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Horse Friends:

It’s finally spring and time to enjoy horse activities and learning. I love this time of year. We’ve decided to include all kinds of events in our calendar, not just the workshops. There’s something for everyone. We even have two workshops for those of you who don’t ride: yoga and painting horses in the landscape. Evening Under the Stars was a great success in 2009 and we’ll enjoy another evening this year. Read on for more information. And, if you are unable to attend any of the events but would like to come meet the horses and tour the ranch, give us a call or drop us a line to set an appointment.

Happy Trails,
Jane Heath, Executive Director

Workshops and Events:

Our workshops this year offer a great variety of learning opportunities for riders, non-riders, artists, yoga students and horse caretakers. All Santuary horse workshops offer humane methods to help horses and people communicate more effectively and interact more safely together. Check the schedule and register today:

Caring for the Rescued Horse: Level 1
Date: Saturday, July 17
Instructor: Jane Heath, Executive Director of Montana Horse Sanctuary
Time: 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
Cost: free
Location: Montana Horse Sanctuary Ranch, Simms
Maximum number of students: 15
About Jane Heath

Rescued and special needs horses present their own set of challenges for their caretakers. This comprehensive introductory workshop will address evaluation, feeding, quarantine, confinement, integration into the herd, record keeping and holistic management. This is the first in what will become a series of workshops. It will also help caregivers decide whether rescued horses are an option for them. Email to register

VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES
Volunteers are the lifeblood of the Sanctuary and most of our volunteer activities take place in the warmer months. Projects include horse care, fence building, office work, staffing of booths at public events, planning events like Evening Under the Stars and the tack sale and more. If you’d like to become a volunteer, visit our website, www.montanahorsesanctuary.org and go to the volunteer page and fill out and submit the information form. We even have a young volunteers program for kids age 8 and older.

Ranch work days
Activities on these days will include taking out old barbed wire fences and installing new, horse-safe fences, cleaning corrals, pulling weeds, construction and lots of other fun group projects to help make the horses’ lives better. No construction experience needed. We have a job for everyone!

Ranch work days will be held on various Saturdays in 2010 from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Volunteers may work the entire 5 hours or a portion of that time. Contact the Sanctuary for the next ranch work day date.

Event at Rebecca Farm Booth staff
The Event at Rebecca Farm is a four-day competitive event in Kalispell July 22-25. The Sanctuary rents a booth space to promote the sanctuary’s programs and sell promotional clothing and items. Volunteers at this event have a great time meeting the public and also get time to watch the amazing horses and riders who are literally some of the best in the world.

Other volunteer activities
Many volunteers work at the Sanctuary on a separate schedule or sporadically. Let us know what works for you. We even have volunteers who work from long-distance placing event posters, helping with grantwriting, editing documents, cooking treats for volunteer activities and so forth. Let us know how and when you would like to participate!

Other workshops and clinics:

The following workshops/clinics are not sponsored by Montana Horse Sanctuary but are highly recommended:

"Yoga Ride Retreat"
Date: Sat.-Sun., July 17-18th
Location: Kootenai Creek Equestrian Center,
Stevensville, Montana
Professional Instructors:Malika B.Coston, Equestrian Trainer and Veronica Brown, Yoga Instructor and Healing Body Work.

Combine Natural Equitation and Yoga to achieve balance and harmony for horse and rider. Improve balance, concentration and alignment. Enhance horse/rider connection and responsiveness. Learn healing massage techniques for horse & rider.

Improve confidence & have fun!! Early registration is advised, as space is limited.
Horses available upon request. For more information and to register contact:

Kathy Luedtke: kathyluedtke@q.com or call 406-777-7127.
For more info: http://montanahorsecenter.com
Happy Trails ~ Namaste'

* P.S. Announcement!! While at the ranch, Veronica Brown is offering a special KUNDALINI HEALING YOGA CLASS Friday July 16th, times TBA
Kootenai Creek Ranch, Stevensville MT.
No experience necessary. Bring water, a towel or mat and wear comfortable clothing. RSVP to: Marina Weatherly, 406-777-3546 or marina@bridgemail.com

To host a "Yoga Ride Retreat" in your area with Malika B. Coston and Veronica Brown
contact Marina Weatherly: marina@bridgemail.com

Bryan Neubert Horse Clinic
Date: Fri.-Sun., July 23-25
Location: Bozeman, MT
Colt Starting - $350
Horsemanship - $350
Spectators (daily) - $25
Call: Jess Holloway in Bozeman 763-4113

July 25-Aug. 1: 7D Ranch Horsemanship Clinic with Spencer Dominick in Sunlight Basin, WY. See more information.

Montana Horse Sanctuary's educational goal is to provide humane, affordable workshops for the benefit of horses and their people.

Montana Horse Sanctuary holds a variety of interesting, pertinent and low-cost workshops each year in various locations around Montana. Our workshops are attended by beginning to advanced horse people as well as trainers, veterinarians and other horse professionals.

Basic communication between horses and their people is essential for progress at any level -- training, riding, handling or health. Our workshops focus on providing horse people with fundamental tools and techniques. The concepts taught are based on the horse's point of view.

About the instructors:

Montana Horse Sanctuary maintains the highest standards for its workshop instructors. All are outstanding professionals in their own fields of expertise. Our instructors are experienced, professional and articulate with a strong commitment to teaching horse people more about their horses. Our instructors are sensitive to the needs of both horses and horsepeople. Current slate of workshops will be presented by:

Jess Holloway of Bozeman
Jess teaches colt starting at Montana State University, and operates his own horse training facility near Gallatin Gateway west of Bozeman. He also teaches private lessons and works with horses who have problems. Jess’s approach to training and teaching utilizes a language horses and riders clearly understand and put into practice. His methods are logical and easily used by horsepeople of all backgrounds and experience. Jess grew up in Montana and has worked on horse and cattle ranches. He holds a degree in range science from Montana State University.

Jodie Knable of Great Falls
Jodi Knable, DPT, received her training as a human physical therapist from Loma Linda University in Southern California. Her love of horses led her to pursue her certification in Equine Rehabilitation. She has had her own horses most of her life and was raised in Montana. Jodi helps horses and their riders realize their full potential through physical therapy techniques, stretches and strengthening.

Diane Hausmann of Fairfield
The unspoiled landscapes of Montana and horses she loves so much are the subjects of Diane’s artwork. Through her paintings she shares her experiences of the west as well as her appreciation of the land and its inhabitants. Her lifetime with horses allows her to paint and sculpt their nuances and motions in an imaginative way. Her watercolor paintings have won awards at “Watermedia”, the Montana Watercolor Society national juried show, the PhippenWestern Art Show in Prescott, AZ and the Wild West Art Show in St. Paul, OR. Diane also works in oil painting and sculpture. Diane’s website is: www.hausmannstudio.com

Jane Heath of Simms
Jane is the co-founder of Montana Horse Sanctuary. She is also a professional equine therapist with 15 years of experience and nearly 1,000 hours of training. She practices a number of hands-on modalities including Craniosacral Therapy and Traditional Chinese Massage. She integrates her hands-on work with her passion for equine nutrition and herbal medicine to help the Sanctuary horses recover from a variety of past circumstances including physical abuse, malnutrition, improper diet and so forth. She has taught many workshops about horses during her career including massage therapy for horse owners, stretching and “horse yoga”, and nutrition for starved horses.

Kelly Baraby of Helena
Kelly Baraby is a Certified Massage Therapist and Yoga Teacher. She was an assistant teacher of massage and primary teacher of Yoga at Big Sky Somatic Institute for nine years and has continued to create circles for community and individual growth. Kelly began her studies in Yoga in 1993, along with massage therapy. She has trained in KMI, a structural form of body work with Tom Meyers and combines this with therapeutic Yoga. Her current studies are with Judith Lasater a nationally known Yoga teacher and physical therapist. Kelly enjoys making Yoga accessible to all. She operates Helena Community Yoga in downtown Helena and is co-owner of Dancing Lotus Center. http://www.dancinglotuscenter.com

Barbara Denowh of Helena
Barbara Denowh has been a student of yoga for 10 years and is an active practitioner of hatha yoga and meditation, as well as a student of yogic philosophy. She is certified through the Shambhava School of Yoga where she did an immersion training in a yogic lifestyle. Barbara’s classes are designed to harmonize mind, body, and breath to address the imbalances caused by our hectic lifestyles. Barbara teaches a hatha flow style of yoga emphasizing fluid movement. She is a new teacher at Dancing Lotus Center of Helena. http://www.dancinglotuscenter.com

Our workshop criteria:

Montana Horse Sanctuary provides educational opportunities which:

are humane;
are safe;
are taught by qualified, professional, experienced instructors;
will benefit the broadest possible audience of horse people;
are for the benefit of horses and their people.

The sanctuary will post other workshop information as it becomes available. If you'd like to have us send you a workshop calendar in the mail, please contact us. We will be happy to add you to our mailing list.

Montana Horse Sanctuary
email:info@montanahorsesanctuary.org
P.O. Box 10, Simms, MT 59477 • (406) 264-5300