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Sarah Fisher
Sarah trained with Linda Tellington
Jones and Robyn Hood and is the UK's highest qualified Equine and Companion Animal
Instructor.
She runs the UK office for TTEAM & TTouch
International, writes for national magazines and teaches one and two day workshops as well
as working with private clients.
Sarah works with the Holly Hedge Sanctuary and
Battersea Dogs Home. She also teaches staff workshops for many national animal charities
including Wood Green, DogsTrust (NCDL) and the Thoroughbred Rehabilitation Centre. |
Sarah runs the teaching
Centre for TTEAM and TTouch. For further information contact Sarah Fisher, Tilley Farm,
Farmborough, Nr Bath Somerset BA2 0AB Email: Sarah Fisher Telephone: 01761 471182. |
| Linda Tellington
Jones Linda Tellington-Jones' highly
effective and revolutionary approach to working with animals has brought her world wide
recognition.
Her pioneering work has its roots in a philosophy that sees
all beings -- humans and animals alike -- as reflections of a Divine Whole. The Tellington
Method was first created 4 decades ago as a system of animal training, healing and
communication that allows people to relate to animals in a deeper, more compassionate way
-- a way that furthers inter-species connection and honors the body, mind and spirit of
both animals and their people.
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Robyn
Hood
Robyn Hood has been riding horses since before
she could walk. She went through Pony Club and showed as a junior competitor in Alberta.
She later attended and then instructed at the Pacific Coast School of Horsemanship in
California owned by her sister Linda Tellington-Jones. Robyn competed successfully in
hunter, jumper, three-day eventing, endurance, western events and more recently in gaited
horses
In 1982 Robyn became involved full-time with
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years she has
been the editor of the TTEAM Newsletter. Since 1986 she has been teaching TTEAM and TTouch
on a full-time basis in Canada, the US, Europe and Australia and spends about 160 days a
year traveling. Robyn has given demonstrations and lectures at various venues including
Spruce Meadows; Equitana USA & Germany; University of Western Canada; International
Humane Society Conference in Vienna and Murdoch University in Perth.
Besides teaching TTEAM and TTouch on the road
and at her farm in Vernon, BC, she and her husband have been importing and breeding
Icelandic horses since 1976. In addition to their Icelandic herd which numbers around 120,
they also share their farm with their daughter Mandy and son Jesse, three cats, two dogs,
three turtles and a very talented parrot named Frances. |
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Edie
Jane Eaton
Born in New Zealand, Edie Jane spent much of
her childhood living in Ireland where her father, a Canadian diplomat, was posted. One of
her first priorities upon arrival in Ireland was to find a way to get near a horse, and
eventually she persuaded her parents to buy her a pony to join the donkey, a lamb, and
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Edie Jane's interest in
horses was never quite outgrown and when she settled in Canada, she started a small
teaching and thoroughbred breeding stable. In 1980 Edie Jane became intrigued by the
Feldenkrais Method, having seen it's influence on human recovery from physical and mental
impairments. A Feldenkrais Practitioner told her about Linda Tellington-Jones and a
weekend demonstration in Toronto began her involvement with TTEAM and TTouch. Edie Jane's
fascination with the Feldenkrais Method - the principles of which underlie the TTEAM &
TTouch work - led her to become a Feldenkrais Practitioner. She also travels the world as
a TTEAM and TTouch Instructor. When not traveling and teaching, Edie Jane keeps busy with
her private Feldenkrais practice and workshops, and delights in being at home with her
friends, family and her garden. |
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Debby
Potts
Debby brings a life long love of animals to
her work with TTEAM and TTouch. As one of Oregon’s first board certified veterinary
technicians, she has always been concerned with animal health and behaviour. TTEAM and
TTouch have allowed her to extend that care to include improving the lives of animals and
their people on a physical, spiritual and emotional level.
Growing up breeding and showing horses has
given Debby an extensive background in working with many different breeds and disciplines.
A filly born with severe neurological damage initially brought Debby to TTEAM and TTouch
after the veterinarians had done all they could for her. The amazing progress the filly
made inspired Debby to make this her life’s work. Also passionate about helping
companion animals, Debby has studied with many well respected dog trainers and has been a
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international dog
conferences. Debby travels much of the year teaching workshops and working privately with
individuals in the United States, Europe and Japan. She lives near Portland, Oregon with
her human family, dogs, cats, horses and llamas. |
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Bibi
Degn
TTEAM and TTouch Instructor, Bibi Degn was
born and raised in Austria. Her involvement with and dedication to animals began early on.
Colonel Neufellner was her riding instructor in her childhood. Bibi earned the Bronze
Reitabzeichen at the State Stallion Stable Paura. She participated at western trainings
with Jean Claude Dysli. Her other accomplishments in the equine world include: she is a
trail ride leader; she participated actively and successfully at several fox hunts and
long distance races, and won and placed second at several long distance races both on the
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Bibi earned a degree in
studies Pedagogic as a elementary school teacher and she studied, extensively, veterinary
medicine and Psychology without a degree.
Bibi also owned/managed a breeding and
boarding stable for Arabs in Austria and kept the mare book for the Arab breeding club.
The dog breed, Magyar viszlas from Hungary, was another specialty of Bibi's. At her farm,
she took care of many horses and dogs and other species for many years.
During 1985 and 1986, Bibi stayed in
Andalusia, Spain while she learned dressage and established many contacts in the riding
style of southern Spain. Here too she participated in long-distance races and long trail
rides.
1987 was a banner year for Bibi when she first
came in contact with TTEAM during a long distance ride in the USA. She met the TTEAM
Practitioner Tina Hutton with whom she spent many weeks during the following years. Bibi
was introduced to Centered Riding and started incorporating this as well as TTEAM to her
training. Bibi participated in many TTEAM Trainings, mainly with Linda Tellington-Jones in
Germany and in the USA.
In 1996 Bibi took over the TTEAM Gilde Office
in Germany and continues to manage it. She organizes the Practitioner training programs
for dogs and horses in Germany and she teaches many courses for dogs and horses.
Bibi was awarded the TTEAM Instructor level
for dogs and horses in 2002. She lives today with her partner Jossy Forberg and her three
children at her farm in Westerwald with 10 Arabs, two dogs of mixed breeds and four cats. |
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Kathy
Cascade
Having graduated from Oregon State University
with degrees in Health and Physical Education, Kathy has been teaching in one form or
another for over twenty years. In 1984 she began a career in Physical Therapy, where she
has helped people from all walks of life in their efforts to overcome disease and injury
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Kathy has a keen interest in
neurophysiology and the role of stress and traumatic experiences on health and behaviour.
She has completed post graduate training in Biofeedback, Sensory Integration, Myofascial
Release, and Cranial Sacral Therapy.
Kathy's introduction to dog training began in
1991 when a slightly wild and wonderful Alaskan Malamute puppy came into her life! Kathy
and Spirit's partnership lead them to the obedience ring, participation in flyball,
agility, and as a visiting Therapy Dog/Handler team in hospitals and nursing homes.
Searching for a truly respectful and gentle approach to working with animals, Kathy and
Spirit attended their first Tellington TTouch workshop with Linda Tellington-Jones in
1994. The work resonated so much with Kathy that she went on to complete the first
two-year TTouch Practitioner Certification Program, graduating in October 1996.
Kathy has since become an instructor in the
program and has shared her creative and humorous teaching style in TTouch Trainings and
workshops throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe. Her compassionate and skillful
approach to working with dogs with aggression issues has been a tremendous help to many
people. Kathy currently resides in Stillwater, OK on a 40 acre "mini-farm" which
is home to two dogs, three cats, and five horses. |
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| Marty McGee Bennett -
Marty McGee Bennett’s first llama jumped off the back of a pickup truck and
into her heart in 1981. Since then Marty has devoted her professional life to the well
being of llamas and alpacas and the education of camelid enthusiasts. After attending her
first TTEAM demonstration in 1985 Marty attached herself to Linda for the next ten years
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| In addition to her studies with Linda, Marty
brings a variety of experience and qualifications to her work with camelids, including a
B.S. degree in Animal Behavior and a professional background with fiber. This combination
makes "Camelidynamics" the world’s most popular, and enduring
training/handling system for camelids. Marty has taught the principles of camelid handling
and the TTouch to veterinarians and veterinary students at veterinary schools around the
county and was the only non-DVM invited to contribute to the Veterinary Clinics of North
America series on Camelids. Her books (including one
co-authored with Linda), videos and training clinics have helped thousands of llama and
alpaca owners more fully understand, appreciate and enjoy this magical animal.
Marty’s most recent book "The Camelid Companion" published in 2001 has
received rave reviews in publications worldwide.
Conducting hundreds of clinics in North America and around
the world including numerous trips to Australia, New Zealand and Europe have kept Marty on
the road for much of the past 20 years. Marty her husband Brad and their family of
four-leggeds recently settled down in Bend Oregon. Marty and Brad have recently purchased
a ranch in Bend and have opened a training center for camelids. 2004 marked the beginning
of a practitioner program specifically for people interested in teaching Camelidynamics. |
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| Lucie Leclerc
- Lucie’s third birthday gift demand of a real horse, with a stable to live in the
backyard of their suburban home, was a foreshadowing of her desire to be with animals!
Since she did not get the horse, after a bit of negotiation with her parents, she brought
home feral cats and lost dogs instead. She has shared her life with animals ever since. Some years later, while doing Equine Studies in Quebec she came to
realize that horses were usually attached to people and detoured from her original dream
-- to work with horses (alone on a mountain) -- and went on to learn, through life
lessons, how to relate to people.
She soon realized that she liked to help people figure out
what their dreams were and how to put them on paper in order to become reality. In her
search to find a better balance in herself. she studied or experienced a variety of
alternative therapies and eventually completed a Bachelor in Biology.
She brings TTouch and TTEAM to French speaking people in
Quebec, and she is currently our only French-speaking Instructor. |
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| At a time when she was looking
for an alternative approach to help one of her dogs with a health issue, she heard about
Tellington TTouch. After reading a book she opted to go and see if it was just a beautiful
story or if the method was as great in practice as on paper. Definitively the teachers
were walking their talk and she just could not stop going to trainings from then on. As a
TTouch and TTEAM student she never felt judged in her process of learning and to this day
she applies that principle with animals and people alike. Her passion is looking for
solutions and possibilities instead of problems, in animals as well as in people. She relishes seeing the animals blossom towards their full potential
and as a teacher loves finding ways to help people truly connect with the animals through
the TTouches and understand the powerful impact that finding balance has on any being. |
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