Gretchen Deane is a skilled and compassionate practitioner with many years of experience and education in the equine industry. She has trained and ridden with several winning Olympic riders and international clinicians. Her previous work as a professional rider and trainer included great success in Showjumping, and a special focus on young and developing horses.
Gretchen moved to Vermont in 2015, and has continued expanding her education and experiences with horses and equines. She is a Certified Practitioner in Masterson Method® Integrated Equine Performance Bodywork, and has completed certification and continuing education with Spencer LaFlure’s school for Neuromuscular Horse Dentistry. Gretchen has Reiki training and attunements through the John Harvey Gray Center for Reiki Healing, and is adept at perceiving subtle aspects of physical condition and communication with horses. Most recently, she is eager to offer Horse Talk™ sessions, her own creative endeavor to facilitate multidimensional communication in the horse-human relationship.
Each year Gretchen works with several hundred horses of varying breeds, disciplines, ages, and histories, and at least a few dozen beautiful donkeys and mules. She is honored to work with a broad range of horse owners, including international clinicians and authors, FEI level riders and trainers, horsemanship experts, equine veterinarians, hoof care practitioners, and professional equine bodyworkers. Gretchen is dedicated to learning from the horse and continuing to evolve her horsemanship practice both on the ground and from the horse’s back.
Continuing education courses in the past several years:
Masterson Method® Certified Practitioner Conference 2023, 2024
Mark Rashid Clinics 2022, 2023, 2024
Advanced Applied Anatomy – Lorre Mueller 2024
Transcendental Meditation® 2023
Equine CranioSacral Therapy – Dr. Sandi Howlett 2023
Whole Heart Horsemanship, Aibado – Gray Kyle-Graves 2022
BodyTalk Systems 2022
Neuromuscular Horse Dentistry – Spencer LaFlure 2020, 2022, 2023
Elsa Sinclair Clinic 2021
For the Love of Animals – Anna Breytenbach and Brad Laughlin 2021
Equine Conformation and Hoof Care – Mike Wildenstein 2020, 2021
Functional Anatomy and Movement – Jillian Kreinbring 2020
Interspecies Telepathic Communication – Nancy Windheart 2019, 2020
Tom Curtain Clinic 2019
Reiki 1, Reiki 2&2A – John Harvey Gray Center for Reiki Healing – Lourdes Gray 2018, 2019
Natural Balance Dentistry™ – Spencer LaFlure 2017, 2018, 2019
Masterson Method® – Jim Masterson 2015, 2016
Young Horse Trainer’s Clinic – Jose Alejos, Linda Allen, Julie Winkle 2014