17 Dec 2008
MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 17, 2008 — Wired to be intuitive for their survival, horses are naturals at coaching humans to reach their full potential, personally and professionally, say Ann Romberg and Lynn Baskfield of Wisdom Horse® Coaching, a Twin Cities-based equine-guided education practice that provides horse-guided corporate leadership training and team-building workshops for organizations around the country.
Horse-guided coaching is experiential learning (not riding) in which people see their behavior reflected by horses, gain clarity about their problems and develop confidence to pursue solutions.
So what can we learn from horses about getting through tough times and stressful situations?
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Horses don’t feed on worry and fear. They trust their instincts to deal with danger when it comes. Meanwhile, they respond to life as it is. A fence is there, so I won’t go beyond it. There’s a lot of grass so I’ll eat it now. It’s cold. It’s hot. That’s all.
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Horses react as a team to real danger. A herd will mobilize quickly and move to safer ground as a unit. Each member has a role, even if it is to follow. Lead mare in front, stallion pushing the herd from behind.
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Horses respond immediately to danger signals — faster than humans. Ears up, nose flared, they communicate a sense of alarm to each other. Within minutes, the entire herd is on alert. They would rather be wrong and go back to eating than ignore warning signs and be eaten.
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When a horse is in trouble, others in the herd respond quickly. Horses have a herd mentality that we human beings sometimes forget. When things are abundant, we surround ourselves with our own house, car, fortune, etc. But when a hurricane hits, we remember what it is to help each other as members of a community or herd.
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In tough times, horses adapt. Their senses heighten to find what food is there. They may roam further in the wild and seek new grazing land or other ways of surviving. Bands may change in size. In winter, they will dig under the snow. Their senses become more acute to find what food is there.
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Horses run a tight herd. If a colt misbehaves, he or she is in real trouble because the lead mare will send him outside of the herd where he’s in danger. He knows it and knows he’s got to show willingness to work with the group. Only then will he be let back in.
Lynn Baskfield and Ann Romberg merged their coaching practices in 2003 to form Wisdom Horse Coaching. Leaders in the field of equine-guided education, they are certified life coaches as well as equine-guided education coaches and are members of the Equine Guided Education Association. Their clients include major corporations, small businesses, entrepreneurs and consultants in varied industries that include healthcare, education, insurance, banking and finance, energy, lumber and hospitality.
Media contact: Kathe Stanton, 651.633.7676 email
Copyright 2009 Wisdom Horse Coaching, LLC
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Ann Kerr Romberg and Lynn Baskfield
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