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Connections 101
Life Wisdom from the Herd
Develop social and emotional prowess.
In this foundational course, you’ll learn techniques to objectively assess and understand your own feelings and the emotions of those around you. You’ll also gain a solid understanding of Linda’s methodology and its applications in your personal and professional life. Through a mix of engaging lectures and demonstrations, videos of natural horse behavior, and experiential exercises, you will learn how to understand and leverage nonverbal communication and manage emotions to calm and focus yourself and others.
Connections 102
Life Wisdom from the Herd
Building on the skills you learned in Connections 101, this advanced course expands your emotional and social intelligence and teaches you how to apply the skills you learned to interpersonal challenges. Using a step-by-step emotional strength training process, you will learn to develop a high tolerance for vulnerability. Comprehensive lectures and lessons will teach you how to manage fear and other strong emotions in larger groups of people, set and respect boundaries, and employ an assertiveness formula that helps you motivate others and break through resistance without becoming aggressive.
The Five Roles of a Master Herder
Harness the Power of Exceptional Leadership
This original, one-of-a-kind course is a live recorded workshop. Using her pioneering work with equine-facilitated learning, Linda unpacks a multi-faceted, socially intelligent form of leadership developed by nomadic pastoralists. Using live demonstrations, lectures, and historical research, you’ll learn about the five different roles—Dominant, Leader, Nurturer/Companion, Sentinel, and Predator and how to capture the unique power of each. This course will also help you make sense of dysfunctional human behavior and teach you how to deal with it constructively.
Way of the Horse
Card Deck Tutorial
Note: This is an online tutorial course only. The physical guidebook and card deck are available for purchase separately here.
about linda
internationally recognized author, speaker, and educator
Linda Kohanov is an internationally recognized author, speaker, and educator specializing in advanced human development skills. She is considered one of the founders in the field of Equine-Facilitated Learning, a style that teaches people how to excel in life using emotional and social intelligence skills through non-riding activities with horses. She created and leads Eponaquest Worldwide, an international collective of educators, coaches, counselors, and horse professionals who explore the power and potential of the horse-human bond to teach people the skills needed to improve their emotional fitness, personal empowerment, assertiveness, and leadership.
why horses?
highly intuitive, social animals
Horses are highly intuitive, social animals who use their power and savvy to successfully fight off predators, especially when they work together. They are also sensitive to their environment and the emotions of those around them. This allows them to serve as potent catalysts for understanding the instinctual dynamics of human behavior and offer powerful insights into our own emotions and behavioral patterns. We can learn a lot from these exemplary models of social and emotional intelligence.
An innovative and practical nature-based approach to leadership—and life. It’s not just for corporate executives. Parents, teachers, community organizers, film directors, and especially politicians would all benefit from learning these skills.”
William Shatner, Actor & Director
ENTERPRISE SALES
In today’s fast-paced business environment, effective communication and strong social connections are more important than ever. Linda’s courses are the perfect tools to help your employees develop the skills they need to improve communication, emotional intelligence, and leadership qualities.
Contact us today to learn how to bring Linda’s courses and workshops to your organization.
