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Linda Tellington-Jones Receives Honorary Doctorate Degree
Linda Tellington-Jones has been honored with a number of awards, including the Western States Hall of Fame, the Ronald Reagan Good Citizen Award, American Riding Instructors Association Lifetime Achievement Award, the Horsewoman of the Year Award, and the American Riding Instructors Association Master Instructor Award. She has also earned numerous accolades in the equine world, including a world record in endurance riding.
Though it’s been a few decades since she’s scurried down the halls to attend a class in school, on June 21 Linda Tellington-Jones received an Honorary Doctorate degree from the Wisdom University. This unique university, licensed by the State of California, is accredited by the World Association of Universities and Colleges and the Accreditation Commission International (ACI). The university, a global learning community, is committed to the pursuit of wisdom as a way of life.
Jim Garrison, the university’s president and chairman, says of this honor bestowed upon Linda: “Wisdom University is giving Linda an honorary PhD for her decades of work with the Tellington TTouch, which has contributed enormously to what we know about both animal and human healing, and for the work she has done to expand the boundaries of inter-species communication. She is joining the university as Chair of Interspecies Communication and the Director of the Institute for Interspecies Communication.”
Dr. Garrison is also founder and president of the Gorbachev Foundation/USA, which set the stage for the establishment in 1995 of the State of the World Forum, a San Francisco based non-profit institution created to establish a global network of leaders dedicated to creating a more sustainable global civilization.
Linda says of her affiliation with Dr. Garrison, “I worked closely with Jim when he was director for the Esalen Institute’s Soviet American Exchange program. In the 1980s and 1990s I went to Russia as a citizen ambassador 10 times, and taught TTouch to the Russian Olympic dressage and jumping teams. I also taught a 10-day course for Russian veterinarians at the Bitsa Olympic Center, as well as working with the Moscow Zoo and the Russian Academy of Science. I taught many times at the Moscow Hippodrome Racetrack, where my grandfather trained and raced horses in the 1920s. It was during my first trip to Russia that I began to think about developing an organization called Animal Ambassadors. The idea was sparked when I gave a presentation in Gorky Park to 165 people; it was then that I discovered the Russians’ deep love of animals.”
When asked if this doctorate degree would change anything for her, Linda smiled and said, “You never know! It may open doors for spreading my work even further worldwide. We’re now able to prove scientifically why TTouch works on so many levels — things that we’ve known intuitively for years. So now between the science and my new ‘title,’ perhaps we can venture forth in even more ways. That’s my hope — to bring the work of TTouch and Animal Ambassadors around the world even more every day. To be able to encourage children to relate to nature through Animal Ambassadors, and to affect the health and well-being of all species through TTouch — that’s a dream come true for me.”
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Linda's Latest Book!!!
TTouch for Healthcare: The Health Professional's Guide to Tellington TTouch
Tellington TTouch has emerged as a natural healing modality for humans. Used by nurses, physicians, physical therapists, massage and cranial-sacral therapists, as well as Feldenkrais practitioners and other healthcare professionals and caregivers around the world, TTouch provides a unique opportunity for expression of support and caring, and well as relief of a multitude of symptoms.
TTouch for Healthcare is the professional's guide to integrating Tellington TTouch for enhanced care and patient empowerment. A two-hour and forty minutes DVD is included with this book.
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TTouch is on Animal Planet!
TTouch Practitioner Kim St. Claire demonstrates Tellington TTouch on Animal Planet.Dixie spent time with Animal Consultant, Kim St. Claire who taught Maggie some touching tips.
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Oakland Zoo Uses TTEAM to Help Baby Giraffes
All the giraffe calves at The Oakland Zoo undergo an extensive conditioning program to prepare them for a successful life in a captive husbandry situation.
Beginning when the calf is between five and fourteen days old, keepers initiate basic desensitization and simple operant conditioning behaviors. Keepers use a combination of traditional operant conditioning techniques and the Tellington Touch Equine Awareness Method (a training system for horses) to achieve sophisticated behavioral goals. Under this comprehensive system, calves are trained to participate in halter and leading exercises, trailer loading, target training, radiograph training, recall and name recognition. They learn to tolerate voluntary blood draws, farrier work, full physical examinations, and grooming.
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New TTouch Channel launched on YouTube
TTouch video clips broadcast on the YouTube community!
Visit our new TTouch Channel to see demonstrations of TTouch.A demonstration of the basic TTouch has already been posted. More clips will be added soon, so stay tuned to www.youtube.com/TellingtonTTouch.
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'Encyclopedia' of TTouch
The Ultimate Horse Training and Behavior Book: Enlightened and Revolutionary Solutions for the 21st Century
At last, the definitive work of Linda Tellington-Jones, including everything you need to learn and practice the world famous Tellington Method!
“This is a book destined to be on every horseperson’s bookshelf.” —John Lyons
This book is the 'encyclopedia' of TTouch and has over 300 colored photos and many drawings. The book contains the philosophy of the work, more than 60 typical problems that horse-owners run into, complete descriptions with photos of all the TTouches, Ground Exercise, and Work under saddle, as well as 50 photographs of a trailer loading session with a yearling colt who had broken his withers in a trailer and had refused to load. Gabrielle Boiselle is the photographer with her special eye for horses.
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Linda and TTouch Featured in Magazine Articles
In recent months, Linda has been featured in a number of publications.
Articles featuring Linda, her life's work and inspired contributions to the animal world have been featured recently in Common Ground, Chicago Conscious Choice, Equestrian Network, Equine Wellness, Equus, Holistic Horse, Seattle Conscious Choice, and Whole Life Times. Click on the links below to read some of these articles online.Equestrian Network - TTouches for the Legs
Equestrian Network - TTEAM for Sport Horses
Equestrian Network - The History of the Tellington TTouch Method
Equestrian Network - A TTouch of Trust
Equestrian Network - Starting Young Horses
Equine Wellness - Meet Linda Tellington-Jones: This teacher and innovator sports a soft touch
Equine Wellness - Inspirational Women in the Horse World
Equus - Good Reasons for Bad Behavior
Holistic Horse - Equine Brainwave Study
Whole Life Times - A Touch of Love: Hands-on healing for the animal kingdom
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Linda and TTouch Featured on Audio and Video Broadcasts
Linda has also been featured on a number of broadcasts.
Holistic Horse and The Horse Show with Rick Lamb interviewed Linda at Equine Affair. And most recently, Emerging Breakthroughs with Joyce Jackson, a forum for practical visionaries, broadcast a live interview. Click on the links below to listen to the broadcasts online.Animal Talk Naturally - That Tender TTouch
Emerging Breakthroughs - The Tellington Method (TTouch) for All Species
Holistic Horse - Interviews with Intuitive Women: Linda Tellington-Jones
The Horse Show - Evolution of TTEAM and TTouch during past 30 years
The Horse Show - What your horse's head can tell you about his personality
The Horse Show - Using TTouch to improve your horse's life
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