2015 Schedule!

Hey everyone!

Here is my schedule of clinics, workshops, lesson days between now and As far as I know! I have availability in most of my clinics and lots of flexibility to travel to places near by to where I am teaching during that time as well! So wouldn't you like to join me if I'm coming to an area near you!?

Please contact me if you are interested in  TRANSFORMING your horsemanship in the upcoming year.... Would love to help you achieve your dream and attend a clinic!

I also travel NATIONALLY AND INTERnationally, so contact me if you are interested in setting something up. I'm excited about creating a curriculum that fits with you, your horse and/or your group! 

Schedule- 2015

April 2 - Private Lessons, South Jordan, UT
April 3-4 - Level 1 Clinic, South Jordan, UT
April 5 - Private Lessons, Park City, UT
April 7 - Boulder Spotlight Series, Boulder, CO
April 9-11- 10 Qualities of a Horseman Clinic- South Jordan, UT
April 13 - Private Lessons, Albion, ID
April 14 - Private Lessons, Mountain Home, ID
April 15 - Private Lessons, Boise, ID

Apr 17-19 - Idaho State Horse Expo, Nampa, ID

April 24-26- 10 Qualities of a Horseman to Practice, Oregon City, OR

April 27- Private Lessons, Oregon City, OR

May 2-4- 10 Qualities of a Horseman to Practice Clinic, Reno, NV
May 5 - Lessons, Reno, NV
May 6 -  Lessons, Portola, CA
May 8 - OnLine and FreeStyle Workshop, Parker, CO
May 9 - Boulder Spotlight Series FINALE
May 11 - Level 1 with Level 4 Feel 1 day Clinic, Highland, UT
May 17 - Horsenality Through Savvys, Pennsylvania

May 22-25 - 10 Qualities of a Horseman to Practice Clinic, Belton, SC
June 5-7 - 10 Qualities of a Horseman to Practice Clinic, Mountain Home, ID

June 12-14 - Western States Horse Expo, Sacramento, CA
June 26-27 - Level 1 Partnership Clinic, South Jordan, UT 

Sept 11 - 13 -Savvy Summit, Colorado
Oct 5-30 - Teaching Fast Track, Perth Australia

Nov 24-28 - Savvy Dunking with Carmen Smith, Adelaide, South Australia

Sidedness ... and a Blinding Flash of the Obvious ...

This morning while playing with Merrida, my young 2.5 year old Warmblood, I had a thought about a challenge that many of us face with out equine partners, sidedness. This is our horses sometimes natural and sometimes created, preference for humans to be on one side or the other; their tendency, because of bi-lateral vision to be more comfortable with humans, more responsive, etc on one side or the other.

What I was noticing is how our tendency as humans is to be really HAND centered. When Merrida continued to want to put me on her Left side, my instinct was to block her nose, or yield her nose over with steady pressure ... All of this obviously is staying with our human tendency to be direct-line. Which we all know tends to kill our attempts at creating a relationship with our horses.

So, after my session as I began to do my usual de-brief of what went well and what I could have done better, I thought about what might be a better tactic. I realized that when my horse doesn't want to give me her right eye, that actually means that often times my LEFT Hindquarter yield is broken ... (because when they are preferring to have you in their Left eye ... they also are not yielding their left hip!). I know right ... Blinding Flash of the Obvious ;). Needless to say, Merrida and I spent a while playing with our Left HQ yield ... asking her to OFFER me her right eye, instead of being made to yield it to me. AND .. Things kept getting softer and softer.