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MANUAL OF SOMATIC HORSEMANSHIP

An Instructor's Guide to Equine-imity—Qigong, Tai Chi, and Yoga in the Company of Horses

The Manual enables equine-assisted learning and therapy professionals, riding instructors, horse trainers/whisperers, and professional or amateur equestrians to conduct Equine-imity with clients, patients, students, family, and friends. Based on our four-week class in the Stanford Healthy Living Program, now in its 12th year, Equine-imity teaches mindfulness meditation with qigong, a tai chi-like practice, to decrease stress and increase emotional satisfaction with, and optionally on, horses. No previous horse experience needed.

The Manual can be used as a stand-alone teaching tool or as a companion to Equine-imity—Stress Reduction and Emotional Self-Regulation in the Company of Horses in the listing below.

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Are you an equine-assisted learning and therapy professional, riding instructor, horse trainer/whisperer, professional or amateur equestrian and horse lover? You can share your expertise and love of horses with this stress reduction program for your clients, patients, students, family, and friends. Based on our four-week class in the Stanford Healthy Living Program, now in its 12th year, Equine-imity teaches mindfulness meditation with qigong, a tai chi-like practice, to decrease stress and increase emotional satisfaction with, and optionally on, horses. No previous horse experience needed.

“Somatic” means “of the body.” Somatic horsemanship is a way of relating to horses and mules primarily through heightened awareness of the physical interactions between our species. We focus on breath, touch, position, muscle tone, smell and energy—ch’i/qi/ki/prana. Through the entry point of somatic sensations, we engage our thinking, intuition, and emotions. Somatic horsemanship includes equine-guided yoga, qigong, tai ji, aikido and the equine-assisted practices of body-oriented psychotherapies such as EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) and Somatic Experiencing®.

This printable Manual can be used stand-alone or as a companion to my earlier book for both equestrians and non-horse people, “Equine-imity—Stress Reduction and Emotional Self-Regulation in the Company of Horses,” available from booksellers online.

CONTENTS

1 INTRODUCTION

2 HISTORY AND BACKGROUND

3 EQUINE-IMITY PRINCIPLES AND OBJECTIVES

4 GETTING STARTED

5 FACILITATION PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES

6 THE 10-PART ACTIVITY OUTLINE

7 STANFORD EQUINE-IMITY 4-WEEK PROGRAM

8 THE INDIVIDUAL PRIVATE SESSION

APPENDIX A: Equestrian Tai Chi

APPENDIX B: Yoga With Horses

APPENDIX C: Equine-Assisted EMDR

APPENDIX D: Equine-Assisted Somatic Experiencing®

APPENDIX F: Paho’s Story of Healing

APPENDIX G: Observation and Interpretation

APPENDIX H: Qigong Meditation Script

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Equine-imity—Stress Reduction in the Company of Horses

Equine-imity teaches somatic horsemanship using qigong, a tai chi-like meditation, with horses. Somatic means of the body. Written especially for non-horse people and non-meditators, Equine-imity explores the physical relationship between humans and horses, on the ground and, optionally, on the horse, in order to promote physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual health in both species.

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The Manual of Medicine & Horsemanship:

Transforming the Doctor-Patient Relationship with Equine-Assisted Learning

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Adapt the proven Stanford Medicine and Horsemanship program to your equine-guided program. With this ground-breaking manual and accompanying materials, any person, or group of people, with healthcare, equine, and experiential learning expertise can learn to conduct programs that teach medical students and healthcare professionals the interpersonal skills needed to become true healers. Read more...

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PATH, International STRIDES Vol. 20, No. 3 (2014)

Somatic Horsemanship—An Equine-Facilitated Wellness Program

by Beverley Kane, MD, and Cornelia Thompson, TRI. This article describes the Stanford School of Medicine Health Improvement Course, Somatic Horsemanship—Stress Reduction in the Presence of Horses. Learn how your Equine-Assisted Activities and Therapies center can conduct equine-facilitated wellness programs.

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Projection—The Magic Mirror

Projection is a monograph excerpted from The Manual of Medicine and Horsemanship. It discusses projection, introjection, re-collection, transference, and counter-transference in the therapeutic relationship.

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Mythology of Horses

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Mythology of Horses was submitted as Dr. Kane's dissertation for certification with the Marin Institute for Projective Dreamwork. It discusses horses in myths and dreams.

The Parapsychology of the Horse-Human Relationship

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The Parapsychology of the Horse-Human Relationship is a 4.2 MB PowerPoint presentation that was delivered at the 2010 and 2011 Equine-Guided Education Association annual conferences in Valley Ford, CA. It defines and describes gold-standard Western medical research and research in parapsychology. It discusses the relevance of parapsychology and consciousness studies to equine-assisted learning and therapy. The content was revised for Window 2012. View in both Slide Show mode and Normal View for full content.

Symptom and Significance

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Symptom and Significance is an essay on psychosomatic (mind-body) medicine and healing. It describes the symbolic aspects of health and illness and gives practical tips for playing with the body's metaphors in the service of creating wholeness and wellness.

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