>> WE HAVE TOLD YOU HOW THERAPY DOGS REDUCE STRESS AND PROVIDE SENSE OF CONNECTION.
NOW A NEW HORSE RESCUE CENTER
THAT IS A HEALING SANCTUARY FOR
BOTH THE ANIMALS AND THE PEOPLE
IT SERVES.
>> AND GET THIS IT IS RIGHT IN
THE MIDDLE OF ALTAMONTE SPRINGS
NEIGHBORHOOD.
>> MORNING ANCHOR KIRSTEN
O’CONNOR TAKES US INSIDE.
A LITTLE MORE THAN 60 MILES
FROM MARION COUNTY’S HORSE
CAPITAL OF THE WORLD.
DOWN A SMALL NEIGHBORHOOD TRAIL
IN ALTAMONTE SPRINGS.
>> IT IS A DIFFERENT HORSE
EVERY TIME FOR EVERY PERSON.
>> YOU REMEMBER THAT PHRASE
HORSE OF A DIFFERENT COLOR.
>> THEY EACH HAVE THEIR OWN
DIFFERENT PERSONALITIES LIKE
TRACE.
HE IS A CLOWN.
BELLA IS MY FEMININE CONNECTOR.
THIS IS DANTE AND HE IS THE
WE WHOLE SO THIS BARN IS ABOUT
MORE THAN JUST CARING FOR HER
RESCUE HORSES.
>> THEY ARE ALL RESCUES OR HAVE
SUFFERED SOME SORT OF TRAUMA IN
THEIR LIVES AND THEY ARE ALL
THESE BEAUTIFUL 1200 POUND
SILENT HEALERS.
>> THE HORSE SANCTUARY HOLDS
RETREATS TO HELP PEOPLE CONNECT
WITH THE HORSES WHILE THEY ARE
WORKING THROUGH PERSONAL
>> THERE’S REALLY NO ONE TO
TALK TO.
>> MARINE CORPS VETERAN
GERONIMO RIGHT FATHER WORKS
WITH STUDENTS AT VALENCIA
COLLEGE WHO ARE LIVING WITH
PTSD.
>> SOMETIMES THEY WANT TO TALK
AND SOMETIMES YOU NEED TO BE IN
A SPACE TO GET OUT OF YOUR OWN
HEAD FOR A MINUTE.
FOR ME IT WAS JUST TRYING TO
STRENGTHEN THAT BOND AND
COMMUNICATION WITHOUT SAYING
WORDS AND TRYING TO DO IT THAT
WAY.
>> IS ONE OF THE TRAUMAS I
EXPERIENCED I FELL OFF A HORSE.
>> SHE SPENT 13 YEARS AWAY FROM
HORSES AFTER A RIDING ACCIDENT.
>> I ACTUALLY GOT TO RIDE HIM
LAST WEEK.
BAREBACK.
AND IT WAS PRETTY AMAZING.
TO BE ABLE TO TRUST AND TO KNOW
THAT I’M OKAY.
>> GETTING RESULTS FOR YOUR
HEALTH, KIRSTEN O’CONNOR, NEWS
6.
>> BEAUTIFUL STORY THERE FROM
HOUSTON.
JOINING US NOW JEN SO WE WHOLE
OWNER OF ZENER JEN.
AND GAIL WITH MANY HORSE
TUESDAY.
THIS IS THE FIRST TO HAVE A DOG
OR I MEAN A MINI HORSE.
HAVE A MINI HORSE HERE IN THE
STUDIO BUT WE ARE SO EXCITED.
IT IS GREAT WORK THAT YOU ARE
DOING THERE AT THE HORSE
VICTORY.
HOW DID ALL THIS GET STARTED?
>> I GOT INVOLVED WITH HORSES
AS A REARD TO QUIT SMOKING.
AND WHEN I GOT ENGAGED AND
LEARNED ALL THE SKILLS AND
TOOLS AND HORSE TRAINING I WENT
TO A TONY ROBBINS EXPLAINS.
I LEFT THE SEMINAR AND I GO OH
MY GOD IT IS THE SAME STUFF.
WHAT HE IS DOING WITH PEOPLE
I’M DOING WITH HORSES.
A BOOK BUILDING RELATIONSHIP
REPORT AND ESTABLISHING RESPECT
AND ABOUT LEAVING YOURSELF AND
LIVING FROM YOUR HEART.
AND WHEN YOU ENGAGE WITH THESE
HORSES YOU LEARN THE TRUTH
ABOUT YOURSELF BECAUSE THEY DO
NOT HAVE EGOS.
THEY DO NOT HAVE THE SAME KIND
OF AGENDA.
THERE IS NO SALES POSSESSED TO
THE END IF YOU KNOW WHAT I
MEAN.
SO WE DO A LOT OF LEADERSHIP
TRAINING AND RELATIONSHIP
BUILDING.
IN INTERACTING WITH CORPORATE
TEAMBUILDING.
AND WHAT REALLY INSPIRED ME AND
THIS IS TRAGIC BUT THERE’S
ALWAYS A GIFT AND EVERYTHING
WAS AFTER HAD AN INTERVENTION
WITH TONY AND THEN MY MOTHER
PASSED OF A DRUG OVERDOSE.
SADLY HE WAS ONE OF THE UNSUNG
22 FORMER NAVY AND IT INSPIRED
ME TO TAKE WHAT I WAS DOING FOR
CORPORATE TEAMBUILDING
EXPERIENCES IN LIFE ARE PEOPLE
LIKE YOURSELF WHO WOULD LIKE TO
I DON’T KNOW LOSE WEIGHT OR
QUIT SMOKING OR DO WHATEVER
THEY WOULD WANT TO IN THEIR
LIVES TO TAKE THIS TO A GREATER
AUDIENCE.
>> AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT
INTERACTING WITH THE HORSES AND
THAT BEING IN SOME WAYS
THERAPEUTIC, WHAT IS IT THAT
HAPPENS THERE IN THE
INTERACTION AND HOW IT RELATES
MY GOSH.
>> IT IS DEEP AND BRILLIANT
EMPOWERING EXPERIENCE.
WITH THE HORSE WILL GIVE YOU AS
A REFLECTION.
THEY ARE MIRRORS AND HOW YOU
SHOW UP GOOD BETTER OTHERWISE
WILL BE REFLECTED BACK TO YOU.
AND AT ZENERJEN LIKE TO SAY
SHE’S AN ORPHAN AND HER MOTHER
REJECTED HER.
HAVEN’T WE ALL HAD EXPERIENCES
WHERE WE FELT REJECTION OR
ABANDONMENT OR SOME KIND OF
SOMETHING.
AND BECAUSE OF THE RESCUED
HORSES AND WHEN YOU SEE THEM
AND HOW BEAUTIFUL THEY ARE AND
THE VALUE THEY HAVE TO BRING WE
CAN ACTUALLY GO OUT AND REALIZE
THAT WE HAVE VALUE OURSELVES.
>> AND SO WHAT DO YOU NEED A
ZENERJEN TO CONTINUE TO WORK.
HOW DO WE GET INVOLVED?
>> GREAT QUESTION.
A LOT OF SMALL BUSINESSES COME
OUT TO SEE US AND WE WORK WITH
REAL ESTATE OFFICES INTO
CORPORATE TEAMBUILDING.
WE’VE ALL DONE TRUST FALLS OR
PAINTBALL AS CORPORATE
TEAMBUILDING EXPERIENCE BUT THE
COME ON EXPERIENCE SOMETHING
LIKE THAT.
SMALL BUSINESS COME OUT AND WE
DO A BUY ONE AND GET ONE.
WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IS THE
CORPORATION OR THE BUSINESS OF
THE INDIVIDUAL CAN COME OUT AND
CONTRIBUTE TO A VETERAN OR A
WOMAN THAT IS BEEN IN AN
ABUSIVE SITUATION.
WE ARE ACTUALLY BRINGING A NEW
YOUTH CENTER OUT IN JULY TO
HAVE AN EXPERIENCE FOR THE
YOUTH GROUPS.
>> SO WHAT TYPES OF ACTIVITIES
WILL HAPPEN THERE TUESDAY WITH
THE OTHER HORSES?
WHAT’S GOOD QUESTION.
WE HAVE FUN.
FIRST OFF WE HAVE FUN BECAUSE
THEY DON’T CALL IT HORSEPLAY
FOR NOTHING.
LIKE THE FIRST WORLD A SWIMMING
POOL NO HORSEPLAY, RIGHT.
AND THESE 12 POUND -- SHE IS
TINY BUT THEY REALLY ACTUALLY
BRING SOMETHING TO THE TABLE
WHERE WE LEARN TO ENGAGE.
SEE HOW YOU ARE PUTTING HER AND
SHE IS BEING SOFT AND QUIET AND
YOU ARE GIVING HER LOVE AND
ENERGY.
THAT WILL BE REFLECTED BACK.
SO IT REALLY HELPS US ENGAGE
WITH OURSELVES AND LEARN IF WE
WANT TO LEAD OTHERS HOW WE NEED
TO LEAD OURSELVES FIRST.
WE DO GAMES AND SIMULATIONS AND
THEN WE PLAY WITH THE HORSES
TOO.
>> AWESOME STUFF.
HOW CAN WE GET IN TOUCH?
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.
WE CAN GET IN TOUCH WITH
REACHING OUT AT ZENERJEN.ORG.
IT CAME OUT FROM ZEN ENERGY AND
I AM JEN YOU CAN REACH ME
DIRECTLY ON MY CELL PHONE.
AND THE NUMBER IS 407-412-0252
YOU CAN REACH GAIL OR MYSELF.
WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR
PEOPLE INTERESTED IN SUPPORTING
THE RESCUE HORSES BECAUSE THEY
EAT A LOT.
DON’T YOU, TUESDAY?
I THINK SHE IS ABOUT TO FALL
ASLEEP.
>> I JUST LOVE THE WHOLE GAMUT
OF ISSUES AND THINGS YOU WANT
TO DEAL WITH WHETHER IT IS THAT
INTERACTION OR EVEN EMOTIONAL
THINGS.
CONDITIONS LIKE POSTTRAUMATIC
STRESS.
I MEAN THERE IS SO MUCH TIED
INTO WORKING WITH THESE
ANIMALS.
>> YES, YOU WOULD BE SURPRISED.
AND LIKE I SAID IT DOES NOT
HAVE TO BE SOMETHING WHERE YOU
ARE EXPERIENCING A TRAUMA.
I’VE HAD PEOPLE CHANGE THEIR
ENTIRE BUSINESS STRUCTURE AND
RESTRUCTURE THE WHOLE
MANAGEMENT TEAM BECAUSE THEY
REALIZE THEY HAD INTROVERTS AND
LEADERSHIP ROLES WHERE THEY
SHOULD HAVE HAD AN EXTROVERT
REPLACEMENT AND INTERACTION IN
THE DYNAMIC.
AND TO BE USING ALL THESE
RESCUED HORSES.
SOME OF THESE HORSES OR
SLAUGHTER BOUND OR HAVE
EXPERIENCED SEVERE NEGLECT.
BUT NOW THEY HAVE SOMETHING
AMAZING AND VALUABLE TO BRING
THE PEOPLE AS WELL.
>> WE LOOK FORWARD TO ALL THE
UPDATES WE KNOW YOU’RE WORKING
ON SOME MORE WORKSHOPS AS WELL
SO WE WILL BE KEEPING IN TOUCH.
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