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Ya know, you might say that the the instructors aren't psychologist, but 
I've had my most amazing personal psychological breakthroughs by 
participating in horsemanship clinics.

I was so totally energized from learning equine accupressure from Diana 
Thompson.  I had an emotional metldown at a Centered Riding Clinic, ditto at 
the BASP instructional camp this year.  It's almost like the eggshell breaks 
open and you finally see what you couldn't see before.

Four of us went riding on Mt. Diablo on a fast endurance training pace at 
our last fun camp.  One of the husband's was riding on his wife's half-Arab 
and was smiling from ear to ear while galloping up the hills.  One of the 
other women rode my mare, who a Level 3 person had borrowed to use at the 
camp and ended up being too afraid of her to deal with her because she's 
used to her low spirited QH.  She was smiling from ear to ear galloping up 
the hills on my mare.  I was smiling from ear to ear riding Beau, my retired 
endurance horse.  And our leader, on her hairy little Icelandic was tolting 
happily behind.  The women riding my mare teased the guy about going to 
Parelli land about "did you have youir emotional breakdown?"  So emotional 
breakthroughs happen a lot in our horse journeys if you are open them.  I 
don't think it's a deliberate part of the program, or any program, but 
anything that is an agent of positive personal change, I'm all for it!



K.


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