Equine Assisted Growth & Learning Experiences

Corporate & Staff Team Building

Equine Assisted Growth and Learning Experiences (EAGLE) is the process of using horses as a catalyst for growth and learning. EAGLE Workshops help people learn about themselves and others by actively planning and participating in specially designed activities with horses. During EAGLE Workshops, clients work with a trained equine specialist and licensed therapist to process their feelings and behavorial patterns. The co-facilitators are certified by Equine Assisted Growth and Learning Assocation (EAGALA) which provided guidelines of standards and ethics for the industry. Issues that are effectively addressed with individuals and groups in EAGLE Workshops include:

• Learning Creative Problem Solving
• Building and Developing Leadership Skills
• Developing Teamwork and Cooperation
• Developing and Improving Communication
• Understanding Appropriate Boundaries

• Learning to Cope with Stress
• Learning Appropriate Outlets for Anger and Frustration
• Increasing Confidence
• Understanding Physical and Emotional Reactions
• Understanding Healthy Relationships
• Facing Fears and Taking Risks

This could be challenging!

Not all programs or individuals that use horse practice Equine Assisted Growth and Learning Activities. The focus of EAGLE is not riding or horsemanship. 90% of EAGLE activities takes place purely on the ground. The EAGLE workshops involve setting up activities involving the horses, which will require the group to apply certain skills. Nonverbal communication, assertiveness, creative thinking and problem solving, leadership, work, taking responsibility, teamwork and relationships, confidence, and attitude are several examples of the tools utilized and developed by EAGLE Workshops.
  Traditional workshops usually involve someone who presides over the sessions usually standing in front of a group talking about attitudes and showing charts and graphs. In contrast, EAGLE activities take place in a pasture under a wide-open sky; clients and facilitators wear casual clothing and the horse also becomes the facilitator.