Find the path that fits where you are.
School AIT offers three things: practitioner certification programs that prepare you to work professionally, individual courses and continuing education for focused skill-building, and free or low-cost entry points if you’re still exploring. Certification is the main road — everything else feeds into it.
Practitioner Certification Programs
Full professional pathways with mentorship, hands-on training, and a credential at the end. This is what most students come to School AIT for.
Practitioner in Equine Bodywork & Massage
Beginner-friendly · no prior bodywork experience required
A 500-hour path through anatomy, physiology, kinesiology, pathology, and the art of hands-on bodywork.
Certified Equine Acupressure
Some hands-on horse experience helpful
The renowned Tallgrass curriculum paired with School AIT mentorship. Combine meridian energetic pathways with bodywork for deeper impact.
Certified Small Animal Acupressure
Open to beginners · dog and cat handling experience helpful
The same Tallgrass lineage applied to dogs and cats. Combine meridian energetic pathways with bodywork to address both musculoskeletal and internal imbalances.
New to all this? Start where you are.
You don’t need a background in bodywork or even much time around horses to begin. Discovering Horses teaches you to read and safely be with a horse from the ground up. The Unbound Horse is your first real taste of bodywork and it’s Module 1 of the full certification, so nothing you learn is wasted.
The Unbound Horse
An 80-hour introduction to equine bodywork and Module 1 of the full certification. Real hands-on work with anatomy, technique, and mentored practice.
Discovering Horses
Safe, grounded preparation for complete beginners. Read a horse’s body language, move around them with confidence, and build the awareness every bodyworker needs.
Continuing Education
Advanced topics and refreshers for working practitioners — deepen a technique, add a modality, and keep your credential current.
14 Day Challenge
Practical, easy-to-digest modules to learn how to identify and understand key muscles on your horse, recognize tension, and better understand your horse’s anatomy.
Resources and Entry Points
Still deciding? Start with one of these.
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