LEVEL 2 - $350 / 7 Sessions
​ENROLLMENT NOW OPEN / CLASS STARTS 4/29/2023
4/29, 5/13, 5/27, 6/10, 6/24, 7/8 & 7/22
Questions?  Text/Call Dr. T - 502-376-4367

COURSE SYLLABUS

​Course Syllabus
Instructor: Dr. Thecla Helmbrecht Howard
Text: Zen Mind, Zen Horse - The Science and Spirituality of Working with Horses - Allan J. Hamilton, MD

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

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