Horse Ability

Horse Ability provides professional, ethical, inclusive Equine Assisted Activities and Therapies (EAAT) programs, enabling each participant to build confidence, healthy attitudes, developing skills they carry into their everyday lives. Programs are experiential learning models which are typically used as interventions to encourage social skills development, pro-social behaviour, mental and physical health, through groundwork with horses. The CEO, Lori Burns, is certified three models of EAAT: 1. Equine-Assisted Learning: EAL sessions consist of experiential activities with the horses, focusing on strengthening and developing social-emotional learning skills through connecting with the equine partners. It offers a constructive way to build leadership, teamwork, relationship skills, a growth mindset, and more. 2. Equine Growth and Learning Association (Eagala) model: Empowers clients by working with a facilitation team consisting of a Mental Health Professional and an Equine Specialist. These models prescribe a hands-on approach where participants are given the space to project and analyze their situations, make connections, and find solutions. 3. Patrick Buffalo's Manaciso Healing with Horses:A wellness and healing program that helps participants gently move “from the head, back to the heart”, releasing ineffective emotions through connecting with the Horse Spirit. Participants reestablish the flow of Energy, experience distant healing, soul retrieval, and grief release. Our Programs are tailored for people challenged with: • Self-Discovery and Mindfulness, Personal Development • Leadership & Team Building Workshops • Trauma through Sexual Misconduct • Post-Traumatic Stress Injuries and Occupational Stress Injuries • Substance Misuse, Addiction Recovery Support • Grief, Loss, Depression, and Anxiety • Relationships and Communication including Family Connection