October 13 – 15, 2015, For Facilitators: Using Equine Assistance to Work with Victims of Sexual Abuse, Bundaberg, Australia
May 13, 2015 by Kathleen
Kathleen will be traveling to Phoenix House in Bundaberg, Australia (near Brisbane) to present at a workshop designed for therapists and facilitators around the assistance of horses working with people with sexual abuse. Phoenix House provides a comprehensive, public health response to the prevention of sexual violence. They work on three levels of prevention: Primary (with […]
March 16, 2015 by Kathleen
Would you like to learn more about how your thoughts, emotions, energy and habits affect your interactions with clients? Would you like your sessions to be more effective? Would you like to understand human relatedness and connection and the underlying science behind human to human contact? How about helping clients and yourself to be more […]
The Sacred Dance of Relationships
February 10, 2015 by Kathleen
It is fitting that this newsletter is focusing on relationship and connection this month of Love. What exactly defines a good relationship and how does love come into it? This is not the kind of Valentine love we associate with romance and one person but the kind of love which happens between species and joins like […]
Effective Leading
February 10, 2015 by Kathleen
Written by Erika Uffindell posted on the Global Centre for Conscious Leadership: What does three days spent with a herd of horses and conscious leadership have in common? A lot as it turns out! For some people, spending three days with a herd of horses would be a sublime way to spend their time. For others […]
Where the Learning Happens
January 30, 2014 by Kathleen
Working with what is actually happening in an EFL session can be a challenge for those of us trained in the discipline. We might have so many ideas of what could or should happen that we get in the way of the relationship between the client and the horse. I suggest “checking your ego at the barn […]
Just Breathe
September 7, 2013 by Kathleen
Forget about Enlightenment. Sit down wherever you are and Listen to the wind singing in your veins. ~ John Welwood. I have always resonated with John Welwood’s words and the simple wisdom represented in his books and essays. As I was reading these words I recalled a session I had many years ago with […]
Holding the Sacred Space
August 21, 2013 by Kathleen
Recently, I wrote about my experience with Maude and Hannah this spring in “Hannah’s Gift.” Please read Maude’s words about the event from her perspective as facilitator and Hannah as her co-facilitator. This is a great example of what I have termed “Relationship in Motion.” So many times facilitators of Equine Facilitated Learning resort to […]
Hannah’s Gift
June 28, 2013 by Kathleen
“To know our soul apart from our ego is the first step toward accomplishing the supreme deliverance” ~ Rabindranath Tagore Have you ever found yourself in a place when your body knew something that was not available to your conscious mind? I was visiting Maude Beauchamp at her ranch in Sacramento, California, hanging out […]
The Power of Relationships
March 10, 2013 by Kathleen
Mentorship in Equine Facilitated Learning When people ask me what is different about your approach and teaching style, I respond, “I am interested and very excited about what I call the ‘psychological/scientific/spiritual underpinnings’ of an equine facilitated learning experience.” I have found over my 15 years of teaching this work thatthe best facilitators really know and understand […]
News from the UK and IFEAL
August 1, 2012 by Kathleen
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