Equine Guided Education: Horses Healing Humans Healing Earth (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781502377210)

Ariana is the founder of Equine Guided Education and has been a well-respected pioneer in the field of nature based learning and the "horse as healer/teacher" since the 1980's. She is a leadership expert, zoologist, rancher, speaker, and entrepreneur. She is passionate about finding new paradigms for being in respectful connection to nature and Mother Earth. In order to do this, she knows that humans need to let go of old paradigms and antiquated values in order to find the freedom required to inspire new possibilities and new actions. She does this by teaching Equine Guided Education and other nature based programs with an emphasis on how somatics, biology, and intuition are key components of one's ability to facilitate change in personal and professional endeavors. Ariana is a force of nature. With innovative vision, she brings together her knowledge of animal biology, business process, land management, and human development into a unique, thought provoking philosophy for living a balanced and sustainable life. As a pioneer in Leadership Development through natural environments, she realized early on that nature, land and the wonders of the local geography itself play an instrumental and unique role in helping people get in touch with who they are and what they care about. In some way, this was no surprise to Ariana, as she grew up in the coastal headlands rich in wildness, beauty, frankness, honesty and inspiration. What she did not expect was that all people benefit from time in nature and that that time in nature provides the answers we need for taking a new level of responsibility for becoming sustainable in our ranching/farming and consuming habits. She is co-founder of Strozzi Institute, founder of SkyHorse Ranch, co-founder of Valley Ford Wool Mill and has served on many local boards including the Sonoma County Farm Trails, and is on the faculty of Institute for Women's' Leadership, Institute for Generative Leadership, and Meridian University. Her other books include, "Horse Sense for the Leader Within", "Planning Your Business in the Horse as Healer/Teacher Professions" and the DVD, Intuitive Horsemanship.(TM)