Epala® Equestrian Life Coaching Program
You & Your Horse Learning Together on a Journey of Personal Transformation
No matter where the Epala® Equestrian Life Coaching session is being conducted –whether live or virtually with Dr. Juli—we ensure a large, open, natural space, perfect for working with horses in quiet contemplation. Enjoy a beautiful setting, where you and your horse(s) are free to spend time learning together. If at the home of Epala®, you’ll be spending your time in the national forests of Northern Wisconsin, near the shores of stunning Lake Superior. Your experience here will include time for walking along our scenic trails, enjoying fresh, organic produce from our gardens, and watching the sunset from our yoga deck or woodland tree house. No matter where your life coaching sessions with Juli occur, you can be certain that the Epala® horse herd will be there with you—if not physically,then energetically — through their strong connection to Dr.Juli.
PLEASE NOTE: If you will be doing your Epala® Equestrian Life Coaching sessions virtually, you will require the following:
- Reliable WiFi or cellular connection.
- To feel comfortable using either FaceTime on your IPhone or Zoom on your smartphone.
- A safe place for you and your horse to be on a video chat call with Juli.
A place and a time where you and your horse will not be disturbed during the session.
The Epala® Equestrian Life Coaching Program includes the following offerings:
A weekly 90 minute LIVE VIRTUAL call with you, your horse(s) and Dr. Juli.
24/7 email connection during weekdays. Please allow a 24 hour response time from Dr. Juli.
Weekly “homework” for you & your horse (approx 2-3 hours a week) to be completed between sessions.
Both a video and an audio recording emailed to you following each session.
A daily, digital check-in during the week by Dr. Juli.
BONUS OFFERINGS!
A $500.00 discount coupon, which may be applied to any Epala program (other than the coaching programs).
You will receive a beautiful journal in which to record your personal journey (shipped to you upon enrollment).
One VIP Day (for 9 month program) or two VIP Days (for 12 month program) with Dr. Juli online for an entire day with you and your horse.
The Epala® Model
The Epala® Model of Epala® Equestrian Life Coaching was developed personally by Dr. Juli Lynch, PhD. The Epala® Model was developed based on Dr. Lynch’s 30 years of experience, in the field of Human Developmental Psychology, as well as her ever-growing experience and knowledge as a lifelong horsewoman. Dr. Lynch understood, in developing this model, that horses are powerful teachers and healers for humans in each of the Seven Aspect focus areas. She has implemented this model, with her clients, as a therapist, executive coach, life coach, and equestrian coach.
Philosophy of Equine-Faciliated Work
As a graduate of Linda Kohanov’s EponaQuest, Juli embraces a philosophy of equine-facilitated work that views the horse as teacher, healer and facilitator and the human as a partner, coach or therapist throughout the entire facilitation process.
Main Focus is on the Seven Aspects of Human Transformation
The Seven Aspects of Human Transformation©, developed by Dr. Lynch, is the main focus of The Epala® Model, and is oriented towards each life-coaching client’s specific needs—whether for personal development, professional development or psycho-therapy.
Epala® Equestrian Life Coaching program will implement anywhere from Three to Seven Aspects in-depth
In the first three months of the program, the first Three Aspects will be introduced. These first Three Aspects are the foundation of the entire program, offering tremendous opportunity for both human and horse to undergo a radical shift.
Depending on the length of program you select, (3, 6, 9 or 12-months) more Aspects will be unveiled as you go along, as human and horse continue to progress.
In addition, The Epala® Equestrian Life Coaching program will provide each enrollee:
Unlimited Access to a plethora of ready-to-use assessments, handouts, suggested readings and recorded meditations.
We, at Epala®, want to be sure you have all the knowledge, resources and information you feel you will need readily available, for every stage of your new journey.
We are here to support you every step of the way.
Epala® Equestrian Life Coaching Sample Focus Areas
(Sample itinerary for the 12-month Equestrian Life Coaching Program)
Self-Discovery Learn How To:
- Identify the archetypes of personality.
- Discover strengths and gifts in partnership with your horse. Open up to shadow side of self.
- Explore your energy blocks/clear negative energy.
- Understand somatic awareness with horses.
- Change brain wave patterns to decrease stress response.
- Excavate and eliminate limiting beliefs in relationship to horses.
- Navigate the role of emotions in our relationship with our horses.
- Draw parallels between our relationship with horses and our relationships in life.
- Nurture one’s self as healer.
- Partner with horses to tame the ego.
- Understand projection/ transference.
- Allow the horses to facilitate the process of teaching and healing. Be in stillness with your horse.
- Be with your horse on the ground.
- Understand riding as the deepest connection one can have with a horse.
Equine Discovery
- Equine physiology and psychology.
- Equine communication and herd dynamics.
- Equine Safety
- Equine handling
- Basic equine daily care: feeding, turn out, health.
- Paradigms of equine training: Dominance, Pressure, Partnership, Equine/Human bond.
- Equine behavior and the interpretation of equine as a metaphor.
- Equine as healer.
- Equine as teacher.
- Interpretation of equine behavior
- Equine/Human bond. What is healthy for the equine?
- Human energy and emotion and our impact on equines.
- Projection between equine and human.
- Mirroring of human behavior, emotion, and energy by equines.
Dr. Juli Lynch, Ph.D, Founder of Epala®
Juli Lynch, Ph.D is the founder of Epala® Equine Partnerships, an equestrian life coaching and equine facilitated life coaching certification organization. As a life-long horsewoman Juli’s life mission has been to connect humans and horses together in partnership for the mutual benefit of both. She believes that in bringing humans and horses together life-changing transformation can occur in the energetic and spiritual alchemy of trust, compassion, love, trust, and gratitude. She has dedicated her life’s work – over 30 years as a psychologist – to this process of transformation – initially as a therapist, then metamorphosing into an executive coach, life coach, business coach and equine facilitated life coach.
Juli is the author of two books on the transformation of human and horses in partnership with one another: The Personality Archetypes of Horsemanship (2012) and The Seven Aspects of Horse and Human Transformation (2021).
Juli spent over 30 years as a competitive equestrian, riding, training, showing, and coaching other equestrians across several riding disciplines. In 2006 she graduated from EponaQuest® and created Epala® Equine Partnerships. For the past 14 years Juli has in partnership with the Epala® herd facilitated personal transformation journeys through Epala®s Seven Aspects of Human/Horse Transformation. The Epala® ranch is in the National Forest of Norther Wisconsin. It is in the meadows and pastures, on the trails in the forest and under the shade of the pines that the Epala® work unfolds for the humans and horses.
Program Tuition Fees
Epala® Equestrian Life Coaching Program fees are dependent upon the length of the program you select. Applicants may choose between several options. The 3, 6, 9 or 12 month programs differ in extent of content coverage, focus, unveiling of the Three-Seven Aspects and on the continuing development of the human/horse relationship. All of these four course timeline options provide tremendous meaningful benefit to both horse and human. All tuition costs are determined in US dollars.
3-month | $3,500
Payment must be made in full prior to the start of the Epala® Equestrian Life Coaching Program.
6-month | $6,500
Payment must be made in full prior to the start of the Epala® Equestrian Life Coaching Program.
9-month | $9,500
12-month | $12,000
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