Waterhole Rituals Insider Circle
Jul 18th, 2011 by Carolyn Resnick Method
“The Waterhole Rituals are like colors to an artist, you use them to create the foundational layer for a magnetic bond and connected relationship with your horse.”
The next Waterhole Rituals Program begins
April 15/16, 2012
Coaching calls are held every two weeks on Sundays 11am PST
and Mondays 5pm PST – ALL calls are recorded.
In the Waterhole Rituals program you will be studying the true nature and culture of horses. You begin to understand how the Waterhole Rituals relate to a horse’s natural way of communicating in the herd, and then you will learn how to apply the Waterhole Rituals to develop the horse of your dreams in your own philosophy and style.
Join the SPRING 2012 Waterhole Rituals Online Program
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$449 for an Insider Circle Seat - Includes all classroom lessons along with phone & video coaching with Carolyn during the Sunday/Monday Coaching Calls.
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$274 for an Extended Circle Seat - Includes all classroom audio lessons and videos along with replays of the Coaching Calls.
Read what other students from the last Insider Circle Class had to say about Carolyn:
“I love Carolyn’s methods! Her words really resonate with me. Often when I read what she writes I respond with a “Yes! Exactly!” or I have a major “aha” moment. She is so uncomplicated and refreshing. I highly recommend her to anyone who is looking to really deepen their relationship with their horse.” Katherine Radomsky
“I consider Carolyn to be one of pioneers in studying and understanding horse behavior.” Carol Hopkins
“Carolyn shows amazing calm and intuitive leadership as she builds the connection with her horses and demonstrates a sense of innocence and fun….her skills of interpreting body language and understanding of behaviour are awesome.” Fiona Blachford
To join the Waterhole Rituals Classroom in an Insider Circle Seat you will need:
- A safe horse partner.
- A phone, computer and internet connection.
- A video camera if you wish to receive video coaching directly from Carolyn throughout the program.
- A desire to build a rewarding bonded relationship with your horse.
- A desire to have fun!
To join the Waterhole Rituals Classroom in an Extended Circle Seat you will need:
- A safe horse partner.
- A computer and internet connection.
- A desire to build a rewarding bonded relationship with your horse.
- A desire to have fun!
Starting the Journey
The Waterhole Rituals are not a step-by-step method, it is a journey. The first stage of the rituals is to socialize the horse by bringing out desirable behavior during intimate interactions around food. Through Sharing Territory together, you will develop a bond with your horse, and as the bond is growing, you educate your horse in how you want them to behave. It is fun to develop a deep friendship with a horse, and it is really easy to do! Through understanding the Waterhole Rituals you may be pleasantly surprised to discover a universal code of conduct and a way to communicate that naturally creates connection, willingness, and cooperation with your horse AND others.
Starting with an Equine Partner that is Right for You
The most important part of being successful with my method is to pick a horse that is easy to connect with. You want to use a horse that will respond easily to the method so you are SAFE as you work at liberty. Once you get my method under your belt, you can then work with horses that would be a bit more challenging but doable.
What’s included in the Insider Circle 12 week program:
- Waterhole Rituals Workbook
A downloadable 27 page workbook detailing each of the 7 Waterhole Rituals including an area for you to take notes during the calls. - Interview with Anna Twinney
Listen to an introductory talk on the Waterhole Rituals that Carolyn did with Anna Twinney. - Six Waterhole Rituals Lessons online over 12 weeks.
Calls are spaced out at 2 weekly intervals to give you a chance to put the coaching into practice. Each call will be a mixture of instruction and question and answer. - Can’t make a call? No worries! All calls will be recorded.
You will be given access to all the MP3 audio files so you can download a copy of all the calls for yourself to review. Each call is between 1-2 hours depending on the number of questions from students. You will also be able to purchase a mp3 CD with all the audio lessons at the END of the PROGRAM. - Double Sized Classroom
You will follow along with the Insider Circle Program by listening to each of the calls. In fact, there will be 2 Classes running concurrently, which means there will actually be 12 calls in total for you to listen to… and as the previous participants mentioned, you will learn as much listening to other people’s questions and answers as you would if you were actually on the calls yourself. - Video Lessons
NEW videos are added with each class just for Insider & Extended Circle students. PLUS access to the library of videos Carolyn made for previous Waterhole Rituals programs. We are very proud of our growing library! - Insider Circle Classroom
A special area on the website where you can see each other’s videos along with questions from all your fellow students and Carolyn’s answers. - Graduate Circle
Access to the exclusive Waterhole Rituals Insider Circle Club social networking site, where you can post your photos and videos and more importantly get to know graduates from other Insider Circle Programs for future mastermind sessions. - Question Period & Personal Coaching
MOST IMPORTANT BONUS: personal access to Carolyn Resnick to ask any question you want as you study. As an Insider Circle Student you can ask questions directly to Carolyn after the lesson during the Question & Answer section of each call. - Video Coaching
BONUS 2: As an Insider Circle Student you will be able to submit 4 videos of up to 5 minutes each over the 2 1/2 months of study to Carolyn for PERSONAL COACHING and feedback.
To get this kind of access to Carolyn at any other time would cost $3,000
After the last Class, almost 46% of the participants surveyed said they found the program “priceless“, while a further 53% found it “really helpful” and “extremely beneficial” to them and their horse.
When asked to put an actual $ value on the Class, 54% said it was worth more than $300 and of those 31% said it was worth $450 and 37% said it was worth $750.
Carolyn wants to make sure you can easily afford The Waterhole Rituals program and so it is available to you at two levels:
2012 Waterhole Rituals Online Program
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$449 for an Insider Circle Seat
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$274 for an Extended Circle Seat
* Spring 2012 Dates: April15/16 to June 24/25, 2012
Join the SPRING 2012 Waterhole Rituals Online Program
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$449 for an Insider Circle Seat – Includes all classroom lessons along with phone & video coaching with Carolyn during the Sunday/Monday Coaching Calls.
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$274 for an Extended Circle Seat - Includes all classroom audio lessons and videos along with replays of the Coaching Calls.
Some more feedback from the immensely popular first Waterhole Rituals Programs:
“You MUST do it!! The course will change your whole way of thinking about being with horses and probably your whole life. “
“The Insider Circle Program was fun, comprehensive, supportive, enlightening, engaging, and thought-provoking. Listening to Carolyn opens one’s eyes, heart and mind — Hearing others’ voices as they expressed their challenges as well as their succeses, ah-ha moments — hearing the diversity of perspectives and horse-human relationships, brings insight into what one’s own self and horses.”
“This must truly be one of the best programmes on offer. The calls together with the questions page and the videos made for excellent coaching stretched over a good period of time. And even though I did not really actively participate with questions, almost all of them were answered through questions by other people. The group gives you a sense of belonging to like minded people and strengthens you in your belief of being on the right track. It was well organised and one always felt looked after, even though I was in the Extended Circle Program”. Thank you Carolyn and the rest of the team.”
| Carolyn’s Personal Guarantee to you If you are not delighted with Carolyn and her teaching after the first call and can’t begin to see how the Program will benefit you and your horse, then just let us know and Carolyn will happily refund your money to you. Plus you get to keep all the pre-course material as her way of saying thank you, so you have nothing to lose. |
IMPORTANT NOTICE: Before signing up for the Program, you should read the pre-requisites, recommendations and notes below to make sure you qualify. If you are not sure or don’t think you qualify please check by emailing our team to discuss. (see more details below)
Should I take the Insider Seat or Extended Circle Seat?
Waterhole Rituals Extended Circle Students receive access to all the print materials, replays of the calls, access to the video library just like the Insider Circle however they will not be able to submit videos for Video Coaching or speak with Carolyn during a lesson call. As an extended circle member you can listen to all weekly calls and post questions to the classroom.
PRE-REQUISITES FOR THE INSIDER CIRCLE PROGRAM
1. You require the skill to be able to work a horse at liberty, keeping the horse calm and also you should be able to move the horse away from you, whenever you request it.
2. You have read the book Naked Liberty and watched the Introduction to the Waterhole Rituals DVD – this is very important to prepare you for the course.
3. You need the ability to read a horse’s intentions so that you can stay safe at all times. You can easily move your horse away from your space.
4. The horse you decide to work with while learning the Waterhole Rituals should be uncomplicated and you should already be familiar with the horse.
5. You should be an intermediate equestrian – able to handle most horses with ease.
6. In the beginning you need to be able to work the horse alone. Later you will be able to develop skills to work with horses in a herd, but we would strongly advise against this while learning the Rituals.
7. You need to commit to spend a minimum of four hours a week working through the Rituals with your horse and to be happy with whatever connection the horse offers you.
RECOMMENDATIONS AND NOTES
1. To learn the Waterhole Rituals fully, you will need a secure area of a least 40×60 feet where you can work your horse separately.
2. You should not expect to be able to Liberty Dance (Ritual 7) with your horse at the end of the course. While many students do in fact develop the skills and connection to achieve this, for many others the process is much slower. You need to progress the course at the pace your horse dictates and do not get concerned if other students are accomplishing more and working on different Rituals than you are. Surrender to the process and extraordinary results will occur when you are not focused on the outcome but what you learn from the process.
3. Learning the Waterhole Rituals is a long journey, which you must take responsibility for. It is not a Method for creating a quick fix with problem horses. Once you have become skilled in the technique you can then work with more challenging issues.
4. If you do not have an appropriate horse to learn the Waterhole Rituals with, or indeed if the horse you have selected turns out to be inappropriate, then there is still tremendous value in following the Program from what you will learn from it.
If you are not sure whether you qualify, then please send an email to info@carolynresnick.com with details of your query along with your telephone number and we will help answer your questions.
HI Carolyn,
I took your IC program fall of 2011. I am interested in coming for a clinic or a 3 day private. I have attended 2 – 5 day comprehensives with Robin Gates and have signed up for 4 hours of coaching calls this year. I would like to ask you given my studies, which do you think would be more beneficial for me, the 3 day private or the clinic?
I would appreciate your opinion as I would like to arrange my plans and also take advantage of the early bird special should you advise me to take your clinic vs. a 3 day private.
You are on my bucket list and I am thrilled to have the opportunity to finally meet you.
I look forward to hearing from you,
Linda j Salinas
IC Fall 2011
704-674-4085
Hi Carolyn, I just signed up and I am very curious about
Insider Circle Classroom
A special area on the website where you can see each other’s videos along with questions from all your fellow students and Carolyn’s answers.
and
Graduate Circle
Access to the exclusive Waterhole Rituals Insider Circle Club social networking site, where you can post your photos and videos and more importantly get to know graduates from other Insider Circle Programs for future mastermind sessions.
Where can I find this? I guess I have to graduate before I can enter the graduate circle?
Anna Mae Gold
Hi Anna,
The Spring Insider Circle Classroom will open April 15,2012.
The Carolyn Resnick Online School
Great to have you on board.
During the second week of the online program you will be given a login into the Graduate circle (the community website – ONLY for Graduates).
Will you be having a live class/clinic for 2012 at your place in Southern California too? If so, what is the length and cost for that class? I’m not sure whether I should do the online program or wait for the live classroom. And do students bring their own horses to the live classroom?
The next clinic Beyond the Waterhole Rituals Clinic for current students is March 22-29, 2012 in California.
Usually students do not bring horses however if you would like to discuss bringing your horse please email web@carolynresnick.com. Please see the following page for prerequisites:
http://www.carolynresnickblog.com/coaching/beyond-the-waterhole-rituals-clinic/
The next online program for NEW students starts April 15, 2012.
There are two levels:
Insider Circle Seats include phone and video coaching with Carolyn.
Extended Circle Seats have access to all the lessons and videos along with replays of the coaching calls.
hello!
i am trying to find the fee for the waterhole rituals online class…help! am i just missing it?
thank you so much!!
christin
The Waterhole Rituals Online Program 2012 pricing is
$449 for an Insider Circle Seat
and $274 for an Extended Circle Seat
Please put me on your waiting list for the next Insider Circle class. Many thanks.
Hello Sharolyn!
I have received the password, downloaded the workbook but the link for Anna Twinney isnt working plz send it again to me. And I wanted to ask that I cant log in the class or the student chat. Are these still closed?
Warmly,
Muhammad Rohan Sheikh
The password was sent to your yahoo.com email but I see it wasn’t opened yet… perhaps it went to junk mail? the email address it came from was “web@carolynresnick.com” Please email me at that address and I’ll double check your email in the student profile.
The interview & workbook are on the classroom page so once you receive the email with the password you will have access to everything
Sharolyn
thank-you,
Hello, i paid for extended circle, Aug 12, and have not heard from you yet, when will i get a password? thanks, naomi
Hi Naomi, An email was sent Wednesday Aug 24th (to the email you registered with) containing all the login information to the classroom. Please email web@carolynresnick.com if you did not receive this email and we’ll check your student profile.
Sharolyn
Hello Carolyn,
thank you alot!
I just called Jeanette and gave her the last details. You need to get in touch with her. Finally I am in the Insider Circle!!! Yay!!!!
Best wishes!
Rohan
Hello Carolyn,
I am still waiting for Jeanette to contact me. I am really excited! I want to complete my registration as soon as possible please. I need to give the last details of the payment procedure and my address so that you ship the pre-requisites to me as soon as possible!
Regards
Hi Muhammad, Jeanette has sent you an email with more details… looking forward to seeing you in the classroom.
~ The Carolyn Resnick Online School
Yeah, I received the mail about an hour ago. I have replied to it and am waiting for her reply
Regards
Rohan
I am considering the extended circle. Would love to take part in the Insider Circle, but for lack of funds. Is there any way of obtaining a CD that could be listened to in the car. Sitting at the computer listening to the calls is extremely time consuming. If there is a CD, I can even use it on a CD player wherever I’m at.
Thanks,
Debbie Turi
Hi Debra,
All Lessons are recorded. The Mp3 files are available to ALL STUDENTS and can be downloaded to your computer. Depending on your car stereo it may play MP3 files, as most modern CD players support data format CDs with MP3s on them.
If you do want to create audio CDs from these files, please remember a CD holds about 70-80 minutes of audio so for 6 lessons that are 2-3hrs each it would be almost 14 CDs. Because the files are given to all students we do not currently offer this CD Set as a product. However, if there were enough students interested we could look into creating new products.
Current and Past Waterhole Ritual Students,
Please email web@carolynresnick.com if this is something you would like to see being offered in the online store.
Hello Carolyn,
I need to know how to register for the Insider Circle Fall 2011. Please let me know the payment procedures.
Regards
Muhammad Rohan Sheikh
Registration is now open! August 28th, 2011 is Lesson 1 of the Fall 2011 Waterhole Rituals Online Program.
Have you thought about my case regarding the payment? I see you only accept PayPal…it is not available in Pakistan
I also need to buy the prerequisites of the program i.e. Naked Liberty, Waterhole Rituals-Introduction and Panadero’s Journey DVDs.
I’ve forwarded your email to our purchasing department to sort out payment and shipping. Jeanette will be in contact with you,
Thank-you for the prompt reply! ~ The Carolyn Resnick Online School
Hello Carolyn,
I need to get in touch with Jeanette as soon as possible. I have to give her the last few details. I also emailed her.
Thank you!
Rohan
Hi Rohan, Thank-you for the note, I will contact Jeanette so we can complete your registration. warmly, ~ The Carolyn Resnick Online School
Thank you,
I hope she does today..I am waiting eagerly!
Regards
Muhammad Rohan Sheikh
Hi Carolyn,
Has registration opened yet? I keep looking for a link! I absolutely need to get into the insider circle this go around.
Linda
Registration is now open see add to cart buttons above
I’m in! Thank you so much. This is so fulfilling and so much food for my soul. I can’t tell you how much it completes my equine (and other) relationships.
Looking forward to meeting your new boy as well!
Cheers! Linda
I am interested in the waterhole rituals class, but I do not know if it is exactly what I am looking for.
I have had my horse for a while and learned how to train him using Clinton Anderson’s methods.
I took what I learned and I kept practicing and now I can work with him at liberty in a large field sending him in multiple directions using both voice and body cues. I can also tell he is having as much fun as I am. At one point, I do feel as if we are dancing.
I am looking to improve this connection and to transfer it to under saddle. I want to bring the connection to a deeper level and am not sure how to do this.
Would this class help this?
Hi Sonja,
The answer is YES!
Here is what a current student just wrote on their experience with the Spring 2011 class…
“I am currently a student in the 2011 ICC. I had talked at length with a friend of mine who did the course last year, I watched the Introduction to the Waterhole Rituals DVD, read Naked Liberty, and I thought I had a pretty good understanding of what would happen. Well, I am happy to say, that I was wrong. I only had the barest glimmer of the riches I would receive by being a part of the Insider Circle.” ~ Mandy Etherton, Australia
Welcome and looking forward to meeting you in the classroom,
The Carolyn Resnick Online School
What does it take to become part of your Extended Circle? How do I find more information?
Hi Randee,
The course outline is at: http://www.carolynresnickblog.com/coaching/insider-circle/
The Extended Circle is $224… In the Extended Circle you get full access to all the teachings. The perks of the Insider Circle is you can ask questions directly to Carolyn during the Q&A portion of the calls and you may submit videos for further personal coaching. If you’d like to sign up please email web@carolynresnick.com. Lesson Two is this week and the replays & videos from Lesson One are available in the classroom so you can catch up.
Is the Insider Circle closed now?
Yes the Insider Circle sells out fast as it is limited to 40 students. We are planning on running a Fall 2011 session.
I am very interested in your inner circle program, will there be another session in 2011?
Dear Caroline, what a wonderful and affordable way to learn. I saw that the insider program was sold out. Will there be another one this year?
We are hoping to run another session this fall. If you subscribe to the blog you will be first on the list.
You’ve only missed one week… Lesson Two is Sunday May 28th (all call are recorded so you can catch up if you wish to join in this week.)
If you would like to join the Extended Circle please email web@carolynresnick.com
Hi Carolyn, I had registered for the “in the box” program 2 years ago and have been following this blog ever since. This time around, I hope I can register for the “insider circle” program.
Does your answer to Sue confirming that all those new subscribers will be first on the list or is it “first come first serve”. I do hope I have the opportunity to register even though I’m not a new subsriber. Thanks for clarifying this for me. Hope to hear from you soon.
Hi Jocelyne, I see you are in the Fall Insider Circle – Welcome!!
Hi Anne-Marie,
Sorry to hear you are having computer troubles… While the classroom is open students in the Spring Waterhole Rituals Program, will be able to listen to replays of the calls right on the webpage. The classroom will remain open for one month after the course is complete. At the end of the course you can request a CD copy of the mp3 files.
Hi Kate,
*See* you soon!
The classroom will be open after the first lesson and all passwords and links will be sent to you via email once registration closes at the end of this week.
I like following you, I just moved to Apple valley, and it is windy here alot. Horses don’t like the wind. It makes them spooky. I just want to be safe with my horse. I am just getting to know my horse , so I am very causious of the wind. I haven’t had much time lately, to keep up with your lessons. I will always love you.
I don’t know if my horse is Qualified for your program. He is from the wild. He is a very smart mustang. This evening I brought my dog with me, and turned out my horse, after playing with him for a while. I got my Dog , she’s a pug who wants to be with me all the time. My horse, Dakota was not interested in moving; but when I started to move, with my dog, Charmin; Dakota must have been jealous. He followed us all around. and then he took off running, and always came back, for attention.He was so excited. I love to see him run. Then I went to get Dakota a bucket of treats and vitamins. I put Charmin, My dog , in the car. Dakota ate his food, while I Cleaned his hooves, and he was so good to give me his feet. I love my horse; he does alot more for me than he used to. I just try to understand how he feels. I didn’t use a rope or halter. he backs up with me now too. without any rope or halter. He is always listening to what’s around him; so he is very spooky at times. I just try to keep him with me. I love my horse.
Hi Carolyn
I have signed up for the Insider Circle 2011 just wondering how I get into the Insider Circle Classroom…not sure how to access this??? Very excited about being part of the Insider Circle group!!!!
Would it be possible to listen to the calls at a later time, without having to download onto MP3? I am having trouble doing this downloading.
When the classroom is open, all calls can be listened to right on the webpage without downloading.