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Julie Goodnight/Heidi Nyland Present Brain Gym and Horseback Riding Demos at Ohio’s Equine Affaire
Contact:
Goodnight Training Stables, Inc.
PO Box 397, Poncha Springs, CO 81242
(719) 530-0531
press@juliegoodnight.com <mailto:press@juliegoodnight.com>
Photos available at: http://juliegoodnight.com/newsroom.html
PONCHA SPRINGS, Colo. March 15, 2008—Internationally renowned horse trainer and RFD-TV star Julie Goodnight (of Poncha Springs, Colorado) presents daily seminars at the Ohio Equine Affaire April 10-13; this year, she’ll add new topics to her presentation list—presenting Brain Gym (http://www.braingym.org) techniques with co-speaker and licensed Brain Gym Instructor Heidi Nyland (originally of Columbus, Ohio).
The new seminars include “Reflexes and Riding—Mastering Your Mental Control, Coordination and Performance” and “Controlling Your Fear—Exercises to Balance Your Brain and Coordinate Your Body.” Both new presentations will be held on Saturday, April 12, 2008. The seminars center around the idea that developmental reflexes—those that all humans move through in early years—can resurface in fear and stressful situations, causing riders to tense their bodies and move in unplanned ways when on a horse. Through relaxation exercises and proper horsemanship training, riders learn to cue their horses in precise ways—without interruption reflexes’ immobilizing or tense postures. What does that really mean? If you see a rider pull her knees up and pull back on the reins, she may not know she’s making those moves. The movements are linked to reflexes that tell our bodies to tense specific muscles during stress and fear. For accomplished riders who want to ride at an even higher level, Goodnight and Nyland will explain how crossing your body’s midline and clearly defining your goals will help you on your path to success. Visit http://www.braingym.org, http://www.wholepicture.org and http://juliegoodnight.com for more information.
Ohio Presentation Schedule:
Thursday April 10, 2008, 1:30-3:00 p.m.: Balance & Rhythm in the Saddle
Thursday April 10, 2008, 5:30-7:00 p.m.: Communication & Control from the Saddle
Friday April 11, 2008, 2:30-4:00 p.m.: Canter Departures & Lead Problems
Saturday April 12, 2008, 12:00 p.m. in the Fairgrounds Celeste Center: Controlling Your Fear - Exercises to Balance Your Brain & Coordinate Your Body
Saturday April 12, 2008, 3:00 p.m. in the Fairgrounds Buckeye Building: Reflexes & Riding: Mastering our Mental Control, Coordination & Performance
Sunday April 13, 2008, 1:30-3:00 p.m.: Bending & Collection
For a complete list of presenters and a current schedule, visit http://www.equineaffaire.com
About Goodnight:
You know Julie Goodnight as The Horse Master on her new RFD-TV television show. Through her varied background—riding and training horses in dressage, jumping, racing, reining, colt-starting, and versatility ranch work, and wilderness riding—Julie has discovered the underlying principles important to any type of riding. She communicates clearly with horses and riders in any discipline and at any level. Julie travels coast-to-coast—and beyond—throughout much of the year to help horses and riders at horse expos, conferences, clinics, and while filming for her television “makeover” show. Julie has been featured in the top equestrian publications, including Western Horseman, Horse & Rider, Equus, Perfect Horse and America’s Horse. Her syndicated columns appear in over 15 regional publications throughout North America. Her interactive websites, http://juliegoodnight.com and http://horsemaster.tv reach an even wider audience. Julie is also the International Spokesperson for the Certified Horsemanship Association—known as CHA. She resides near Salida, Colorado, at her private horse ranch with her husband, Rich Moorhead, the CEO of Monarch Ski and Snowboard Area.
About Nyland:
Nyland started riding Ponies of the Americas at age 5. In college, she was president and later assistant coach of the Ohio Wesleyan University Equestrian Team. Keeping active as a rider and riding instructor, Nyland became a licensed Brain Gym® instructor—an international program based on whole brain and active learning, http://www.braingym.org. At the same time she began her equine journalism, marketing and photography career (she’s an author of the Western Horseman Legends series and has stories and photographs published in Western Horseman, Horse & Rider, The Trail Rider, Equine Veterinary Management, America’s Horse, and American Cowboy through her Whole Picture business, http://www.wholepicture.org) Nyland started using Brain Gym’s simple movements to help her 4-H horseback riding students relax and achieve their goals in the saddle. Nyland is now an instructor with the North American Riding for the Handicapped Association (NARHA®). She also works with well-respected trainer Julie Goodnight, acting as her marketing director and producer for the RFD-TV Horse Master show. Nyland is excited to share news with fellow riding instructors and horse owners—taking every opportunity to teach how solid horsemanship training and Brain Gym techniques can help any rider achieve any horsemanship goal.
Julie Goodnight’s 2008 Spring/Summer Calendar
April 10-13, 2008 Equine Affaire, Columbus OH www.equineaffaire.com <http://www.equineaffaire.com>
April 25-27, 2008 Minnesota Horse Fair, St. Paul MN www.mnhorseexpo.org <http://www.mnhorseexpo.org>
May 3-4, 2008 Horsemanship Clinic, Richmond MA
May 17-18, 2008 Horsemanship Clinic, Cool CA
May 30-June 1 Rocky Mountain Horse Expo, Vail CO http://rockymountainhorseexpo.com/Vail-Eagle%20Valley/index.php <http://rockymountainhorseexpo.com/Vail-Eagle%20Valley/index.php>
June 7-8, 2008 Horsemanship Clinic, Vancouver WA
June 10-12, 2008 Horse Master filming at Julie’s home ranch. Applications still accepted http://www.horsemaster.tv/images/HMapplicationpacket.doc
June 28-29, 2008 Horsemanship Clinic, Colorado Springs CO
July 11-13, 2008 Equine Extravaganza, Raleigh NC http://equineextravaganza.com/ <http://equineextravaganza.com/>
September 2-4 Horse Master filming at Martha’s Vineyard. Applications still accepted http://www.horsemaster.tv/images/HMapplicationpacket.doc
September 19-21 Southwest Horse Expo, Ignacio CO http://rockymountainhorseexpo.com/Southwest/index.php <http://rockymountainhorseexpo.com/Southwest/index.php>
October 24-26 Women & Horses Expo, Sedalia MO http://womenandhorsesexpo.com/WomenandHorsesHome.html <http://womenandhorsesexpo.com/WomenandHorsesHome.html>
Oct. 30-Nov 1 CHA International Conference, Lexington KY http://www.cha-ahse.org/ <http://www.cha-ahse.org/>
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