This workshop explores the horse-human relationship through attunement, connection and the mutual understanding and integration of the body and mind. Surrounded nature and wildlife, we’ll explore how important breath, intent, visualization, intuition, spacial and body awareness is to our horses and to ourselves. We’ll learn what is important to horses and how we can support their needs while encouraging a partnership. Each participant will have a chance to work one on one with our horses learning basic ground skills. This is a great opportunity to slow down, enhance presence and focus, tune into your intuition, connect to the energies within ourselves and the environment. All activities will be conducted on the ground, no riding involved. We welcome anyone with a love of horses to participate.
Objectives:
- Learn to lead horse forward, stop, back up your horse from the - ground using thought, breath and body language.
- Learning how to communicate with the horse in a clear, concise and consistent way.
- Learning how to move the feet using phases of pressure and release.
- Finding lightness and feel in the lead rope connection to the horse
- To be able to read signs of relaxation in the horses.
- Experience how to offer a safe place for your horse to be with your while maintaining a clear boundary.
- Self regulation through breath to affect the wellbeing of yourself and your horse.
- An opportunity to see and work with different horses.
Benefits
- A sense of calm and peace
- Confidence around horses
- A deeper understanding of horses
- A chance reset of the mind and let go.
- An empodied experience of how breath increases or decreases energy
- It is relaxing and empowering to spend time with horses
Target audience
- Teens and adults with a love of horses
- New horse owners
- Prospective new horse owners
$100/per person
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Questions please email us here thehealingequineranch@gmail.com.