Who is Equine Facilitated Learning suitable for?
Equine Facilitated Learning is for anyone seeking deep and profound insight into themselves and looking to make changes in themselves and their lives. One of the key benefits of EFL in particular is increased confidence and self-esteem.
It is also particularly helpful if you are going through major life transitions, e.g. divorce, bereavement, career change, relocation, etc. Or you feel generally dissatisfied with your life and feel a sense of having lost touch with who you really are.
EFL has been found to be particularly effective in helping people suffering with anxiety, depression, phobias or trauma; often key symptoms of being disconnected to your true self and your true feelings.
EFL can be tremendously beneficial in helping people understand their anxiety, learn to modulate their arousal level and discover their true self and spontaneous connection to their true feelings once more.
Symptoms helped through EFL include:
Chronic Self Esteem and low Confidence
Anxiety
Depression
Stress
Trauma
PTSD
Abuse including sexual abuse
OCD
Addiction
Co-Dependency
Phobias
Dissociation
How does Equine Facilitated Learning work?
EFL Sessions involve a combination of talking with Angela and relating to the horse/s on the ground, to explore how you feel about yourself, how you approach relationships and learning innovative techniques to gain self-awareness.
Through undertaking EFL you will begin to explore the personal issues, core feelings, limiting beliefs and thought patterns with their corresponding bodily tensions and symptoms that prevent you reaching your true potential in life and really being happy.
Sessions may also include expressive arts, Shamanic Techniques, music, or working with the Way of the Horse Cards.
The horses show moment by moment when we loose the connection to ourself and then reward us generously when we re-gain it. With this comes a much stronger sense of confidence in our self and a greater sense of power to make the changes in life we really long for and dream of.
"When we dare to move beyond our self-imposed limits, we don't loose the knowledge of a lifetime, we reclaim power from habits inadvertently accumulated along the way." Linda Kohanov, Way of the Horse: Equine Archetypes for Self-Discovery.
Please note:
EFL is not psychotherapy and is therefore not suitable for anyone with active mental health issues without their therapist's consent. EFL requires no previous horse experience and there is no riding involved.
FAQ's
1. Do I need any horse experience/knowledge to benefit from Equine Facilitated Learning?
No horse knowledge or experience is required to benefit from Equine Facilitated Learning sessions or workshops.
2. Is there any riding involved?
No, all activities take place on the ground only.
3. Who is Equine Facilitated Learning suitable for?
Equine Facilitated Learning is suitable for anyone and everyone. We all carry patterns that no longer serve us, the horses can help everyone become more conscious of their behaviour and thought patterns helping us gain insight and create conditions for change to take place.
4. Is Equine Facilitated Learning therapy?
Equine Facilitated Learning is not counselling or pyschotherapy. It is closest to personal or life coaching and yet is also immensley therapuetic and healing in its outcomes. Just being in the presence of these gentle, supportive animals is healing in itself and as a tool in the field of Human Development, Equine Facilitated Learning can be powerful, immediately effective and enjoyable.