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		<title>It&#8217;s a NEW YEAR At WillowCreek Stables! Time for remembering and setting goals.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 04:32:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to the New year!  I have a feeling that 2012 is going to be an EPIC year for everyone. This year, I have a plan! I have decided that this is the year for me to focus on gratitude.  Every day I will list at least five things that I am grateful for in my life. This is plan number one. Plan number 2 is that I have begun a list of goals for my life. Big goals, little goals.  A motivational speaker I heard recommended that we all list 101 goals for ourselves.  That&#8217;s really hard. So far I&#8217;m up to 27. I heard an amazing statistic that less than 3% of all North Americans make a plan of what they want for their lives.  This seems a little crazy to my Libran mind, so I am working on myu list.  Which really made me think back to the influences of the people in my life who have helped me define my dreams and the things that I do in my life that fit well with my soul. I think dreams come true because we want them to come true.  Dreams that are beneficial not only to you but to the world around you in some way, good for other people or the environment, well these dreams are somehow assisted by the universe by coincidences and synchronicity that cross your path, but again that can;t happen until you become aware of your goals and what you want for yourself. If you think....]]></description>
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		<title>Traditional vs Willowcreek ? We like the WHOLE HORSE approach!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2011 16:41:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anyone can ride a horse; a blind person, a paraplegic or a terrified housewife and even my husband - everyone can ride! Riding gives us a feeling of working with something &#8221;greater than ourselves&#8221;. It takes us away from our worldly woes and moves into present time and space.  Riding is the ultimate human-animal cooperative task. And yet&#8230;riding no longer impresses me. I believe we can take our relationship to horses MUCH FURTHER than simply training yet another generation of riders to &#8220;bend the horse&#8217;s will&#8221; to our own. This is not the way things are done here.  Want to impress? Show me someone with a whole-horse approach in every equine interaction.  There is a bigger picture with horses, and simply arriving at a barn, brushing, tacking, riding, untacking and going home does not make you a horseperson. Show me your horse in a frightening or new situation and then show me a handler that is willing to take the time to bring understanding to their horse rather than run them through a situation because the ride is more important than the adaptation of the horse, then maybe you&#8217;ll get my attention. Show me a trainer that is willing to take all the time in the world to break a green horse or to guide a student in understanding equine behaviour in conjunction with their training and maybe you&#8217;ll get my attention.  Other than that, it&#8217;s all old school and traditional trainers have some catching up to do. I get kids all the time from two local riding schools....]]></description>
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		<title>WORKING WITH THE MODERN HORSE-HUMAN BOND</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 17:39:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rainbojo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most people agree that horses are magnificent animals. No one can argue this point. But they are much more than costly  lawn ornaments, sporting partners, work mates or pleasant diversions for those blessed with the resources to be able to keep them as pets.  Horses, by their nature, attract a strong human bond.   They challenge us, and require that we be the best of ourselves as a It is because the horse is such an accurate mirror of ourselves, that inevitably, spending time with them in any capacity will teach us about ourselves. &#160; In the last decade, there has been a strong movement towards partnering with horses to heal individuals who suffer from stress, disconnection and mental illness. It seems that the calibration of energy by the horse can actually help to uplift the spirits (energY) of their human counterparts.  Their gentle accepting nature helps to foster courage and a willingness to expand one&#8217;s view of the world. It is not uncommonto hear a story of a hot high minded horse becoming completely placid and willing when in contact with a child who is calm, gentle and fearless because they simply don&#8217;t know any better. That same horse can come into contact with a seasons rider, who will see it&#8217;s physical language and know immediately that it will be a difficult mount.  The rider right away will gear his mind and body to the challenge, and of course the intuitive horse will respond in kind.  As riders, we are....]]></description>
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		<title>Keeping The Mystery Alive&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 21:36:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am rarely perplexed by my horses any more.  I don&#8217;t often have to wonder for long as to what they are thinking or planning on doing.  I used to ponder them wistfully for hours; visions of childhood Black Stalions and Black Beauties pranced through my head, giving me a shaky foundation upon which to build a relationship with a horse.  These perceptions of horses as well disguised humans who thought and emoted like us pervaded my early horse training. Every fault or error or injury I incurred on a horse  I took &#8221;personally&#8221;.  Allot of us suffer with horses in this way; it&#8217;s an illusion. How often have I heard&#8230; &#8220;My Horse doesn&#8217;t like me&#8220;&#8230;ugh. How many times do I have to say it people&#8230;please. Horses don&#8217;t think that way. It&#8217;s too simple. That&#8217;s the way HUMANS think. The most important lesson we can emulate to our children is a basic love for the earth and the life on it. On this, many of us agree.   They will have an incredibly heavy load to carry in the next few generations and we are obliged to show them the importance of their actions. I know this is right every time I am re-amazed by the incredible sentience of any animal, I am really reminded that God, or whatever you believe, lives absolutely everywhere and if we keep behaving as if we are seperate from It, it is evident that we are going to create further disaster for ourselves and our children.  I know this sounds dramatic but we seem to be at the point that....]]></description>
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		<title>CONNECTED LIVING FREE SUPPORT GROUP BEGINNING OCTOBER 29</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 13:31:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[*************************************************************************************************************************************************************** Connected Living Support Group Beginning October 29 &#38; 30 (Echart Tolle &#38; Wayne Dyer live feed event! Please join us for this awesome afternoon) 3:00 p.m.  - 4:00 p.m. Cost: free Please let me know of your attendance. (514) 898-8966 or info@willowcreekstables.com]]></description>
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