Aug
31
to Sep 2

Whole Heart Horsemanship Clinic with Gray Graves

The participant spots for the Whole Heart Horsemanship clinic with Gray Graves have filled but there are auditor tickets still available.  There are also some spots available for Aibado on Thursday night!  We hope you can make it! Click here to register

Thursday August 31st  6pm-8pm: Aibado (you’ll DEFINITELY want to enroll in this!)

Friday Sept 1st 9am-5:30pm: AUDITOR TICKETS AVAILABLE!

Saturday Sept 2nd 9am-5:30pm: AUDITOR TICKETS AVAILABLE!

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Aug
3
to Aug 5

Will Rogers

The amazing Will Rogers will be at Wildsong Ranch on August 3rd, 4th, & 5th. Tickets are now available!!

Here's a little bit about Will:

Along with being a world-class Dressage trainer and rider, Will Rogers is the founder of the Espire Foundation, which promotes a way of keeping, handling, and training horses where an understanding of their nature creates a foundation for horse friendly communication.

Will began working with horses in South Australia. Eventually, he made the move to the United States to pursue a career training cutting horses. After two years in America, Will traveled to Denmark to reconnect with his good friend Tristan Tucker whom he had earlier worked with in Australia. After becoming fascinated with dressage, Will’s purpose became to share ideas and seek a better understanding of horses as well as a better way to train and work with them. His aim was to open up opportunities to develop a more advanced and refined approach to training horses.

Will now puts on live performances that showcase the unique partnership he creates with his horses during liberty work.

In the meantime, check-out Will Rogers:


We anticipate the clinic will sell out fast, so we encourage you to fill out this form ASAP for your best chances of securing a spot!

Clinic FAQs

- If I am a beginner student, will I find any value in auditing this clinic?
Absolutely yes! We believe there is incredible value in experiencing the inner working of a clinic! Soon enough we are sure you'll be participating in one (maybe with your own horse?), so come and see what it's like!

- I am a beginner student. Will I be able to keep up if I participate?
If you are a beginner horsemanship student of any age and feel inspired to participate, talk to Elizabeth and make a plan together (which horse to partner with, how to best prepare in the meantime, etc).

-I have taken classes with Hatha Equus but don't have my own horse.  Can I attend?
Most likely...yes!  You will have to pay an extra horse fee, but as long as a Hatha Equus instructor believes you are ready for the clinic, you can borrow one of our horses to play with! 

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Jul
29
to Jul 30

Liberty & Tricks w/Braveheart Beasts

Kaleigh Marie, of Braveheart Beasts, is one of the most exciting new equestrian performers and trainers in America! She helps others discover the power of connection through clinics, lessons, and demonstrations that improve relationships, communication, and levels of performance both from the ground, at liberty, and under saddle.

Her main areas of focus include performance liberty work, refined bridleless riding, softness training, dressage, and positive reinforcement.

At this clinic Kaleigh will work with folks on the foundations of her liberty process. Braveheart Beasts liberty clinics are for people and horses at any stage of their liberty journey looking to bring their relationship and communication to the next level.

Learn more about Kaleigh Marie and Braveheart Beast here!

See Kaleigh Marie in action at https://www.facebook.com/braveheartbeasts

Details:

  • Participant tickets are for both days  (Saturday & Sunday)

  • Each participant will have one AM and one PM semi-private (2 people) session per day (for a total of 4 sessions). Once you've signed up we will slot you into times based on your interests and experience.

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Jul
15
11:00 AM11:00

Horse Husbandry Made Easy and Fun

Domestic life requires our horses to be available daily for activities that can feel unnatural and unpleasant to them. Hoof picking, trimming, vet checks, being tacked up, dewormed, even just haltered!

In our experience, kindness, knowledge, active listening, and consent go a long way in counter-conditioning these activities for them! In this clinic, we explore tools to help each horse find their unique way to finding husbandry easy and fun. Important:

If you are not a current Hatha Equus student, please reach out to Giorgia before purchasing participant tickets. Auditor tickets are also available!

Note: We are testing a new booking system so please let us know if you have any problems using the booking links. Thank you!!

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Jul
8
1:00 PM13:00

Bridleless Dressage Clinic (Copy)

BRIDLELESS DRESSAGE W/ELIZABETH RIECKS

 January 13th, March 18th, May 20th, July 8th, October 21st

Join us for half-day clinics with Elizabeth Riecks to first learn the foundations of Bridleless Dressage and then build Bridleless Dressage with your horse! She will provide an overview of all the pieces that go into Bridleless Dressage including Ground Safety Skills, Intrinsic Motivation/Liberty Foundations, Human position, Dressage Fundamentals, Classical Dressage In-Hand/Basic Alignment Exercise, Bridleless basics under saddle

Important: If you are not a current Hatha Equus student, please reach out to Elizabeth before purchasing participant tickets. Auditor tickets will be available closer to the events.

Purchase participant tickets here

Purchase auditor tickets here

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May
20
1:00 PM13:00

Bridleless Dressage Clinic

BRIDLELESS DRESSAGE W/ELIZABETH RIECKS

 January 13th, March 18th, May 20th, July 8th, October 21st

Join us for half-day clinics with Elizabeth Riecks to first learn the foundations of Bridleless Dressage and then build Bridleless Dressage with your horse! She will provide an overview of all the pieces that go into Bridleless Dressage including Ground Safety Skills, Intrinsic Motivation/Liberty Foundations, Human position, Dressage Fundamentals, Classical Dressage In-Hand/Basic Alignment Exercise, Bridleless basics under saddle

Important: If you are not a current Hatha Equus student, please reach out to Elizabeth before purchasing participant tickets. Auditor tickets will be available closer to the events.

Purchase participant tickets here

Purchase auditor tickets here

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May
6
to May 7

Karen Jones Clinic

Karen Jones Clinic on May 6th & 7th

Karen is one of the world pioneers of Intrinsic Motivation. Through Motivational Horsemanship she combines tons of modalities of training to help support horses in their movement, and in their minds. She utilizes positive reinforcement, natural horsemanship, intrinsic motivation, energy work, body work, and much, much more!

The clinic will take place on Saturday, May 6th, and Sunday, May 7th with three 2-hour intensives each day with different themes:

  • Positive Reinforcement

  • Intrinsic Motivation (R+ Foundation required)

  • Energy Work


Participants:

  • should expect to attend from 9am - 4pm each day. Once you purchase a ticket, we'll reach out to you to understand which themes you're interested in and schedule you for a two-hour intensive each day

  • can, (and should!) audit the other sessions on both days when not in their own intensives

  • New: We just added single day participant tickets that can be purchased below!

  • please purchase your tickets via Eventbrite

Auditors:

  • General Auditor tickets are available via Eventbrite and can attend one or both days!

  • Auditors are encouraged to stay for the whole day if they come.

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Apr
15
10:00 AM10:00

Horse Husbandry Made Easy

Domestic life requires our horses to be daily available for activities that can feel unnatural and unpleasant to them. Hoof picking, trimming, vet checks, being tacked up, dewormed, even just haltered!

In our experience, kindness, knowledge, active listening and consent go a long way in counter-conditioning these activities for them! In this clinic, we explore tools to help each horse find their unique way through finding husbandry easy and fun.

Participant and auditor tickets are available.

Click here to participate

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Mar
25
9:00 AM09:00

Advanced Equine First Aid

If you have already taken the full day Equine Health and Emergency First Aid course with Open Air Equine, then you can enroll in the next Advanced Equine First Aid clinic!

How to register: Send an email to Brittany, Equi-First Aid USA Instructor including your 1) Full name, 2) Email address, and 4) phone number to openairequine@gmail.com Please ask her for details on how to pay and reserve your spot

More information can be found here

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Aug
27
9:00 AM09:00

Equine First Aid Clinic

Open Air Equine: Full-Day First Aid Clinic

Learn what equine first aid is, how it's applied, and identification of injuries and ailments with lots of hands-on experience!

Join us for a full-day equine first aid clinic with Brittany Steffensen, Equi-First Aid USA Certified Instructor, from Open Air Equine.
Their most comprehensive, and popular, course! Join us for a one-day course covering: what your vet needs to know, conditioning a horse to accept treatment, taking vital signs, dealing with lacerations, punctures, colic, choke, collapse, casting, shock, hoof issues, recognizing pain in the horse and pain source identification, injury prevention and so much more! All attendees receive a certificate of completion and first aid manual.
This class is appropriate for folks at every level of horse experience including trainers, barn managers, and those just beginning their journey with horses. Ages 10 and up.

This is a pre-requisite for "Advanced Emergency First Aid".
visit http://www.openairequine.com/ to learn more about Open Air Equine!

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Jun
25
9:00 AM09:00

Connected Horsemanship Clinic w/Jessica Dabkowski

Jessica Dabkowski is a multiple Extreme Mustang Makeover winner, incredible horse woman with a vast array of horse-languages in her toolkit. This has allowed her to gentle, train wild mustangs and find dozens of them forever homes!


The clinic will take place on Saturday, June 25th and will have three focuses:

On the Ground Liberty:

  • foundations of a liberty freestyle routine (tricks and patterns)

  • 9am-11am

  • 3 participants

Trick Training:

  • foundations trick training

  • 12pm - 2pm

  • 3 participants

In the Saddle:

  • foundations of bridleless riding

  • 2pm-4pm

  • 3 participants

*Participants are encouraged to audit the sessions they're not participating in!

Auditors tickets are available and are welcome to watch the full day.

Stalls are available for horses to rest in should participants chose to trailer in for the day.


Clinic FAQs

- If I am a beginner student, will I find any value in auditing this clinic?
Absolutely yes! We believe there is incredible value in experiencing the inner working of a clinic! Soon enough we are sure you'll be participating in one (maybe with your own horse?), so come and see what it's like!

- I am a beginner student. Will I be able to keep up if I participate?
If you are a beginner horsemanship student of any age and feel inspired to participate, talk to Elizabeth and make a plan together (which horse to partner with, how to best prepare in the meantime, etc).

-I have taken classes with Hatha Equus but don't have my own horse.  Can I attend?
Most likely...yes!  You will have to pay an extra horse fee, but as long as a Hatha Equus instructor believes you are ready for the clinic, you can borrow one of our horses to play with!  This, unfortunately, is not a great clinic for beginners.

- I am planning on taking my child: will I also have to pay the auditing fee?
Nope! If your child is a student of Hatha Equus, the accompanying adult gets in for free!

- What are the prices for participating and/or auditing?
Participants: $150
Auditors: $35

Click here for all of the logistics!

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Apr
30
to May 1

FUNctional Movement with Karen Jones

Karen is one of the world pioneers of Intrinsic Motivation. Through Motivational Horsemanship she combines tons of modalities of training to help support horses in their movement, and in their minds. She utilizes positive reinforcement, natural horsemanship, intrinsic motivation, energy work, body work, and much, much more!

The clinic will take place on Saturday, April 30th, and Sunday, May 1st with three 2-hour intensives each day with different themes:

  • Positive Reinforcement

  • Intrinsic Motivation (R+ Foundation required)

  • Energy Work


Participants:

  • should expect to attend from 9am - 4pm each day. Once you purchase a ticket, we'll reach out to you to understand which themes you're interested in and schedule you for a two-hour intensive each day

  • can, (and should!) audit the other sessions on both days when not in their own intensives

  • please purchase your tickets via Acuity (NOT Eventbrite)

Auditors:

  • General Auditor tickets are available via Eventbrite and can attend one or both days!

  • Auditors are encouraged to stay for the whole day if they come.

Private Lessons:

  • Karen is also available for Private Lessons on Friday (afternoon), April 29th or on Monday (morning), May 2nd.

  • Tickets now available via Acuity.


Who is this clinic for?

  • Horses who have movement challenges, neurological setbacks, or structural asymmetries.

  • Horses recovering from injuries or traumas.

  • Horses who don't love to be ridden.

  • Horses who feel heavy, tense, or lazy under saddle.

  • Horses who feel unbalanced under saddle or on the ground.

  • Horses who need more self-carriage under saddle.

  • Humans who want a fun or different way to be with their horse.

  • Humans who dream of "dancing" with horses on the ground.

  • Humans who wish riding could feel easier, lighter and more free.

  • Humans who want a deeper relationship with their horse.

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