Equine Partnerships for Authenticity, Learning and Awareness
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Epala Newsletter
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October 2011 |
Beautiful Fall greetings to all of our EPALA friends!
Epala horse Frank (as in Sinatra) |
The colors in Northern Wisconsin are peaking now with glorious green pastures, trees of orange, red and gold, backlit with sunshine and NO BUGS!! Juli, Lenny and I have been on many romps through the woods on our horses and woods smell so great right now. The horses really are enjoying their time outside and are playing more now that the weather is more moderate.
A big thank you to all who stopped by our EPALA booth at the Holistic Horse Fair in Brooklyn, Wisconsin on September 25 and 26, 2010. The weekend was perfect for all the clinics that were held both indoors and outdoors. Juli's clinic on "Who Am I With My Horse ®" was very well received and we look forward to hearing from the participants regarding their own personalality assessments and the horses they have in their lives. Congratulations also to Yvonne Moorhouse of Marengo, Illinois who was the winner of our give-a-way EPALA gift set!
REALLY BIG NEWS!!
Mark Rashid is coming to Whispering Oaks Equine Center in Hayward, Wisconsin, June 4 - 6, 2011!
Mark Rashid (pronounced RASH-id) www.markrashid.com is an internationally acclaimed horse trainer known for his ability to understand the horse's point of view and solve difficult problems with communication rather than force.
Scroll down for more inforamtion. Don't let this opportunity pass you by!
Contact Sandy directly at ssheehan07@gmail.com for more information and registration.
Until we talk again, may peace be with you in this time renewal !
Smile; Sandy and Juli
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PO Box 13082 Hayward, Wisconsin 54843 715-634-4121
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Mark Rashid Clinic
June 4-6, 2011
Whispering Oaks Equine Center, Hayward, WI
Mark Rashid began working with horses at age ten, when he met the "old man," who taught him to work with horses, not against them, and to listen to what the horse is trying to say. Mark's clinics center on one-on-one work with horse and rider and are immensely popular with people around the world.

Mark has been a guest on NPR's The Horse Show and was featured on the Nature series on PBS. He is the author of seven books - Considering the Horse, A Good Horse is Never a Bad Color, Horses Never Lie, Life Lessons from a Ranch Horse, Horsemanship Through Life, Big Horses, Good Dogs, & Straight Fences, and his latest - A Life With Horses.
Mark also has worked full time on ranches for many years gathering herds, managing stock, and training horses. When time permits, he still enjoys working on ranches near his home in Estes Park, Colorado.
His clinics tend to fill up very fast and there are only 5 slots left at Whispering Oaks for a chance to ride for 3 days with Mark! If you are not one of the lucky ones to ride with Mark, you can audit (watch) daily. Mark is very informative when teaching, so just observing can be very valuable .
The first five riders with their deposit mailed in to Whisp ering Oaks will claim the riding spots and after that we will have a waiting list for riders. Don't let this opportunity pass you by!
Contact Sandy directly at ssheehan07@gmail.com for more information and registration.
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FALL DATE: October 15-16, 2010 The Epona Approach Introductory Workshop
Focus: This workshop is for anyone who has read Linda Kohanov's work The Tao of Equus or Riding Between the Worlds and desires a hands-on-workshop to learn more about the processes Linda describes in her books. As an Advanced Approved Epona instructor (www.theeponaapproach.com) Juli is authorized to teach Linda's approach to self-awareness and authenticity through the way of the horse. This workshop is also for those who are interested in the field of equine facilitated therapy or equine facilitated coaching. It is also a wonderful workshop for someone unfamiliar with the Epona Approach but interested in personal development with horses as the facilitators. We ask that all workshop participants read LindaKohanov's Riding Between the Worlds prior to the workshop (available at www.amazon.com).
Time Spent: Time will be spent learning the guiding theory and principles developed by Linda Kohanov and her colleagues at Epona. In time spent with the horses you'll engage in the same processes you'd engage in working with Linda at an introductory level. Each of the Epona approach's signature processes such as the body scan, the message behind the emotion, meet the herd, energy and boundary work, reflective round pen and active round pen will all be offered. Discussions are focused on LindaKohanov's work and the bigger implications for the evolution of both people and horses.
Cost: $175.oo. Please see www.epala.org for additional information and registration details.
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Who Am I With My Horse Clinics
(at your barn or farm with your horses!)
Focus: Invite Juli to facilitate a clinic that is guaranteed to improve your relationship with your horse. Juli will begin the workshop with a non-horse session where you will discover your horsemanship personality. Juli will then describe and discuss horse personalities. This will be followed by one-on-one session time with each participant and their horse or horses. Juli will work with each participant both on the ground and in the saddle to help individuals recognize how their personality and their horse's personality impacts and influences their relationship with their horse.
Time Spent: Time will be spent thoroughly learning the five archetypes of horsemanship personality so that you can better understand yourself as a horse person and begin to identify and describe the archetypes in others. Juli will then spend 1.5 hour with each participant individually in an arena setting with their horse. Auditors welcome.
Outcome: Increased awareness of how your own personality influences and impacts your relationship with your horse. Increased awareness of your horse(s) personalities. Increased recognition of how your behavior - coming from your personality - can interfere with the outcomes you desire with your horse. Increased knowledge of how to work with both your personality and your horse's personality to create a harmonious relationship.
Cost: $100/person. Includes 4 hour non-horse session discovering your personality archetype and 1.5 hour one-on-one session with Juli and your horse. Please see www.epala.org for additional information and registration details. |
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New Epala Herd Member Adopted from Wisconsin Rescue
We are so excited to welcome Ike to the Epala herd. Ike is an 11 year old Appendix Quarterhorse Juli adopted last month from the Rolllling Rock Rescue www.rollingrockrescue.com Ike is joining Julii's herd which means that he will have a chance if he chooses to also be involved in the Epala program. For now Ike igets to relax, play and put on weight. A HUGE thanks to Beck and the rescue for their heart fillled dedication to helping horses find homes. Please check them out and consider a donation. Remember the work of Epala and other programs like ours gives horses who are retired, older or unwanted a chance for a second "career" as teachers and healers. |
Ike (left) meets LG his first day at Whispering Oaks. | | |
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