Howdy Folks,
Last week I had
the honor of interviewing Nancy Zidonis and Amy Snow, founders of Tallgrass
Animal Acupressure, for a story in my Holistic Hall Of Fame column in Natural Horse Magazine. Their story will be featured in the Jan/Feb/March 2014 issue,
and as is my custom, I'll salute them here too by sharing a few excerpts from
my story. Be sure to watch for the entire story in January.
Helping empower
people to help their horses and animals, and get more deeply in touch
themselves is their mission. "Acupressure helps people connect to their
animals. Most people know their own animals; acupressure gives them something
they can apply to help their horse." Nancy explained.
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| Cowboy loving his acupressure |
Nancy and Amy
spent years developing a comprehensive 300 hour acupressure training program.
They named it, Tallgrass Animal Acupressure Institute. It begins with
introductions to the basics and builds on them, ever increasing the students'
depth of knowledge to the culmination and graduation in their
"Practitioner Certification Program." So committed were Nancy and Amy
that Tallgrass graduates would be recognized as skilled and knowledgeable
professionals that while they were creating the program Nancy and Amy enrolled
in "Traditional Chinese Medical School (TCM)." The instructors they
learned from are thirty-first generation TCM practitioners.
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| Learning by doing |
Tallgrass is a
thriving and expanding community of animal acupressure practitioners worldwide.
After completing the Tallgrass certification program graduates become part of a
large network of people who are diligently working with horses, dogs, and cats.
Some work in veterinarian practices, some in clinics and many have their own
practices. These practitioners support each other via a Google Group by posing
questions about the cases on which they are working. It’s a vital conduit of
communication for practitioners.
Amy and Nancy,
along with Kim Bauer Tallgrass' lead instructor, travel over 150 days a year
teaching 15 to 20 clinics, offering demos and broadening horizons. Beyond the
basic curriculum, there are online advanced courses, articles written by Amy
and Nancy which have been published in periodicals all over the globe
available, on the Tallgrass website and within the online learning system. The
weekly Tallgrass blog has grown to be a sought after and relied upon valuable
asset to folks worldwide. Practitioners certified to support the hands-on demos
and exercises are located across the country and overseas helping to spread the
knowledge.
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| Learning with Tallgrass in Australia |
If you'd like to
learn more about Tallgrass and the many values of acupressure please visit
their website (HERE) .
There you can purchase any of their easy to understand books, sign on for
their blog and newsletter. Perhaps you'd like to enroll in the Practitioner
Certification Program. Visit their Facebook page (HERE)
Thank you Nancy
and Amy for all you do, to help so many.
Gitty Up ~ Dutch
Henry
