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International School of Equine-Assisted Training

A new way of understanding human beings, through horses and a systemic perspective.

Training and experiences for professionals who wish to learn a methodology of systemic accompaniment grounded in presence, awareness and respect for horses.

Presence · Systemic perspective · Respect for life

Anna Álvarez Crispi walking beside a horse in a wheat field

The school

A school with a perspective of its own.

EIFAC was born to share a methodology of equine-assisted systemic accompaniment, safeguarding the essence of the method and the wellbeing of the horses.

A school that places presence, lived experience and respect for each process at its heart. A way of learning that does not seek to direct, but to open up space for awareness and new perspectives.

Anna Álvarez Crispi Method

Anna Álvarez Crispi, wearing an EIFAC T-shirt, hugs the neck of a chestnut horse
From the Founding Letter

Every school is born to teach. Some are born to pass on knowledge. Others, to develop a profession.

EIFAC is born of a different aspiration. It is born to safeguard a way of looking at human beings.

This school does not aim to create followers. It aims to train professionals able to think with discernment, act ethically and accompany with humility.

We want to leave them a way of being in the world. Because we believe that accompanying a system is, above all, an act of deep respect for life.

Core principles

The method begins in the place from which we accompany.

A way of seeing and being that underpins the practice.

Two horses, one white and one black, grazing together among poppies
  1. Presence before technique

    The place from which we accompany matters as much as what we do.

  2. The horse is not a tool

    It is a living being, sensitive and free, with needs and the capacity to choose.

  3. Silence also accompanies

    Observing and giving space can open up possibilities that do not come from directing.

  4. Respect for each process

    We accompany without imposing outcomes, and we respect the rhythms of both people and horses.

Learn and go deeper

EIFAC programmes.

Training programmes to develop a systemic perspective and a respectful, equine-assisted practice.

Students on a training programme watch the herd in a meadow, notebooks in hand

01 / Training

Equine-assisted systemic constellations

An experiential programme to deepen the systemic perspective and the respectful accompaniment of personal and relational processes.

02 / Professional development

Systemic coaching with horses

Experiential learning to develop awareness, observation and new perspectives in accompaniment processes.

03 / Applications

Leadership and emotional education

Learning experiences to explore relationships, communication and the dynamics of systems in different settings.

Dates, formats, requirements and fees will be announced for each intake.

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The Anna Álvarez Crispi Method

The method does not lie only in what we do.

Anna Álvarez Crispi and a white horse face to face, calmly drawing closer

«The method lies in the place from which we do it.»

Presence is where the intervention begins. We do not accompany in order to direct, but to help each person become aware and find their own answers.

The systemic perspective invites us to observe relationships, positions and dynamics before rushing to interpret. Lived experience holds a central place, together with silence, questions and respect for the pace of each process.

The horse is a living being, sensitive and free, never an instrument. Its wellbeing and its freedom to choose are an essential part of the practice.

EIFAC International Network

A carefully tended network with a shared identity.

EIFAC is building a network of classrooms and reference spaces in selected regions, with a limited and carefully chosen presence in each country. Growing does not mean multiplying locations, but finding the right people and places to preserve the identity of the method.

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Coming soon

This is where we will introduce the locations and classrooms of the EIFAC Network as they join.

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Partner centres

Places of reference for trained professionals.

At EIFAC, horses are at the centre

We want to make it easier for professionals trained in this methodology to find reference equestrian centres where they can carry out their work.

To this end, we are creating the EIFAC Seal, which will recognise centres with the ideal conditions for delivering the school's programmes, ensuring that the horses live in the right conditions to be collaborators, with respect for their essence and their way of life.

Wellbeing and responsibility

A commitment proven through practice.

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EIFAC

Commitment to quality

EIFAC's quality framework aims to promote good living conditions for horses, safe practices, professional competence and respect for the limits of each intervention.

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First flagship centre

Natural Paddock

Alt Camp (Tarragona)

A paddock paradise in the Alt Camp, with a herd that lives in semi-freedom. With its history and character, it is EIFAC’s first flagship centre.

Visit the website: naturalpaddock.com 

Portrait of Anna Álvarez Crispi smiling beside a chestnut horse

The founder

Anna Álvarez Crispi.

EIFAC is a way of sharing a methodology born of experience, and of creating a school able to pass it on without losing its essence: presence, a systemic perspective and respect for life.

My wish is for this way of accompanying to reach more professionals and more places, while preserving care for people, for horses and for the responsibility our work entails.

«The horse is never a tool, but a being of great sensitivity who, living free, invites us to look in a different way.»

Anna Álvarez Crispi

Contact

Find your place at EIFAC.

Tell us what interests you and we will guide you on the next step.

Contact details

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Camí del Fornàs, s/n, 43800 Valls (Tarragona)
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