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With the horse as teacher and guide you gain presence, awareness of self and awareness of how you impact others. Learn how to deliver horse guided sessions with intuition, professionalism, confidence and deep connection to the horse. Learn from the best while going at your own pace in this program that is specifically designed to meet your needs.
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For those fully trained in Equine Guided Education and struggling to launch their businesses see our new program EGE Business Launch.
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Benefits to you
With the WHC apprenticeship program you get a self-directed, individualized program that delivers the following:
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Over 24 hours of individual 1-1 coaching (12 hours with the horses), including 8 hours of supervision where you practice with your own clients
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3-day workshop ($695 value included in the price of the program) where you learn to facilitate and deliver equine-guided workshops.
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Unlimited opportunities to assist at workshops
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Exposure to and experience with other trainers of this work to help you define YOUR unique approach and client niche.
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Structure of support for many other learning opportunities (reading, web searches, questions, networking, coaching, horse skills and more)
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Three community gatherings to bring you together with other apprentices and celebrate your learning.
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The benefit of learning from TWO leading equine-guided coaches and educators Lynn Baskfield and Ann Romberg
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In the Wisdom Horse customized Apprenticeship program I created the support I needed to develop practical and spiritual horse sense, participated in real-time corporate and personal coaching sessions and developed a skill set that has served me in creating life changing workshops and rich one-on-one client work. Ann and Lynn are excellent coaches and horsewomen whose commitment and expertise in this work is making a huge difference in the world. Thank you, both!"
- Monique Morimoto Flaherty - 2010 Graduate, Soulworks Coaching |
The results are much like taking a self-designed, self-study program at a University vs. taking a prescribed course of study
Apprenticeships are individualized to meet your needs. They build on your existing professional training and horse experience and create new learning opportunities in the competencies you need training in. The learning takes place within a coaching structure, uses experiential learning methods and utilizes additional outside training and development.
Competencies you will gain:
Human skills–Coaching skills (certification or strong experience) and facilitation skills are a must for this work along with an understanding of body language. People with teaching, OD or psychotherapy backgrounds come with strong skills which are easily augmented with a coach training. Others can choose from a variety of accredited coach training courses to gain sufficient competency in this area.
Horse/human skills – The ability to facilitate learning by cross-referencing what you see in the horses with what you observe in the client; from there providing an open-ended, solution-focused framework for learning.
Horse skills– Strong foundation of horse experience (in other words, the ability to anticipate and handle strong reactions from horses, respond to subtle responses from horses, and maintain safety for participants.) If you have little horse experience when you enroll, you will acquire more in the first two-thirds of your program. You will also learn how to partner with a horse professional to provide a balance of skills.
Because most people are light in one or two areas of competence, we design the program based on what YOU need to learn. We co-design the program with you, provide ongoing coaching to keep you on track and provide other support as needed. You assist us at workshops and we supervise your initial work with clients. In addition, at additional expense, you get direct training from other sources (e.g. Coaches Training Institute, Strozzi Ranch, EAGALA, horsemanship classes, reading books, web site design classes, etc.) which you will integrate into your apprenticeship.
We also help you get clear about your business niche, how you want to serve people with this work and who you want to serve. Those who come in with strong core skills may want to focus on building their practices during one of their phases.
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Thank you both for the opportunity that you shared with me in becoming an Equine Guided Educator. This experience has brought me a wealth of knowledge, information and skills that I did not have a year ago. My life has been enriched in many ways through both of you and especially the horses!
Michael Palosaari - 2011 Graduate
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When you can start and cost
Our year long programs begin February 1, June 1 or October 1 of each year and consist of three phases of four months each. The cost is $6000.
Call (612) 823-7022 or EMAIL to discuss your needs and how our program can work for you.
Other Good Things to Know
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Our apprentices come from all over. To accommodate those who must travel from other states or other parts of the world, we include one or two intensives during each of their apprenticeship phases. In this way, they can combine their assisting agreement with two or three sessions of equine-guided coaching while they are here and make the most of their travels.
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We include a 3-day Train the Trainer Lab in your summer phase. Our apprentices and others come together to help design and deliver an equine-guided team building workshop for a the staff of a small business. We spend Day 1 designing the workshop, Day 2 delivering it, and Day 3 processing what we learned.
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We also encourage our apprentices to build community among themselves as there's nothing more inspiring than connecting with others who share your passion.
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