Liza Kimble Academy · EFTR®
You Can Feel When Something's Missing. So Can the Horse.
Fascia work, nervous system work, trauma-informed training, movement education: you've likely studied pieces of this separately, and still feel like the picture isn't whole. EFTR® is where those pieces come together as one way of working, not four toolkits stacked on top of each other, built over three decades by someone still deep inside the work herself.
Listed Training Provider: International Association of Animal Therapists (IAAT)
IAAT members receive a discount on the Full EFTR Practitioner course. Your code is available through IAAT.
Accredited by the Centre of CPD Excellence
Centre No. 08-592-020926 · 520 CPD points across the complete four-level EFTR® journey.
It's taught by Liza Kimble, who has spent more than three decades inside this question: training alongside leading fascia and trauma researchers including Dr Robert Schleip, Werner Klingler and Carla Stecco, invited by David Berceli to write the fascia chapter of his book Shake It Off Naturally, and presenting alongside Werner Klingler at the 7th International Fascia Research Congress in 2025. This isn't borrowed authority. It's firsthand, and still evolving.
What Is EFTR?
A Progressive Way of Seeing the Horse
EFTR® is a progressive professional training pathway that changes how you see the horse. Instead of collecting a fixed set of techniques, you build an increasingly integrated understanding of fascia, the nervous system, movement, behaviour and body awareness, learning to observe the horse in front of you as an individual, not a checklist.
The EFTR Journey
A Substantial Professional Pathway
EFTR® is a progressive pathway, built as one year across four levels, or two if your schedule is tighter. It combines online theory, practical education, case study experience and international in person training. Start with Level 1 to experience the work for yourself, then continue through to certification when you're ready.
The EFTR® Practitioner pathway holds accreditation from the Centre of CPD Excellence (Centre No. 08-592-020926), confirming 520 CPD points across the complete four-level journey.
Two Ways In
Start With Level 1, or Commit to the Full Pathway
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Start With Level 1
$2,200 (UK/EU and international) · R11,000 (South Africa)
Modules 1 and 2 theory, with lesson and module quizzes, plus 4 days of in-person practical training. The online theory is already open: join the current intake and catch up with the recorded lessons and catch-up Zooms before your practical.
You're supported throughout, with a WhatsApp support group and compulsory check-ins with Liza.
- 11–14 February 2027 · South Africa
- 5–8 March 2027 · UK/EU
View upcoming training dates. Refer to the calendar for location information
Please note: Level 1 is a foundation, not a qualification. It does not certify you to practise EFTR® and it does not make you an EFTR practitioner. Certification is earned through the full four-level pathway.
Pay upfront, or in three instalments if you register by 30 November. We prefer registrations in by the end of January. All payments must be complete before your practical.
Register for Level 1
The Full Journey
Commit to the Full Pathway
$8,700 / R40,000 upfront, or $9,400 / R44,000 over 9 months
All four levels, eight modules and 520 CPD points, ending in certification as an EFTR® practitioner. Paying upfront saves $700 / R4,000 compared with buying the levels one at a time.
Register by 31 January to pay over 9 months. Your payment plan must be complete before you can sit the examination and receive certification.
Learn From the Work Behind EFTR
Liza Kimble
Liza has spent more than three decades building her understanding of the body through hands on work with horses and people. She qualified as a therapeutic massage therapist in 1993, then continued training and learning alongside internationally recognised figures in fascia and trauma research, including Dr Robert Schleip, Werner Klingler and Carla Stecco.
Her work reaches beyond the training room. David Berceli invited her to write the fascia chapter of his book, Shake It Off Naturally, and in 2025 she stood alongside Werner Klingler at the 7th International Fascia Research Congress in New Orleans, presenting on fascia, trauma and neurogenic tremoring. She is a member of the Fascia Research Society.
Train in EFTR® and you're not learning a course that simply carries her name. You're entering a body of work she is still developing, still questioning, still refining, taught by someone who remains genuinely inside it.
“Better people make better horsemen.”Liza Kimble
Training That Continues to Evolve
A Living, Learning Community
Finishing a course doesn't mean the field stops moving, and neither do you. EFTR® sits inside the wider Liza Kimble Academy and the Equine Fascia Somatics Community: your connection to continuing education, webinars, guest educators and a growing international network of practitioners still asking questions and refining their practice long after certification.
The Liza Kimble Academy
The framework and standards behind every level of EFTR®, delivered consistently by a regional team personally trained by Liza herself.
Equine Fascia Somatics Community
Your ongoing connection to developing ideas, fellow practitioners and continued professional learning, long after the certificate is signed.
International Practitioners
A growing network of EFTR® practitioners putting the work into practice across South Africa, the UK and Europe.
International Practical Training
Digital Learning, Real World Practice
Online learning gets you the theory. Becoming a practitioner means putting your hands on a horse, under supervision, in person. EFTR® practical training runs on scheduled dates in a small number of locations each year, so places are genuinely limited by the calendar. If a particular location and intake interest you, it's worth checking dates early rather than assuming there's always a next one.
More Than an Online Course
A Complete Professional Pathway
This isn't a weekend workshop or a self paced download. EFTR® combines real theory, supervised practical training, case study work and a progressive four level structure: the difference between adding a technique to your toolkit and genuinely changing how you work.
Who Is EFTR For?
Professionals and New Directions
EFTR® is built for equine bodyworkers, therapists, trainers and coaches ready to deepen their practice, for serious horse owners who want to understand their horses at a deeper level, and for students looking for a structured way into this work. The Prospectus sets out the formal entry requirements.
EFTR®
The Way We Understand the Equine Body Is Evolving. So Is the Way We Work With It.
EFTR® gives you the chance to develop your understanding, your hands and your professional practice inside a field that keeps growing. Whether you're building on years of experience or starting a new chapter, the next step is the same: read the full pathway and decide for yourself.
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