and souls.
Equine Clarity’s Dual Certification Program is based on a year long process of training in Equine Facilitated Learning and Coaching, acquiring certificates in E.F.L. & Life Skills Coach Training, Level #1. Participants will successfully complete four core competencies and a final assessment by the facilitation/coaching team. Equine Clarity’s program will assist each participant in the following goals:
- to clarity their vision for working with the horses and support them in advancing along their life path
- to facilitate the development of five core competencies providing the foundation of Equine Facilitated Learning and Coaching
- to provide a safe and supportive community of learning and growing, addressing each individuals personal needs and balancing it with the collective group process
- to gain knowledge and experience the Life Skills modality of training groups
- to experience extensive hands-on practical experience with the horses, clients and client groups
Equine Facilitated Learning Core Competencies:
Equine Clarity’s program will have you master four core competencies as outlined:
- 1. Human Interactions ~ the understanding, development and application of core human behavior using a life coaching perspective and experiential learning principles, to assist people in their life healing journey. Life Coaching is a practice that helps people identify and achieve personal goals. Life coaches assist clients by using a variety of tools and techniques. Life coaching draws inspiration from disciplines such as psychology, sociology and positive adult development.
- 2. Equine Development ~ the understanding, development and application of the basic knowledge and management of horses and equine behavior; horse selection, safety and facility requirements. Our practices are founded on principles derived from natural horsemanship, a broad term that describes a particular philosophy of working with horses in a gentle, non-coercive and respectful way that is based in an understanding of horse psychology and herd mentality/behaviour. Natural horsemanship emphasizes working with (or partnering with) the horse, as opposed to "breaking" the horse.
- 3. Body Awareness & Intuition ~ the understanding, development and application of intuition and the study of body language of humans and horses, through working with energy fields. Our bodies are a powerful source of information when we tune into them.
- 4. Group Coaching/Facilitation ~ the understanding, development and practice with individuals and group facilitation, co-facilitation practice and experiential process in a workshop style. Life Skills Coach Training Level #1.
To learn more or register for equine clarity dual certification program
contact susan@thecoachingroom.com or call 519-433-0703
