Class was GREAT!

I have a ton of things to do today but, I know that if I don't write quickly about my class, it may not get done for a month, if then.  I decided to handle the class and the trip separately. 

This is my instructor, Ange, who WROTE the "BodyTalk for Animals" course with Dr. Veltheim.  She is a Tellington Touch instructor which is a method to calm animals.  I'm going to buy the book about TTouch on Amazon because it's a simple way of calming any animal which is a good way to start sessions.  Yes, we did hit it off great as we both love BodyTalk AND animals!

 I guess I waited too long to bring up taking a class picture as some of the class members had left by this time.  I was surprised that it's not a tradition in Montana BT classes to get a group picture after class as I had just assumed that it would be done.  There were 17 of us together for 2 1/2 days and it was GREAT!!!!  It's amazing how being an animal lover can be very bonding!  These are those who I caught before they headed out for other parts of the country.

It's the only time this year that the class will be taught in the States and it's being taught only 2 other places in the world so I am soooooo very grateful to have had the chance to go.  Tory is in the front kneeling and she is the class coordinator.  We had 3 practitioners there from ND but the other 2 were from the Fargo area.  One for sure I think will be a life-long friend as we both love the Lord so much!

We arrived at the Red Willow Learning Center 15 minutes before we needed to arrive so I'd call that quite amazing on that long of a trip.  Robert checked us in to the hotel while I had my first segment of the class on Friday night.  This was all lecture as was Saturday. 

We learned how to know when animals are getting stressed out and how to calm them.  We learned about how to do sessions on animals; how to bring balance to the entire family by working on an animal (really my main reason in wanting to go); and the legal issues involved in working on animals. 

On Sunday we worked in groups of 3 on 4 different animal.  We had to each do the 3 steps in a session to get familiar with each one in detail and then for the forth one we got to pick which role we wanted.  The 3 duties were: get the information about the dog using the intake form; do the session; and watch the animal during the session to look for shifts as they occurred.

 It was the most intriguing animal experience of my life!  In fact, it's been hard for me not to run up to the cattle herd immediately today but duties have kept me from it so far.  It IS on my list for this afternoon, though, as I am aching to apply what I learned to our very own livestock. 

Now, listen to what the Lord has lined up for me on Sabbath--we're going to go to the Bismarck ZOO!!  OH BOY!!!!!!!!

I'd best get to work but I'll post about my visit with my brother and his wife and the rest of our trip later. 

Blessings,

Dawn

I'M HOME!

Robert and I pulled in here at home around 7:30 tonight after driving roughly 1800 miles in the past 5 days.  PRAISE THE LORD FOR A SAFE JOURNEY! 

"How did you like the class?" I can hear you ask.  Well, I can honestly say that it was my very favorite class that I have ever taken in my entire life!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I said to the instructor, "This class combines 2 of my passions--BodyTalk and animals."  She feels the same way, of course.  I will share the few pictures of the class and the TONS of pictures that I took of Montana ASAP.

I'm tired so this will be short but I wanted you to know that I'm home safe and sound.  By the way, I DID stick to the cleanse the whole time and today was day 10.  There were moments of temptations, with all of the nourishing snacks all around me during class, but I just kept reminding myself of my goals and how sick I would get if I were to start eating suddenly.

I will share one splurge that I had and that is this WONDERFUL herbal tea from GOOD EARTH.  It's called, "Sweet and spicy Herbal tea" and I loooooooooooooooooooooooved it!  These are the ingredients: red rooibos, chicory root, natural flavors, rose hips, cinnamon, lemongrass, peppermint (a no-no for my constitution so this will NOT be a habit), papaya, chamomile, panax ginseng, anise seed, dandelion root (another no-no), ginger root, orange oil, orange peel.  This tea made life worth living while I watched all 16 of the other class members enjoying snack time.  :)

Off to bed,

Dawn

PS.  Thanks for all of your prayers for safety!