Liza Kimble Workshops

28/10/2026

Over the next few weeks, we’re taking you behind the scenes of the Liza Kimble Academy. You’ll meet the founder, the person who runs the Academy, and the trainers who will teach you in person across Europe, the UK and South Africa.

We’re starting where it all began.

Liza Kimble, Founder of EFTR®

Liza didn’t set out to create a new way of working with horses. She qualified as a therapeutic massage therapist in 1993. Then she spent the next 30 years following one question: what is the body holding on to, and how do we help it let go?

That question took her into fascia, Trauma Release Exercises (TRE®), reflexology, meridian therapy and trigger-point therapy. It also led her to learn from some of the best-known names in fascia and trauma research, including Dr David Berceli, Dr Robert Schleip, Werner Klingler, Tom Findley and Carla Stecco.

Eventually that world came to her. Dr Berceli invited her to write the fascia chapter of his book Shake It Off Naturally. In 2025 she presented with Werner Klingler at the 7th International Fascia Research Congress in New Orleans, on the link between fascia and trauma through neurogenic tremoring.

All of it, along with years of working with both people and horses, became Equine Fascia & Trauma Release, EFTR®.

EFTR® is more than a set of techniques. It’s a way of understanding fascia, the nervous system, the horse and the human together.

As Liza puts it:
“Better people make better horsemen.”

Next week: the person who builds the systems behind the Academy, from the online learning platform to the structure of the whole programme.

Read more about Liza and meet the full team: https://lizakimble.com/meet-the-team/
Registration enquiries: [email protected]
More about EFTR: https://lizakimble.com/eftr/

14/10/2026

EFTR® Original Slow Hands Technique

Sometimes, the most powerful thing you can do is slow down.

In EFTR®, the work begins long before we start releasing tissue.

My original Slow Hands Technique is about creating a sense of safety through gentle, intentional touch.

By slowing down, I give the horse’s sensory system time to receive and process the information coming from my hands.

I am listening to the horse through touch — feeling the quality of the superficial tissues, noticing areas of restriction or reduced tissue glide, and observing how the horse responds.

This gentle contact also supports interoception — the horse’s awareness of sensations within its own body — and encourages a shift towards a more relaxed state of the nervous system.

Working along the superficial dorsal line, which is also associated with the pathway of the Bladder Meridian in traditional Chinese medicine, gives me valuable information about areas I may want to revisit later in the treatment.

But first, we slow down.

We listen.

We allow the horse time to respond.

Because before we ask the body to change, we want to create the conditions in which the horse can feel safe enough to let go.

This is where EFTR® begins.

09/10/2026

08/10/2026

A scar is more than what we see on the surface.

Scar tissue can influence the mobility and function of surrounding tissues, including the fascia.

But working with scar tissue requires more than simply applying pressure. It takes an understanding of anatomy, tissue response, and the ability to recognise what the horse is communicating.

This is one of the specialised hands-on techniques taught within the Equine Fascia Trauma Release (EFTR) Practitioner Pathway at Liza Kimble Academy.

Learn to understand what you're feeling, why you're working with it, and when intervention is appropriate.

Discover the EFTR Practitioner Pathway through the link in our bio.

01/10/2026

What is the horse actually responding to?

Our hands? Our intention? Our emotional state? Our nervous system? Or something we have yet to fully understand?
Join **Dr. Susan Fay and Liza Kimble** for a fascinating conversation exploring the space where their work intersects.

Drawing from Dr. Fay’s research and work in psychology, trauma, energetic awareness and the horse-human relationship, and Liza’s experience observing physical, fascial and nervous system responses through EFTR®, they’ll explore what may be happening beneath the techniques we use with horses.

The conversation will explore regulation, trauma and previous experience, the state of the human, Susan’s En Pointe Four Questions Process, and the sometimes challenging subject of energy and frequency.

Where does the science currently take us?

What can we observe in the horse?

And what are we still trying to understand?

An open conversation between two professionals approaching the horse from very different perspectives, with one shared goal: To listen more closely to what the horse is telling us.

Details below..

01/10/2026

Are you a member of the International Association of Animal Therapists (IAAT)?

We’re delighted to offer IAAT members an exclusive 10% discount on the EFTR® Practitioner Certification.

The Equine Fascia Trauma Release (EFTR®) Practitioner Certification is designed for equine professionals and therapists wanting to deepen their understanding of the equine body, fascia, movement and the interconnected patterns that can influence how a horse feels, moves and responds.

As part of our commitment to supporting qualified animal therapists who want to continue expanding their knowledge and skills, current IAAT members can receive 10% off their EFTR® training.

To access the IAAT member discount, please contact the International Association of Animal Therapists for your member discount details.

Already an IAAT member? Your 10% EFTR® discount is waiting for you.

(520CPD Points - Centre of CPD Excellence)

01/10/2026

What is the horse actually responding to?

Our hands? Our intention? Our emotional state? Our nervous system? Or something we have yet to fully understand?

Join **Dr. Susan Fay and Liza Kimble** for a fascinating conversation exploring the space where their work intersects.

Drawing from Dr. Fay’s research and work in psychology, trauma, energetic awareness and the horse-human relationship, and Liza’s experience observing physical, fascial and nervous system responses through EFTR®, they’ll explore what may be happening beneath the techniques we use with horses.

The conversation will explore regulation, trauma and previous experience, the state of the human, Susan’s En Pointe Four Questions Process, and the sometimes challenging subject of energy and frequency.

Where does the science currently take us?

What can we observe in the horse?

And what are we still trying to understand?

An open conversation between two professionals approaching the horse from very different perspectives, with one shared goal: To listen more closely to what the horse is telling us.

https://www.equinefasciasomaticscommunity.com/webinarregistration

28/09/2026

Some people need no introduction. Others are such legends that it is hard to comprehend the journey and quantity it.
Dr Susan Fay is one of those legends.
She has written books, has a PHD and other degrees..however, through deep knowledge distilled iinto wisdom..is able to bring an incredible dynamic into animal heart to heart relationship. A unique methodology rooted in science..developed from the heart. No matter if you are a rider, therapist, trainer, bodyworker..there is a deep well of information to be gained here.

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