a workshop with
Paula Josa-Jones MA, CMA, RSMT
Saturday, October 5
9:30-1
at The Equus Effect*
37 Drum Road, Sharon CT
$75
information: 860-364-9313
josajones@gmail.com
Sometimes the reason we were first drawn to horses gets lost. In our hurried lives, we can lose touch with the playful, joyous part of simply being with our horses. We can get hurried, automatic and fragmented in our relationships with them. The rush of preparation, the push of riding goals and the pressure of competition sometimes comes at the expense of our first and most precious desire to savor and enjoy their incredible grace, strength and beauty.
Learning to slow down, focus our intention and become more present not only improves our horsemanship, but we can recapture that original dream.
This workshop will also show you how to:
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Keep your horse ‘tuned up’ mentally, emotionally and physically
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Prevent injury by stimulating the natural flow of oxygen in your horse’s body as well as your own.
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Enhance flexibility, softness and resiliency in your horse and in you…no matter what disciplines you want to master.
This workshop is for those who would like to become more attuned, mindful and improvisational in their relationship with their horses on the ground. We teach a simple-six step practice that you can use with your horses on the ground and in the saddle.
By expanding mindfulness, embodied consciousness, softness and authenticity, and learning basic movement awareness and listening skills, you will create greater physical and emotional balance and ease for you and your horse. AND…we believe you’ll discover how this practice can bring a greater sense of attunement, harmony and presence to your relationships with the other four and two-legged creatures you have in your life.
This is an unmounted workshop for all levels of experience.
Paula Josa-Jones is a Registered Somatic Movement Therapist and Tellington TTouch Practitioner. She teaches an intuitive, improvisational approach to the human-horse bond through movement and touch. For the past fourteen years, she has been creating dances with horses. www.paulajosajones.org
What a gift to horsemanship and consciousness! I can't wait for Paula's next class. She provided great practices and tools for transforming the foundation of our relationship with our horses - as well as any other living creature. Such a shift will bring more grace, ease and joy into the lives of all. I will enjoying being present with my four (and two) legged partners more and simply noticing the "problems/challenges" disappearing.
Louise Dobish, Michigan
*The Equus Effect is a non-profit organization that provides access to the benefits of working with horses – calmness, self-confidence and optimism – to veterans, their families and individuals in times of transition.
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