*A focused workshop is a group lesson on a specific topic which will be a combination of the participants' choice and what I feel necessary based on my observations of the group.

*Travel Expenses: There is no additional fee for travel inside a ten mile radius of the Bentonville area. I charge $0.50 per mile round trip for distances outside the Bentonville area plus any hotel, boarding or flight expenses. The travel expenses or Arena fees will be divided up among the participants.

Pat's Level 1 Partnership Program is focused entirely on helping you, step-by-step, to develop the kind of trust and respect that will positively impact everything you do with your horse.

You'll learn to play The Seven Games, break down the prey-predator barrier, create a language with which to communicate with your horse, and teach your horse on the ground the things you want him to understand when you are on his back.

You'll develop natural riding dynamics by riding with one rein, with focus, and with the Carrot Stick in preparation for Level 2. These are the first building blocks for a great independent seat.

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Beginning Level 1 Clinic: A level 1 clinic is usually for entry level students with a focus on basic skills and safety. We will cover Prey animal psychology, opposition reflex, the Seven Games, the five zones, and other fundamentals for learning to communicate with your horse.

Advanced Level 1/Level 2 Prep Clinic: This clinic will give you more information and techniques to assist you in obtaining Level 1. We will start playing with more advanced ground skills and start to play the Seven Games with obstacles, riding with a focus, gait transitions, and much more.

Level 2 branches into the Four Savvy's of Parelli and teaches you phenomenal things with horses, from the magic of playing at Liberty to riding as one with true Harmony.

No matter what Level you are currently studying, you'll discover more strategies and new information.

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Beginning Level 2 Clinic: In this clinic we will start to focus on intermediate skills like the use of longer lines, Liberty, Positive Reflexes, Impulsion Concepts and Techniques to achieve Harmony with your horse.

Time spent in the clinic will be 1/2 groundwork and 1/2 riding each day. You will now be winning the seven games on the 12' line and will learn how to ask for more on the 22' line. Learn how on line leads to liberty. The riding portion of the clinic will explore freestyle transitions and change of direction. Riders will also get an introduction to the Impulsion Program and will learn why impulsion is required before you ask for finesse!

Advanced Level 2 Clinic: The Advanced Level 2 Clinic will explore all four savvies of Level 2. We will review the on-line sections and introduce Liberty. We will also cover more advanced freestyle riding, the impulsion program and finesse. It's about emotional development for your partnership with your horse. We will spend half of the day on the ground improving our On-line and Liberty skills, and the other half of the day will be focused on Freestyle Riding and the Beginnings of Finesse.

-You will take registrations and checks, arrange for 1 to 2 volunteers* to help me with clinic set-up and with equipment sales, arrange for volunteers* to help you with check-in of participants and auditors, keep a list of all names, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses for everyone who comes to the clinic.

-You will spend time on the phone and on the computer answering email inquiries. You will arrange for any local advertising after consulting with me. You'll provide those interested in the clinic with written (by mail or email) information regarding directions, information about the facility, stall arrangements, health requirements, motel and camping accommodations, what they need to bring to the clinic, etc.

-You will collect and keep track of the registration money, and keep me informed of progress and any problems.

*Volunteers audit the clinic free of charge.