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ALOHA - Had some bad luck this week, just heard from my friends in PA that due to a horse rescue having claims on the mother of the horse I want to bring to New Zealand, I cannot have her. Seems a pity with so many horses like these beautiful mustangs below needing a good and caring home, but that is the way laws work. So I have put that bit of sadness away and someday I will fall in love with another horse, that I can spend my retirement with in New Zealand. Interesting to see that my main man Willie Nelson along with Sheryl Crow have gone to bat for the wild mustangs. Wonderful, maybe I should become a singer so that people will listen to what I have to say about educating people to help horses. Just look at these unique animals in this shot, once again beautiful creatures of nature dragged into our world without thought or consideration of the stress and trauma that we put them through, and while the shot itself may be beautiful, look through the steam behind the horses and you can see their prison bars, and then look deep in their eyes and then see what you feel. Ultimately the eyes tell it all. Willie Nelson, one of the greatest song writers of our time said these immortal words when talking about the people who are behind this rape of the mustang "Why are there more horses asses than there are horses?" Touche' Willie, please write a song about it. |
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LEVEL 1 IN NEW ZEALAND. Next weekend 5, 6, 7 February I head down to teach a Foundation Clinic as well as catch up with Denyse Cambie at her property in the sky looking down on Mt Maunganui. She has her horse ranch up on top of the mountains that surround Tauranga. A beautiful spot though sometimes just as windy as our new home on top of Mt Tiger, north of Whangarei. Denyse has a great facility, both indoor and outdoor and as I write there are a couple of places left on the clinic, anyone who is interested please contact Denyse at Email: denyse.cambie@trustpower.co.nz also remember if you wish to repeat Level 1 you may do so at half price. |
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ANOTHER DISSECTION CLINIC FOR CHRISTCHURCH ? Due to several requests we are currently looking at holding another Dissection Clinic in Christchurch either in April or early May just before we leave for our Northern hemisphere tour. Although its in the formative stages at the moment, it is planed to hold it once again at Lincoln University, provided the amphitheater is free. Watch this space for information over the next few weeks. |
QUESTION AND ANSWERS
Q: What can I do? I am continually frustrated and get very angry when I am called to work on a horse. the horse is in pain, I help it and then within, sometimes, 1 hour the rider, usually a young girl, is back in the saddle undoing all the good work I have done and hurting the horse once again. I really want to cry. What do you advise I should do? |
SPOTLIGHT ON AUSTRALIA |
Advanced Clinics in Wagga Wagga - February 11, 12, 13, 14 Contact Janis Hobbs at: equinetouch@hotkey.net.au Level 3 with Ivana - 11, 12, 13, 14 - four days intense theory/practical Level 4 with Jock - 11, 12, 13 - three days Equine Touch and Beyond Prescription and layering with Jock - 14 - one day master class March 9, 10, 11, 12 VHT/ET for Humans Basic & Advanced Contact: Susan Wyatt at naturalsavvy@iprimus.com.au |
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A: Join the club! This is the biggest complaint and the most important question I receive from practitioners and students from all over the world. It is our nightmare, and the nightmare of all equine bodyworkers who put the quality of life of the horse ahead of the ambition and agenda of the rider. Just a few weeks ago, Ivana and I worked on a horse together, and agreed that the horse had undergone such physical trauma and was in so much pain that it should not be ridden for at least 12 weeks. The owner an 18 year old with a butt as big as the horse, moaned out loud "But I want to ride her this weekend, its not fair". Aaagh! What do we do indeed? Each of us have our own personalities and we must adapt them to every situation. My personality is such that I want to pick the kid up (by the scruff of the neck), and tell her, rather menacingly "You will not ride that horse for 12 weeks, and during that time take off 50lbs". However that approach is not PC (not that I ever am PC) perhaps if it is a similar situation,it would be better if you talk to the young girl's parents, the trainer, the stable owner and point out the extreme pain the horse is in or the extent of the problem from your point of view. If you are working in conjunction with a vet, let the vet know what you have found and pass the buck. Once again I would be very complementary in the way I talk about the horse, how good he is, how smart, and then when you have the owner/rider on your side, tell them that if it was your horse you would allow him to rest, or turn him out for the period of time to recover and state that you are certain the vet would agree with you. The only other thing I can say is "Good Luck". |
STOP PRESS AUSTRALIA - WA - Level 1 |
Just in this morning, enquiries for me to come over to WA and hold a level 1 clinic in Bodington. April 9, 10, 11 This is a first time venue. The host is Linda Dix Email: mitchelldrafting@hotmail.com you can also contact her on 08 9734 2810 or 0147 479 634. As this is a new one, let's make it a good one, please let your friends know. |
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VHT CLINICS IN AUSTRALIA |
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Due to the increasing demand to learn and teach VHT for humans we are going into a whole new robust and regulated program in order to present the best practitioners possible. We will be holding the last of the old style clinics in VIC on March, 9, 10, 11, 12 - These four days will cover the foundation clinic, then on the 11th and 12th, advanced students will, which we will be starting teaching in Australia from January 2011, all of this work will be broken down into six modules and taught as it is being done in the Northern Hemisphere at the present moment. This will then give us a credible worldwide standard of recognition to aim for and which instructors will be recruited and trained, in our all new VHT Instructor program scheduled to start in Europe this summer. In either November or December of this year we will be holding a VHT Instructor Clinic in Australia so that once again we have Australians looking after Australians. We will be starting the VHT instructor program in Australia slightly differently, taking it in two stages. #1 VHT for Family and Friends, on the 13th of March we will be holding a seminar in WA for VHT advanced students and practitioners who are interested in not only learning this new simple yet extremely powerful 'mini me' version of VHT, but in teaching it. This is an excellent prequel to becoming a fully certificated VHT instructor as not only will it give you experience in teaching, but will let you test the waters to learn what your market and potential may be in teaching the complete VHT system. . If you are genuinely interested in receiving more information regarding the Australian/New Zealand VH Instructor Program then please contact us through Email: ETFpanel@aol.com If you wish to book on any of these above VHT Clinics please contact Susan Wyatt at: naturalsavvy@iprimus.com.au
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NEW ZEALAND UPDATE CONNECTED RIDING CLINIC: Ivana and I are proud to sponsor a Connected Riding clinic at in Whangarei City Riding Centre on the 10th and 11th of April, with licensed instructor Trisha Wren. Over the years of traveling the world we have never been more impressed with any riding technique than that pioneered by Peggy Cummings, who we had the pleasure to meet and observe a few weeks ago in Auckland. This is a technique of riding that every person who says they care about the horse should learn. The participants are taught collectively and individually throughout the class. This is a stunning, gentle and awe inspiring technique for riders at all levels, who wish to improve their relationship and understanding of the role of connecting with their horse. Don't miss this clinic. $200 only for two days. Auditors welcome - $35 per day. Connected Riding is Officially Endorsed by the Equine Touch Foundation. LEVEL 1 WHANGAREI : Ivana and I will be holding a Level 1 Clinic at the Whangarei City Riding Center, Whangarei on Friday 30 April. and Saturday/Sunday 1 May. Please let your uninitiated friends know, and as it has been at least four years since we held a clinic up North remember you can always repeat this class at a reduced fee. For information ph (09) 4360 911 or email Jock at: equinetouchinc@aol.com. This will be the last Level 1 that we will be teaching in New Zealand this trip as we leave for the USA and Europe o the 12th of May.
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TIP: The Neutral Place. The horse moves away from you, its worried abut your hands, its always cocking its leg to cow kick when you go to 'pop the cap'. It pulls its head up when you go to do the atlas move. Perhaps its reacting to anticipated pain, perhaps it is fear, perhaps it is your hands, or perhaps, it is your intent. The rule is that your integrity should always lead your intent - the case being when you have a horse which is concerned, afraid, suspicious, then if you walk into its space with an incorrect intent, (no matter how noble), sticking out in front of you you will surely lose. Always try to put your own memories of similar circumstances in your head, work these feelings out in your quiet times. Think of the times someone has come to help you, perhaps with an osteopathic manipulation, you knew their intention (no matter how noble), so you resisted and fear arose. Then think of the therapist who comes from a neutral place, who works on you in a manner where you do not even know that she is in fact working on you, her focus and intent masked by the integrity of her work, no fear arises, or any that was there, has diminished. Perhaps her intent was not to perform the move, but to get you to allow her, even to ask her to help you. So let it be with the horse, come from the neutral place accept with detachment that negativity which the horse presents, and make certain that your intent is the correct one for that specific situation. Ray Hunt 'The legend' "It is not what you can do to the horse that counts, it is what the horse will allow you to do to it, that is of consequence'. |
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| Till next time - Keep touchin' Jock | |