11/10/2026
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Online Learning That Is Truly Experiential – the Athena approach ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
At Athena, we believe that meaningful learning is about so much more than sitting in front of a screen and listening to a presentation.
🇺🇸We are delighted to celebrate the wonderful work of Elizabeth Curry at Bittersweet Farm LLC, whose experience, passion and engaging approach to teaching brings something very special to our online training programmes as well as having her own successful business and delivering Athena programmes in person in the USA - with the programme recognised by NBCC for NBCC credit 🇺🇸
🎓Elizabeth has trained up to a UK Post graduate Level 7 in Equine Assisted Services (and much more) and presented at conferences including the Horses and Humans Research Foundation and is looking forward to being there presenting again early 2027 with the AAHEP team 💕
🌿 Experiential. Interactive. Connected.
The online programmes are carefully designed to create genuine opportunities for participation, reflection, discussion and shared learning.
Through facilitated activities, practical exercises, group interaction and real-world application, our learners are encouraged to experience the learning, not simply observe it.
Elizabeth (together with the rest of the Athena training team) brings a wealth of experience in equine-assisted practice, helping participants explore the importance of connection, awareness, relationships and the role of the horse within this work.
🌎 Learning Without Borders
One of the greatest strengths of our online programmes is the opportunity to bring together practitioners from different countries, backgrounds and professional disciplines, enriching the learning experience through diverse perspectives.
Online does not have to mean passive. Distance does not have to mean disconnected.
Athena is the training and education brand of the Aahep: Association for Animals, Horticultural & Equine Practitioners (AAHEP®), committed to supporting high-quality education and professional development.
We are proud of the trainers who make our programmes engaging, thoughtful and genuinely interactive and experiential.
💚 Because how we learn matters just as much as what we learn.
💪please do share this message so that the factually correct information at least about the interactive and experiential training that Athena offers and people and their extensive understanding of the field is shared rather than fiction/misinterpretation in the name of independence - I am guessing it is a case of we don’t know what we don’t know 💪
"Susie [Little, Tower House Horses, Hampshire, UK] has found that they [horses] excel at sensing whether a person's outward behavior matches their inner emotional state, and that they are wary of any discrepancy. 'Anything that make them uncomfortable, they will move away from it. They give people self-awareness. They reveal you to yourself, in a way.' ... 'It was life-changing for her [daughter,' says Deborah [a mother interviewed]. 'She was so much better after just a few sessions. ... To be with the horse you have to let things go, you have to be mindful of your emotions and feelings. The horse helps you work that out for yourself.'" - from Animate: How Animals Shape the Human Mind by Michael Bond, p. 191
