Archive for June, 2009

Hello Everyone,
I can’t tell you how interesting it is to see things fall into place. I have learnt these very simple concepts from the horses & developed them for people. They are all about becoming more aware of yourself & others & learning how to get along better. The two photos above are of an adult team building day & a kid team building day. Same exercises, same concepts, just different age ranges.

We have had some local schools up recently for team building days. I think it is a great idea for kids to learn how to get along better, improve their communication skills & think outside the box when dealing with adversity. Great days. Sarah, one of our teachers has written about it on her blog.

We have soooo many things coming up, horse courses, Mind, Body & Spirit workshops and of course another Warrior Programme. We are all kept on our toes up here at the moment. Keep a look out on our e-shots, blogs & dates for diary for all our summer events.
Take care
Sarah

Hello All,
What an awesome week we had on our Warrior Programme last week. The photos above are of one of our exercises with the heading of TRUST. It’s so funny how we want the horses to trust us but how we need to learn to trust the horses & people too. A very powerful exercise.

Well we are on such a journey up here at Learning To Listen. I personally am having the time of my life. 10 years ago I had a dream. I dreamt I would be able to help people understand their horses better. 5 years ago I had another dream. I wanted to help kids that had had a difficult start to life. 3 years ago I had another dream. I wanted to help people. Anyone who was looking for guidance on how to understand lifes rich tapestry. Well sitting here right now is the most amazing feeling because dreams really do come true everyone! I have been able to do all this and guess what I’m going for my next one!

Believe. That is all I can tell you. I am no-one, from no-where & the climb has been steep, but now sitting at the top of this mountain the view is truly worth it. My team are the coolest people ever & we are all getting ready for our next journey - mountain to climb - so look out world!

My quote for today

‘If you’re not laughing or learning why are you doing it?’

Have a good one
Sarah

Have you ever fancied trying your hand at breaking arrows on your throat or walking on glass or fire?
Well, now is your chance.
Jane Keogh is here running a one day workshop on 25th July. Throughout the day Jane will take you through the steps to developing your mind enough to enable you to break arrows and even walk on glass or fire - without injuring yourself!
For more information or to book your place call Sarah on 01765 689368

Hey everyone,
How’s it going? I have been told today by our website design company Bronco www.bronco.co.uk 
I need to title my blogs with something interesting not just my name so I’ve tried this one tonight.

I totally love this work we are doing on The Warrior Programme. Working with the horses helping people to  develope their communication skills, awearness of others & how they look to others is so cool. The horses are amazing to watch. If you look at the photos above you can see that Liv was uncomfortable being close to Leslea. I asked her what she was thinking about and she said she was looking at how tense she was in her life & how her energy had risen in her body. Liv wouldn’t move any closer. Then when Leslea moved on to relaxing & clearing her mind, Liv moved & stood right over the top of her. So cool to see.

Another great day up here on our Leadership day, the group are making some real breakthroughs. You here comments like, ‘I didn’t realise I was doing that’, or ‘I want to be better at putting in fair boundries’. You know when you just know what you are born to do……

A quote that came up today..

‘If you keep doing what you’re doing, you’ll keep getting what you’re getting’

Take care
Sarah

This week has been an amazing experience for the global company G4S. Russell Hobbs and his team were blown away by this life changing corporate training experience. The feedback we recieved included comments like: “Better than any team building day I have ever been on before”, “A mind blowing Experience”.

Good evening all,
Just finished a great first day with my new Musha (Means Warrior in Japanese) group. My New Programme is called The Warrior Programme but there a 3 different ways to take it. Musha is the 5 day fast track, then there is the Kola, 5 x 1 day spread apart (mean brother Warrior in Native American) & then there’s the Samurai package for a more advanced package. Well the girls did amazing today. The sun was upon them while they worked on the ‘You’ section. Tomorrow we move on to Leadership.

There always seems to be so much to tell you that I don’t know where to start.  We are looking at our whole website design at the moment so if you have any ideas on how we can improve, let us know.

We have some great Mind, Body & Spirit work shops coming up. Anna-Louise Haigh www.anna-louisehaigh.com has just published her book The Spirit Whisperer & is running her first clinic at LtL at the end of June called Your Animal Guide & You. Interesting stuff, although when my son tells me he can see people at the bottom of his bed it does freak me out a bit! Any suggestions?

I need to try & keep up my quotes for you as I think they can sometimes come when you need a lift, so here goes

‘Ordinary people with commitment can make an extraordinary impact in the world’

& guess what, I’m ordinary!

 Take care
Sarah

Hello everyone,
How are you all? I have just received the most amazing bouquet of flowers from the team at G4S. It brought tears to my eyes. We have just had the most powerful corporate training ever over the last 3 days. It truly is a magical moment when you realise that what you are doing is exactly what life has been preparing you to do for years. All of a sudden you wake up & go, ‘Now I know what I am supposed to be doing & it all make sense’.

The thing that touched me the most was that when I started this journey with the Warrior stuff I had a vision of people going around calling themselves warriors after they had done the course, so when I read the card that came with the flowers it said, ‘Thanks for a life changing experience. With lots of love from the OCC Warriors’. Wow it’s really happening. All I can say is get visualising & get believing in your dreams because they do come true!

The photo above is of Richard, a senior manager at G4S doing one of the trust exercises. 16 people did this it was wonderful to see.

Well my next one starts on Monday so I’d better get ready. Take care & have a beautiful weekend.
Sarah

This was the calm before the big day. Our show field was a hive of activity today with our G4S corporate group in. www.g4s.com/uk What an amazing day. These people are complete starngers to horses and within a few hours could move the horses around a pen in walk, trot & even canter. And if that wasn’t enough they could then move them through a series of obsticles without even touching them. So cool. Well they are back tomorrow for some more!

I have a great poem that I will post for you tomorrow. It was written by a lady called Oriah Mountain Dreamer www.oriahmountaindreamer.com/ this is her website. It is the most amazing poem and has really touched me. Her book is also great The Inviitation.

Well best be off to prep for tomorrow. Take care
Sarah

Hey all,
How are you doing out there? Well we have our big corporate group in tomorrow. How exciting. G4S have been before for 2 days training & this time they are here for 3. I thought I’d put a picture in of where we hold the corporate & warrior days. I love this little make-shift porta cabin. It has been turned into a log cabin by our past students from the school side. The views are amazing.

We only have 2 places left on next weeks Warrior Programme if any of you can make it. 20% off deal still stands.

Don’t forget to look at our ‘WISH LIST’ on the blog pages if you’re struggling to pay for courses.
Off for a break now before the madness starts.
Take care
Sarah

Hi All,
Well that looks like it for the summer! I wanted to guide you all to a blog tonight www.carolynresnickblog.com This lady is doing some really interesting stuff & we are looking at the waterhole rituals up here. Let me know what you think.

The photo above is of home. I seem to feel the need for a bit of a ‘walkabout’ at the moment. I haven’t been home for 20 years. Watch this space!

We have created a ‘wish list’ on our website. I will tell you more next time I write but look out for it, it’s a great way to get on the Warrior Programme in exchange for some help on the ever expanding farm!
Well that’s it for me, take it easy
Sarah