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Dear Horse Enthusiast, Would you like to combine your love of horses with work that fulfills your heart? Is it important for you to have kindness and compassion be every bit as important as technical knowledge? Would you thrive in a learning situation where teachers have time to spend individually helping you develop your equine skills and talents? Would you enjoy the professionalism of being a certified Equine Structural Integration Practitioner AND a Licensed Equine Massage Therapist? The Equine Natural Movement School is your answer. Students graduate with dual credentials. Our equine bodywork courses specialize in Equine Structural Integration, a well-proven method that actually improves the horse’s structural integrity and flexibility. We teach students how to work in the most caring, heart-centered way possible. Horses appreciate being treated with kindness and respect and this is a hallmark of our method. We enter into our sessions with a profound sense of partnership with each individual horse. Using highly proficient technical skills with tremendous love and respect often brings about significant positive changes in horses.We’re not saying this work is simple and anyone can do it and we don’t pretend to be “Horse Careers for Dummies.” We are not interested in turning out the maximum number of students possible with the minimal skills. That would be silly.
Instead we work patiently and professionally and in small groups. We challenge each student to expand their ability to understand how horses move, think, feel, and work with their riders. We help students make the best of their knowledge and skill.
At the Equine Natural Movement School we teach from scratch and don’t assume any thing is known by all. That way, despite all the different backgrounds people come in with, everyone moves forward together, course by course, all the way from the basic classes on through the advanced work.
Nobody gets left out in the cold. Everything we do in our training — with horses AND people — is done inclusively. This makes everyone much happier.
Many students wonder how they’ll fare once they graduate and you’ve probably got that question in your head, too. Don’t worry. We don’t send you out with a certificate, a wing and a prayer.
Instead, to ensure your success, our graduates get a FULL YEAR of online and phone support for no additional cost. If you have a question or need advice about a horse you’re working with, we’re happy to help.
We know of no other school that has such personal involvement in their students’ success. We’re committed to making sure you are extraordinarily good at this work and stand behind you to make sure you are.
Would you like to be seen as a skilled horse professional, someone who really can deliver the goods? Would you find working with appreciative horses rewarding? Would you like to have a business where people brag about what’s happened with their horses since you worked with them? Would it make you happy to know horses are better off because of your work?
That’s what we do. We offer four levels of equine classes that cover horse safety, equine touch skills, structural analysis, movement assessment, structural integration bodywork, horse psychology and communication, functional anatomy, energetics, performance enhancement and even how to conduct clinics for the public. Each course includes homework done in your home area between classes and includes enthusiastic phone and online supervision and support. Each class is held three times a year.
Our other module is integrated info the course during the at-home phase. We call it “Creating a Profitable and Honest Equine Business” where you learn how to market your skills and develop a thriving business. This course is included in the tuition for each module as an at-home class. It runs alongside your other modules, allowing you to build your business AS YOU ARE LEARNING. Our goal is that you have clients and a growing reputation for quality work by the time you graduate.
Small classes allow us to address each student’s strengths and weaknesses so we can help everyone progress the best ways possible. We’ve found this kind of personal attention enriches our classes in ways we couldn’t imagine. Our learning environment is professional and fun, our staff is wise, compassionate and thorough and the horses are very demonstrative about how much they appreciate the work.
You probably can tell that our school is quite different than other equine career schools that teach equine science, horse massage, farriers, horse training, equine management, equine chiropractic schools, equine acupressure and other fields. We’re glad they do what they do because there’s a need for that. It’s just not the same as what we do.
Our approach to horses is different: We don’t fix problems. Instead we work to bring out the strength and promise in each horse. This style of working physically, energetically and psychologically helps bring horses into a more confident, comfortable, athletic willingness to learn and partner with their riders.
Most of our graduates charge $75-150 per session, a few charge more. Their clients are eager for sessions because they see solid results.
Here is what two riders had to say after their horses went through the Equine Natural Movement Series …
As you can see, these horses made significant improvements. Their owners became happy evangelists for the Equine Natural Movement Series. Clients like these help your practice grow because they’re so thrilled with the gains their horses have made that they can’t keep their mouths shut!
We aren’t looking for students who take our classes on a lark. We will probably challenge some of your ideas and knowledge about horses. You may even look at some of your past horse experiences and come to different conclusions about what you thought was happening. We teach a new way of understanding and working with equine structure and horse wisdom.
At the Equine Natural Movement School we seek a certain kind of student, one who is friendly, honest, open-minded, and above all, who loves and respects animals and people. We expect our students to be reasonably intelligent and bring an inquiring nature to the work.
Does that fit you? If it does, please download our application. We’d really like to hear from you.
“From my training I got what I paid for and wanted and I received so much more!” — Lea Moonsong
“I am more in touch with and in partnership with horses. My heart keeps opening up.” — Kenny Mateer. [Kenny passed away awhile back but we keep his photo on our site because he was so loved by our students, the faculty, and all the horses he touched.]
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Hours: 9am – 7pm PST
If you want to know more about the philosophy that shaped our school, CLICK HERE to read the letter from our founders.
Now head over have a look at what we teach in each course.
Click here to read what you’ll learn in class.
warmly, Jacqueline Freeman Training Director Equine Natural Movement School
School@EquineNaturalMovement.comOctober 12 – 18