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Wisdom Horse Coaching Newsletter - March 2008

March 23, 2008

Wisdom Horse (TM) Newsletter  
Transforming the workplace and the world through Equine 
Guided Education  
March 2008  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Greetings! 
 
Welcome! This month we have several exciting things to 
share with you:  
 
Leadership from the Heart of the Horse, our new executive 
leadership program limited this year to 5 committed 
executive or entrepreneurial leaders who want to learn the 
7 secrets of powerful, authentic leadership. 
 
Private personal retreats with one of our fabulous coaches. 
Say "YES!" now to renewing YOU.  
 
Health, Healing and Horses. Come to our Annual Open House 
and Equine Guided Demonstration , May 3.  
 
We observed how much this work has matured when we attended 
the Equine Guided Education Association conference in 
January. Check out our article Equine Guided Education - 
You've Come a Long Way Baby!  
 
Holistic Horse Fair, May 17-18 -Brainchild of a visionary 
client-  
 
3 tips for what to do when those negative internal voices 
go from whisper to din.  
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In this Issue 
 
 
 
• 3 Tips for Quieting Those Negative Internal Voices  
• Executive Leadership Training Roll Out  
• Gala Open House, May 3  
• Live your Dream of Becoming and Equine Guided Educator  
• Equine Guided Education - How Far We've Come in 4 Short 
Years!  
• Private Retreats  
• Holistic Horse Fair May 17-18 in IOWA  
 
 
 
Executive Leadership Training Roll Out 
 
 
 
MAKE YOUR LEADERSHIP EXPONENTIALLY MORE EFFECTIVE 
 
 
What would your life be like if your peers and employees:  
• Wanted to give you all they've got? 
• Could step into their full magnificence? 
• Felt a magnetic pull toward you, your vision and your 
projects? 
What a rush that would be!  
We are looking for 5 committed executive or entrepreneurial 
leaders to enroll in our 2008 intensive breakthrough 
leadership program, Leadership from the Heart of the Horse. 
 
In this intensive program you will: 
• Learn 7 leadership secrets not available anywhere else 
• Attend 2 half-day group sessions at the barn with 4 other 
high-level leaders  
• Receive 7 individual equine guided coaching sessions 
where you can work with real leadership challenges 
• 7 one-on-one follow-up coaching calls to deepen your 
learning  
• Special value added perks throughout 
June 6- September 20 
$3995  
This is the only time we will be doing the four month 
program. It is the precursor to a more extensive and 
expensive program. This one will fill up fast. Don't miss 
out. 
 
Call email Ann, ann@wisdomhorsecoaching.com or call Lynn at 
612-823-7022 to reserve your spot.  
 
 
Gala Open House, May 3 
 
 
 
Ours is truly a healing place for body, mind and spirit. 
Join us for a festive Open House at Hawk's Ridge Healing 
Arts Wellcare Center, our home facility in Hudson, WI, a 
perfect jaunt for a lovely spring Saturday. We will treat 
you to:  
• A hands-on equine guided coaching demonstration 
• A mini yoga class 
• A demonstration of LSA, a state of the art stress 
assessment technology 
• A menu of services available for your personal wellness 
program 
Register NOW! Call (715) 426-7350 
 
Two sessions Saturday May 3 
9-12 or 1-4 
$25 
Limit 20 people per session 
 
We love it at Hawk's Ridge and can't wait to share it with 
you.  
 
 
Live your Dream of Becoming and Equine Guided Educator 
 
 
 
Sometimes it's easier to shy away from your magnificence 
than to step into it. Don't stop yourself from living your 
dream any longer.  
Become an Equine Guided Professional  
in our year-long Apprenticeship Program.  
It's life changing! 
 
Now taking applications for our June openings.  
Call Lynn at 612-823-7022 to custom design an 
apprenticeship program that is perfect for you!. Distance 
learners welcome.  
 
 
Equine Guided Education - How Far We've Come in 4 Short 
Years! 
 
 
Lynn and I attended the 4th annual Equine Guided Education 
Association conference (for the 4th year in a row) in 
January 2008. As an observer of people and organizations, 
it was fascinating to me to see how far this field of 
giving "voice" to horses to guide us humans in our lives 
has come.  
 
When we first met in 2005, there were about 70 of us, 
mostly from the US, but also Canada, Scotland, England, 
Germany and other countries. We were amazed and thrilled to 
see that what we weren't crazy, that other people had the 
same dream we did and were actually doing this work too.  
 
There was also fear present-how could we "prove" this work 
was valuable? What standards did we need? Were others 
better than us? Would we create certifications that we who 
had been doing the work for a while couldn't achieve and 
therefore we would be excluded or judged inadequate? Could 
anyone make money doing this work? Horses are really 
expensive to keep after all.  
 
This year there was a greater openness and curiosity about 
what everyone was doing than ever before. There were sages 
such as Linda Kohanov, the keynote speaker, and an ever 
wise presence at the conference. Larry Freeborg brought 
valuable information collected in interviews and websites 
about the growth and change in our industry. Even more 
applications for how horses help us were shared and 
recognized. Wisdom Horse Coaching, in a collaborative 
presentation with Beth Duff of Scotland and Su Wahl of 
Wisconsin shared research we started last fall with 
measurement tools such as Limbic Stress Assessment and 
Heart Math. Beverly Kane, M.D., and Sharon North Pohl and 
demonstrated how equine guided learning helps interns at 
Stanford Medical School learn better bedside manner. And 
Shannon Knapp and her colleague Liza Satir showed us how 
they partner with horses to work with youth at risk.  
 
In addition, we noticed that practitioners are really 
getting focused on how to get clients and make a living at 
this work. People are creating equine guided marketing 
programs to support us practitioners in creating solid 
businesses!  
 
It is clear the world feels ready for this work and we are 
ready to take it into the world. Working with the ever-wise 
and forgiving horses benefits humans in ways no other 
modality can achieve.  
 
Watch the media for more about this work and watch it 
become mainstream!  
 
 
Private Retreats 
 
 
 
Come for a day or a week. Bring what's on your mind or 
leave it behind.  
 
Have a private session a day with the horses and time for 
yourself to relax and renew. Include any of the Hawk's 
Ridge wellcare services to heal and soothe your body, mind 
and spirit.  
 
Stay at the nearby Westgrove house near the St. Croix 
River, enjoy the sauna, make a fire indoors or out.  
 
Price depends on length of stay and services desired. Call  
Lynn, 612-823- 7022 or email Ann, 
ann@wisdomhorsecoaching.com, to design YOUR private 
retreat.  
 
 
Holistic Horse Fair May 17-18 in IOWA  
 
 
 
Heather Kitching is a visionary client who worked with us 
when she was just launching her business, Eagle Valley 
Equestrian Services in Fountain City, WI.  
 
She says,  
"When I came to work with Lynn and the horses, I was just 
going into business for myself. I knew what it could look 
like, but I wasn't sure how to get there. Lynn helped me 
get clear on what I wanted to offer the world. I gained 
confidence in myself and started to take the dream I had 
for my business and myself seriously. This made it possible 
to share my unique way of working with horses with clients. 
My natural leadership skills blossomed and my vision grew. 
This set me apart from other businesses in the area and my 
practice began to flourish.". 
 
Not only did her holistic horse business flourish, her 
artistic spirit blossomed and she expanded her holistic 
vision to spearhead the first annual Holistic Horse Fair to 
be held this year May 17-18 in Harpers Ferry, IA. Speakers 
topics range from Qigong Energy Balancing to Natural Hoof 
Care to Equine Spiritual Adventures. Check it out!  
3 Tips for Quieting Those Negative Internal Voices 
 
 
Do you find yourself going into a fog and not feeling 
present at times during the day? It's likely your internal 
negative voices have started to harass you. All that noise 
is enough to make you just want to check out.  
 
Besides having a lot of opportunities to face my own 
negative internal voices lately, many of my clients have 
too. Sometimes these voices can seem like a chorus of 
abusive parents!  
 
Here are 3 tips for how to quiet the din.  
Tip # 1: Become Aware. The first key to coming back to the 
present, the place of true joy and infinite possibility, is 
to become AWARE of what your nasty old voices are saying. 
Taking a deep breathe is the first step. Then to become 
more aware of what is happening you could start to write 
the words of your inner negative voice on paper. It may not 
be pleasant stuff to hear, but once you've done just this 
much, you are 80% of the way towards a different way of 
being.  
 
Tip # 2: Accept Everything. Once you are aware and 
conscious of these words, move toward ACCEPTING them and 
the part of you that is saying them. I know. Accepting 
what's there, no matter how uncomfortable, is a radical 
thing to do. Look at it this way. It's not someone else 
judging you. It's only a part of YOU. By accepting this 
part of yourself, you go the next 15% towards a different 
way of being.  
 
(Mind you, I usually find this step the most difficult. 
Sometimes, a conversation with the negative voice will 
help. Once it knows you are listening, like a child who 
needs attention, it doesn't have to yell so loudly.) 
 
Tip # 3: Take a different Action. Once you have become 
fully aware that there are negative voices and you have 
accepted the fact that they are saying what they are 
saying, taking a different ACTION is easy! Some possible 
actions might be:  
• Tell the voice that what it is saying is not true 
• Recognize what it says is true but tell it you are going 
respond with compassion rather than judgement 
• Let it know you now can choose how you respond and tell 
it to go watch TV. You are busy living your beautiful life. 
 
Try this and move into the present moment! It's much more 
fun here!  
 
 
 
 
 
 
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