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.

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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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