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SUMMARY:Dare to Live
DESCRIPTION:Sun Tui\, AI\, EFP\, POH\nadmin@ifeal.me\nwww.ifeal.me\n+44 (0) 1892 770139
URL:https://eponaquest.com/workshop/dare-to-live-4/
LOCATION:Sussex\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Workshop - Intro - International
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SUMMARY:Equine Alchemy: An Introductory Experience to the Way of the Horse
DESCRIPTION:Lisa Murrell\, AI\, POH\, Certified Professional Coach\nlisa@equinealchemy.com\nwww.equinealchemy.com\n845-687-4324
URL:https://eponaquest.com/workshop/equine-alchemy-introductory-experience-way-horse-10/
LOCATION:Raleigh\, North Carolina\, Raleigh\, NC\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop - Intro USA
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SUMMARY:Horse Wisdom on the Authentic Way
DESCRIPTION:Kristin Ames\, BA\, Yoga and Tai Chi Instructor\, Riding Instructor\ninfo@fourdirectionshorsefarm.com\nwww.fourdirectionshorsefarm.com\n970-397-7299
URL:https://eponaquest.com/workshop/horse-wisdom-authentic-way-4/
LOCATION:Nashville\, Tennessee
CATEGORIES:Workshop - Intro USA
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SUMMARY:Horse Medicine Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Wendy Golding\nwendy@horsespiritconnections.com\nwww.horsespiritconnections.com\n905-936-4450
URL:https://eponaquest.com/workshop/horse-medicine-workshop-4/
LOCATION:Toronto area\, Ontario\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Extended Study
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SUMMARY:Dare to Live
DESCRIPTION:Sun Tui\, AI\, EFP\, POH\nadmin@ifeal.me\nwww.ifeal.me\n+44 (0) 1892 770139
URL:https://eponaquest.com/workshop/dare-to-live-5/
LOCATION:Sussex\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Workshop - Intro - International
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SUMMARY:The Five Roles of a Master Herder: A Revolutionary Model for Socially Intelligent Leadership (WORKSHOP FULL)
DESCRIPTION:Introductory Workshop — Facilitated by Linda Kohanov and Molly DePrekel \n  \n\nWhere:  Hold Your Horses • 5265 Woodland Trail • Greenfield\, MN 55357 (Less than 30 minutes from Minneapolis)\nCost: $950 includes lunch and workshop materials\nTime: 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.\nLimited to 10 Participants\nFor More Information or Assistance Registering: info@eponaquest.com or (520) 455-5908\nFor Directions: Please call the Hold Your Horses office at (763)498-0007\n\n  \nNearby Accommodations: \n\n\n\nAsteria Inn & Suites\n521 Willow Dr N\, Long Lake\, MN 55356 • (507) 644-4444 http://www.asteriainn.com/redwoodfalls/\nSheraton Minneapolis West Hotel\n12201 Ridgedale Drive\, Minnetonka\, MN 55305 • (952) 593-0000\nhttp://www.sheratonminneapoliswest.com/\nCountry Inn & Suites by Carlson Minneapolis West\n210 Carlson Pkwy N\, Plymouth\, MN 55447 • (763) 473-3008\nhttps://www.countryinns.com/plymouth-hotel-mn-55447/mnmouth\n\n\n\n  \nWhat might we accomplish if we finally understood how to be powerful\, together? \nIn this engaging 2 day introductory workshop\, bestselling author Linda Kohanov debuts compelling insights and practical tools from her latest book The Five Roles of a Mastery Herder. This innovative model—based on an ancient source of wisdom—offers a much needed perspective on how free\, empowered people can navigate continuously changing social and economic climates. \nLinda’s fifth book looks at traditional herding cultures where tribes must manage large groups of powerful animals without the benefit of fences and very little reliance on restraints. Master Herders exhibit a sophisticated understanding of leadership and group cohesion as they move through seasonal grazing lands\, facing predators\, and dealing with changing climates/resources along the way. This knowledge\, virtually lost to modern “civilized” leaders\, is based on the little-known fact that among cattle and horses\, the herd leader and the herd dominant are often different animals. Furthermore\, group coordination and solidarity are reinforced through companionship\, nurturing\, and sentinel-related\nactivities. \n“Leaders\, Dominants\, Sentinels and Nurturer/Companions are all crucial to herd cohesiveness\,” Linda writes. “The animals themselves tend to play more than one role\, though few are fluent in all the roles. The thing about being human among herbivores ten times your size is that you really do need to perform all these roles well to become a Master Herder\, especially in the great unfenced back-country where freedom abides. Humans also need to separate predatory power from the other four roles. When used consciously and judiciously\, the Predator role keeps life in balance with available resources. But for the most part\, it is important to employ the Dominant\, Leader\, Sentinel and Nurturer/Companion roles in their non-predatory forms.” \nLinda’s professional clients include Nike\, Raytheon\, Kaiser\, and Chubb Insurance. She has also taught this model at universities and conferences in the US and Europe. “It’s amazing what you can accomplish if you know how to employ all of these roles\,” she says. “Understanding the differences between these ‘power tools\,’ and how to combine them has been a revelation to leaders\, teachers\, parents\, clergy; basically anyone interested in accessing the greener pasturers of humanity’s own untapped potential.” \nNo previous horse experience is necessary. \nCancellation Policy: Cancellation up to 30 days prior to the event start date results in a credit of one-half the workshop tuition. There is no tuition credit for a cancellation 30 days or less before the event start date. \n  \nRegister Now
URL:https://eponaquest.com/workshop/five-roles-master-herder-revolutionary-model-socially-intelligent-leadership-2/
LOCATION:Amado\, Arizona
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SUMMARY:Horse Power on Embodying: "Power With"
DESCRIPTION:Kristin Ames\, BA\, Yoga and Tai Chi Instructor\, Riding Instructor\ninfo@fourdirectionshorsefarm.com\nwww.fourdirectionshorsefarm.com\n970-397-7299
URL:https://eponaquest.com/workshop/horse-power-power-not-power-4/
LOCATION:Nashville\, Tennessee
CATEGORIES:Workshop - Intro USA
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170916
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170919
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SUMMARY:Equine Alchemy: An Introductory Experience to the Way of the Horse
DESCRIPTION:Lisa Murrell\, AI\, POH\, Certified Professional Coach\nlisa@equinealchemy.com\nwww.equinealchemy.com\n845-687-4324
URL:https://eponaquest.com/workshop/equine-alchemy-introductory-experience-way-horse-11/
LOCATION:Raleigh\, North Carolina\, Raleigh\, NC\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop - Intro USA
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170919
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SUMMARY:Green Manifestation
DESCRIPTION:Kristin Ames\, BA\, Yoga and Tai Chi Instructor\, Riding Instructor\ninfo@fourdirectionshorsefarm.com\nwww.fourdirectionshorsefarm.com\n970-397-7299
URL:https://eponaquest.com/workshop/green-law-attraction/
LOCATION:Nashville\, Tennessee
CATEGORIES:Extended Study
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170921
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170924
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SUMMARY:Connect with Your Authentic Self
DESCRIPTION:Rosie Withey\, AI\, BHSII Riding Coach\nrosie@horsesasteachers.co.uk\nwww.horsesasteachers.co.uk\n+44 (0) 7775 594294
URL:https://eponaquest.com/workshop/connect-authentic-self-3/
LOCATION:Somerset\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Workshop - Intro - International
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170927
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170929
DTSTAMP:20260409T020759
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SUMMARY:Ancient Wisdom for Modern Families: An Innovative\, Nature-Based Approach to Understanding and Transforming Patterns of Behavior and Communication in Families (1-Day Seminar or 1-Day Seminar & 1-Day Equine Facilitated Learning Demonstration)
DESCRIPTION:  \nFacilitated by Linda Kohanov\, Lauren Loos\, MA\, and Shari Montana \n  \nOne-Day Seminar on the Model and its Advantages for Families \n\nWhen: Wednesday\, September 27\, 2017\nTime: 10 am to 5 pm\nCost: $175 includes lunch\, materials\, and a copy of the Ancient Wisdom workbook\nWhere: MontanaQuest EGS & Horse Sanctuary • River Pines Farm • 120 River Pines Road • Missoula\, Montana  59804\nFor Assistance Registering Contact: info@eponaquest.com • 520-455-5908\nLocal Contact: Shari Montana • shari@montanaquest.com • 406-207-6105\n\n  \nAdd Optional Second Day Demonstration of Related Equine-Facilitated Experiential Activities \n\nWhen: Thursday\, September 28\, 2017\nTime: 10 am to 5 pm\nCost: $275 total for both days\nWhere: MontanaQuest EGS & Horse Sanctuary • River Pines Farm • 120 River Pines Road • Missoula\, Montana  59804\nFor Assistance Registering Contact: info@eponaquest.com • 520-455-5908\nLocal Contact: Shari Montana • shari@montanaquest.com • 406-207-6105\n\n  \nThis two-part training is for therapists\, social workers\, judges\, attorneys\, law enforcement\, equine-facilitated therapy practitioners\, and other professionals who work with families in transition and crisis\, including divorce\, domestic violence and other complex cases. The workshop is also open to parents who are dealing with family challenges. \nLed by author/equine-facilitated learning pioneer Linda Kohanov\, therapist/trauma specialist/equine-facilitated therapy practitioner Lauren Loos\, MA\, and MontanaQuest founder/advanced equine-facilitated learning instructor Shari Montana\, Ancient Wisdom for Modern Families introduces an engaging and effective model for helping parents\, their spouses\, and their children learn how to recognize\, reframe and alter unproductive behavior\, belief\, and communication patterns that inhibit families from leading loving\, mutually supportive lives. \nLinda Kohanov developed the Ancient Families workbook with author/psychologist Rebecca Bailey\, PhD. As a trauma\, abduction\, and family reunification specialist\, Dr. Bailey helps people recover from abuse\, criminal acts\, and divorce. While she has worked with hundreds of individuals and families in crisis\, she is best known as the counselor who helped Jaycee Dugard reunite with her family after Jaycee was rescued in 2009 from a highly publicized 18-year abduction. (Proceeds for the sale of The Ancient Wisdom for Modern Families workbook go to the JAYC Foundation\, which Jaycee founded to assist families in crisis.) \n“Over the years\, I’ve learned that empowered families are crucial to protecting their loved ones to begin with\, for helping survivors of extreme experiences heal\, and for leading the kind of cultural change that prevents violence\,” Dr. Bailey says. “The Ancient Wisdom trainings and interventions provide a unique and often even fun way for people to learn more constructive ways of handling everyday challenges as well as the more difficult situations that families must sometimes deal with.” \nFive Roles \nThe Ancient Wisdom model is based on five styles of power/social influence active in groups of humans and animals that can either work at odds with each other\, or enhance the wellbeing of the entire “herd” or “tribe.” \n“Most people prefer to use one or two roles\, and ignore or even abdicate the others\,” Linda Kohanov observes. “The tendency to overspecialize\, however\, gives rise to unproductive behaviors. But as my colleagues and I discovered in studies of power dynamics throughout history and across multiple cultures and species\, there is another way.” \n“Over thousands of years\, tribes that cared for large\, unrestrained animals developed a multi-faceted\, socially intelligent form of leadership combining these five roles\,” she explains. “In understanding the differences between the Dominant\, Leader\, Nurturer/Companion\, Sentinel\, and Predator roles\, herders were able to capture the unique power of each. In the process\, they created a fluid vocabulary of interventions that allowed interspecies communities to move across vast landscapes. These people had to deal with predators and changing climates\, protecting and nurturing the herd while keeping these massive\, gregarious\, sometimes aggressive animals together — without the benefit of fences and with very little reliance on restraints.” \nLinda summarized the research leading to the creation of this model in her 2013 book The Power of the Herd. “These richly nuanced skills were lost when humanity moved toward a sedentary\, city-based lifestyle\,” she says. “Even so\, when applied to modern situations\, these ancient principles can help us harness the talents and creativity of individuals\, families\, and entire communities.” \nWith this goal in mind\, Linda created the term “master herder” to describe a strong\, compassionate\, well-balanced leader who also acts as a caretaker and guardian. Such a person has to master five roles of power and social influence\, using them fluidly\, interchangeably\, as needed. The model was so well received internationally that it necessitated the writing of The Five Roles of a Master Herder book\, published in 2016. \nOver the last four years\, Linda has also worked with Dr. Bailey to adapt it specifically to the needs of families in conflict and transition. This led to the creation of the Ancient Wisdom for Modern Families workbook in 2017. Linda and Rebecca now tour together and separately to share this model with therapists\, law enforcement personnel\, and others who work with families in crisis and transition\, as well as with the parents and children themselves. \nAncient Wisdom in Montana \nFor the Missoula workshop\, Linda will team up with longstanding colleagues Lauren Loos\, MA\, and Shari Montana\, both of whom have worked extensively with this model in different contexts: as an in-office counseling and psycho-social learning tool\, and as an powerful equine-facilitated experiential learning modality. \nIn Part One\, a one-day workshop on Wednesday\, September 27\, participants will learn how the model and accompanying workbook can help parents and children learn how to employ these roles effectively. During the optional Day Two segment on Thursday\, September 28\, Linda\, Lauren and Shari will demonstrate how families can quickly become more proficient in the productive behaviors of each role through experiential learning activities with horses. \n“Many of the productive as well as the unproductive behaviors listed in this workbook are also seen in groups of social animals\, which is why experiential learning activities with horses are so effective in helping families understand the behaviors and learn the related skills\,” Dr. Bailey says. “Realizing that certain behaviors are universal\, not personal\, gives people a constructive view of conflicts that occur when family members employ natural behaviors in unconscious and unbalanced ways. Individuals\, groups and families can learn from a perspective that is non-blaming and solution focused.” \n“The Ancient Wisdom model helps people realize that many unproductive behaviors are in fact instinctual\, and therefore not intentionally malevolent\,” Linda adds.  “This perspective alone can help people to avoid shaming and blaming each other. In studying this model under the direction of a trained counselor or educator\, people can also learn how to hold family members accountable for hurtful actions while encouraging them to adopt the more productive behaviors inherent in each role. The goal is to help each individual parent become a compassionate\, empowered ‘master herder\,’ one capable of employing the strengths of all five roles fluidly\, as needed. These skills also help parents teach their children how to contain and channel their power for the good of the family and larger social system.” \n  \nRegister Now
URL:https://eponaquest.com/workshop/ancient-wisdom-modern-families-innovative-nature-based-approach-understanding-transforming-patterns-behavior-communication-families-2/
LOCATION:Missoula\, Montana
CATEGORIES:Workshop - Linda
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170929
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170930
DTSTAMP:20260409T020759
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SUMMARY:Balance of Power: Leading Change in an Unpredictable World
DESCRIPTION:One-Day Seminar — Facilitated by Linda Kohanov and Shari Montana\n\nLearn a nature-based approach to leadership that transforms aggression\, builds trust\, empowers people\, and inspires them to work together for a better future.\n\nWhen: Friday\, September 29\, 2017\n\nWhere: MontanaQuest EGS & Horse Sanctuary • River Pines Farm • 120 River Pines Road • Missoula\, Montana  59804\n\nHours: 9:30 am to 5 pm\n\nCost: $150 — Includes lunch and materials\n\nLocal Contact: Shari Montana • shari@montanaquest.com • 406-207-6105\n\nFor Assistance Registering Contact: info@eponaquest.com • 520-455-5908\n\n \n\nIn this powerful one-day workshop\, bestselling author Linda Kohanov shares compelling insights and practical tools from her 2016 book The Five Roles of a Mastery Herder. This innovative model—based on an ancient source of wisdom—offers a much-needed perspective on how free\, empowered people can navigate continuously changing social and economic climates.\n\nLinda’s fifth book draws on the time-tested practices of traditional herding cultures where tribes must manage large groups of powerful animals without the benefit of fences and very little reliance on restraints. Master Herders exhibit a sophisticated understanding of leadership and group cohesion as they move through seasonal grazing lands\, facing predators\, and dealing with changing climates/resources along the way. This knowledge\, virtually lost to modern “civilized” leaders\, is based on the little-known fact that among cattle and horses\, the herd leader and the herd dominant are often different animals\, even when humans are not involved. Furthermore\, group coordination and solidarity are reinforced through companionship\, nurturing\, and sentinel-related activities.\n\n“Leaders\, Dominants\, Sentinels and Nurturer/Companions are all crucial to herd cohesiveness\,” Linda writes. “The animals themselves tend to play more than one role\, though few are fluent in all the roles. The thing about being human among herbivores ten times your size is that you really do need to perform all these roles well to become a Master Herder\, especially in the great unfenced back-country where freedom abides. Humans also need to separate predatory power from the other four roles. When used consciously and judiciously\, the Predator role keeps life in balance with available resources. But for the most part\, it is important to employ the Dominant\, Leader\, Sentinel and Nurturer/Companion roles in their non-predatory forms.”\n\nLinda’s professional clients include Nike\, Raytheon\, and Chubb Insurance\, as well as a number of credit unions and social service agencies. She has also taught this model at universities and conferences throughout the US and Europe. “It’s amazing what you can accomplish if you know how to employ all of these roles\,” she says. “Understanding the differences between these ‘power tools\,’ and how to combine them has been a revelation to leaders\, teachers\, parents\, clergy; basically anyone interested in accessing the greener pastures of humanity’s own untapped potential.”\n\nThe Balance of Power workshop explores the strengths and challenges of all five roles\, in part through engaging demonstrations with horses\, showing how people can take these skills back to the human world. No horse experience\, or previous interest in horses\, is necessary. You will:\n\n 	Take the Master Herder Professional Assessment and receive coaching in how to interpret the results.\n 	Discover the benefits and challenges of each role\, as well as why balancing all five the roles is necessary to success in your personal as well as professional life.\n 	Learn innovative skills for handling conflict and for motivating and empowering others.\n\nThis workshop offers innovative tools for executives\, managers\, and coaches\, as well as people who work in non-profit\, social service\, political and community- based organizations. Equestrians will explore the advantages of employing this model with horses. Parents and teachers will discover the benefits of balancing all five roles in working with and caring for children of all ages.\n\n \n\nRegister Now
URL:https://eponaquest.com/workshop/balance-power-leading-change-unpredictable-world-2/
LOCATION:Missoula\, Montana
CATEGORIES:Workshop - Linda
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170930
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171002
DTSTAMP:20260409T020759
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LAST-MODIFIED:20170102T192855Z
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SUMMARY:Discover Your Inner Self
DESCRIPTION:Wendy Golding\nwendy@horsespiritconnections.com\nwww.horsespiritconnections.com\n905-936-4450
URL:https://eponaquest.com/workshop/discover-inner-self-5/
LOCATION:Toronto area\, Ontario\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Workshop - Intro - International
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170930
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171003
DTSTAMP:20260409T020759
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SUMMARY:The Heart of Evolution: Exploring the Hidden History and Untapped Potential of the Human-Animal Bond (Half-Day Seminar or Half-Day Seminar & 2-Day Experiential Program)
DESCRIPTION:Facilitated by Linda Kohanov \n  \nHalf-Day Seminar  \n\nWhen: Saturday\, September 30\, 2017\nTime: 1:00 to 5:00 p.m.\nCost: $45.00 — 1/2 day program only\nWhere: MontanaQuest EGS & Horse Sanctuary • River Pines Farm • 120 River Pines Road • Missoula\, Montana  59804\nFor Assistance Registering Contact: info@eponaquest.com • 520-455-5908\nLocal Contact: Shari Montana • shari@montanaquest.com • 406-207-6105\n\n  \nHalf-Day Seminar & 2-Day Experiential Program \n\nWhen: Saturday\, September 30\, 2017 and Sunday and Monday\, Oct. 1 and 2\, 2017\nTime: 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. (Sept. 30\, 2017) and 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day (Oct. 1-2\, 2017)\nCost: $800 (3-day program)\nWhere: MontanaQuest EGS & Horse Sanctuary • River Pines Farm • 120 River Pines Road • Missoula\, Montana  59804\nFor Assistance Registering Contact: info@eponaquest.com • 520-455-5908\nLocal Contact: Shari Montana • shari@montanaquest.com • 406-207-6105\n\n  \nIn this moving\, at times paradigm-altering seminar\, bestselling author Linda Kohanov shares some of her latest\, and in many cases\, surprising insights on the power of the human-animal bond. Through evocative images and moving case studies from around the world\, she combines compelling historical\, archeological\, biochemical\, and behavioral research to illuminate a process of mutual transformation that challenges all our previous notions of how and why our ancestors formed close partnerships with animals. \nAs she reveals in her latest book The Five Roles of a Master Herder\, growing evidence on the development of the human-animal bond “suggests that the tendency to seek connection\, and to offer as well as request mutual aid across species lines\, is a part of nature\, that ‘life’ does in fact ‘favor and protect life.’ From this perspective\, the human-animal bond is not a by-product of civilization or a contrived innovation; it is the heart of evolution in action.” The two-day experiential workshop builds upon the ground-breaking research presented in the Saturday seminar\, putting theory into action that will change your relationships with animals\, people\, and nature itself. \nGround-breaking! Linda peers into windows of the past to unravel the enigma of how we first came to live alongside wild animals (who were later domesticated). I found myself on the edge of my seat throughout\, celebrating confirmation of my own thoughts and enlightened by Linda’s new and exciting theories.\n— Laura Williams\, Conservation Writer\, Founder of Humans and Horses and Senior Advisor WWF Russia \nOnce again Linda has combined her meticulous research methodology and keen insight to bring us a new lens through which we can see\, understand and experience our relationships with animals\, both domesticated and wild. At a time when all forms of media appear to be dividing us from each other and our natural world\, it is indeed a tonic to be reminded of our deep-rooted evolutionary connection to all living beings.\n— Francie Kilborne\, Attorney \n  \nRegister Now
URL:https://eponaquest.com/workshop/heart-evolution-exploring-hidden-history-untapped-potential-human-animal-bond/
LOCATION:Missoula\, Montana
CATEGORIES:Workshop - Linda
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171009
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171013
DTSTAMP:20260409T020759
CREATED:20161115T004915Z
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SUMMARY:Horse Power on Embodying Power With
DESCRIPTION:Kristin Ames\, BA\, Yoga and Tai Chi Instructor\, Riding Instructor\ninfo@fourdirectionshorsefarm.com\nwww.fourdirectionshorsefarm.com\n970-397-7299
URL:https://eponaquest.com/workshop/horse-power-power-not-power/
LOCATION:Nashville\, Tennessee
CATEGORIES:Extended Study
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171021
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171023
DTSTAMP:20260409T020759
CREATED:20161115T011312Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161115T011312Z
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SUMMARY:Walking in Balance Through Way of the Horse
DESCRIPTION:Kristin Ames\, BA\, Yoga and Tai Chi Instructor\, Riding Instructor\ninfo@fourdirectionshorsefarm.com\nwww.fourdirectionshorsefarm.com\n970-397-7299
URL:https://eponaquest.com/workshop/walking-balance-way-horse-3/
LOCATION:Nashville\, Tennessee
CATEGORIES:Workshop - Intro USA
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171027
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171030
DTSTAMP:20260409T020759
CREATED:20170608T173623Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170806T154455Z
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SUMMARY:Healing with Horses
DESCRIPTION:Tara Coyote\, BA\, POH\, Certified Pilates Instructor\ntara@windhorsesanctuary.com\nwww.windhorsesanctuary.com\n530-432-9507
URL:https://eponaquest.com/workshop/embracing-shadow-reclaiming-light/
LOCATION:Nevada City\, California
CATEGORIES:Workshop - Intro USA
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171028
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171030
DTSTAMP:20260409T020759
CREATED:20170102T194350Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170102T194350Z
UID:2874-1509148800-1509321599@eponaquest.com
SUMMARY:Heart Connection Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Wendy Golding\nwendy@horsespiritconnections.com\nwww.horsespiritconnections.com\n905-936-4450
URL:https://eponaquest.com/workshop/heart-connection-workshop/
LOCATION:Toronto area\, Ontario\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Workshop - Intro - International
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171028
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171031
DTSTAMP:20260409T020759
CREATED:20161216T205413Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170817T173918Z
UID:2845-1509148800-1509407999@eponaquest.com
SUMMARY:Equine Alchemy: An Introductory Experience to the Way of the Horse
DESCRIPTION:Lisa Murrell\, AI\, POH\, Certified Professional Coach\nlisa@equinealchemy.com\nwww.equinealchemy.com\n845-687-4324
URL:https://eponaquest.com/workshop/equine-alchemy-introductory-experience-way-horse-12/
LOCATION:Raleigh\, North Carolina\, Raleigh\, NC\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop - Intro USA
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171102
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171105
DTSTAMP:20260409T020759
CREATED:20170418T165103Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170418T165118Z
UID:3150-1509580800-1509839999@eponaquest.com
SUMMARY:Connect with Your Authentic Self
DESCRIPTION:Rosie Withey\, AI\, BHSII Riding Coach\nrosie@horsesasteachers.co.uk\nwww.horsesasteachers.co.uk\n+44 (0) 7775 594294
URL:https://eponaquest.com/workshop/connect-authentic-self-4/
LOCATION:Somerset\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Workshop - Intro - International
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171111
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171113
DTSTAMP:20260409T020759
CREATED:20161115T011434Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161115T011434Z
UID:2740-1510358400-1510531199@eponaquest.com
SUMMARY:Horse Wisdom on the Authentic Way
DESCRIPTION:Kristin Ames\, BA\, Yoga and Tai Chi Instructor\, Riding Instructor\ninfo@fourdirectionshorsefarm.com\nwww.fourdirectionshorsefarm.com\n970-397-7299
URL:https://eponaquest.com/workshop/horse-wisdom-authentic-way-5/
LOCATION:Nashville\, Tennessee
CATEGORIES:Workshop - Intro USA
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171209
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171211
DTSTAMP:20260409T020759
CREATED:20161115T011552Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170720T215911Z
UID:2741-1512777600-1512950399@eponaquest.com
SUMMARY:Horse Power on Embodying: "Power With"
DESCRIPTION:Kristin Ames\, BA\, Yoga and Tai Chi Instructor\, Riding Instructor\ninfo@fourdirectionshorsefarm.com\nwww.fourdirectionshorsefarm.com\n970-397-7299
URL:https://eponaquest.com/workshop/horse-power-power-not-power-5/
LOCATION:Nashville\, Tennessee
CATEGORIES:Workshop - Intro USA
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180112
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180116
DTSTAMP:20260409T020759
CREATED:20170210T003114Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211214T234036Z
UID:2957-1515715200-1516060799@eponaquest.com
SUMMARY:The Power Behind Nonviolence: Horse Sense for Challenging Times
DESCRIPTION:Introductory or Advanced — Facilitated by Linda Kohanov\n\nTime: 9:30 am to 5:30 pm\n\nCost: $1800 (includes lunch and workshop materials)\n\n \nIf you are neutral in situations of injustice\, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.\nDesmond Tutu\nSignificant social change is not going to occur until sensitive\, caring people become empowered rather than overwhelmed. We need thoughtful\, compassionate individuals to enter situations where suffering and conflict proliferate\, and show a different form of strength\, one that holds people accountable without becoming abusive. Otherwise we will continue to see frustrated\, disillusioned teenagers acting out violently\, bullies stirring up fear to gain control\, and sociopaths callously thriving at others’ expense.\nLinda Kohanov\n \n\n \n\nThe Power Behind Nonviolence brings horse sense to human situations. Best selling author and equine-facilitated learning pioneer Linda Kohanov shows how the skills she accessed to rehabilitate a dangerous formerly abused stallion can be translated into communicating effectively with challenging people.\n\nIn doing research for her fourth book The Power of the Herd ten years after she first formed a partnership with a volatile horse named Midnight Merlin\, Linda realized that gaining the trust of an aggressive stallion was an ancient power story. Alexander the Great\, the Buddha\, and George Washington were among those talented horsemen renowned for calming violent horses that no one else could touch\, skills they also used to calm and focus groups of frightened or aggressive people. Based on twenty-five years experience training horses\, and twenty years teaching personal and professional development skills to people from around the world\, Linda has adapted these “horse whispering” principles to human contexts.\n\nThis seminar is for anyone who wants to learn new ways to transform interpersonal conflict\, power struggles\, bullying\, and other challenges at home\, school\, and work\, as well as in political\, religious\, or social activism contexts. You’ll learn to engage compassionately with others while holding them accountable for unproductive behavior\, creating constructive alternatives to interactions that normally result in shame\, blame\, and retaliation. And you’ll learn how to negotiate blocks to success while keeping your heart and mind open\, allowing you to tap the power\, vision\, and courage to follow your dreams.\n\n“At home\, school\, work\, and most definitely in politics\, we often find ourselves standing by\, watching nasty altercations we can neither predict nor stop\, knee-jerk reactions that start unnecessary battles that sometimes do erupt in shootings\, beatings\, and large scale acts of terrorism\,” Linda says. “It’s not enough to ask\, ‘Why can’t we all just get along?’ We must make some serious culture-wide efforts to ask\, ‘How can we all get along.’ To even attempt to answer this question\, we must stop playing the victim and demonizing others. We must stand up to aggressors\, some of who also see themselves as victims of past injustice (and occasionally truly are). And we must resist the urge to use shame as a weapon. To do this we need power combined with compassion. We need to exercise emotional heroism.”\n\nIn peace and in war\, George Washington exhibited emotional heroism\, advising his closest associates to “Let your heart feel for the affliction and distress of everyone.” Dealing with the pain and resentment experienced in his own war-torn country 200 years later\, the Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh observed that ‘When another person makes you suffer\, it is because he suffers deeply in himself….Happiness and safety are not an individual matter. His happiness and safety are crucial to your happiness and safety.”\n\n“No one made this controversial notion more apparent to me than my stallion Merlin\,” Linda emphasizes. “Misunderstanding and punishment created the monster he became. I knew I would never be safe around him until his trauma was transformed\, not through naive\, ‘it’s not his fault’ indulgence\, but through a heroic use of power combined with mindfulness\, compassion\, and self-control. Whenever I achieved this balanced state of power in myself\, Merlin would shift from violence to thoughtfulness and respect\, learning over time to trust feelings of safety\, connection\, affection\, and wellbeing. If a horse can achieve this\, why can’t we?”\n\nThis workshop is for leaders\, teachers\, parents\, counselors\, health care workers\, clergy\, social activists\, first-responders\, law enforcement personnel\, and people who work or live with those who act out in aggressive or intensely fearful ways at times\, including trauma survivors\, soldiers and veterans with post-traumatic stress\, and their spouses and other family members.\n\nNo horse experience or previous interest in horses is necessary. The workshop employs safe and fun ground activities with specially trained horses to help you exercise the confidence and nonviolent power you need to effectively transform interpersonal challenges into trust building\, problem solving experiences.\n\n \n\nIn this workshop\, you will learn how to:\n\n 	Foster trust\, respect\, and connection in challenging situations\n 	Help others manage fear and anxiety in times of significant change or competition\n 	Recognize the antiquated\, often unconscious power plays that people engage in regardless of culture\, religion\, nationality\, or social status\n 	Employ nonverbal and conversational techniques for diffusing conflict and gaining cooperation from dominant\, confused\, frightened or aggressive people\n 	Use emotions as information in professional situations (without ironically discussing the emotions themselves)\n 	Develop emotional heroism\, that rare combination of power and compassion\, courage and self-control\, accountability and forgiveness that great secular and religious leaders throughout history used to create significant social change\n\nDo You Have Question?: Contact the Eponaquest office at 520-455-5908 or info@eponaquest.com\n\nCancellation Policy: Cancellation up to 30 days prior to the event start date results in a credit of one-half the workshop tuition. There is no tuition credit for a cancellation 30 days or less before the event start date.\n\n \n\nRegister Now\n\n 
URL:https://eponaquest.com/workshop/power-behind-nonviolence-horse-sense-challenging-times/
LOCATION:Amado\, Arizona\, Amado\, AZ\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop - Linda
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180120
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180122
DTSTAMP:20260409T020759
CREATED:20171113T002931Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171113T002931Z
UID:3592-1516406400-1516579199@eponaquest.com
SUMMARY:Firehorse Wisdom – Unlock Your Potential Through the Way of the Horse
DESCRIPTION:Karen Curnow\ninfo@firehorse-efl.com.au\nwww.firehorse-efl.com.au\n+61 3 (0)419 882 320
URL:https://eponaquest.com/workshop/firehorse-wisdom-unlock-potential-way-horse-2/
LOCATION:Gisborne\, Victoria\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Workshop - Intro - International
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180120
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180123
DTSTAMP:20260409T020759
CREATED:20180114T204415Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180114T204415Z
UID:3702-1516406400-1516665599@eponaquest.com
SUMMARY:Equine Alchemy: An Introductory Experience to the Way of the Horse
DESCRIPTION:Lisa Murrell\, AI\, POH\, Certified Professional Coach\nlisa@equinealchemy.com\nwww.equinealchemy.com\n845-687-4324
URL:https://eponaquest.com/workshop/equine-alchemy-introductory-experience-way-horse-15/
LOCATION:Atlanta\, Georgia
CATEGORIES:Workshop - Intro USA
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180213
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180216
DTSTAMP:20260409T020759
CREATED:20180114T204725Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180114T204725Z
UID:3705-1518480000-1518739199@eponaquest.com
SUMMARY:Equine Alchemy: An Introductory Experience to the Way of the Horse
DESCRIPTION:Lisa Murrell\, AI\, POH\, Certified Professional Coach\nlisa@equinealchemy.com\nwww.equinealchemy.com\n845-687-4324
URL:https://eponaquest.com/workshop/equine-alchemy-introductory-experience-way-horse-16/
LOCATION:Albuquerque\, New Mexico
CATEGORIES:Workshop - Intro USA
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180215
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180217
DTSTAMP:20260409T020759
CREATED:20180120T222600Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180120T222600Z
UID:3728-1518652800-1518825599@eponaquest.com
SUMMARY:Live Life
DESCRIPTION:Sun Tui\, AI\, EFP\, POH\nadmin@ifeal.me\nwww.ifeal.me\n+44 (0) 1892 770139
URL:https://eponaquest.com/workshop/live-life-3/
LOCATION:Sussex\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Workshop - Intro - International
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180222
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180225
DTSTAMP:20260409T020759
CREATED:20171120T210344Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171120T210344Z
UID:3599-1519257600-1519516799@eponaquest.com
SUMMARY:Connect with your Authentic Self
DESCRIPTION:Rosie Withey\, AAI\, BHSII Riding Coach\nrosie@horsesasteachers.co.uk\nwww.horsesasteachers.co.uk\n+44 (0) 7775 594294
URL:https://eponaquest.com/workshop/connect-authentic-self-5/
LOCATION:Somerset\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Workshop - Intro - International
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180225
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180303
DTSTAMP:20260409T020759
CREATED:20180110T194541Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180110T195227Z
UID:3677-1519516800-1520035199@eponaquest.com
SUMMARY:The Secrets of the Wild Horses
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Caroline Burrow\, Clinical Psychologist & Eponaquest Instructor\, EFL & Anita Ingebriktsvold\, Health Coach\, EFL\, Yoga Instructor\, Horse Trainer\nnorthern.meadow.therapy@gmail.com or eponita100@gmail.com\nwww.myrslottet.no/eponaquest-st-vincent-2018 or www.facebook.com/NorthernMeadowTherapy/\n+44 7580 644122
URL:https://eponaquest.com/workshop/secrets-wild-horses/
LOCATION:St. Vincent\, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (Caribbean)
CATEGORIES:Workshop - Intro - International
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180315
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180319
DTSTAMP:20260409T020759
CREATED:20180114T204954Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180119T203347Z
UID:3706-1521072000-1521417599@eponaquest.com
SUMMARY:Equine Alchemy: An Introductory Experience to the Way of the Horse
DESCRIPTION:Lisa Murrell\, AI\, POH\, Certified Professional Coach\nlisa@equinealchemy.com\nwww.equinealchemy.com\n845-687-4324
URL:https://eponaquest.com/workshop/equine-alchemy-introductory-experience-way-horse-17/
LOCATION:Atlanta\, Georgia
CATEGORIES:Workshop - Intro USA
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