Upcoming Events

8th Annual MusicFest and Silent Auction
Mancos Opera House
Saturday, October 25, 2008
6:30 p.m.

The Medicine Horse Center is pleased to announce the return of the JS Trio featuring Joyce Simpson to the 8th Annual MusicFest and Silent Auction. The trio just released a new CD featuring their 2007 performance at the Mancos Opera House. The JS Trio is Joyce Simpson, Jeff Solon, and Jeff Sweet. Online ticket sales for the hottest event this fall coming soon!

And by popular demand, Barbara Rector will conduct a workshop in Spring 2009. Please call us for details. Read below for information about the workshop she conducted in May 2008.

MHC Hosts Barbara Rector
"Taste of AIA" Workshop
May 2008

The Medicine Horse Center was honored to host Barbara Rector at our facility in beautiful Durango, CO for "A Taste of Adventures in Awareness" short course in May 2008.

This 3-day course is the basic introduction to the AIA principles, theory and practice. Emphasis is on the AIA Safety Agreement. Areas of study are: safety agreement, centering, mutual choosing inner-active, heart scanning process, Con Su Permiso, imaginary lead line, elementary equine physiology and psychology as metaphor for life skills and round ring congruent message sending. The cost is $600/pp and includes a light dinner on Day 1 and lunch on Day 2 and 3.

Barbara co-founded both TROT (Therapeutic Riding of Tucson, Inc.) and EFMHA (Equine Facilitated Mental Health Association) and has over 30 years in the sharing horses with people for their mutual benefit - mentally, physically, emotionally and spiritually. She has traveled the world training the trainers in her Adventures In Awareness process for exploring the heart of horse and human. This course is especially beneficial to individuals working in the Therapeutic Riding and Equine Experiential Learning fields and is suitable for anyone who desires to know themselves and others through the heart lens of a horse.