Majestic Equestrians

02/23/2025

Meditation Sessions at Wolfe Canyon Ranch in Thousand Oaks/Simi Valley
Wolfe Canyon Ranch

Many of our participants are equestrians, however these sessions are for everyone. ☺️

We are excited to host our fourth meditation session Sunday March 9, 2025 at 1:00pm. Plan on arriving at least 10 minutes prior to 1:00.

Details:
• Fee: $10.00 per person
• Registration Required: Please sign up in advance, as drop-ins will not be accommodated.
• Waiver: A signed waiver is required to participate. Contact me and I can send the waiver or you can sign at arrival. For those that have already attended previously, you do not need to sign a waiver again.

These sessions are designed to provide a sacred space for individuals to experience guided meditation. Whether you are new to meditation or have an established practice, these sessions offer something for everyone. Beginners will learn techniques to start their meditation journey and explore its many benefits, while experienced practitioners can gain fresh insights and perspectives.

This is an excellent opportunity for anyone seeking balance, peace, or relief from fear, anxiety, or negativity.

Bring a chair or mat to sit on, or sit on Mother Earth. I recommend dressing warm and bring a blindfold and blanket with you if you like. This is meant to be a completely peaceful and comfortable experience.

Plan on being here for approximately one hour. There will be three meditation sessions with discussion in between.

We look forward to sharing this meaningful experience with you.
Text or call Pam 805-390-5083🧘‍♀️💕😊
Sign up now to reserve your spot!

09/30/2024

Pretty sure this is the way to decorate our tackroom. Kinda creepy and kinda cool! 🤣🤣🤣

07/21/2024

Baby Ace is just such a treat to work with and to watch grow up. ❤️

07/17/2024

I’m looking for a groom for 12-13 horses. Must have a lot of experience and be comfortable around young, old, and big horses. PM me please 😊

02/11/2024

Baby Ace walking through the barn with Chelsea Kurtz and all the big kids. ❤️❤️❤️
Wendy Morgan
Alex Blanton

01/21/2024

Chevi and Ace meet. Chevi is so kind. Ace is so sweet. ❤️

01/03/2024

Exactly 🙌

A controversial topic, sure to unleash all sorts of opinions, is the difference between reward based training and pressure and release based training.

And whether it is possible, perhaps desirable, to use some sort of combination of both approaches.

So it is 1952 and I am 11, sitting on Saturday afternoon at the Garden Theater in Greenfield, Massachusetts, watching a Western. The outlaws are being chased by the posse. “Hold up, “yells the sheriff. Every cowboy leans back and takes a reef on the reins. Every horse’s head shoots up, mouths wide open from the pressure. And no one gave it much thought, not 60 years ago, because that was simply how it was done.

Fast forward to 2023. I posted a photo of one of the world’s most accomplished and most quietly classical riders asking her horse to stretch, and out came the attackers. “There is a wrinkle in the horse’s side from her leg pressure.” “ The horse is behind the vertical.” Yada, yada, yada, a litany of complaints from the peanut gallery.

So I would ask this simple question---“My horse is galloping along out in the open, and I want him to slow down. Do I throw him a peppermint? So that is one ridiculous scenario, But tearing his head off with some bit designed to stop a charging bull rhino would be equally bad horsemanship.

Isn’t the truth balanced somewhere between using sheer force and using reward? When my kids were little, I took them to King Brother’s Circus in Hanover, NH, and there was a guy there who was the handler of the elephants. Someone asked him about how he trained, and he said, “It depends on the animal. I use pressure and release with big cats, bears, most animals, but with dogs and seals, when they do it right I flip them a biscuit or a fish.”

And not only are there different schools of belief about training, there are huge degrees of pressure, from the old movie cowboy method to the soft and gentle repetition of walk, halt, walk, halt teaching a young horse to yield to mild pressure until the horse learns to associate what these mild pressures are requesting.

But later, if that young horse, now older, is out fox hunting in a group, and its blood is up, using, say, a Tom Thumb Pelham might be the difference between getting tanked off with and having control.

So what I think is pretty simple, and I may be convinced otherwise if I see a better way---Try as much as possible to create a conditioned response using gentle repetition and staying below the horse’s anxiety threshold in basic schooling, but when the horse gets strong with excitement and starts to take over, do what it takes to be safe.

The real riders, the ones who are more than theoretical experts sitting safely somewhere NOT on a galloping horse, will know that there is theory and there is reality. And they will be as soft as possible most of the time they train, but they will also not become passive victims when the horse starts to get too aggressive.

11/30/2023

This is so cool! Way before my time but you can absolutely see this scene was taken here at Wolfe Canyon Ranch! Lots of history here I didn’t know about. ❤️🙌😀

SCVHistory.com LW3618 | Saugus | Film: Circle J Ranch Scenes in ''The Lawless Breed'' with Rock Hudson, 1952