Horsensei Equine-Assisted Learning and Therapy (HEALTh) is a partnership of
humans and horses that teach interpersonal communication to individuals and
families and to medical, corporate, and community groups.
Horsensei, pronounced "horse sen-say," is a triple entendre‹three meanings
that all fit together. First, the word holds the idea of horse sense, our
common term for common sense. Sensei means teacher in Japanese. In equine
experiential learning, the horse sensei is both the horse as a teacher of
humans and the human who teaches with horses.
Horsensei equine experiential learning programs draw on the unique size,
sensitivity, and social dynamics of horses to help humans master basic life
skills and successful interpersonal behaviors. Our custom-designed programs
let you choose objectives ranging from recreation to deep psychospiritual
transformation. Horses have a way of effecting both at once.
Beverley
Kane, MD
Dr. Kane has taken a long and winding road
to Horsensei. Early on, she was on the path to becoming an artist,
then a computer scientist. After hitchhiking out to California with
$35 in her pocket, intending to stay two weeks, she became gravely
ill and was hospitalized. Disappointed with the state of the medical
system, she became...
Sharon
North-Pohl
HEALTh Adjunct Faculty
EAGALA
Level II
Sharon is the founder
and owner of the Willow Pond Ranch Foundation. She has worked rescuing,
rehabilitating, and training horses for the past 20 years. Sharon
is an EAGALA II certified equine guided educator and has worked with
...
Lucia
Mokres, DVM
HEALTh Adjunct Faculty
Dr. Mokres is an equine
veterinarian whose involvement with horses began when she was 10 years
old. By age 13, she had saved up to buy her own horse. Since that
time, she has made both medicine and horses a lifetime pursuit...
Tracy
Dooley, MS IV
Program Development Manager
Tracy Dooley is a
fourth year student at Stanford Medical School who came to Horsensei
via her participation in the Medicine and Horses elective, which teaches
nonverbal communication and other interpersonal skills...