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Equine Liberty Training: A Year in Review

January 16, 2015abused horses, American Horsewoman's Challenge, animal communication, bodywork, energy work, equines, exercise, fear, geriatric horses, healing, herd behavior, herd dynamics, horse training, horsemanship, horses, Horses at Liberty Foundation Training, Liberty training, Ortho-Bionomy, OrthoHorse, OTTB, riding, trail riding, Uncategorizedbodywork, endurance riding, energetic connection, energy work, equine, equine healing, equine liberty training, Equine Ortho-Bionomy, equine rescue, equines, grazing, healing, herd behavior, herd dynamics, horse trainers, horsemanship, horses, Horses at LIberty Foundation Training, leadership, liberty horse training, rescue horseshorsesatliberty

2014 saw the birth of the Independent Liberty Trainers Network (ILTN), a loose knit group of seven trainers from three different countries, who spearheaded a new paradigm for the horse.

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Picked by a horse

August 11, 2014abused horses, animal communication, energy work, equines, exercise, fear, healing, herd behavior, herd dynamics, horse training, horsemanship, horses, Horses at Liberty Foundation Training, Liberty training, OrthoHorse, Uncategorizedanimals, endurance riding, energetic connection, energy work, equine bodywork, equine liberty training, equine rescue, equine training, equines, herd behavior, herd dynamics, horsemanship, Horses at LIberty Foundation Training, OrthoHorse, rescue horseshorsesatliberty

Have you ever been “picked” by a horse?

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10 tips for working with a fearful horse

July 5, 2014abused horses, animal communication, energy work, equines, exercise, fear, healing, herd behavior, herd dynamics, horse training, horsemanship, horses, Horses at Liberty Foundation Training, Liberty training, performance horses, rescue horses, riding, Uncategorizedanimals, bodywork, chakras, endurance riding, energetic connection, equine liberty training, equine positional release, equine rescue, horsemanship, horses, Horses at LIberty Foundation Training, leadership, OrthoHorse, rescue horseshorsesatliberty

Horses are fearful by nature; they are flight animals. How we address fear in the horse has to be a very fluid and dynamic thing because not all horses will respond to the same approach. A frightened horse is potentially dangerous because they are hard wired to flee or react suddenly when frightened.

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The trail as a metaphor for life

June 7, 2014bitless riding, equines, exercise, fear, herd behavior, herd dynamics, horse training, horsemanship, horses, Horses at Liberty Foundation Training, Liberty training, Uncategorizedendurance riding, equines, herd behavior, herd dynamics, horseback riding, horsemanship, horses, Horses at LIberty Foundation Training, liberty horse traininghorsesatliberty

I have ridden many miles of trail in my life. Years ago, I had the thought that the trail really is a metaphor for life, because we choose the trail according to the same basic criteria as we choose to embark on activities in life, except that no one is paying us to do it, usually!

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Danger: watch out for that horse!

March 14, 2014bodywork, equines, herd behavior, herd dynamics, horse training, horsemanship, horses, Horses at Liberty Foundation Training, liberty rein, Liberty training, Ortho-Bionomy, OrthoHorse, riding, Uncategorizedbodywork, endurance riding, energetic connection, energy work, Equine Ortho-Bionomy, equine training, herd behavior, herd dynamics, horse training, Horses at LIberty Foundation Training, liberty training, Ortho-Bionomyhorsesatliberty

In the past few weeks three of my friends/colleagues/clients have had accidents involving equines. This is a subject very close to my heart since I have had bad accidents myself, one which almost took my life. I have begun to somewhat specialize in the area of helping people get back on their feet after such accidents, in addition to the other work I do. I really believe that because I came so close to death doing something I deeply love, it has made me able to help others in a very particular way.

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Straight from the heart…what do horses tell us?

February 14, 2014abused horses, alternative therapies, animal communication, bareback riding, bitless riding, dude string horses, equines, exercise, fear, healing, herd behavior, herd dynamics, horse training, horsemanship, horses, Horses at Liberty Foundation Training, Liberty training, mustangs, OrthoHorse, performance horses, rescue horses, riding, therapeutic riding programs, therapy horses, UncategorizedAlternative therapies, bareback riding, bodywork, Ellen Kaye Gehrke, endurance riding, energetic connection, Equine Facilitated Mental Health Association (EFMA), Equine Guided Education Association (EGEA), equine healing, equine rescue, herd behavior, horsemanship, North American Handicapped Riders Association (NAHRA), Ph. D, ridinghorsesatliberty

Valentine’s Day is a great opportunity to talk about what we think of “love” between ourselves and our horses. We don’t really need studies to tell us what we feel about our horses and probably we have a good sense of how our horses feel about us. So much of what we feel would be considered “anecdotal evidence,” yet it is powerful and real. But there have been pilot studies done on the relationships between people and their horses, with some surprising, validating results.

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How deep is your horsemanship?

February 6, 2014abused horses, barefoot hooves, bodywork, chimpanzees, energy work, fear, healing, herd behavior, herd dynamics, horse training, horsemanship, horses, Horses at Liberty Foundation Training, Jane Goodall, liberty rein, riding, UncategorizedAlternative therapies, bodywork, endurance riding, energetic connection, equine healing, herd behavior, herd dynamics, horse trainers, horseback riding, horsemanship, Horses at LIberty Foundation Training, Jane Goodall, liberty training, OrthoHorsehorsesatliberty

How deep does your horsemanship go?

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10 tips to riding horseback for the rest of your life

January 31, 2014alternative therapies, bareback riding, barefoot hooves, Bill Dorrance, bitless bridles, bitless riding, dude string horses, energy work, equines, exercise, healing, herd behavior, herd dynamics, horse training, horsemanship, horses, Horses at Liberty Foundation Training, liberty rein, Liberty training, Ortho-Bionomy, OrthoHorse, performance horses, riding, UncategorizedAlternative therapies, animals, bareback riding, Bill Dorrance, bodywork, endurance riding, energetic connection, energy work, equine bodywork, equine liberty training, Equine Ortho-Bionomy, equine training, equines, exercise, healing, herd behavior, herd dynamics, horse trainers, horse training, horsemanship, horses, Horses at LIberty Foundation Training, Leslie Desmond, liberty horse training, rescue horseshorsesatliberty

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Be true to your horse

December 13, 2013energy work, equines, healing, horse training, horsemanship, horses, Liberty training, Ortho-Bionomy, UncategorizedAlternative therapies, bodywork, chakras, endurance riding, energetic connection, energy work, equine, equine healing, equine liberty training, Equine Ortho-Bionomy, exercise, grazing, healing, herd behavior, herd dynamics, horse training, horse world, horsemanship, Horses at LIberty Foundation Training, liberty horse training, Ortho-Bionomy, OrthoHorse, ridinghorsesatliberty

We need to stay in our own truth. Admiring experts is wonderful, but even experts can be wrong.

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Recognizing horse guides

November 22, 2013animal communication, barefoot hooves, chakras, endurance, energy work, equine positional Release, equines, exercise, healing, herd behavior, herd dynamics, horse training, horsemanship, horses, Horses at Liberty Foundation Training, Liberty training, OrthoHorse, performance horses, ridingAlternative therapies, animals, bodywork, endurance riding, energy work, equine guides, equine healing, equine liberty training, equines, exercise, healing, herd behavior, herd dynamics, horseback riding, horsemanship, horses, Horses at LIberty Foundation Traininghorsesatliberty

The closer we get to horses, the deeper our experience can become. Horses can guide us in remarkable ways. My mare Jazzie came to me in dreams for two years before I brought her home. I am in the process of learning why she wanted to be with me so much. Sometimes (probably more often than not) horses know things that we don’t know yet or that we can’t sense.

Jazzmine, who appeared in my dreams

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