Find your Passion ~ Go on an Adventure ~ Live your Life.

It has been too long since I have posted any wonderful adventures. Currently I am on the ride of my life. I have decided to jump head first into building my deep passion into a business. My fasciation and passion about muscle function and facial wellness began with a spark of inspiration in my youth. I never really considered making a career out of it. I finished high school and went onto obtain a degree in college that was light years away from this childhood fasciation. I am a firm believer things happen for a reason and the map that brought be full circle back to this passion is long, rather rocky but nothing short of beautiful. As so many passions in my life have taught me that moments of letting go really are the moments that you are truly living. Just as I jump off a cliff on skis or fly over a fence on my horses I decided that now was the time to put that motto into the professional side of my life to really build a life worth living.

So I did leap and sometimes it feels like I am falling faster than I have repelled off a bridge and other moments I feel as though I am flying high over a fence on a jumper course but I believe the journey is beautiful and quite an adventure.  My goal in life is to make a difference, to ease pain, to bring comfort, to heal and empower those people and horses that have taught me so much about myself. Every time I touch a horse to promote wellness, to heal, to bring comfort, find solutions, in turn they do the same thing for me. Every day I spend helping horses and their owners find solutions they help me too.

If I listen they show me new ways to improve muscles, enhance performance and improve comfort. I hear from so many clients about wonderful results, improved soundness, enhanced performance that it inspires me to learn and discover new ways of providing bodywork that produces results. Soft tissue is a fascinating part of the body it comprises over 60% of a horses body weight. Sharon May Davis says it best “Bones are a slave to the muscle—they can only move in the way the muscle tells it to.” To heal the muscle is to heal the whole body. My goal is to achieve balance in movement. I want horses to have the freedom to move so they have the power to perform. Please visit me on www.equestriansolutionswellness.com and like us on Facebook. To those that have a dream I dare you to take a leap and follow it. My motto: Be Bold, Be Free, Be Truthful. Venture On ~ Alisa

 

 

 

 

 

Stay The Course…

So Live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart. Trouble no one about their religion; respect others in their view, and demand that they respect yours. Love your life, perfect your life, beautify all things in your life. Seek to make your life long and its purpose in the service of your people. Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide. Always give a word or a sign of salute when meeting or passing a friend, even a stranger, when in a lonely place. Show respect to all people and grovel to none. When you arise in the morning give thanks for the food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies only in yourself. Abuse no one and no thing, for abuse turns the wise ones to fools and robs the spirit of its vision. When it comes your time to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with the fear of death, so that when their time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way. Sing your death song and die like a hero going home.
Tecumtha (1768? – October 5^th 1813) Native American, Shawnee Mystic Warrior

~Venture On Alisa

In Loving Memory of my Beloved Theodore.

Dec. 5th 1994 - Nov. 28th 2012

                                                         Wish Upon a Star "Teddy"

Don't Cry For The Horses

Don't cry for the horses
That life has set free
A million white horses
Forever to be

Don't cry for the horses
Now in God's hands
As they dance and they prance
To a heavenly band

They were ours as a gift
But never to keep
As they close their eyes
Forever to sleep

Their spirits unbound
On silver wings they fly
A million white horses
Against the blue sky

Look up into heaven
You'll see them above
The horses we lost
The horses we loved

Manes and tails flowing
They Gallop through time
They were never yours
They were never mine

Don't cry for the horses
They will be back someday
When our time has come
They will show us the way

On silver wings they will lift us
To the warmth of the sun
When our life is over
And eternity has begun

We will jump the sun
And dance over the moon
A Ballet of horses and riders
on the winds
to a heavenly tune

Do you hear that soft nicker
Close to your ear?
Don't cry for the horses
Love the ones that are here

Don't cry for the horses
Lift up your sad eyes
Can't you see them
As they fly by?

A million white horses
Free from hunger and pain
Their spirits set free
 Until We Ride Again.

            Love Always & Forever, Alisa

                                                                 ~ Venture on Alisa

 

Spring Time Ventures!

Mother nature left nothing much to be desired this winter if you are among those who count the days until those months when the days get short and mother nature just just might bless us with piles of white stuff, an abundance of first tracks and the oportunity to see if we can exceed our previous years total vertical feet; however, I am a jack of many trades and I like to make Lemonade out of Lemons so.... I am trying to see this ski season not as non-existent but that it gave me a kick to a very early spring making it a very long season for my other loved sports. Unseasonably warm weather allowed for early camping excursions, mountain bike rides, and trail runs with ideal conditions and most importantlly a great spring season for Equestrians. Spring time has been long an wonderful being able to start breaking babies sooner, moving out from the indoor rings, and more daylight makes those sunset and sunrise rides more wonderful than ever. Spring is here and summer is on its way here so enjoy the warm season and maybe this winter Mother Nature will reward us with an epic abundance of first tracks.





Venture On - Alisa                                                 

Road Trip

“The great thing in this world is not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving.” ~ Oliver W. Holmes I hit the road and drove across the country to CO. What an adventure! I love seeing new places, new lands, and new cultures. I have found it opens my eyes to the world and gives me a better understanding of those around me and most importantly it gives me a better understanding of myself! I began in PA drove through West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, and at last came to arrive in Colorado! Many little towns, places, experiences along the way for which I will never forget. Driving gives you time to reflect, observe, and truly see what is around you, in the present, what you are longing for back home, and the anticipation for what is next to come in the future. Often times I feel I get caught up in the fervor of life, and though very happy, can loose perspective. For me I needed closure after finishing school a time to take a breath, explore, and have time to reflect and connect with myself. Removing yourself from where one is comfortable and stepping outside that box can knock you off center, but I have found that with time and deep reflection one seems to discover a deeper center a place where you can sense where you belong and who you want to be. “We are not born with maps; we have to make them, and the making requires effort. The more effort we make to appreciate and perceive reality, the larger and more accurate our maps will be. But many do not want to make this effort. Their maps are small and sketchy, their views of the world narrow and misleading.” ~ M.S Peck So explore yourself, the world, whatever makes you happy, open your eyes to new cultures, new places, new lands, different people, in doing so not only does your map grow larger, but you learn more about yourself the more you explore what is important for you. As I am out here, I long for home, for the comforts of those who I love, for the life I love and miss, but I do know this… I will love it that much more upon my return because not only has my map of reality expanded but my understanding of myself has grown and found a higher sense of peace within myself. “Peace is to be found only within, and unless one finds it there, he or she will never find it at all. Peace lies not in the external world. It lies within one’s own soul.” ~ R.W. Trine Venture On ~ Alisa

2010 In a Nut Shell!

So it has been a while since I have posted on my blog. Not because there has been a lack of adventure in my life quite the contrary, as many hours were put into finishing my research to graduate I have not had the time to write my many great ventures of 2010. Ski patrol season ended which is always a transition; however, it brings us that much closer to the start of a new winter season, with many wonderful moments and ventures to be enjoyed along the way. Spring quickly turned into summer and I spent a good majority of my time with my horse, and at the farm, fishing, galloping, and enjoying its rhythm. The summer brought great wonderful adventures that took me up into western PA where I have the privilege of being the Director of American Adventure Sports Junior Adventure Programs at University of Pittsburg at Johnstown, to Yellow Creek Trout Club, and Camp Harmony. The summer came to a close and I hit the ground running to finish my last semester at Towson University. I dove into my research and spent my spare time at the farm riding and trying to make it to some OEC classes at Liberty. In September, I drove down to North Carolina for the Black Beard Adventure Race. For my birthday weekend in October, a group of us got together for some adventure race training and the Warrior Dash which I highly recommend if you like getting muddy! AWESOME!!! Later in October I ventured back to western PA to be part of the first aid support for USARA 24hr Nationals. Fall was coming to a close, and winter was ramping up, we were back at Liberty Patrolling, I took my last exam at Towson and I was finally done! We are now coming into spring, Liberty is closed, and the warm weather is on its way. So like any ski nut I packed up my bags and decided to take a road trip to CO to extend my season! Something I had planned on doing for a long time after I graduated! So here I am in CO! I made it! Venture On ~ Alisa

An Epic Day!

There are moments in your life which are not merely passing memories but imprints that dwell in your psyche and will remain with you for a lifetime. In a skiers life there are but a handful of truly Epic days in which others will forever be compared. What makes these moments Epic? Perfect, Light Powder? Abundant Snow? A Perfect Line? Epic does not just mean having a perfect line, abundant snow, or light powder, for we have all had many of those, and though Epic can possess these wonderful elements it is much more than that. Epic is defined by a sequence of events that fall so elegantly into a rhythm which then creates a woven pattern, a tapestry of moments that only Mother Nature could so miraculously create.
In 20 years it is impossible for me to count the plentiful number of powder days, perfect lines, or incredible, sunny days, but on one hand I CAN count the number of days, those beautiful and rare moments worthy of the word EPIC. I was blessed early this holiday season with what I would define as an Epic moment.
This past weekend December 19-20th at a small resort in Pa we all awoke to bountiful snow and a sky of white, which continued to lay abundant amounts of Mother Natures white stuff upon our little mountain throughout the day. By that night we had reached 24 inches and by morning the entire mountain was covered in snow. As I road up the lift I reached the top just in time to see the sun rise over the valley. A blue sky powder day before Christmas on the East Coast what more could we ask for….?
Well… to our surprise the groomers had not seen the updated trail report and neglected to groom two of our trails. So as patrollers, naturally, we seized the opportunity to become self groomers and ski the trails and pull the tape opening the entire mountain for our customers before Christmas. On this blue sky, powder day at a small mountain in PA we all took delight in sharing what we knew would be a rare cherished day one worthy of the word EPIC, a weekend which I will never forget.

Venture On ~ Alisa