Many people are unable to attend six-day clinics, and have already attended several three-day clinics. Although each clinic offers a different experience since the horses and their issues are different, there is usually not much chance to move on in any depth to more 'advanced' processes, such as ground driving, helping more challenging horses, or working with a rider and horse under saddle.
The ongoing clinic is intended to provide new experiences with these applications for those who have not had much - or any - prior chance to use them.
Attendance at an ongoing clinic in combination with an introductory clinic counts as completion of a six-day clinic.
And if you don't have prior experience?
Come anyway. Take a look below at what you can study ahead of time.
These are aspects of the work we'd like you to feel comfortable with.
Reading and watching videos will benefit your preparation hugely, and make up much of what you may be missing.
In order to make the most of the clinic, and be safe and effective, it's important that the participants have practice with some basic 'tools of the trade'.
Practice, practice, practice! Luckily you can practice these on your own - even without a horse. I'm sure you'll find someone willing to be led around and TTouched. Mouth and tail work might be a bit much to ask of even a good friend, but the rest...
We aren't looking for perfection - just hoping you will become familiar with the techniques below and be able to
move between leading positions and incorporate body work into movement work.
Please don't get too hung up on whether you are doing them 'exactly right'. For one thing, there's no single 'right' way - we adapt what we do in the moment to what the horse needs then to help him. Just practice! As Moshe Feldenkrais said: "If you know what you do, you can do what you want." Practice well, and then it will be easy to adjust what you have learned to end up doing what you want.
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Extremity work
Ear work
Tail work
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TTouches
Python lifts
Belly lifts
Abalone TTouch
Raccoon TTouch
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Leading positions
(on both sides)
Elegant Elephant
Dingo
Cheetah
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I've indicated some links to videos on the
Youtube Tellington TTouch Channel. I suggest you look at what's there - there's lots of good instruction. You can find others with an internet search, since not all may be on the channel. If you are struggling to find information, let me know.
Suggested study:
Books: Linda Tellington-Jones's "Getting in Ttouch with your Horse" or the "Ultimate Horse Behavior and Training Book". Both are available at the TTouch online stores if you don't already have them.
Here's a wonderful general video about TTouch: HorsetalkTV.
The video "Solving Riding Problems from the Ground" is available at TTouch.com and covers the suggested material.
If you have any questions please get in touch!
All the best - do join us!
Edie Jane Eaton
