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Integration Exercise to make your affirmations come true

If you’re hoping to make your New Year’s resolutions stick, try this tool with your positive affirmations.  Something about combining the message while crossing over between right and left brain hemispheres adds extra “oomph” to affirmations.

You can apply this Integration Exercise to any affirmation.  Just state in a positive way the aspect that you’d like to embody.  (Do not say:  I won’t be so judgmental about my body anymore.  Do say:  I accept my body with love and gratitude, and ...

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Horse Riding Lessons with Rainy

Horse Riding Lessons with Rainy

Riding lessons are mainly about developing balance and confidence on the horse.  Your child learns how to tell Rainy to walk, trot (when

they are ready), and stop.   The saddle has a comfortable “grab handle” which is easy for kids to find.

Children also learn about grooming, picking hooves clean, and parts of the bridle and saddle.

I have been equally amazed to see a child’s confidence grow over a period of weekly lessons, as I have to see how much my horse ...

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A Good Horse + Good Training Methods = FUN

Trainer Wes Licht introduces Ranger to COWS!  Summer, 2008.
Trainer Wes Licht introduces Ranger to COWS! Summer, 2008.

Here are videos that show some of my training with Ranger, a Morab Gelding whose  recognized daddy is Windmere Royal Topaz.  In this photo he’s being ridden by my recognized daddy, trainer Wes Licht.   Three years ago I trained Ranger to ...

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Tap your pain and worries away

DSC09419Got pain?  Got fear or a nagging emotion?  This simple tool may help.

EFT stands for Emotional Freedom Technique.  I’ve used EFT for years and have shared it with many people.  It still surprises me at how well it works.  It’s simple and only takes about a minute to “tap” and potentially alleviate what was bugging you.

It’s also good for healing trauma (the time when I had a horrible crash off of ...

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Rowdy, the Miniature Wonderhorse

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Why is Rowdy a “Wonderhorse?”

Rowdy knows how to bow, lie down, and sit up like a dog.  He stands tall on things and likes to improvise, making up his own new tricks.  He loves going jogging with Sara, and stays right next to her.  When Sara’s large horse “Rainy” was supposed to give a painting demo last year but was falling asleep and not in the artistic mood, Rowdy begged to ...

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Upcoming Horse Clinic – Building Blocks for Safety and Communication

Hi, this is a note to tell you about the upcoming clinic I’ll be giving at the end of August.   Please write in the comments box or call me with questions at (608)215-5200 – Sara Licht

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What: A Clinic where you can bring your specific training questions or behavioral issues and get practical solutions.  I will be working with a few horses at the clinic and explaining it as I work.  ...

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Good Posture tip – Riding or Driving

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This tip is thanks to my friend Benjamin, who has beautiful posture. Here I explain how I use it to remind myself during driving and riding.

In addition, remember to LOOK UP while riding, and feel what you horse is doing. Because of the survival instinct, many trainers (myself included) spend too much time looking down at the horse’s neck because we want to keep on eye on what the horse is doing. When I ride at Saddleridge Stables where ...

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Rainy the Horse Artist

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This is a video clip taken while Rainy ………..and I were ...

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Opening Reception at Cafe Zoma and Absolutely Art

dsc09302dsc09306dsc09308The show “Paintings Inspired by Nature and Our Animal Friends” featuring the paintings of Jaroslava Sobiskova and Sara Licht is opening at Cafe Zoma this Friday, July 10th from 5-9pm.

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Next door at Absolutely Art you can also see the work of Mary Fiore ...

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Stacey Westfall’s Clover-leaf Cones Pattern

Rainy likes to pick up the cones...When I met Stacey Westfall last year at the Midwest Horse Fair, she told me that her most valuable exercise was the clover-leaf cones pattern, and she explained it to me.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RptQ0SlCvoY[/youtube]  I began using it and have found it valuable on many levels.  I use the repetition of the same directional turns to teach green horses to move away ...

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