<font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif"> Training </font> <p><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif">I have had had over 430 hours of classroom or supervised <br> hands-on training in equine massage therapy and have <br> Worked with hundreds of horses- from a variety of <br> equine worlds: dressage, harness racing, barrel racing, <br> eventing, working drafts, backyard pleasure, <br> and therapeutic riding. </font></p> <p><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif">My Equine Body Worker certification is from Equinology, <br> founded by Debranne Patillo. I took their 8 day, 80 hour <br> Foundation course in Calgary, Canada with debranne. <br> The course is followed by 200 hours of externship <br> requirements prior to receiving certification. The course <br> included a strong introduction to equine anatomy<br> and the techniques needed to give a full equine <br> body massage. Hoof care, saddle fitting, movement <br> and Pathology were also included. </font></p> <p><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif">My Equine Massage Therapist ceritification <br> is from Prairie Winds Equine massage therapy <br> college in Wellington CO. Massage therapist Sara Stetson <br> and her husband Michael have designed an intensive 350 hour<br> program with a focus on anatomy, pathology, movement, quieting <br> the horse, hoof care, and days of shiatzu, cranial sacral, <br> neuromuscular, myofacial release massage approach and technique. <br> The college collaborates with a therapeutic riding center <br> and several dude ranches along the front range so students <br> had access to hundreds of thankful equine volunteers. </font></p> <p><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif"><br> Additional training<br> Reiki level I certification<br> Tteam for horses, 6 day clinic with Linda Tellington Jones</font></p> <p><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif"><br> Upcoming training:<br> Cranial sacral massage for equines- fall 2005<br> Zero balancing level I&II- fall 2005<br> Reiki Level ii- fall 2005<br> Accupressure for equines 2006</font></p> <p></p>
