What's New at Rancho Bosque:

AZ Illustrated Highlights "From Barnyard to Bedside"

Arizona Public Media Mental Health Producer/Reporter Gisela Telis joined Dr. Hamilton during one of his med student classes at Rancho Bosque. The new segment was part of the May 21, 2013 broadcast of AZ Illustrated. Read the story and watch the full video here.

See Dr. Hamilton on NBC's The Today Show

NBC News Chief Medical Editor Dr. Nancy Snyderman spent a day at Rancho Bosque interviewing Dr. Hamilton for a profile on his innovative “From Barnyard to Bedside” program. Read More

UANews Feature: Horses Help Teach Bedside Manner to Med Students
In this video, Dr. Hamilton's unique program, "From Barnyard to Bedside", taught through the University of Arizona Medical School, is profiled. Watch Now

Playing With Magic - A Documentary Film with Dr. Hamilton

A new film by Wayne Ewing, and based in part on Dr Hamilton’s book, Zen Mind Zen Horse, has wrapped principle photography at Rancho Bosque. In the film, post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) victims, cancer survivors, children with physical and mental disabilities, and normal people daring enough to dance with horses on the ground are all transformed. The film follows the progress of two women – KC and Erika – suffering from cancer as they work with Dr. Hamilton and his horses. The film also follows Monty Roberts at his ranch in Solvang, California as he shows veterans how to control and live with their PTSD by playing with horses.

Playing With Magic began screening at film festivals in early 2013. Look for it to come to your community starting Spring 2013.


	Filming at Rancho Bosque for "Playing With Magic"

A Peak Moment with Monty Roberts: Returning to Flag Is Up Farms
by Dr. Allan Hamilton

Peak moments: we know ‘em when we see ‘em because they have a special quality to them. They shimmer. There’s the exhilaration in the moment because we are able to feel life, the rush of it. At the same time, we see things from enough of a distance that we can also see the sweep of our life.

Well, I had one of those peak moments. I have admired Monty Roberts for more than two decades. More than twenty years ago, I broke my back and was told I had to give up riding horses for more than a year. I was despondent. I was not only badly disabled, I was also very depressed, near hopeless. Someone told me about Monty and I went out to see him for myself at Flag Is Up Farms in Solvang, California. A humble, wonderful man who taught people that horses could save people. I needed that inspiration. I went home and began to do more groundwork with my horses as a way to compensate for not being able to climb into the saddle. Gradually, I got better and better at it and, lo and behold, it began to change me. I found spiritual inspiration in it. Twenty years later-- scores and scores of horses trained, more than a hundred clinics under my belt all over the US and abroad, and an award-winning book about horses (Monty was gracious enough to write the Foreword along with Dr. Robert Miller) - yet, here I was myself, the student, coming back to see the master. And, thank God, he’s still the sensei. There is an inexhaustible store of magic and wisdom in him. Returning to Flag Is Up Farms is pilgrimage for me, as humbling as it is inspiring. Monty is the experience of a lifetime - again! A true peak moment. Thank you, Monty!

Recent Articles

Zen Horseman

Horse & Rider Magazine, October 2012

Combing science and spirituality, Dr. Allan Hamilton, author of Zen Mind, Zen Horse, offers tips for strengthening your bond with your horse and becoming a more effective horseman. Read the full article, written by Debbie Moors, here.

Left Half Empty and Right Half Full:
The Neuroscience of Relating to Horses
Haute Ecole Magazine, Autumn, 2011

Tracking biology and brain science through history, Dr. Hamilton looks at how horses and humans evolved and why there is such a deep spiritual connection between the two. Read PDF Article

Spiritual Leadership Article
Spirituality & Health, September/October 2011
Leading with Chi Instead of Words or Rope. The Power of the Silent Half of the Brain

Dr. Hamilton explores the behavior of horses, its relationship to chi and how working together can develope one's spritual leadership.

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Rancho Bosque Equine Assisted Learning in Ireland

Drs. Allan and Jane Hamilton, and Samantha Biffar conducted Equine Assisted Learning Seminars at the Irish Racing Academy and Centre of Education in Newbridge, County Kildare, Ireland. Each seminar had 30 participants working with ex-racing thoroughbreds to learn the exercises and techniques that can be employed in standard EAL sessions. The seminars focus on “hands-on” training in both individual and group settings and made for a unique and powerful learning experiences. As one participant put it, " I wish nothing more than to continue attending your lectures and observing your work and approaches to the multitude of challenges in EAL.

This was the second time the Hamiltons presentd programs in Ireland. During their first series of seminars in 2008, the Rancho Bosque crew presented a demonstration for the Irish Parliament. As a result, the both program was awarded government funding. Rancho Bosque will continue to play an integral role in establishing and expanding EAL in Ireland and around the world.

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A member of the Irish Parliament gets hands on experience while attending Rancho Bosque Seminar

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Filming at Rancho Bosque for "Playing With Magic"

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Rancho Bosque Equine Assisted Learning in Ireland