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Welcome to the Course Outline! As you will soon see, I cover a lot of subjects in a five-day school.
When putting these subjects into my program, I had to
ask myself, “Can I teach these adequately?” Do I really need to have all of these subjects? After all, no other school that I know of covers so much in five days. The answer was YES! So how can I do so much in such a short amount of time, you may ask? In explaining, I would like to give you a little history on myself. As a child growing up, I faced some learning problems which were not known of at the time. I had serious problems in school. I just could not pass a test, nor was I getting what the teacher was trying to teach. This was because of two learning disabilities that are common today: attention deficit disorder and dyslexia (A.D.D is really no more than a busy m ind that most teachers have trouble working with because their subject matter just isn't very interesting). Neither of these conditions were known of back in the 50's and 60's. When I was in my 30's I came to realize I had these problems and also knew I had to work with them. The way I came to le arn how to deal with them is a very interesting story in of itself. As a child growing up in the small town of Cayucos, California (population 1,950), I was fortunate to have a grandmother and mother who worked the family
grocery store. My grandmother had a failsafe method of knowing if a watermelon was ripe. She would plug the melon. For those who do not know what plugging a melon is, I shall tell you. She had a tool about four inches long which had a half moon shape with serrated edges allowing it to cut into the melon. She would rotate it 360 degrees, then pull it out. With it came the core of the melon. From th As a little child, I was quite curious and would take a close look at the melon to see if I could find where the plug was—usually with no success. I would have to look ever so closely, as the outline of the circle was faint. It was to be that example that would help me in my education. It made possible for me to overcome my learning problems which were concerning to me because of my embarrassment from not being able to fit in with the rest of the kids. Perhaps this explains why I had been in 50 fights by age 20. Fortunately, helping people through the use of massage gave me purpose and the fighting disappeared. Through grandmother's example of getting to the heart and core, I learned to do the same thing with education. I started asking, “What is the point of this conversation, what is the point of what I am learning, and what is the point of what is coming out of my mouth?” What is the value of it all? This is where I learned to look for the bottom line to everything. This was the method I had to develop as I could not afford to waste time. So I would ask, “What is the point here? Let’s quit wasting time and get on with it!”Eventually I would have to learn the art of being patient with others. I have never liked small talk much, as I saw it as a waste of time for the most part. Getting to the point became a way of life for me, in part, out of necessity, and in part because the concept was always on my mind. To this day, I am able to see the core of the issue, and get to the point quicker than most, because of all the work I did in learning this technique. Because of all I had to go through in my life, I am able to teach all of these subjects that you see in front of you, and do it quite successfully. I get to the core of each subject and leave the not so important stuff alone. Like grandmother and her melons, I get to the heart of each subject, and present my students with as near perfect education that I can, in order for them to achieve the highest success in their new business. For those not wanting to make a business in equine massage, they will go home knowing they now have the tools to take care of our special friends, be it horse, dog, of cat. You can even help your human friends feel better with your new touch.
Click on the "What You Will Receive" at the top of the page to get the details
So What's for Dinner Geary? We will be having dinners each evening at the famous, and elegant, Treebones Resort. The dinner menu will consist of the following choices.
As you can see, you are in for another treat, so bring your appetites. You will not forget your evenings at Geary Whiting's Equine Massage School For Horse and RIDER. |
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at point it was quite easy to determine if it were ripe. The taste test was always used as well as the nose. If it wasn’t ripe, grandmother would simply put the plug back in and wait for a day or two.
