Equus Alive

Devoted to teaching advanced human development skills through working with horses!

Equine Assisted Learning (EAL) and Equine Assisted Therapy (EAT) offers a fresh approach to learning by applying a little 'Horse Sense' to life. Through the many workshops, participants learn to navigate their way to better teamwork and collaboration by learning to cultivate and develop their own style of interpersonal communication and nuture their own emotional intellegence (EQ) development.

It provides a powerful and effective approach comprised of setting up activities involving horses which requires the individual or group to apply certain and specific skills including: non verbal communication, assertiveness, creative thinking and problem solving, leadership skills, encourages responsibility, trust, teamwork and relationships, positive relational skills, confidence and attitude.

By coming into the barn, the horse's environment, participants are forced out of their asphalt and concrete world into a natural, safe place. The 'barn' encourages individuals to be relaxed and creative, as well as discover the importance of respect, boundaries and resulting freedom that comes from reconnecting with nature. There is a powerful spiritual, emotional, and psychological connection between people and horses; horses have a great deal to teach humanity.

There are multiple workshops offered re-defining personal and professional development, leadership training along with a fresh look at career transition, all having an incredible impact on individuals and groups, families, corporate leaders, children, youth and adults:

Leadership Workshop

Arabian Horse LEADERSHIP Project assists in cultivating the human capacity for higher reasoning by allowing people to safely participate in scenarios where they have to over ride basic fear/personal communication tendencies and communicate effectively and appropriately ... in other words, to begin to lead without having to think about leading, experiencing and feeling the outcomes ... acting instead of reacting.

Integrated Horsemanship Program

Integrated Horsemanship assists in cultivating the human capacity for higher reasoning by allowing people to safely participate in scenarios where they have to over ride basic fear/personal communication tendencies and communicate effectively and appropriately with their horse. ... in other words, to develop a solid relationship with their horse. Learning to act instead of react by increasing their knowledge and understanding of how horses behave, then applying that knowledge to real horses and real situations.

Adventures with the Horse Workshop

Arabian Horse Adventure Workshop provides people with the opportunity to feel the exhilaration of communicating with live horses, beings of power, beauty, elegance and natural intuition in a safe and secure setting ... a 'gentle adventure'. By learning crucial communication skills walking beside a horse will feel more like dancing with the horse.

Equine Assisted Mental Health Therapy Workshop For Mental Health Professionals

Arabian Horse MENTAL HEALTH THERAPY Project assists in cultivating the human capacity for higher reasoning by allowing people to safely participate in scenarios where they have to over ride basic fear/personal communication tendencies and communicate effectively and appropriately ... in other words, experiencing and feeling the outcomes ... acting instead of reacting. As a professional practitioner, you will discover new tools and possibly new insight on ways to assist people through the effective use of horses as a non-judgmental medium, one that has no bias attached and one that provides immediate and honest feedback—a mirror.

Equine Assisted Mental Health Therapy Treatment—A Fresh Approach To Mental Health Treatment

Equine Assisted MENTAL HEALTH THERAPY (EAMHT) brings horses together with a mental health professional, a professional horseman and a client (individuals, couples and groups) for a collaborative effort directed toward emotional growth, learning and to address treatment goals.

Link to the Equus Alive website.

For more information about "Equus Alive"
Gary Millar

Telephone: (780) 499-9219
Email: garymillar@equusalive.com

Horse Behaviour: Horses live in the "now"… right here in the moment.

Horse Body Language: A horse's mind and body are deeply connected.

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