Horses are our guides, our teachers, our mentors. They carry us along the spiritual path.

Equine Facilitated Experiential Learning(EFEL)

The Eye of the Horse is dedicated to bringing the emerging field of Equine Facilitated Experiential Learning (EFEL) into the world. Laurie Levon and Melissa Shandley carry a heartfelt passion for equine work by partnering with horses to assist in human growth and development experiences. EFEL appeals to a wide variety of needs. Curious seekers can experience opportunities for personal growth and exploration in a new way through EFEL that can quickly address core issues and reveal dynamics in relationships. EFEL work can inspire and challenge us to live in connected relationship with our whole being: Mind, body, spirit and emotions.

A strong stillness dwells

In the eye of the horse,

A composure that appears

To regard the world from

A measured distance.......

it is a gaze from the depths

Of a dream...

-Hans-Heinrich Isenbart

Through The Eye of the Horse, we easily adapt Equine Facilitated Experiential Learning to work with individuals, couples, families, and for all types of groups. EFEL is well suited for personal growth and development as well as useful in exploring patterns of behaviors that become blocks within the individual and in families and in working groups. 

Whether during intensive workshops, individual sessions, or immersive retreats, we help our clients to make life changing breakthroughs, and to learn tools that they can use to continue their new found awareness.

The Eye of the Horse can help you to:

  • explore personal growth
  • address present or past family issues
  • discover behavior patterns that inhibit your poetntial
  • improve decision making abilities
  • understand and strengthen group or family dynamics
  • develop coping and relaxation skills
  • learn team building skills

Consulting

The Eye of the Horse offers unique consulting services to professional and organization who want to develop effective and sustainable equine programs. Custom programs include:

  • Supporting individuals who are new to the field and want to co facilitate with an experienced professional.
  •  Facilitating special sessions for those who want to enrich and diversify program offerings.
  •  Developing Equine Experiential Leaning component for organization; Dude Ranch, Treatment Center, Resort, Spiritual Retreat or Youth Camp.
  • Designing an expressive arts curriculum to integrate with existing program.
Individuals • Professional Counselors • Groups • Corporations

Professional Peer Consulting services are available to help individuals and organizations to build or expand their programs. We can bring our expertise to you and/or consult long distance. We can develop and cofacilitate current programs or expand existintg curriculum.

Leadership and Master Mind groups could employ this equine work for team building and for understanding relational patterns. Opportunities to focus on group strengths are the basis for EEL work. Corporations of all sizes are finding equine work to be a useful and cutting edge tool for their training programs. Horses can assist individuals to develop their Emotional Intelligence(EI) which has become a standard of competence in many companies and corporations.
For Counseling Professionals and Treatment Facilities:
  • Learn how to add Experiential Learning and Expressive Arts to your programs
  • Care for the caregivers -- take some time to rejuveniate yourself

Join us this summer in Montana!

In collaboration with Barbara Rector and Adventures in Awareness!

July 30-August 3, 2008 - Our Fifth Year At Blacktail Ranch, Wolf Creek, Montana

Horses survive and thrive by keeping a wide view, staying aware of the big picture. They connect their visual field with other senses to maintain balance. When we interact with these animals we are invited to see ourselves through their eyes. The horse is a mirror to what each individual presents in terms of behaviors, emotions, and intentions. The size of the horse keeps our attention and their willingness to engage with us in a nonjudgmental manner allows us to see our patterns, develop a Fair Witness and explore relational dynamics in the moment.

Our approach is one that promotes personal responsibility and empowerment. In the presence of horses we experience the power of being witnessed and of being the witness. These elements provide the framework for lasting change.

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