Waking Up to Love Gong Bath & Blessing

    Sunday, Feb 12, 1:00-4:00

Happy Dog Ranch, Littleton, CO

$27 or $25 early bird by 2/1 or $25/pp for 2+

 

 

Mid-winter can be cold, dreary and uninviting until we learn to look at it from the inside out. Did you know that mid-winter is also the time that seeds begin to germinate and birds begin to mate? Life awakens!

Join us for Waking Up to Love Gong Bath & Blessing, our mid-winter                                                                Horse Hungry Mixer and celebration of love!

Bring a deeper meaning to your relationships in this season of love!

Experience how awakening to life opens you up to expanding love for yourself and for others!

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Mary Jo Honiotes, Life Celebrant * Gregg Wilkins, Sound Sculptor * Kathleen June, Facilitator

What is a gong bath? It is a meditative, sound-healing immersion experience designed to cleanse, refresh and wake you to the love within. You are fully clothed and there is no water involved!

Gregg plays Tibetan gongs to sculpt the sounds that bring us to our own mid-winter awakenings. You will feel the sounds wash over you, thrum throughout your body and reverberate in your bones.

Learn more about Gregg at http://www.spiritwaverhythms.com

How do I sign up? Preregistration is required. Please use the PayPal button or contact Kathleen at kjvitale@me.com

$25 Early bird by 2/1 -OR- Happy Dog volunteers:

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Horse Hungry Mixer: TTouch with Pam Beets

Sunday, March 12, 1:30 – 4:30
$15 pp or $13 pp for two or more

Happy Dog Ranch, Littleton, Colorado

SIGN UP! Pre-registration required

Contact Kathleen at kjvitale@me.com to pay via US Mail.     

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Pam Beets is Feldenkreis therapist for people and a Tellington Touch (TTouch)TM practitioner for horses. The two disciplines are related through the work of renowned equine professional Linda Tellington-Jones, who created TTouch(TM).

Pam Beets is a gentle, experiential trainer of both horses and people. Her 27-year-old Arabian, Raj, lives at Happy Dog Ranch and relishes his job as a TTouch model!

  • Talk with Pam about how TTouch(TM) brings more awareness and healing to people and animals
  • Experiment safely with TTouch(TM) on yourself and others for a renewed sense of well-being
  • Try TTouch(TM) on horses
  • Take away 4 TTouches(TM) to use at home

What is TTouch?

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Writers Inspired by Nature

A HORSE HUNGRY MIXER FOR YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS

Writers Inspired by Nature Mini-Retreat with Guest Artist Louise Thayer

**For stuck writers, accomplished writers, new writers**

Facilitated by Kathleen June, Horse Hungry founder

SIGN UP! Pre-registration required

$65 pp or $120 pp for two or more * To RSVP, contact Kathleen at kjvitale@me.com. Let me know if you would like to pay via charge or check.

Louise Thayer is a poet, essayist, photographer, horsewoman, bird dog trainer and herbal tea junkie. You might know her as our Happy Dog Ranch weekend trainer. Louise writes for goodmenproject.com and various magazines.

Join us at this beautiful horse rescue nestled next to the foothills as we explore how nature inspires and informs our writing.

• Commune with horses and walk the land to re-connect with nature

• Snuggle into structured writing activities calling on your connection to nature

• Learn from others via safe, affirming, constructive ways to share what you write

• Be in on the ground floor to help determine the future of this writers group

• Light refreshments provided

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Your Horse Hungry Mixers are a way to:

• Open up to the blessings of horses in your life

• Explore your passion and the meaning of the gifts that horses bring to you

• Discover potential transformation and healing through your relationships with horses

• Celebrate the richness of connections with other women who are enjoying exploring their own passion for horses.

* www.facebook.com/horsehungry * www.meetup.com/connecting_women_to_horseswww.happydogranch.com *

Your Pelvis Demystified

AWARE, FLEXIBLE & BALANCED!

Sun, July 30, 2017  *  9:00-4:00  *  $75-$140

Happy Dog Ranch, Littleton, Colorado  *  Co-hosted by Rider Aware

For women only

>Please RSVP to Kathleen at iamhorsehungry@horsehungry.com * Checks payable to Kathleen June at the door. 

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Understanding and caring for your pelvis is key to your wellbeing.

  • Have you heard about the importance of the pelvic floor, but aren’t exactly sure what it is or how to keep it strong and healthy?
  • Do you ever complain about “stiff lower back” or “stuck hips”?
  • Are you struggling to move fluidly with your horse?

Join us as we move, breathe and explore the pelvis!

  • Learn about the bone, tissue and organ layers of the pelvis.
  • Regard the relationship of your pelvic organs to gravity
  • Strategize solutions and prevention for common pelvic issues we face as women

You will walk away with:

  • A greater sense of connection to the root of your body
  • An embodied and anatomically deepened understanding of your center and how it supports your entire structure and sense of self
  • More awareness of how your pelvis can move more fluidly (yes, it can!) during work, play and with your horse.

MORNING SESSON:  9:00 – 12:00  – Limited to 20 * $75/ AM only

Discover how your pelvis works and how you are meant to move! For anyone interested in a more flexible pelvis and for riders seeking more responsiveness and balance. Indoor activities and exercises with Allison Benner.

AFTERNOON SESSION: 1:00 – 4:00 – Limited to 12 * $140/entire day (AM Session required)

Apply your morning experience to the back of a horse. Ride at a walk while Allison & Cindy Jones coach you on your pelvic movement for more responsive and balanced connection.

>Checks payable to Kathleen June, c/o Horse Hungry, 3383 W. Hayward Place, Denver, CO 80211

YOUR PELVIS DEMYSTIFIED INSTRUCTORS

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Allison Benner – Certified Rolfer, Posture Specialist & Yoga Instructor www.rolfingsolutions.com

Allison draws her body-centered approach to healing from her career as a Rolfer, yoga therapist, and posture and breath teacher. Allison utilizes hands-on manipulation, movement education, and an interactive relationship to support her clients on their path towards ease and integration in their bodies.

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Cindy Jones – Balanced Riding Instructor, Rider Aware Founder

Cindy has been teaching riding for the past 25 years. She has studied with Sally Swift, founder of Centered RidingⓇ, and several of Sally’s senior Centered RidingⓇ instructors. Cindy emphasizes developing harmony and effectiveness through body awareness and riding posture. She is co-founder of Rider Aware Club, a monthly social and educational gathering which benefits Happy Dog Ranch.

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Kathleen June, Facilitator, Horse Hungry Founder  https://www.meetup.com/Connecting-Women-to-Horses-Denver/

Kathleen pairs her passion for horses with over 30 years of teaching, training and facilitating humans. She founded Horse Hungry at Happy Dog Ranch, where she now leads several Horse Hungry groups. Kathleen recruits and orients HDR volunteers via grooming and ranch work Meetups. She facilitates Mixers for horse-crazy women to meet like-minded friends and claim their passion for horses, and organizes Workshops on Come to Your Senses with Horses, Writers Inspired by Nature, and Horsemanship.

 

 

 

Sunset Gong Bath Surrounded by Horses

Gong Bath at Sunset Surrounded by Horses

Thank you! *** SOLD OUT *** Thank you!

September 10, 2017

Happy Dog Ranch, Littleton, CO 80125

You will receive a Gong Bath confirmation email with instructions & directions.

Horse Hungry tickets (price per person)

Write to iamhorsehungry@horsehungry.com with any questions or to join our mailing list to learn about upcoming events.

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Gong bath prelude: You are welcomed to a charming, peaceful horse sanctuary nestled against the foothills…. you are part of a rapt crowd of Light-hearted seekers…. picnic with a soulful speaker sharing sweet insights into themes of dark and light…. join a reverent procession across the barnyard…. enter a wood-rail pen framing our sacred circle…. 

NOTE: Sound begins at 19 seconds

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Movement, Awareness & Horses with Pam Beets

Scroll Down for Upcoming Events:  Writers Inspired by Nature, Nov 19 – Horse Hungry for the Holidays, Dec 10

Sunday, October 29, 2017
1:00 – 4:00pm
Happy Dog Ranch, Littleton, CO

$72 per person

Horsemanship based on Feldenkrais® Movement – extremely quiet and soft

Pam Beets Feldenkrais Guild Certified Teachertified

  • Explore movements that translate to softness and receptivity in a horse
  • Increase your body awareness for more sensitivity and grace when handling a horse
  • Reduce stress and tension in both you & the horse

How little it takes to create a soft response!

Work in a small group with a haltered horse to learn how subtle you can be and how receptive any horse can be!

Horses provided. Groundwork only, no riding.

 


You will receive a confirmation email with instructions and directions.

Horse Hungry tickets (price per person)

Write to iamhorsehungry@horsehungry.com with any questions or to join our mailing list to learn about upcoming events.


About Feldenkrais Method® for horsewomen:

The Feldenkrais Method is a form of somatic (body) education that uses gentle movement and directed attention.

What can it do for you?

 

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Writers Inspired by Nature – Nature Embodied

Sunday, November 19, 2017
12:00 – 3:00pm
Happy Dog Ranch, Littleton, CO

$52 per person, $90 for two people

 

Horse Hungry tickets (price per person)

Do you love to write?

Do you want to write but don’t?

Do you write regularly but desire some different stimulation?

If you are a new writer, a stuck writer or an accomplished writer, Writers Inspired by Nature – Nature Embodied will take you to new depths and insights in the company of other women writers inspired by horses, wide pastures, big skies and nearby foothills.

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Horse Hungry for the Holidays

Sunday, December 10, 2017

12:00pm – 3:00pm

Happy Dog Ranch, Littleton, CO

$48 per person, $90 for two people

 

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What do you mean by “claiming your passion for horses”?

“I have been away from horses for 15 years. I don’t know how this happened! I can’t wait to meet like-minded women at the ranch! I’ve been wishing for a group like Horse Hungry.”

Every new Horse Hungry Meetup member writes something similar in her membership questionnaire. But many women don’t ever sign up to join us at the ranch. We all know what it is like when school, family, work and other obligations keep us from following our horse bliss.

This is why I founded Horse Hungry, because this was once true for me, too. Now I ache to read these poignant comments and to see how so many women struggle to prioritize their own passions.

Some women tell me that they can’t possibly buy a horse calendar or display a horse figurine or picture in their own home.

Some women do watch horse movies, go to an occasional horse show, or take a trail ride, but they describe these outings as unusual events, rare treats or guilty indulgences.

Some women ride or own horses but struggle to articulate their passion and to claim their horse time. They often sound wistful or apologetic, or laugh it off as an addiction.

Too few women I meet view their passion for horses as an essential expression of their true nature.

Claiming our passion for horses is important; it is powerful, and it is essential, not a whim or a passing fancy. It is so crucial to our health and well-being, to our expression of our most authentic selves. It is part of what makes us tick, what makes us vibrant, alive and joyful. It is one beautiful way that we can connect to Nature, to the Divine, so we are replenished to give to others in healthy ways.

I want to support YOU in claiming your passion for horses, no matter what that looks like for you right now!

If you are a horse-hungry woman, Horse Hungry for the Holidays is designed just for you. In a mini-retreat to nurture your love of horses and connect you with other women horse-lovers, you will find comfort, inspiration and expression of your unique passion for horses. You don’t have to get dirty, stress your body or empty your wallet.

Just come and relax, enjoy a meal together, listen to stories of ancient winter traditions and create a horse-passion icon for your home that will support you in claiming your passion for horses at whatever level is right for you.

We want to nurture you, body and soul!

All horse-loving women are invited, including those who have not found the time to spend with actual horses for a while, plus horse-owners and riders.

Lunch, craft supplies, inspiration and love provided! Sink into the beauty of this horse rescue ranch nestled against the foothills.

Escape the holiday madness. Give yourself a gift or request a gift of a horse-lover’s afternoon!

In this mini-retreat you get to know other horse-crazy women over a sumptuous vegan lunch in front of the cabin fireplace.

🐎 Claim heart space just for yourself, no matter your relationship to the season
🐎 Call on ancient winter traditions that remind you to claim your passion for horses
🐎 Bridle that passion for horses to carry you into 2018
🐎 Create your own horse-lover’s memento to inspire and guide you, even when you are apart from actual horses

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Horse Hungry Open House at Happy Dog Ranch

Here’s your chance to learn about Happy Dog Ranch volunteer opportunities!

We are looking for committed volunteers to help care for rescued horses.

Come find out if this opportunity is for you!

Sunday, Jan 21, 1:00 – 4:00

Ranch tours 1:30 & 2:45

 Horse Hungry is dedicated to aiding and abetting your passion for horses!

See what you’ve been missing!

  • Meet new horse-crazy women friends

  • Tour the ranch & observe the horses

  • Learn about Happy Dog volunteers over complementary snacks & hot drinks by the fire

Horse Hungry provides orientation for women volunteers who are passionate about horses and long for a precious re-connection. Join us at this beautiful, peaceful and welcoming ranch!

Horse Hungry volunteers get a safe, structured, inspiring and practical introduction to natural horsemanship as practiced at Happy Dog Ranch in Littleton, Colorado:

  • Respectful – We treat horses as the sensitive and wise beings they are, putting their agenda first (for example, if our horse is anxious, we help him feel safe and comfortable before grooming).

  • Soft – Much of our horsemanship is based on martial arts principles of connection, blending, harmony, centeredness and balance. We achieve this through an ever-developing practice of energetic attention.

  • Non-invasive – We learn to consider the horses’ world view when we make requests of them, including their boundaries, sensibilities, and language.

Donations of any size requested to support the horses!

RSVP: iamhorsehungry@horsehungry.com

**Dress for the weather and wear boots or closed-toed shoes you can get dirty. 

**You will receive confirmation and directions

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Waking Up to Love Gong Bath & Blessing

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED

Are you stir-crazy in mid-winter, wishing for spring?
Do you long for a deeper connection to the earth and to animals?
Could your heart use a soothing, uplifting self-valentine?

A resounding, deepening, transforming
Gong Bath Mini-Retreat could be the cure!

Horse Hungry tickets (price per person)

What is a Gong Bath? What can a Gong Bath do for you? How is it a Self-Valentine?

Scroll to next blog post to FAQs to learn all about this special Self-Valentine event.

Hear Life Celebrant Mary Jo Honiotes discuss what is happening in the natural world right now. Receive her words and the Earth’s wisdom as a blessing and balm for your heart. Consider how these minutely-tuned occurrences might mirror your own awakening to expanding life and love.

  • Take a meditative “Awake Walk” among the horses and other ranch animals. Breathe with them. Listen to them. Pet them if they come to you. What messages of self-love come to you?

  • Be transported by the soothing tones of Sound Sculptor Gregg Wilkins as he plays the Earth Gong with a wide variety of instruments. (We have two new house cats – maybe they will enjoy the Gong tones as much as Beso and Fritz did in the past!)

You will receive confirmation upon payment; instructions and directions the week prior to the Gong Bath.

CANCELLATION POLICY: $25 refund if you cancel before Friday, Feb 8. No refund after that date. If we cancel, full refund.

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