by Laura McFarland | Jul 23, 2021 | Applied Principles, Horsemanship, Personal Growth
For Annie Outside my window, I hear Abilene take three deep horse breaths. She is sunning her mud-caked body at the very spot where Annie stood 48 hours ago experiencing the discomfort of the unknown ailment to which she succumbed hours later. The story of that day...
by Kathleen Choe | Aug 29, 2019 | Case Studies, Horsemanship
By Kathleen Choe and Tanner Jobe Recently, Tanner and I had an experience in an Equine Assisted Psychotherapy session where we had planned to do trauma processing with our client using Equine Connected Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EC-EMDR)...
by Reccia Jobe | Feb 7, 2018 | Basics of Natural Lifemanship, Horsemanship
You’ve all seen them; those kitschy t-shirts, hats, and signs that proclaim, “My horse is my therapist.” I openly admit, I’ve contemplated buying one of those before or making a sign of my own with this endearing saying for the barn or my home. I liked it. It hit home...
by Sarah Schlote | Jan 4, 2018 | Horsemanship, The Latest in Equine Assisted Therapy and Learning
July 1, 2021: It has come to our attention that this blog post is being misused on Twitter to justify animal abuse. Please see the official statement from the author that is available here. ****************************************** Can Animals Consent? By Sarah...
by Kathleen Choe | Nov 29, 2017 | Horsemanship, The Latest in Equine Assisted Therapy and Learning
A recent article published in the Journal of Equine Veterinary Science suggests that the concept of human leadership equating to the hierarchy in a horse herd, which has become foundational in many training approaches, is unreliable and largely irrelevant. Instead,...
by Claire Hunter | Oct 2, 2017 | Horsemanship
Just yesterday while tacking up my horse, I was reminded how easy it is to mistake dissociation for cooperation. It is horse fly season around here, and we are currently inundated with a particularly vicious breed of huge, black, bloodsuckers. These savages pack a...
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