SERVICES
Whether you are a professional or individual, interested in horse-human relationships, human-nature interactions, leadership development, or expanding awareness and consciousness, please explore the services below and/or the Education/Resources section for more information.
Using various educational modalities, I offer a variety of learning opportunities that can be customized to your particular organization, project, people, or situation. If you don’t see what you are looking for, please feel free to Contact Me.
Most Services are available in virtual and in-person formats.
All the services I offer focus on education. From speaking to coaching I want you to learn what I know so you are the expert. Although I have books, videos, products, and numerous articles, they have been developed as learning aids and the proceeds from their sale primarily go to benefit horse charities.
The following first outlines the types of services I offer (education, speaking, coaching, consulting, etc.), followed by the primary topic areas and programs I offer, broken out under main subjects of Horses/Equestrians or People and Organizations.
Services are offered in both “professional formats” and “individual/student formats”. For example, the Equine Behavior and Psychology talks, coaching, and training formats for veterinarians are presented differently than the talks or training for a general interest group. Similarly, the facilitator and coach training program and talks for coaches, therapists, or trainers are different than for individuals. The formats are adapted to the specific audience.
Although I have led hundreds of nature and horse based learning programs, clinics, and retreats, today my focus is focusing more on training facilitators and younger leaders on the skills they need to guide people to learn using various consciousness and learning models.
If you are interested in learning how to sharpen your facilitation skills for working with people in nature or with horses let me know. I would love to help you.
Please reach out to me if you have questions or another topic of interest. I enjoy collaborative projects and working with teams. Contact Me
Education
My goal is to give you the tools you need to teach and facilitate others enhancing your own organization or professional practice. Having developed and/or taught numerous courses, programs, shareshops (workshops), retreats, and symposiums, Mary Ann is currently offering customized programs for organizations and professional groups. Please contact us for more information.
Since I consider myself primarily an “educator, everything I do has an educational focus. “I want you to know what I know”, so weather I am speaking, facilitating coaching or consulting, you will learn something new and hopefully inspiring about yourself, life, or your interaction with nature and horses.
Most of my work is grounded in the principles of science, consciousness and awareness, spiced with numerous case studies and “real world” examples and blended with various fun learning techniques. I love to help you learn.
Having developed a number of courses and programs over the last 40 years while running the Whole Horse and Equestrian Science Institute and the Institute of Integrated Sciences, I am now in the process of adapting and developing some of them into on-line and virtual formats. In the meantime, you can benefit from many of the programs through talks, coaching, clinics or consulting and/or retreats.
Speaking
Offering a variety of topics blended to fit various disciplines and organizational focus, Mary Ann has given hundreds of inspiring talks over the last forty years guiding people to open their hearts and minds to new ways of sensing, connecting, communicating, collaborating, and creating. From the natural resource industry to governments and from animal and equestrian organizations to tourism and marketing groups, Mary Ann weaves relevant knowledge with intuitive tools stimulating insight into deeper communication. Please contact us for more information.
Please Contact Me for list of talks, lectures and keynote speeches. Or give me a topic and I will put together an entertaining and educational speech for you or your group.
Speaking and inspiring people is my passion. My talks are not always traditional speaking formats as I weave audience assessment, science, intuition, fun, stories and often interaction with horses, animals or nature into my talks. I am as comfortable giving talks in a barn aisle or out in nature as I am in a conference room. I actually prefer outside talks where people can have more fun interacting.
“Entertaining, Educational, Empowering! Mary Ann opens up door after door in your mind weaving personal stories to back up her amazing wisdom on so many subjects.”
Because I have been speaking for so many years before video, and because I often engage the audience to participate in the talk, I do not record most of my talks in order to maintain the privacy and intimacy of the groups. And since every group is different, there is no “one shoe fits all” on speaking.
I customize the stories, messages, and delivery methods to best achieve the goals of the group. I try and speak on what people want to hear, not what I want to say, while at the same time empowering and inspiring people to trust themselves and adopt the information that is relevant to them.
See What Others Say for feedback on my speaking.
Coaching/Mentoring
There is nothing more rewarding than having a client become happier, feel more confident, and be able to teach others what they have learned. I try and give you the tools to best fit your own goals by guiding you through a variety of techniques to empower you to keep learning and incorporate what you have learned into your own programs.
Coaching in Equestrian Psychology, Equine Behavior & Learning, Consciousness, Inter-species Communication, Stress Management, Nature Psychology & Creativity
Training equine professionals, therapists, other educators or facilitators to learn and teach tools to help their clients or students is the focus of the coaching programs for professionals.
Private and group coaching is available on most topics as a single session, a package or as a monthly program. The HeartMind SPEAK program and others are offered for coaches and professionals wishing to earn a certificate of completion or CE credits.
Consulting
Whether it is evaluating an eco-development, providing expert witness testimony, conducting a “body scan” on a horse, or helping a therapist expand their practice to include nature or animals, the process begins with establishing a relationship and determining what your goals are for the project or situation. Often working with teams, I try and provide the best solution to the situation and guide the client toward success. Contact me If you have an interesting product, project or situation within the areas of my expertise, and if I cannot help you, perhaps I can refer you to someone who can assist you. The following areas of consulting have been provided to various clients:
Communication – people, animals, nature
Equine Behavior & Psychology
Visioning, Creativity, & Consciousness
Horse Welfare -wild horses and sport horses
Expert Witness – equine behavior and horse industry standards
Eco Developments/ Equestrian Developments,
Tourism – Eco, Cultural, Agri, Horse
Ecological /Equine Farm Design and Management
Community Development/Equestrian Development
Equine/Equestrian Marketing/PR
Leadership and Organizational Development
Educational Program Development
Vibrational Remedies & Holistic Product research and development
Facilitation/Retreats/Clinics
If you have a group with a topic of interest such as “horse women” or “women in nature” and you would like help designing a program, reach out to me and I may be able help you put together a great learning experience.
Experiential learning in nature and with horses has taken many roads, but the psychological basis for how people learn best is still critical to know. Having good skills as an educator is key no matter who your audience is or your subject matter. Nature and animals are great teachers for connections, communication and exploring consciousness.
Although I have led hundreds of nature and horse based learning programs, clinics, and retreats, today my focus is focusing more on training facilitators and younger leaders on the skills they need to guide people to learn using various consciousness and learning models.
If you are interested in learning how to sharpen your facilitation skills for working with people in nature or with horses let me know. I would love to help you.
Please reach out to me if you have questions or another topic of interest. I enjoy collaborative projects and working with teams. Contact Me
Horses & Equestrians
Equine Behavior & Psychology
(Available in all formats – consulting, talks, coaching – virtually or in person) Below is a sample of some of the many topic areas available on horse-human interactions
Equines by Nature©
Learn how to understand the true nature of horses and their cultures. Based on over 45 years of wild horse studies comparing behaviors and applying social ecology to the management and training of horses, you will learn how to move from human-centric thinking to horse-centric. Learn simple things you can also teach your students such as breathing together, calming signals, using touch on specific points or bringing your hearts into coherence to quickly gain a horse’s trust and connection.
Horse Personality Assessments – Learn how to assess horses using the S.A.I.C.C. Evaluation and other models.
Equine Behavior Issues – from stable to show ring and from wild horses to performance horses. Almost all behavioral issues have a cause of worry or discomfort and usually display how your horse is trying to communicate his/her needs to you.
Confidence & Cooperation Training – Learn “My Space, Your Space” and “Safe Space” exercises to help you and your horse have a better relationship and feel confident.
Essential Skills for Horses– teach your horse what he/she needs to learn to be a functional horse before working on training. Learn what horses teach horses. Knowing these skills will help minimize stress for both you and your horse and give your horse more confidence.
Stress Assessments– Learn how to assess stress in you and your horse as well as manage stress at all levels of horse-human interactions. Mental and emotional stress in horses often go unnoticed until there is either a behavior or physical issue. Managing stress on all levels leads to better performance and happier and healthier people and horses.
Horse Play –
Young horses, like most species learn through play and social interactions with their families and herd mates. Play is essential for building confidence, establishing relationships, learning awareness, establishing social order, releasing stress, learning respect, how to think and building a sense of joy. Learn safe ways to interact and have fun with your horse that is “horse-centric”.
Behavior in the Barn -Basic overview of how horses behave and communicate in day to day life in a barn with people and with other horses. From grooming to feeding and social interactions to training, become more aware of the subtle behaviors.
Horse-Human Communication
Integrating cognitive science, neural biology, intuition with a little bit of quantum physics, you will learn a variety of tools to open up and have clearer channels of communication with your horse. Communication underlies everything from relationships to learning. The more you can listen to your horse and understand their subtle language, the better your horse will feel and perform.
Body Talk
Learn how much information your horse’s body can give you about their mental, emotional and physical states. Through observation, touch, range of motion, proprioception, awareness and expression of feelings, you can gain a greater understanding of what your horse is feeling and thinking.
Wild Horses
Understanding Equine Culture
Guaranteed to inspire you and give you the knowledge few horsemen have about horses. When you know what a horse knows and can teach horse culture to your horse, you become an important friend and partner. Primarily in talk format, I share my years of wild horse research focused on identifying the functional social behaviors of horses and how various behaviors are learned leading to different equine cultures.
Equestrian Psychology
Education for therapists and trainers to gain tools for both humans and horses. Incorporates equine and human behavior, sports psychology, coaching, motivation, age appropriate learning and interspecies communication. Understand the differences between equestrian psychology, psycho-therapy and coaching.
Mindfulness and Meditation With Horses
Inner Rider and Riding Rhythms Programs
Horses are great teachers to help us slow our energy down, learn to breath and become very present in the moment. Using mindfulness techniques both on the ground and riding will help you and your horse relax and focus, as well as build connection and better communication. Enjoy learning together using music and visualizations, mounted or on the ground.
Equine Sports Coaching
Be a better coach by learning mental and emotional skill building tools for horse and rider. Understand how to assess horse/rider teams and determine learning styles for both horse and rider to back your training with a strong foundation. Gain tools from understanding equestrian psychology such as using NLP, listening skills, goal setting, and motivational techniques for humans and horses. Learn how to assess and teach stress management techniques to both horse and rider.
Horse Welfare
Mental and emotional health in horses often goes unnoticed until there is a physical or behavioral breakdown. Learn how to ensure horses really are happy and healthy by understanding the factors that cause welfare issues. From economics to ethics and from ignorance to intentional negative training learn the impacts these factors have on horses and what to do to offset them.
Horsewomanship©
Horsewomen are stable women – well maybe sometimes.
But women often interact differently than men with horses. They are more intuitive and can use emotional intelligence more in line with how horse feel. Horsewomanship provides a different philosophy to interact, train and care for horses.
Equestrian Leadership
Ethics, economics, empowerment, horse welfare, riding for a purpose, collaboration, leadership skills, team building- these are just some of the topics covered under equestrian leadership program. A good speaker topic for many horse groups, especially to inspire students and young riders.
Equestrian Life Coaching
Add tools to your coaching profession. Whether you are a trainer or coach wanting to expand your program to include basic life coaching for your students or a therapist wanting to work with horses and people, learn helpful techniques and models to assist your clients having more meaningful lives with their horses
Horse-Human Interaction Program Development
Coaching and consulting for expanding your horse business or your therapy practice to include a horse-human interaction program. From experiential learning to stress management, horses interacting with humans have defined a new and growing field. I have assisted a number of programs since the 1980s helping establish and grow various sectors of the horse-human interaction fields providing BMPs for horses and guiding professionals.
Holistic Equestrians
Put it all together. Learn natural whole system approach by understanding nature and horses. Learn about how aromatherapy and flower essences can help naturally to manage stress in horses (and people) or how magnetic fields can reduce flies. Learn simple techniques such as using kinesiology tape or how simple it is to communicate with horses without bits using the horse’s neural physiology.
Equine and Equestrian Marketing
The world of horses is one of the broadest most diverse fields for marketing all involving the same creature – the horse. But it is difficult to enter if you do not know the access points, the market, the various disciplines and opportunities. I help people understand our horse world from sport horses to horse-human interaction programs. I have tracked, researched, and consulted on a variety of horse marketing projects for businesses, universities and governments.
Equestrian Planning
Helping local governments, developers and organizations protect and plan for horses and open space by providing consulting guidelines for land use zoning, community development and trails in rural and urban environments. As land disappears it becomes more critical to preserve trails and open space which not only serve the equestrian community, but the general population as well. Contact me for a free consultation if you are interested in preserving nature and involved in community planning and development.
Horse Tourism
“Gentle Hoofbeats”
Learn how to expand your existing business and attract new people or set up a side program in tourism. Agri/horse tourism is a growing field and offers a variety of opportunities for developing a versatile horse business.
People & Organizations
Leadership Development
We live in an age of change. Like nature we must learn to adapt in order to evolve. Leadership skills are critical to the future we are creating, both individually and as communities and organizations. Leadership skills bring inner peace igniting your own inner strength, passion and guidance. Leaders empower those around them to believe in themselves, inspire others, work toward the common “good” creating clear communication channels for feedback and decision making. Modeled after nature, leadership training is offered in various formats for individuals, youth, women, students, organizations and various professions. Contact me for more information.
Stress Management
Stress can help us adapt or break us down. While we cannot always control the stress in our lives, we can learn to manage how stress affects us. Stress affects every organ in our bodies as well as our minds. Women often store stress differently than men and it goes unnoticed until something physically goes wrong.
Learn simple techniques that can be applied anywhere anytime to help you become aware of how stress affects you and how you can learn to feel happy, healthy and relaxed even in the most stressful situations. Programs for teachers, health care professionals, veterinarians, teenagers, women and others.
Humans by Nature©
Inner & Outer Nature
Learn how our human inner nature co-creates the outer nature we experience and how to develop healthy ways to interact with nature. Gain better understanding of the intricate connections our health and well-being reflect in how we relate to nature. Nature is a part of us and we of her – there is no separation. A soft blend of consciousness, biology, psychology, ecology and quantum physics, Humans by Nature will inspire you to think and feel differently about your relationship with all life and develop skills for connecting, communicating and co-creating with nature. Offered as a talk, coaching, and facilitated program.
Enchanted Kinship©
Inter-species Communication
All life communicates constantly sharing information. Learn the subtle languages of other species including body language, feelings, thoughts, and cognitive understanding of the species. A blend of science and intuition, Enchanted Kinship helps you develop multiple channels for communicating with all life and exploring consciousness.
Creativity & Intuition Development
Being able to access your creative center opens up channels for intuition and inner wisdom development. Learning to understand what and where creativity and intuition “hang out” and how to engage these skills have multiple applications for writers, marketing professionals, educators, and others. Talks and coaching available for individuals and businesses.
HeartMind SPEAK©
Communication & Awareness
Offered as a talk or a coach training program for existing coaches, trainers, therapists and students who want a deeper understanding of consciousness, mindfulness, communication and how important the integration of our hearts and minds are to physical and energetic interaction. To learn more go to www.heartmindspeak.com or contact me.
Catalysts for Consciousness©
Consciousness Coaching and Community
We are all being nudged or prodded to evolve our consciousness, individually and together. Learn techniques for expanding awareness, understanding consciousness, and adapting to change. As co-creators, we may all have different purposes, but through networking and connecting, we share a common vision. We are all drops out of the same ocean trying to discover who we are, what is our purpose and how do we create a happy life. Consciousness is the foundation to all that is happening in the world from conflict to health, from fear to happiness, from climate change to politics. Offered as a talk, coaching and a community. Ideal for “change makers” and those people wishing to better understand life. If you would like to join the community go to:
Gaiasophy
Collaboration – Symbiotic Adaptation
The philosophy that nature and the earth is a living breathing organism and we are a part of this organism is the foundation for Gaiasophy. What many native people knew, modern humans have lost. When people separated our home habitat known as “Gaia” into “The Environment”, we lost our connection and viewed the earth as just an element in planning. Now more than ever people have to re-connect in a meaningful way to our home and learn adaption skills to allow us to evolve symbiotically with earth. A talk and lecture.
Eco-tourism Consulting
Eco-tourism Consulting
Consulting in Eco-Tourism development since 1985, my work has spanned from coastal and marine tourism to developing and expanding cultural tourism for native tribes. By linking eco-nomic drivers with eco-logical needs and blending in cultural knowledge or learning, Eco-tourism offers a way to protect nature and provide economic resources for protecting and enhancing nature and people. Consulting involves a needs assessment for both humans and nature and then using collaborative tools to engage stake holders.
Community Development
Eco Development
Sustainable communities take foresight and planning along with a vision for a whole natural system to support people and nature. I work with developers who want to build something that benefits people and nature while making money. Consulting and talks incorporate whole systems thinking, land use planning, regulations, zoning, community support, building partnerships, collaboration, innovative design, ecological awareness and a strong vision people share before investing.
Flower Essences & Aromatherapy
Flower Essences & Aromathrepy
Learn how nature offers us every healing vibration we need to find balance and health. Having made natural vibrational remedies used in mining reclamation to flower essences helping wild horses relax and people transform, I pioneered flower essence research on animals in the late the mid 1980s developing two lines of products. I offer talks and consulting to help you develop your own private line or use with your clients.
Fees
Fees vary depending upon the project and the services. Most coaching and consultations can be conducted on an hourly, monthly or package rate. Speaking engagements depend upon the audience, the content and whether it is for a non-profit organization, business, educational institution, private group or youth organization.
Please reach out to me if you have questions, would like to discuss, or would like more information.