This message is from: "Melinda Schumacher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hi Lauren, I began getting very interested in working with horses when I read Linda Kohanov's The Tao of Equus. That book really excited and ignited me! And that is why I chose to get a fjord as my first horse. I figured their steadiness and intelligence would be good for me with clients. I am currently doing an apprenticeship with Wisdom Horse Coaching out of Minneapolis, and I love it. If you are interested you could learn more at their website <wisdomhorsecoaching.com>. Epona has an apprenticeship. I imagine that would be quite good too. What suits me better about Wisdom Horse is that the program is totally customizable to the apprentices' needs. Much easier to do that at a distance, for me (I'm in Ohio). I think there is a lot to be said, and learned, about horses as healers or helpers of humans. Symbolically the horse represents the deep feminine (intuition, etc) and facilitates the connection between earth and heaven (hence, to "fly without wings") or the mundane and the spiritual. I am learning much from my varied experiences with horses, and look forward to teaching others along with the horses' assistance. I am excited to hear about others on this list with similar interest and relationship with horse. fly free, Melinda On 6/28/07, Lauren Sellars <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This message is from: Lauren Sellars <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I have enjoyed hearing of all the interesting people involved in fjordies. > We live a simple but hard working life of farmers. Organic cherries are > on the menu this week, soon apricots peaches pears apples etc. We bring > our goodies into the farmers markets in Vancouver. It is amazing how out > of touch people are from their food now a days. A young teenager asked > me how we make cherries, she didn't know they grew on trees. We bring > lots of photos of the ranch, the horses, the fruit growing. Almost have > to bring branches with fruit so they can really see it. > I've been reading the Tao of Equus. totally awesome stuff. Would you > class this Equine experiential learning along the same lines as what > the Epona group is doing? I am very interested in learning more. > These fjordies would do great as healers. They have allot to teach when > we listen. > Lauren > Snowy Mtn Fjords > > The FjordHorse List archives can be found at: > http://tinyurl.com/rcepw > > > -- Coaching with Melinda Schumacher, MD Personal Empowerment through Creative Expression and Equine Experiential Learning "You wander from room to room hunting for the diamond necklace that is already around your neck." ~Jalal-Uddin Rumi "As she knotted the reins and took her stand, the horse's soul came into her hand, and up from the mouth that held the steel came an innermost word, half thought, half feel."~paraphrased, John Masefield Fly Without Wings www.flywithoutwings.net Gestalt Practitioner www.gestaltcleveland.org The FjordHorse List archives can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw
