Wings to Fly Programs
Medicine & Horsemanship 

Originated by Beverly Kane, MD
see website www.horsensei.com

This acclaimed Stanford Medical School derived sensitivity training program
is now available on Maui! 

2 days of working with horses as patients and two weeks of reading & journaling for credit

Go to Events and view the Video for this program

Health & Mental Health professionals, have been concerned for many years with the problem of authentic  communication with their patients. Inroads on times set for visits have added this problem and have resulted in  poor patient satisfaction. 
Because of this, both medical boards & malpractice insurance companies are now requiring specific training to be completed by practicing  medical & mental health professionals to help correct this issue.

The Medicine and Horsemanship program was established at the Stanford Medical School to address this problem. This learning program is unique in that it gets you outside and in an experiential learning situation while you absorb the required material as well as through reading and writing. 
The objectives of this Equine Assisted Learning Program (EAL) is to:

  • Become aware of the subtleties of verbal and non-verbal communication
  • Improve attention, mindfulness, and focusing abilities
  • Become aware of in-congruency of intention vs. behavior
  • Identify and respect boundaries in ourselves and others
  • Recognize the nature of projection and transference
  • Confront insecurities and develop confidence
  • Adjust to the relativity of time and expand the moment
  • Cope with stress

This program has other components of study required as well as the experiential horse arena sessions including: reading assignments, a text called Mindfulness and Meaningful Work; Explorations in Right Livelihood by Claude Whitmyer and journaling assignments.

This program is currently formatted as a weekend arena program with the rest of the work being completed within two weeks of the course for credit. CME's & CEU’s are being explored for this program at different Maui institutions at this time.

A Demonstration of this type of program can be scheduled by calling Rites Of Passage Counseling Therapy & the Wings to Fly Program at (808) 572-7452, 385-2001 or email  WingsToFlyProgram@yahoo.com check the events page for upcoming demonstrations or classes.