Six DAY LIVE INTENSIVE - Certified Practitioner Students
Six days of INTENSE equine bodywork and life changing experiences!
SIX DAY LIVE INTENSIVE and PRACTICUM
To complement the distance learning portion of the Certified Practitioner Program, students will attend a
SIX DAY LIVE INTENSIVE.
This will include six days immersed in hands-on bodywork with multiple horses, practice protocol, and review. The Six Days will include a hands-on review to affirm your knowledge of equine anatomy and bodywork techniques. This course is intended to broaden your connection to horses and your own special abilities as an equine bodyworker!
The price of the Six Day Live Intensive is: $1750.
Prerequisite: Enrollment in the Certified Practitioner Online Portion of the Program
**Students must complete up through Module #4 before attending the SIX DAY LIVE INTENSIVE.
Beginning in 2025, students must complete Module #3 prior to scheduling an intensive.
See what some of our student's have said about the Six Day Live Intensives:
"Definitely Intense! But in a good way. I so loved getting to stay in that space and really submerging into this work without outside distractions for a whole week. I honestly think back to the energy of that week quite often and try to tap into it when I am out working on horses." Chelse, Tx
"I loved the six day live intensive and found it to be quite the journey for me! I was able to finally feel the horse under my hands and begin seeing with my touch. I also found a lot within myself that I need to work through and have been processing quite a bit since my return home. The support that Kim and Jessi provided throughout the week was invaluable and it was the first time I have truly felt safe to be myself around others. It was an experience that I honestly cannot put words to and I will never stop being thankful for it!"
"The live intensive was life altering in such an amazing way. I truly felt immersed in the whole experience. It left me feeling so much more prepared for a career in bodywork. I wish everyday could be a live intensive day just the connections and lessons were amazing. I'm truly grateful and thankful for this whole program."
"The six day intensive was a very profoundly deep and lifechanging experience. Incredible is an understatement. The instructors where so open, so kind and the entire energetic environment was on an octave of its own. It. Was. Magnificent."
"The 6 day live intensive was an incredible, truly unforgettable experience. Hands down, my favorite part of this course. Being able to connect with the instructors, other students, and the amazing animals in person was such an informative and heart-warming experience. I appreciated the way the intensive was organized and will forever deeply value what I learned and how supported I felt throughout."
"Transformative! This was a pretty magical week for me - both to feel part of a cohort of like minded people and to start to make connections between the coursework, my background and experiences, and interacting with horses in a new way. I felt like everything was starting to come together during the intensive and I left invigorated, motivated, and excited about my choice to pursue this certification!"
"Life changing- built confidence, gave me lots of experience, changed me personally and professionally"
"The six day intensive in Pagosa Springs is where the rubber met the road. Working on the horses, alongside a group of such wonderful people there was such an amazing experience in every way. The systematic method of going piece by piece with class work followed by hands-on work to apply that section of the learning process helped my brain absorb the information and put it into action in a very palpable way. I believe the way it is set up makes the learning process much more successful and long-lasting, and not so scary and overwhelming. Yet, it still covers an absolute ton of deep information. That time of learning in Pagosa Springs is hidden in my heart and meant so very much to me. "
EACH INTENSIVE INCLUDES:
- WELCOME DINNER and MEET & GREET ON THE FIRST NIGHT BEFORE THE INTENSIVE BEGINS
- SNACKS EVERY DAY OF THE INTENSIVE
- WE WILL ARRANGE FOR LUNCHES EACH DAY for those interested (Students will pay for their own lunches)
- CELEBRATION ON THE LAST AFTERNOON OF THE INTENSIVE!!
*The Intensives have a maximum student limit, so once you have completed Module #3 and know the date you would like to attend, you can pay a 20% non-refundable deposit to hold your spot and pay the balance in full 60 days prior to the event.
REFUND POLICY:
DEPOSITS are non-refundable but can be transferred to another date, if available up until 30 days prior to event.
LIVE EVENT Full payments: If cancellation is made 60 days prior to event - full refund (minus deposit). Deposits are transferable to another date if available, up until 30 days prior to event.
Cancellations after 60 days prior to the event are non-refundable, but can be transferred to another event up until 30 days prior to event.
Cancellations after 30 days prior to event are non-refundable and non-transferable except on a case by case approval.
PLEASE CONTACT US IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS:[email protected]
*After the intensive, students will return home to complete their internship which consists of 8 full bodywork sessions on 6 different horses (2 on the same horse), and turn in the assessment / session sheets for review.
Students will continue all unfinished online work and take the final written exam online. Access to private online coaching, practitioner groups, and friendships will continue after the intensive!!
NOTE: Students will have six (6) months after the Intensive to complete the course and become certified. After six months have passed without certification, students will be required to re-take the Six Day Live Intensive. (Students who have already taken a Six Day Live Intensive can attend at 1/2 price.)
INTENSIVES FOR 2025
CLICKE THE LINK BELOW TO BOOK YOUR SIX DAY LIVE INTENSIVE:
https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php?owne...
SIMI VALLEY, CALIFORNIA Live Intensive
In the Los Angeles area - Southern California
MARCH 3rd - 8th, 2025
Host facility: Four Oaks Farm Sport Horse Rehabilitation Center - www.fouroaksfarm.net
FRANKLIN, TENNESSEE
South of Nashville, TN
MAY 5th - 10th, 2025
Host facility: Blazer Farm Equestrian Center - https://www.facebook.com/blazerfarm
We are in the process of confirming the remaining 2025 Intensives. Stay tuned.......
- Late Summer: Spearfish, SD at Seven Down Event Center (with field trips including into Wyoming)
- October / November: Parelli Landing, Johnsonville, SC
Note: We are making some changes to the 2nd half of the 2025 Intensive Schedule plan and hope to have exact dates set soon.
The Parelli Center who has hosted our Pagosa Springs, CO and Ocala, FL Intensives is moving to Johnsonville, SC in 2025. Their new facility is called: Parelli Landing; The Horseman's Academy. We are really excited for them and from what we've seen, the facility is absolutely beautiful. This means that we won't have those previous locations available for Intensives.
We have developed a really nice and mutually supportive relationship with the Parelli team and horses. They provide a peaceful and positive environment for horses and for learning. We look forward to continuing this partnership in the new location.
Also, for those wondering what happened to our Wyoming Intensive, Spearfish, SD is very close to our Wyoming stomping grounds so we haven't moved too far away!
***EMAIL FOR MORE INFORMATION***
Your Instructor
KIM KIZZIER SHERRODD, LMT, NBCAAM Certified Equine Massage Therapist CREATOR & DIRECTOR
I read once that if you want to write a book, you should write the book you want to read. Taking this advice, I have spent the past ten years creating the course(s) I would want to take while keeping within rigorous standards. All this information and training was not available in any one program when I first imagined such a gratifying career and there were few coaches to guide me.
When I am performing bodywork on horses, there is SO much more going on with them than I could possibly put into categories, theories, or techniques. Although I always feel an awesome surge of validation when a horse awards me with what we call a “release” (yawning, stretching, licking and chewing), I somehow know that isn’t the full story. When I am deeply tuned in to the energy, I almost sense the horse will offer the “release” just to help me through the energetic moment; as if to encourage me along. So, I went deeper, learning from every avenue I could – especially the horse. In developing this program, my goal is to help students learn how to “feel”, gain empathy, and mostly to believe in themselves. I want to bring out that deep childlike depth and conviction which, to me feels like the same space that horses hold (and they are just waiting for us to catch up). This space has no rules or validation because it is nothing more than the present moment being shared between two souls. This is where magic happens.
The scientific approach to bodywork often felt cold and emotionally void to me; while the excited, “look she’s yawning” as the end answer to what is going on felt very shallow. I wanted to offer a deeply rich and intuitive experience while still teaching the scientific basics of anatomy, physiology, kinesiology and pathology.
For a long time, I was afraid people would take what I have to offer as too “Woo-Woo”. Fortunately, my faith and an incredible business coach prevailed and The School of Applied Integrative Therapy ~ Equine essentially birthed itself. This program is not only nationally and Internationally accredited, but weaves itself around stories from my own truly incredible journey with learning, growing, and intimately experiencing bodywork, natural and ancient healing practices, horses, and spiritual and personal development. Students not only gain knowledge, but also inner growth, depth of connection, and hopefully, a renewed belief in themselves and the world of equine. I would love to share this knowledge and deep experience with anyone wishing for such a valued and rewarding career or addition to horsemanship.
Kim is a licensed human and nationally certified equine massage & bodywork therapist. She has trained and worked in the veterinary industry and has decades of experience with all animals and most especially horses. When not teaching or doing bodywork, she loves to spend her time in nature and continuing studies in the healing arts. Kim makes her home with her husband Lowell, and many animals (both domestic and wild) in Northwest Wyoming near Devils Tower National Monument. Kim is currently the co-chair for the National Board of Animal Acupressure and Massage. *****************************************************************************************************************
CHRISTINE WALKER, LMT, NBCAAM Certified Equine Massage Therapist - ASSISTANT DIRECTOR.
Born and raised in Northern Pennsylvania, Christine grew up riding hunter/jumpers and retraining thoroughbreds to be hunters as a working student. She obtained a B.A. in Equine Business from Midway University in 2000 and a Medical Massage Therapist Certification in 2007 from Blue Heron Academy. She was on both the Open hunt seat and stock seat IHSA riding teams and served as the team captain three consecutive years at Midway and also served as a Student barn manager three years.
Christine has worked, ridden, and educated in many facets of the equine industry, including thoroughbred racing, hunter/jumpers, dressage, reining, and eventing. Her primary focus of her degree in college was working within the nonprofit industry and a strong interest in rules and regulations of competitive equine sports. She has worked in the offices of the United States Pony Clubs, United States Equestrian Federation, International Hunter Futurity, and the United States Dressage Federation.
Her massage career began when a career opportunity for her husband moved them to Indiana. Massage as a profession has had Christine working alongside chiropractors, other massage therapists and spa owners. She has been an employee and has owned her own practice. In 2019-2020, she helped establish the Massage Academy of Therapeutic Indulgence in South Bend, IN. She joined the School of Applied Integrative Therapy in the spring of 2020 and now has a thriving equine and human massage practice, specializing in the equine/human athlete connection.