| Staff
at Medicine Horse Ranch
Humans & Horses |
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Sheila
Whitescarver received her undergraduate degree
in Economics from Sonoma State University, and her Master of
Arts in Economics from University of California at Santa Barbara. |
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graduating, she moved to rural Colorado to a hay and cattle
ranch in the Rocky Mountains, then later to the high desert
plains of Durango, before coming back home to Northern California.
She has worked in a variety of positions including sales and
marketing in real estate, marketing professional services
for a corporate law firm, serving as a senior manager for
a private educational institution, and teaching business and
economics in the California Community College system. Her
volunteer activities have been just as wide-ranging including
work in fundraising and teaching skiing for the Adaptive Sports
Association in Durango, Colorado. Sheila was instinctively
drawn to Medicine Horse Ranch to serve, to be a part of the
healing, spiritual growth and lessons in self-awareness that
are offered through horses, nature, and Alyssa’s guidance
in the programs she developed in Equine Guided Education.
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Dave
Talamo, MFT, CHT works with
teens, adults and families in his private therapy practice in
San Rafael, CA. Dave is a passionate advocate for the EGE work
and the healing power of being in conscious relationship with
horses and nature. |
He is
a certified therapist in the Hakomi method of somatic psychotherapy
and founder and director of Wilderness Reflections, a transformational
wilderness program for teens and adult. He is committed to the
expression of joy and authenticity through the body and to experiential
modalities of self-discovery and recovering wholeness. http://www.wildernessreflections.com/
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Anne-Marie Flynn, CEGE
Anne-Marie is the daughter of a farmer and a nurturer and
a sister to five siblings. She is the proud mother of three
amazing young people and has a life partnership with a man
of great integrity, creativity and caring. |
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grew up in a small rural town in the Sacramento Valley and
spent many years living and learning around the world including,
Los Angeles, the Philippine Islands, Ecuador, El Salvador,
India and Bolivia, ultimately settling in Yolo County, California.
She is the founder of Little Winds Equine Guided
Education focused on creating space for personal, professional
and organizational change through experiential learning workshops
where horses are the guides. Bringing more than 15 years of
experience in training, facilitation and program management
for non-profit organizations, Anne-Marie is partnering with
horses to offer their deep wisdom, healing spirit and clear
communication to people and organizations that are searching
for a more effective way to interact with the world. Anne
Marie is on board this spring to co-facilitate the Horse Sense
for Women’s Program at Medicine Horse Ranch.
Anne-Marie is a Certified Equine Guided Educator. She has
Bachelors Degree from UCLA in Sociology and Ethnic Studies,
a Masters Degree from UC Davis in International Agricultural
Development and is trained in Facilitation, Negotiation and
Cross-Cultural Communication skills.
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Handsome Cesar
is the 'lead gelding' in his herd. He still has the protective
instincts of a wild stallion in an undomesticated herd. |
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he senses danger or uncertainty in the environment, he will
bunch the mares and babies into ball of fast moving horse
energy, insuring the herd stays together.
He embodies courage in action and offers himself
as a valuable training partner for EGE participants to practice
these virtues.
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Sage
is a 13 year old Mustang and 'lead mare' in her herd. |
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lead mare is the ' direction setter' determining what direction
to move the herd, how far they will travel and how fast they
will move together.
Sage carries the 'medicine' of self-leadership
insisting anyone in her company step fully into their leadership
potential.
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Angel
has been called the 'healer' in the herd. We have noticed how
she often seeks out participants who carry a deep disappointment
in the heart. |
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Time and time again, Angel will offer herself and in doing
so the gift of helping the human rebuild trust.
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Of all the horses at the ranch,
our white Arabian named
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Toyota' seems almost mythical at times. |
He has a
magicians spirit and incredible depth and
wisdom. Some of our most magical moments ( with horses and humans
alike) have manifested with Toyota leading the way.
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Guinness
is a sweet and gentle Quarter Horse. In his
younger days he was a champion roping horse in Reno Nevada. |
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Retired from his 'glory days' he now contributes to human
growth and learning as equine partner in various EGE activities
at the ranch.
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Bill
Brown Thornton, is a 3 year old BLM mustang
and youngest gelding in the herd. Billy's gift is endless curiosity
and playfulness. |
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loves people, often leaving his food and herd mates to be
the first to greet our guests.
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Tizzy
is a 25 year old Appaloosa Quarter Horse. In the horse herd,
her job is that of sentinel mare.. her contribution is on the
periphery of things. Tizzy sees into the wide horizon |
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signals the lead mare when she notices something of concern.
In the EGE program, Tizzy offers her huge heart and steady
encouragement to contribute the best parts of ourselves from
love.
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Hazel
is 16 years old and a registered quarter horse. Hazel is often
responsible for big smiles with her winning ways. |
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