The Silence of Power While brief, eye-witness accounts of Washington’s impressive riding skills were commonplace, historians past and present have failed to recognize the importance of his distinction as one of the finest horse trainers on either side of the Atlantic. To be sure, Thomas Jefferson characterized him as “the best horseman of his age, [...]
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The Presence of Power In the winter of 1777, George Washington somehow inspired a ragged group of soldiers to not only stick around for the Second Battle of Trenton, but to actually win it. John Howland, a young private from Rhode Island, lived to tell the story. In an account published 54 years after the [...]
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With modern education over-emphasizing intellectual and verbal arts, people who somehow manage to train all three of their “brains” become more influential, downright irresistible to populations who lack this full-bodied charisma. Take Ronald Reagan, whose firm yet congenial, focused, larger-than-life presence is, in fact, the mark of a rider capable of harnessing power and intelligence [...]
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Here’s a condensed version of an excerpt from Chapter 3, “Hidden Wisdom,” from my upcoming book The Power of the Herd. Copyright 2010 by Linda Kohanov. Imagine if a supervisor asked you to complete a project with only ten percent of the information available to you, if schools were only committed to teaching ten percent [...]
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After moving all over Southern Arizona during the past decade, operating out of small corners of boarding stables to the ultimate equine retreat center at Apache Springs Ranch—-and everything in between—we have finally settled on a private, scenic yet immensely convenient property in Amado, Arizona, about 30 minutes from the Tucson airport. While the economy [...]
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Why are horses such wonderful therapeutic partners and guides to human authenticity? …In order to survive, animals preyed upon in nature have to be sensitive to emotional energy and the intention behind it. Horses, zebras and deer will often graze unconcerned as a lion who has recently eaten a big meal walks right through their [...]
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Creating a business based on the innovative and untried concept of authentic interspecies community, during a major worldwide financial crisis no less, was a research project extraordinaire, and I have much to share in this regard that you’ll likely be reading about this time next year when my fourth book is scheduled to be published. [...]
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Creativity is one of the essential ingredients to success in life—whether you aspire to be a great educator, business executive, parent, counselor, equestrian, or leader/innovator in any number of other fields. “Reclaiming your innate ability to imagine and manifest, to express the deepest yearnings of your soul, these are revolutionary acts of self-empowerment,” Linda Kohanov [...]
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When veterans return home from extended tours of duty, it’s cause for celebration. But unexpected feelings of isolation, anger, grief, and shame all too easily lead to substance abuse, depression, divorce, excessive risk taking, and even suicide. Spouses, parents, and children simply aren’t equipped to deal with the “invisible wounds of war,” and natural reactions [...]
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At the dawn of the 21st century, horses are breaking out of their roles as beasts of burden, yet they’re far from obsolete. As horses are no longer required to work in our fields and carry us to war, they’re doing something arguably more important: working on us. Founded in 1997 by author, lecturer and [...]
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EEL is an educational model, and at Epona we employ the emotional message chart, the false self/authentic self paradigm, the body scan, the boundary handout and other tools to assist the clients in their personal awareness of feeling states, body sensations, boundaries and intrusive destructive thoughts. At Epona we teach individuals, through the Way of [...]
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