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Equine Guided Leadership Education Leveraging Somatic Intelligence in Learning Leadership Competencies
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For horses to trust others (either other horses or humans) they must feel that the leader is consistently providing them safety which entails increased perceptual abilities on the part of the human. When horses do not feel safe they become tense, agitated, and sometimes aggressive. When horses feel safe they might lower their heads, lick and chew, their body relaxes and they may even fall asleep. Their physical reactions are always congruent with their state of emotions. In other words, horses don't lie. According to Ariana Strozzi, founder of the Equine Guided Education Association and ‘Horses and Leadership’ facilitator, adds, “Humans on the other hand can say one thing with their mouth and something entirely different with their body” (2004). Horses read the incongruence in people which breaks their trust, resulting in them taking actions that move them towards safety. As ‘authenticity detectors’ horses only willingly followa person’s lead when actions consistently align with intentions. “Somewhere along the line we [humans] learned to tolerate this inauthentic competition comes in to gain the advantage or an important project falls through the cracks. So it is with a horse. The moment your attention lapses is when the possibility c either you or the horse getting hurt increases by your inability to provide safe leadership. Quite literally the lives of both human and equine depends on competent leadership - leadership that takes its cues from a place of embodied awareness. This level of leadership requires a person to keep their attention on both their internal and external environments simultaneously which encourages the development of ‘super- vision’ (Torbert, 2004). Refer to Figure 1.
For horses to trust others (either other horses or humans) they must feel that the leader is consistently providing them safety which entails increased perceptual abilities on the part of the human. When horses do not feel safe they become tense, agitated, and sometimes aggressive. When horses feel safe they might lower their heads, lick and chew, their body relaxes and they may even fall asleep. Their physical reactions are always congruent with their state of emotions. In other words, horses don't lie. According to Ariana Strozzi, founder of the Equine Guided Education Association and ‘Horses and Leadership’ facilitator, adds, “Humans on the other hand can say one thing with their mouth and something entirely different with their body” (2004). Horses read the incongruence in people which breaks their trust, resulting in them taking actions that move them towards safety. As ‘authenticity detectors’ horses only willingly followa person’s lead when actions consistently align with intentions. “Somewhere along the line we [humans] learned to tolerate this inauthentic competition comes in to gain the advantage or an important project falls through the cracks. So it is with a horse. The moment your attention lapses is when the possibility c either you or the horse getting hurt increases by your inability to provide safe leadership. Quite literally the lives of both human and equine depends on competent leadership - leadership that takes its cues from a place of embodied awareness. This level of leadership requires a person to keep their attention on both their internal and external environments simultaneously which encourages the development of ‘super- vision’ (Torbert, 2004). Refer to Figure 1.
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