IN HONOR OF THE HORSE SYMPOSIUM
September 25th & 26th, 2004
Featuring Chris Irwin
In conjunction with the Idea Festival, Lexington, Kentucky
2004 theme : The Minds Eye : Exploring Consciousness
22nd to 25th September, 2004
Watch for further information.
Our goal is to create awareness of the healing
power of the horse and provide educational programs to enhance
the health and performance of equine and human participants.
Good horsemanship involves many different aspects of management,
care and understanding.
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Chris Irwin - The Renaissance Horseman
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When asked during a television interview "How
do you do magic with horses?" Chris Irwin replied, "I
don't do magic with horses, horses have done magic with me."
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As a teenager, Chris was first introduced to the world
of horses when he wandered into Longacres Racetrack in Seattle,
Washington, looking for a job. He knew as soon as he walked through
the barns that he had found his calling. From the racetrack he moved
on to working with draft horses under harness, then combined driving,
western riding and eventually the English disciplines of dressage
and jumping. By his early thirties Chris was training wild Mustangs
in Nevada where he coached their owners to achieving 18 U.S. National
Championships in both riding and driving events.
Now, with more then twenty years as a professional
in the horse industry, Chris is an internationally renowned equestrian
coach, lecturer and clinician at colleges, universities and prestigious
horse shows and expositions such as The Spruce Meadows Masters,
Equitana, Equine Affaire, The Capital Classic, The World and National
Pony Club Conferences and The Royal Winter Fair. Chris is a widely
read columnist, and has produced an acclaimed instructional video
series. His book, Horses Don’t Lie, is a Canadian best
seller also published in Spain, Holland, Finland, Great Britain
and the United States. Horses Don’t Lie has generated
rave reviews from around the world such as “destined to
be a valuable classic” by Publishers Weekly Review
and “Irwin does the best job of concrete explanation”
by Horse & Rider magazine. His work has been highlighted
on numerous television shows such as “Canada A.M.”, “The
Discovery Channel”, “Mustang - America’s Wild Horse”,
and the PBS show “Horse N’ Around”. Coming in 2004,
Chris’s own television show “The Renaissance Horseman”
will begin airing throughout North America on the “Horse TV”
cable network.
Chris Irwin’s message is clear - our focus should
always be about the well-being of the horse. The goal should always
be to encourage the greatest potential from our horses by learning
how to effectively communicate and truly develop a bond with horses
in a language they understand as well as trust and respect. As Chris
says - “Although we all need to learn our equitation, quality
performance with horses comes when a rider learns how to think horse,
speak horse, play horse games by horse rules, and consistently win
at these games with empathetic non-threatening assertiveness. The
key to unlocking the performance potential of any horse is for the
rider to learn how to be the better horse.”
Chris is also involved in a leading educational role
with innovative programs such as the Secretariat Center (for Thoroughbred
retraining) out of Lexington, Kentucky, The Wild Mustang Adoption
Program with the U.S. government, and the Chris Irwin Train The
Trainer Certification Program, held in both Toronto and Calgary,
and in 2004, Lexington, Kentucky.
Called “The Renaissance Horseman” because
he is ushering in a new wave of information and education throughout
the continent, the scope and impact of Chris’ message on how
horse sense can benefit human potential is reaching far outside
the borders of the horse industry. Chris has emerged as a cutting
edge facilitator and pioneer in the growing Equine Assisted Personal
Development (EAPD) movement which utilizes the life skills learned
with prey animals to teach humans to be a better human by learning
to “be the better horse.” From corporate leadership workshops
to parenting and teaching, working with disadvantaged youth, therapeutic
programs and even the prison system, as the Toronto Star
wrote: “Chris Irwin is a man on a mission - to change the
way we communicate with each other, one horse at a time.”
For more information: www.chrisirwin.com
Walking the Talk of Leadership
Excerpts from Chris' bestseller, Horses Don't Lie
"What horses need to hear from us is what many of us would
like to hear from ourselves, and each other. They need us to have
a calm, focused assurance. They need us to be consistent. They need
us to be assertive yet non-threatening. They need us to be both
strong and compassionate. In short, horses need us to be our best
selves."
"To teach a horse to be calm, responsive, trusting
and brave, you must first acquire those qualities yourself. You
can't just appear to be confident and in control. You must let go
of your masks and conflicts and fears and simply BE confident and
in control. Everything we can teach a horse, we can teach ourselves.
And you may discover that when a horse sees you relaxed, balanced
and centered, so does everyone else. In and out of the horse arena."
Judith M. Shoemaker, DVM
Introduction to Bio-mechanical and Neurologic Management
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Judith M. Shoemaker, DVM. is an internationally
known practitioner and educator in complementary veterinary
medicine and therapy. Dr. Shoemaker is a 1980 graduate of the
University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine. She is
licensed to practice in most of the states on the east coast
and in Colorado, Kentucky, and Alabama. |
Dr. Shoemaker's equine and companion animal veterinary
practice focuses on complementary medicine and holistic therapy
- integrating chiropractic, acupuncture, and other alternative modalities.
Judith's equine patients include thoroughbred and standard bred
racehorses, pleasure horses, draft and gaited horses, top-level
competition horses in dressage, open jumping, endurance, western
sports, and combined training. Over the last six years, Judith has
been affiliated with a premiere Equine Sports Therapy Center providing
comprehensive maintenance, therapeutic management, and consultation
to equine competitors in the US and internationally. Many of Dr.
Shoemaker's canine patients are competitors in performance events
such as obedience, agility, and lure coursing, and tracking. She
also provides therapy and maintenance support to service dogs and
to search and rescue dogs.
Judith's non-medical experience with animals is wide-ranging - breeding,
training, farriery, and showing all figure into her background.
The challenges she encountered in those endeavors have led her to
her current concentration on lameness, dentistry, biomechanics,
applied farriery, immunology, and sports medicine for large and
small animals.
Dr. Shoemaker has taught anatomy at the University of Pennsylvania
School of Veterinary Medicine. She has advanced education in both
small and large animal orthopedic and internal fixation surgical
techniques from Ohio State University and ASIF / AO, and advanced
training in animal reproduction from College of Veterinary Medicine
and Biomedical Sciences at the Colorado State University and from
private internships. She is certified as a veterinary acupuncturist
through the international Veterinary Acupuncture Society, in which
she has also served as an instructor. In the 1980's she received
private tutelage in chiropractic, and became a charter member of
the American Veterinary Chiropractic Association. In addition to
having taught the AVCA's basic course from 1989 to 1994, Judith
currently teaches the most advanced level of study available in
animal chiropractic through the Diplomat program of AVAC. Judith's
interest in teaching these sophisticated skills is guided by her
background in animal training, her participation in competitive
equestrian sports, and her interest in advanced psychological training,
integrative psychology and spiritual practice.
Dr. Shoemaker's commitment to supporting the balance that allows
optimal health to be experienced by all beings has inspired her
to include, as an important aspect of her practice, professional
referrals for bodywork and other alternative therapy to her human
clients. Judith has found that treating her veterinary patients
as whole beings requires consideration of family dynamics and the
health of the honoring the significance of the human-animal bond
and all it entails, Dr. Shoemaker is able to provide the means for
both ends of the leash to benefit from holistic care.
Chris Cahill, DVM
Listening to Your Horse Through Acupuncture
Dr. Cahill is a 1973 graduate of Texas A&M University College
of Veterinary Medicine. After graduation he completed an internship
with the firm of Haggard, Davidson, & McGee of Lexington, KY.
Over his professional career he has taught equine medical surgery
on the staff of the Veterinary College of A&M University, served
as resident veterinarian and assistant farm manager for Gainesway
Farm, Lexington, KY, and general manager of Ryedale Plantation,
Aiken, SC. Dr. Cahill completed the International Veterinary Acupuncture
Society certification course in veterinary acupuncture in 1992 and
has been in private practice here in Lexington since that time.
His practice is exclusively equine acupuncture with approximately
80% thoroughbred race horses and 20% sport horses.
Mimi Porter
Equine Therapy
Mimi Porter received an MS degree in 1975, from the University of
Kentucky and was certified by the National Athletic Trainers Association
in 1976, becoming the sixteenth female to be certified as an athletic
trainer. Mimi was employed at the University of Kentucky as the
athletic trainer in charge of women's sports from 1976 to 1982.
It was in 1982, that Mimi realized that horses were not receiving
the same quality post-injury or post-surgery care that human athletes
received. In 1982, Equine Therapy, Inc. was founded in Lexington,
KY, with the goal of providing the same skilled sports medicine
based rehabilitation programs for the equine athlete as were available
for the human athlete. In 1996, Mimi served as the staff equine
therapist at the Atlanta Olympic Games and was a guest of His Highness
General Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid al Maktoum to speak about equine
therapy in Dubai.
The success of Equine Therapy, Inc. and a growing
demand for skilled equine therapists made obvious the need for an
education program for equine therapists. In 1990, and in 1999, Mimi
published The New Equine SportsTherapy, a text book describing the
practice of equine therapy. In 1999, Mimi developed the first college
curriculum in equine therapy, which is being taught at Midway College
in Midway, KY. Mimi has contributed chapters on equine therapy to
many veterinary text books and published many articles on equine
therapy and horse care for the equine industry. Research includes
two studies, "The Effects of Electrical Stimulation on Blood
Flow through the Equine Common Digital Vessels" and "The
Role of Electrophysiologic Testing in the Rehabilitation of Thoroughbred
Horses with Peripheral Nerve Injuries."
Lee Follet, IAED/C
Proper Equine Dentistry
Lee Follett began working with Arabian horses in Arizona while in
college in 1987. While working with Tom Chauncey's World Class Arabians
in 1988 he became an assistant trainer. In 1991 Lee moved back to
Indiana and was employed as a contract trainer while working towards
a degree in environmental science at Indiana-Purdue University of
Fort Wayne. In 1996 he took on the responsibility of managing a
large boarding and training facility which he and his wife still
manage today. It was through this exposure that Lee was introduced
to modern equine dentistry. After one of his training horses received
proper dental work in 1997, Lee couldn't stop thinking about dentistry.
He graduated from The American School of Equine Dentistry in the
spring of 1999 and afterwards began a one year internship under
Lance Rubin IAED/EX. During the internship Lance was in a bad ladder
accident and had to rely on Lee for all of the physical operations
of the business for the final six months. This proved an invaluable
experience for Lee as he passed the IAED certification in his first
attempt.
Lee has had the unique advantage of being able to
log the dental problems of his training horses and find key correlations
to performance and training issues. This is an important focus in
his dental lectures. His audiences include Purina Mills Summer Education
Series, colleges, high schools, 4-H, and other various horse clubs.
He also helps in teaching new students at The American School of
Equine Dentistry.
Lee works exclusively with veterinarians and receives
all equine breeds as patients in Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Ohio,
and Michigan. He continues to broaden his knowledge and skills through
consistent interaction with colleagues and veterinarians.
Lees resides in Auburn, Indiana with his wife Jacqui,
and their three sons Noah, Ethan, and Levi.
James G. Helfter, Advanced Biological Concepts
Dysbiosis In Horses
Jim Helfter is CEO and Founder of Helfter Enterprises, Inc. Advanced
Biological Concepts, Osco, IL.
1960-1966...Research & Development Martin-Marietta, Denver,
CO specializing in life support for interplanetary travel.
1966-1972...Research & Development Bendix Corp., Davenport,
IA specializing in life support for interplanetary travel.
1973...Helfter Enterprises was founded to develop Nutritional Technology
for prevention of disease in
livestock; the goal was to produce chemical free meat and milk (antibiotic
and hormone free).
1985...Started adapting ABC's technology to other species.
1988...ABC's Horse division was established.
Advanced Biological Concepts is a manufacturer of natural feed supplements
and nutritional additives.
We pursue a holistic approach to livestock and pet care. We work
hand in hand with holistic veterinarians to stay on top of current
health concerns with support to the industry by providing nutritional
feed and water additives and supplements.
For more information: www.a-b-c-plus.com
Tom Swerzek, DVM
Enhancement of Natural Healing
Thomas W. Swerczek, DVM, PhD
Professor
Department of Veterinary Science
College of Agriculture
University of Kentucky
EDUCATION:
BS 1962 Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
DVM 1964 Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
MS 1966 Nutritional Pathology, The University of Connecticut, Storrs,
Connecticut
PhD 1969 Comparative pathology, The University of Connecticut, Storrs,
Connecticut
POSITIONS:
1969-1973: Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary
Science, College of Agriculture, University of Kentucky, Lexington,
Kentucky.
1973-1977: Associate Professor, Department of Veterinary
Science, College of Agriculture, University of Kentucky, Lexington,
Kentucky.
1978-2003 Professor, Department of Veterinary Science, College of
Agriculture, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky.
Dr. Swerczek is a veterinary pathologist in the Department
of Veterinary Science, University of Kentucky. He has researched
and discovered the etiology and pathogenesis of several diseases
of animals including wildlife, small animals, livestock and horses.
His studies include the relationship between nutrition and infectious
and metabolic diseases of livestock. He has shown that mineral and
electrolyte imbalances are responsible for many emerging metabolic
and infectious diseases of livestock.
Dr. Swerczek pointed out nearly 30 years ago that the over use of
antibiotics and disinfectants may lead to super-bacterial infections
and resistant bacteria and fungi. That prediction is now a reality
as many bacteria and fungi are currently resistant to nearly all
available antibiotics and antifungal drugs.
Dr. Swerczek was the first to isolate the Contagious
Equine Metritis Organism in the United States, and he was the first
to isolate the antibiotic sensitive CEM organism and to point out
that this bacterium became resistant to antibiotics and spread world-wide
after it become resistant to antibiotics. He used the bacterium
as a model to develop alternative methods for the treatment and
prevention of bacterial and fungal infections of wounds and the
reproductive tract.
Dr. Swerczek will discuss the relationship between
nutrition and infectious diseases of livestock and the importance
of mineral and electrolyte balances for the prevention of metabolic
and infectious diseases of animals. Also, he will discuss the development
and use of natural nutrients for the prevention and treatment of
pathogenic microorganisms in wounds of the skin, external genitalia
and reproductive tract of animals.
Dehra H. Glueck, MD
Equine Facilitated Psychotherapy - Principles and Practice
Dr. Glueck double majored in philosophy and biology at Washington
University in St. Louis. She then attended medical school with her
husband at the University of Arkansas. Dr. Glueck is currently completing
a residency that combines primary care pediatrics with adult, child,
and adolescent psychiatry. She has a life long love of horses and
began riding as a small child. Dr. Glueck completed an internship
in Equine Facilitated Psychotherapy at Epona Equestrian Services
in Tucson, Arizona. She has also worked with Adolescents using long-term
EFP in group and individual settings. Dr. Glueck is interested in
understanding the therapeutic principles at work in EFP, what makes
effective therapy and the use of research to help public and professional
understanding of this field.
Deborah Bowerman-Davies
All the Horses Children
Deborah Bowerman-Davies has made working with and training horses
a life long path. As a rider she has competed nationally and internationally,
and has studied bio-mechanics, and mental and emotional patterns
of the horse both in competition and in a non-competitive environment.
"The way to a horse's mind is through his body,
a way to his body is through his mind." This is the philosophy
that has led Deborah to a career as an International Competitor,
Instructress and Coach. Her equine study and experience has given
her the knowledge to help people with riding challenges as well
as physical and mental challenges within.
Deborah holds numerous instructor certifications and
is using her ability as a teacher to help change the life of horses
and people. Through HeartMath research, her experience within the
therapeutic riding field and with children she is working on her
new book "All the Horses Children".
As we go about our every day activities in this modern
society, do we ever think about what effect our modern day, structured
society has on our children?
Are we teaching them to step forward in their power
from within their own individuality and integrity or are we installing
fear and self consciousness that is brewed by a society of adults
that are in fear and suppression?
It can be unclear to those of us that are caught up
in the hype of this archetype society, which is why so many of our
beautiful children are labeled and diagnosed, taking medication
which band aids deep wounds created by our society itself. If we
look at statistics of children labeled ADHD, or hyperactive, children
suffering from depression whose conditions are hidden with medication
because the school district does not know how to address them, there
is not enough money or community/ government support, is it a wonder
we have such a high juvenile delinquency in this and many other
countries. These adolescents then become "labeled" again
as they become drug addicts, thieves and gangsters. Then what. More
of the same. More band aids, this time in jail??
It is time to recognize that these kids are crying
out for guidance, attention, love and support. They are craving
a tribal community that can show them the way. How easy it becomes
for us to judge those with holes in the lips and nose, using their
body as sacrifice as they are seeking an identity and acceptance.
As evolved as we claim to be as a species, we are
so far away from the truth of "what is" that we cannot
see the trees for the forest. It becomes hard to remove oneself
from the way we are supposed to be and act that how can we possibly
give any more than that to our children. Unless we are willing and
ready to learn, from who…….
A species that in many ways is a whole lot more physiologically
evolved than we, that understands the fundamental principles of
survival, food, water, air, movement. What more is there really?
Our horses are our teachers and in working with summer
camp kids of all ages and from all backgrounds it is astonishing
to see how shut down these children are until they interact with
the horse.
Something magical happens when a child looks into
the eyes of a horse, the deep meaningful eyes, full of mysticism
and knowledge somehow engulf the soul and take you to a deeper awareness
of within. These are our teachers.
Kirsten Johnston, Kesmarc, LLC
(Kentucky Equine Sports Medicine & Rehabilitation Center)
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) - 30 mins. Lecture
The hyperbaric oxygen chamber is nothing short or a revolution in
medical care. Equine medicine now has the opportunity to utilize
this phenomenal, adjunctive therapy to speed healing in many equine
injuries and illnesses, and to successfully treat many such injuries
and illnesses which have previously remained chronic or untreatable.
Balance International Saddles
Carol Brett
BALANCE the Way forward... Saddling for the 21st Century.
Carol Brett is the co-founder of the UK based BALANCE organization.
She is at the seminar to present a thought provoking and informative
lecture/demo which addresses some of the 'all too common' saddle
related dis-abilities seen in the ridden horse.
The horse and human have remained pretty much unchanged in terms
of conformation and bio-mechanics for many hundreds of years. However,
the way in which the two species have interacted has changed considerably.
Our attitude to the horse has also changed dramatically in the Western
World as his role has changed from that of a beast of burden to
one of a being an athletic partner involved in all manner of sports
that humans have invented!
With the availability of so many high tech methods of measuring
and evaluating movement, people are becoming interested in how the
horse can move efficiently and what gets in the way of this. This
is beginning to confirm the information that the BALANCE organization
has been studying and working with for the past 12 years. Because
of the unbalanced emphasis on rider comfort for many years, most
modern saddles and saddle fitting methods inhibit natural patterns
of movement and weight distribution that even the most talented
rider cannot over-ride (excuse the pun). It is only when you look
at how the horse's body needs move in order to stay balanced and
powerful, that one can start to appreciate ways in which saddles
have to be designed and 'un-fitted'! One thing is for sure.........BALANCE
saddles do not fit in conventional terms, and it is the way that
they don't fit that make them work so well!
This is not rocket science, it is a simple, common sense approach
that has been inspired and led by the horses themselves.
Doreen Hudson, Respond Systems
Magnetic and Laser Therapy
Doreen Hudson is the Vice President of marketing and sales at Respond
Systems, Inc., They are located in Connecticut where they have been
designing and manufacturing therapy systems for horses and dogs
since 1986. She has a BS from Skidmore College, and has taken graduate
courses at Syracuse University and Wesleyan University, Doreen will
be talking to us for about 45 minutes to explain how pulsing magnetic
field therapy systems and how therapeutic laser systems can help
our equine and canine friends heal their injuries more rapidly.
She will also give us an update on how therapeutic laser systems
have recently become available for use in human medicine for problems
such as Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, and back and neck pain.
Kay Cansler
Young Living Essential Oils
Kay Cansler holds a Master's in Education degree from the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and specialty certifications in
the area of Reboundology, Lymphology and Certified Nutritional Consulting.
Following a "life-changing" health challenge in 1985,
she became involved in the field of alternative health. Her love
for educating folks about the wonderful benefits of "therapeutic-grade
essential oils" erupted from her extensive independent studies
in the area, including specialty studies with Dr. Gary Young, Founder
of Young Living Essential Oils. With Dr. Young at the helm, her
training included the science and application of oils, distillation
and the chemistry of oils. Additionally, she had the honor of studying
with Dr. Jean Claude Lapraz and with Dr. Daniel Pénoël,
two of the world's leading authorities on essential oils from France.
She travels the US conducting a 5-6 hour training seminar entitled,
Gifts of the Magi.
Educational Equine Assisted Experiential Programs
Four Harmony Foundation - Information on our programs will be available
at the Foundation booth
Racing to Read
The mission of the Racing to Read program is simple and direct.
To guide students of all ages to find within themselves the desire
and courage to embrace the joy of reading and the love of nature,
by providing them the opportunity to combine reading books about
the horses and other animals at Pine Knoll Farm and actually meeting
and working with these same animal friends.
The Winner's Circle
The "Winner's Circle" program is a youth
program teaming Pine Knoll Farm, the Four Harmony Foundation and
community organizations, schools, programs, or the general public.
The "Winner's Circle" program is designed and implemented
as an equestrian program that combines equestrian experiences, responsibilities,
and studies with supportive educational/academic skills enhancement,
team building, and life-skills issues and support. This program
is ideal for "at risk" youth as well as any individual/s
who are interested in horses, a career in animal-related occupations;
youth with social, self-esteem, confidence, and/or academic challenge.
PINE KNOLL STAFF
Trina McGuire our Farm Manager wears many "hats"
everyday! Trina teaches beginners, conducts farm tours and is responsible
for the health and well being of all the horses at Pine Knoll Farm.
Because of Trina and her excellent staff Pine Knoll Farm is the
happy, healthy place it is.
Pamela Shirley, MD, graduated from the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a B.S. in zoology and a medical
degree (MD). She completed her psychiatric training at the UK College
of Medicine and is Board Certified in Child, Adolescent and Adult
Psychiatry. She is developing the equine-assisted psychotherapy
and personal development services at the farm.
Riyad Gandhy is a respected trainer and instructor
with extensive experience with top dressage trainers. He has spent
the past three years training and riding with International Coach/Judge,
Olympic three-day event rider Jim Graham.
