Equability - Equine Assisted Services Malta

29/08/2025

🐴 Carlota, the sweet and lovely mare has left us.

❤️ Thanks for her patience, hard work and love.
Our condolences to Adrian and his family, who always took great care of her.

🙏 Rest in peace ⭐
Respect 🫂

11/08/2025

🌿🐴 How Do Equines Spend Their Time?

🍽 Feed intake – 60%
🦥 Standing – 25.9%
🚶‍♂️ Movement – 6.2%
🛏 Lying – 6.5%

These figures come from a study conducted in 2018 at the EAS centre, Vladykův dvůr, and presented at the HETI Congress in Dublin that same year. The results show that equines spend most of their time eating, digesting, and standing. Movement occurs mainly when they need to find new pasture, access water, or avoid danger.

Recognising these natural behaviour patterns is vital for safeguarding equine welfare in Equine Assisted Services and planning work schedules that respect their needs.

🌿🐴 How Do Equines Spend Their Time?

Shared by our student Sara Ciganda Marcos from the Core Principles of Equine Assisted Services course, this post explores how equines typically divide their day:

🍽 Feed intake – 60%
🦥 Standing – 25.9%
🚶‍♂️ Movement – 6.2%
🛏 Lying – 6.5%

These figures come from a study conducted in 2018 at the EAS centre, Vladykův dvůr, and presented at the HETI Congress in Dublin that same year. The results show that equines spend most of their time eating, digesting, and standing. Movement occurs mainly when they need to find new pasture, access water, or avoid danger.

Recognising these natural behaviour patterns is vital for safeguarding equine welfare in Equine Assisted Services and planning work schedules that respect their needs.

📚 Learn more: https://hipoterapie-kurzy.com/akce/core-principles-in-eas/

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08/08/2025

Grateful and blessed to visit Maka Wakan makawakan! 🙏
A place in the middle of France 🇫🇷 where HEALING & CONNECTION really happens, for both humans and horses. ❤️‍🩹

⭐️Special thanks to Christine for hosting me and sharing her knowledge, to Johanne for her invitation and being so great, to Stephanie, to the horses 🐎 (mainly to Romeo and Ramses), the dogs, etc.

05/08/2025

Interesting reading to make us think…
Why Therapy Horses Shouldn’t Be Called Therapists.

About caring and responsibility 🐴

https://hipoterapie-kurzy.com/the-silent-load-why-therapy-equines-shouldnt-be-called-therapists/?fbclid=IwQ0xDSwL_Io5leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHv6-z8g6pLotXHsTspTwP0w9cyi_pLVGDfJilHw3IGSrxWf2IYAiBtNbLZPS_aem_-hn3v2l5wfdhz7kD5YTWRA

We often call them healers. We speak as if they “know” what our clients need. But when we call therapy equines therapists, we risk giving them a silent burden they never chose. This article explores the hidden dangers of placing emotional responsibility on equines in Equine Assisted Services —...

28/07/2025

🚩 “Equine Therapy”? Time to look closer.
Equine Therapy IS NOT the same as Equine Assisted Therapy (EAT).

When a course uses outdated or vague labels like “Equine Therapy” or “Horse Healing Certification,” it’s often a RED FLAG. It may mean:
• The creators are not involved in real Equine Assisted Therapy
• They are unaware of professional standards
• Or worse – the content is generated by AI and rebranded

This is often your first clue that the course may look impressive, but lacks depth, ethics, and professional guidance.

✅ Always choose education based on qualified lecturers, high-quality standards and clear terminology.

15/06/2025

Equine assisted services for US veterans with trauma… 🐴 ⚕️

A new programme using a form of horse therapy is attempting to tackle the trauma that is thought to lie behind the high rates of arrest and imprisonment among US veterans.

10/06/2025

A triangled eye is not a natural form! 🐴

10/06/2025

🌍✨ The last weekend of May, we had the pleasure of meeting our amazing learners from the Core Principles of Equine Assisted Services online course — this time in person for the bonus practical workshop in Malta! 🐴💬
What a wonderful, curious, and hardworking international group! 💪🌟
🎥 Enjoy a glimpse of our Saturday in this short video!

05/06/2025

⭐️ We are very happy and proud to have hosted the first course of equine-assisted services (EAS) from Svitani - Academy of Equine Assisted Services in Malta.

🐴 With students from 10 different nationalities, we shared a great learning atmosphere accompanied by the horses.

💙📚 Thanks to veralantelme Vera Lantelme-Faisan for your lectures sharing your expertise, setting up the standards for many in the EAS.

💚 Thanks also to the students for the passion about EAS, and thanks also the member of Svitani who supported this weekend.

🤩 Looking forward for the next opportunity to meet and share!

01/06/2025

🌟 This weekend, we completed a bonus practical module of our online course Core Principles of Equine Assisted Services in beautiful Malta!

We had the pleasure of working with 12 dedicated participants from Romania, Bulgaria, Malta, Italy, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Germany, and Greece.

It was a weekend full of learning, connection, and shared passion for Equine Assisted Services. 📚🐴

📸 Photos and videos from the weekend will be shared soon—stay tuned!

Vera Lantelme-Faisan

Svitani - Academy of Equine Assisted Services

🌟 This weekend, we completed a bonus practical module of our online course Core Principles of Equine Assisted Services in beautiful Malta!

We had the pleasure of working with 12 dedicated participants from Romania, Bulgaria, Malta, Italy, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Germany, and Greece.

It was a weekend full of learning, connection, and shared passion for Equine Assisted Services. 📚🐴

📸 Photos and videos from the weekend will be shared soon—stay tuned!

29/05/2025

18/05/2025

Let’s read together!! 🐴

📖 Literacy difficulties is one of many areas to work with the EAL sessions (Equine-assisted learning). 🎓
With the right motivation and the right team, our children can reach many achievements in connection with nature and the horse.. 🐎