Ways to Experience Kamp Kessa
- UPCOMING 2022: Intuitive Horse Level 2: February 27, 2022 Start Date - More Info...
- UPCOMING 2022: Intuitive Horse Level 1: February 20, 2022 Start Date - More Info...
- Day Experiences (private, individual or family) Book a day with Dr. T and the herd and experience nature on horseback, deep in the woods.
- Therapeutic Rides (individual) Offering a variety of services with horse- on or off horse or anywhere in between. Questions? Text Dr. T
- Weekend Retreats (group, overnights) We periodically plan women's weekends for horse and human empowerment work.
- Intuitive Horse Series Enjoy learning horsemanship in the herd. We offer a 7-part group learning series, starting at level 1. All abilities welcomed.
- AirBNB Retreats Spend some extended time on the farm in our bunk-style cabins and enjoy tons of free-roaming time with the herd!
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Women's Weekend / Jan. 28-30 / Body Mysticism & the Feminine Equine Dyad
Dr. Thecla Helmbrecht Howard and her herd and wonderful volunteer staff at Kamp Kessa are offering you an opportunity to see yourself through the divine mirror of the horse.
During this immersive weekend on the farm, you will participate in circle, herd art and journaling, riding the beautiful hills of Kentucky and develop a better understanding of the way horses are our souls reflection and healers in the field of complementary medicine.
Weekend Agenda Body Mysticism: Body Prayers, Healing and work through the feminine equine dyad...
Friday
Arrive 5 pm - Set up your sleeping space and time in the herd.
6pm - Stepping into the circle. Body mysticism overview
Supper during circle
Body work demonstrations
Saturday
8am to 9 - Breakfast
9am Circle - From pain body to body prayers
Equine-introduction and the demonstration of horse human connection
10:30am to 2pm - Intuitive Trail Ride and eat at creek
Break and Body work
4pm - Body Mysticism Circle
5pm to 7 - Supper
7pm - Campfire and/or bodywork demonstrations
Sunday
8am to 9 - Breakfast
9am - Grooming as a tea party
10am - Yoga on horseback
11am to 2pm - Intuitive Trail Ride
2pm - Pot Luck meal
2:30pm to 3:30 - Closing Circle
An invitation: bodyworkers willing to do a 15 minute demonstration will receive a $25 discount for the weekend. You must sign up by Jan 10th to be considered for this
Text Dr. Helmbrecht -Howard at 502-376-4367 for consideration. It is also an excellent marketing opportunity for participants!
- Arrive Friday Jan 28, 5pm
- Weekend Closes Sunday Jan 30, 4pm
- Structured time - 9am-3pm daily
- Cost $175 / per person / All inclusive (lodging, rides, supplies, etc)
- Food - potluck, will coordinate closer to weekend
- Lodging / Shared cabin space, shared bath house or rustic camping
- Bring musical instrument for circling around fire!
- Members - weekend included, except food.
- More info on What to Bring to Kamp
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Intuitive Horsemanship - Level 1 / Spring 2022
CLASS FORMING NOW AND SCHEDULED TO START FEBRUARY 20, 2022 / 1PM
7 SESSIONS / $350
SPRING 2022 DATES: 2/20, 3/19, 4/16, 5/15, 5/28, 6/18, 7/16 (1PM)
No previous horse experience required.
We assist all learners, all abilities.
Class limited, is outdoors, masks are encouraged during circle and grooming, socially distanced learning at all times. Reserve your spot today -
Questions? Message Dr. T 502-376-4367 or contact us through our Facebook Page or here.
Course Book: Zen Mind, Zen Horse - https://smile.amazon.com/Zen-Mind-Horse-Science-Spirituality/dp/1603425659/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=zen%20horse%20zen%20mind&qid=1606654130&sr=8-2&fbclid=IwAR16ErteiG0-mNYqok-NG_rRl-Bk2LQ33nKSCrB60iAQOOwqO9PXUMaHTb0
Equestrianship is an internal art that expresses itself outwardly through communication, riding and experience with horses. This program offers an extraordinary opportunity to develop your intuition in tandem with riding skills through exercises, groundwork and horse games.
Through a lifetime of love and skills in Equine Human Development, Dr. T has come to know horses as divine mirrors and considers her herd as partners. Knowing that they are masters of reading energy patterns and seek loving relation and communication with humans, Dr. T has developed ways of partnering people and horse and teaching “Intuitive Horse” in that way.
Dr. T. has developed programs for Holistic Health and techniques for Integrative Health that are derived from both the wisdom of the ages and discoveries on modern brain science and physics.
Intuitive Horsemanship - Level 2 / Spring 2022
CLASS FORMING NOW AND SCHEDULED TO START FEBRUARY 20, 2022 / 1PM
7 SESSIONS / $350
**NEW** SPRING 2022 DATES: 2/27, 3/26, 4/17, 5/21, 5/29, 6/19, 7/17
Intuitive Level 1 Class Required.
We assist all learners, all abilities.
Class limited, is outdoors, masks are encouraged during circle and grooming, socially distanced learning at all times. Reserve your spot today -
Questions? Message Dr. T 502-376-4367 or contact us through our Facebook Page or here.
Course Syllabus
For optimal group performance, innovation, endurance, and deep personal and professional satisfaction the following principles will guide our sessions:
Session 1:
Part A: Using emotions as information: allows you to access feeling and intuition in service to your goals.
Part B: your horse and your skills
Session 2:
Part A: Listening to your horse and managing contagious emotions
Part B: Collection and gaits
Session 3:
Part A: Mastering boundaries and assertiveness and developing a high tolerance for vulnerability
Part B: Picking up the pace while keeping centered
Session 4:
Part A: Breaking through your limitations while conserving energy
Part B: Emergency stops, why, when, and why not? And dismount
Session 5:
Part A: Employing non-predatory power liberally, and predatory power sparingly and preparing for difficult conversation
Part B: Learning aboard how this power works with our horse partner
Session 6:
Part A: Engaging in consensual leadership
Part B: Who’s the boss, lets ride like it!
Session 7:
Part A: Cultivating emotional intuitive heroism
Part B: Enjoy the Dr T Ride
Equine and Nature Retreat Center
-An incredibly fun camp, Ecumenical Mystery School, and organic farm We specialize in practicing transcendence and holistic interaction with the Horse and the Human Heart through
Dr. T has a lifetime of combining her love and understanding of horses with skills in educational leadership. She and her staff have developed unique ways to engender a passion for the possible within us all through centered riding with their Radiant Herd and Nature. |
INTUITIVE HORSE™ CLASS 2021
LEVEL 1 - $350 / 7 Sessions COURSE SYLLABUS SATURDAYS @ 11AM SESSION DATES: 5/22, 6/26, 7/24, 8/28, 9/25, 10/16, 10/30 CLASS NOW FORMING - Text Dr. T to Register 502.376.4367 LEVEL 2 - $350 / 7 Sessions COURSE SYLLABUS SUNDAYS @ 11AM SESSION DATES: 5/16, 6/6, 6/20, 7/4,7/25, and last one TBD CLASS NOW FORMING - Text Dr. T to Register 502.376.4367 LEVEL 3 - $350 / 7 Sessions ** NOT SCHEDULED AT THIS TIME LEVEL 4 - $350 / 7 Sessions ** NOT SCHEDULED AT THIS TIME LEVEL 5 - $350 / 7 Sessions SUNDAYS @ 11AM SESSION DATES: 4/25, 5/23, 6/27, 7/18, 8/1, 8/15, 8/29 CLASS NOW FORMING |
Kamp KESSA Guest Reviews
...was an amazing place very relaxing and the experience with the horse interaction was beyond words. Waking up to 20 horses around your cabin and coming up to greet you was so awesome. Everyone was welcoming and kind and was very informative. The whole place is just peaceful. If you take the time to go to Cedar Fire Farm, you have to go on n a trail ride. It was not like any trail ride I have ever experienced. The countryside is amazing and if you don't want to be in a line of horses the whole ride, you must go on this ride! You get to experience what a horse truly is and how special they are and how much they have to offer us.
-Jennifer, Chicago
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We can feel them, increase or decrease their amplitude, or move them faster of slower. We can practice this central spiritual concepts in a direct, physical way that allows us to understand them, to observe them and to apply them."
Allan J. Hamilton, MD
ZEN MIND ZEN HORSE