Posted in Clinicians, Clinics, Observations on Mar 28th, 2013
Well, what a wonderful week it has been! We just started the Spring Online Waterhole Rituals Course. The classroom is buzzing with excitement as the students collect their reeds and begin to Share Territory. We are thrilled to have students from around the world, including The United States, Canada, Sweden, Netherlands, Australia, New Zealand, UK, Norway, Luxembourg, Costa Rica, Equador, Austria, Italy, Finland, Israel, Greece and Indonesia!
For this week I’d like to share some videos on the Journey and Philosophy of the Waterhole Rituals…
Video: Discovering the Waterhole Rituals-Carolyn Resnick Method
Carolyn reads from her book Naked Liberty and shares how she came to understand the culture of horses.
Video: Liberty Training Horses ~ The Waterhole Reflections DVD
This Waterhole Reflections DVD is designed to awaken your senses enabling you to be truly present and to put you in the right state of mind before you start work with your horse. Through appreciation of the world of horses by viewing this DVD and having a heart-felt connection with your horse, you will strengthen your relationship. By viewing it on a daily basis, you will continue to reach a deeper connection with your horse by raising your awareness in the
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Posted in Advice, Lessons, Observations on Feb 20th, 2013
When to start a foal’s foundation training
This time of year, there may be a foal coming into your life and you may be looking for more information on how to go about raising him. This method that I am sharing with you starts with tack rather than at Liberty. Starting with tack is more practical for most people who do not have a strong foundation using the Waterhole Rituals. Also, starting with tack first ensures more safety for the foal if he needs vet support or if you should need to move him to a different location in case of an emergency. In the summertime and early fall, we have fires around Escondido. I have had to move our horses from our ranch three times in 12 years, and I have had to move them fast. A foal that can be contained and led with a halter can be a “life saver” for him.
If you are not already training horses, what I have written may be of great benefit to you by widening your understanding of the process of how to approach your foal’s training. If you are already training horses, you might be able to incorporate some
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Posted in Advice, Clinics, Observations on Jan 10th, 2013
Paulina’s Program
I am offering a new course, called “Paulina’s Program”, in order to honor my mother and help care for my mother’s final stages of Dementia. Many of you have met my mother at a clinic or private lesson and know how sweet and precious she is. Others have just heard, or read, the heart warming stories of our past in my book “Naked Liberty”.
Unfortunately, her insurance does not pay for my mother’s home health care or an Assisted Living Facility. Hospice can only do so much and it is imperative that I keep doing my work with horses.
I need a certified nurse to help care for my mother 24/7 and it has become very expensive quickly. I designed Paulina’s Program to honor my mother and support my mother’s home health care or an Assisted Living Facility to help her transition from this phase of her life to the next.
Donations and Payments
If you would like to donate any sum of money to our cause, it would be so nurturing for us and appreciated. Even as little as a $5 donation would be so important for her care. Anything you would like to contribute would be … Read more
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Old School Training:
For those of us who learned how to ride horses at a riding school as a child, you probably remember the routine. We were taught where to put our hands, where to put our feet, to keep our backs straight, eyes forward, heels down and all those other wonderful basics taught to beginning students. Some teachers are obviously better than others and I happened to have one that was an old school cowboy as my first teacher and, as with most, he had his good points and his bad points.
Let me give you an idea of where I lived:
I lived in a very rural area of Southern Maryland where it took 30 minutes just to get to the grocery store. This was a time when neighbors raised a variety of crops and we shared with one another. We canned our own fruits, built are own greenhouses and barns, never locked our doors and just hollered as loud as we could to say hello to the closest neighbor.
The neighbors were part of my extended family and we always helped each other out, even if it was just to walk over and borrow a cup of … Read more
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Posted in Advice on Aug 4th, 2011
The purpose of the Insider Circle and Extended Circle online courses is to develop a cross species bond that creates your horses’ interest to follow your lead, learn new behaviors, and have an optimistic attitude when you go to ride your horse. This special bond will remove resistance, bad attitude, and unwanted behaviors like bolting, biting, kicking, shying, and running away.
Learning To Develop Positive Attitudes…Not One, But Five!
Once you have this cross species bond when you ride, it will be an enjoyable experience for you both. Your horse will be willing to follow your lead and have a sense of well being because of the trust and respect he has for you. How you create this magical relationship is by developing five positive attitudes in your horse and in yourself. These attitudes are to have a deep bond, trust, respect, willingness, and attention on each other. The connection you create from these attitudes will give you a perfect dancing partner. Having these attitudes your horse will be able to read your mind and understand your communication that is going to surprise you. These attitudes are created from five simple interactions at liberty you share with your horse daily. … Read more
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Posted in Advice on Jun 16th, 2011
I want to introduce to everyone Dr. Alessandra Deerinck a Certified Clinician in my Method. Alessandra began her apprenticeship with me five and a half years ago. When she first came to my ranch to interview for the position of apprentice, I was working with a newly started liberty horse, Polonaise. Alessandra had never seen me work a horse at liberty and she was completely enthralled. I gave her a quick 15 minute lesson, and she stepped into the arena to work in front of a stranger (myself), and a horse she had never seen before that was extremely green to my Method, and worked with her at liberty as if it were second nature to her. Polonaise danced with Alessandra just like the beach scene with the boy in the movie The Black Stallion sending Polonaise around the arena and Companion Walking in both walk and trot as I watched with my jaw dropped!
Alessandra was a natural, and has turned out to have a growing business here in my town, as well as doing clinics in Italy and also operating an online school of my Method in Italian. Because we live so close to each other, I am still schooling her to more … Read more
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Posted in Advice on May 24th, 2011
The way I see it, women approach leadership and horses a lot differently than men do. As children in our imaginary games riding Pegasus, Pegasus reads our minds and takes us to enchanted places. Girls are attracted to Pegasus from their desire to experience a magical connection through a magical ride; while boys grab their broomstick, and ride to a destination that they tell their imaginary horse to go.
My method address horses more like a woman of course because I am wanting a relationship with a horse more than any service I might get from the horse. The service I do receive from the horse is a way to enjoy our connection from a co creative process. It turned out that in competition, my method could hold up to any other method that was not interested in developing a friendship from the training process.
I have seen methods that are driven by a dominant approach through a masculine energy develop friendship with a horse, but the horse had to give up the ability to say “no,” or the power to change the subject, or have any say in the matter of his training at all. The masculine intent was … Read more
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