About Theresa Zenner
Theresa Zenner, founded ZennerYoga, in the fall of 2009 when she was 41 years old and living in Isanti, MN. At that time she had been into horses less than 7 years and had been a dedicated student of the Parelli Natural Horsemanship program since 2004. Since then her journey has taken quite the turn.
She studied within the Parelli Mastery Program from January 2010 through September 2011 at both the Ocala FL and Pagosa Springs CO facilities. She was an apprentice to Pat Parelli for the last year of that journey studying Horsemanship, Cowmanship, and Social Media and also served as Pat’s Western Performance Road Manager during that time.
She strongly believes in the Parelli principles and the program Pat and Linda Parelli have developed. Theresa is a Licensed Parelli 2 Star Junior Instructor. She is dedicated in her pursuit of lighter communication with the horse to form a true partnership. Her dedication ultimately brought her to a devoted Vinyasa Flow practice and inspired her to become a certified Yoga Instructor in the spring of 2009.
“I found yoga through my pursuit to better improve my seat connection. In 2007 I changed my main horse from a gaited horse to a trotting horse. She had a big trot and I found that I could not sit the trot! After tens if not a hundred hours in the saddle, I was finally able to sit the trot. However, I found I still was not riding with my horse. I was not fluid in my movement. It was almost as if I was in my horse’s way. As I began to learn and understand the mechanics of how to ride with more fluidity I found that my mind was registering the “how” but my body was not necessarily executing.
I realized that yet again it was about me and that I needed to unlock movement within my own body. I spent over a year doing strength and balancing training and made improvement but I still was not harmonious with my horse. A friend suggested I try yoga and finally I took a Vinyasa Flow yoga class and I knew instantly that this was the answer. I love Vinyasa Flow yoga because it is a challenging practice, lots of movement so you get cardio as well as core and strength such as quadriceps, shoulder, bicep, and tricep, and additionally get balance, stability, spine strengthening and hip openers etc…. I was so sure that this was the key to facilitate my fluidity that I decided to deepen my practice and I enrolled and completed an intense 9 week Teacher’s Training course at Core Power Yoga in Minneapolis. I was on the mat at least 5x/week and by the 4th week I started to see my body unlock, energy began to flow more readily and my movement with my horse became more harmonious. She and I have taken the harmony further by my engagement of breath. How light can I be by just using breath to ask my horse to engage with me or slow or stop. It is fabulous! The use of Ujjayi breath has also given me the ability to minimize anxiety and tension I may be experiencing in my body and enabling me to better focus my mind when I am under pressure.
I now can feel of and move with my horse and it is acknowledged from the positive feedback I receive from her! When we are together and unified, it is a beautiful feeling.
I am both thrilled and honored to be able to share this DVD series to students of self improvement around the globe. I want others to have what I have with my horse and feel the joy when you are truly united with your partner.”
After leaving the Mastery Program in the fall of 2011, Theresa and Rhett Fincher immediately started Savvy Racing in Reddick FL. Savvy Racing’s focus is on the mental and emotional development of a potential young racehorse and in parallel helping them through their physical development with a vision of making the world a better place for horses in the racehorse industry. You can visit them at www.savvyracing.us or you can find SavvyRacing on Facebook. Theresa plans to continue her international reach of Health and Wellness for equestrians as well as maintain partnership of Savvy Racing and develop horses within the program. Theresa is also a Cutting and Reined Cow Horse enthusiast and will continue developing her own Yoga journey and Western Performance Hobby.
Acknowledgements:
I would like to thank Pat and Linda Parelli for creating and teaching the Parelli Natural Horsemanship program. I am a dedicated and committed student of the program and know I am a better horseman for following it. I also would not have found yoga if it were not for my continued quest to improve my horsemanship. I would like to thank the team at Core Power Yoga in Minneapolis for the in depth training I received there to deepen my practice and provide me with an opportunity to teach others.I want to thank my Parelli students and my Yoga students for giving me the opportunity to grow as a teacher and to become only better in my own horsemanship and yoga practice. I’d like to thank Scott, my former husband, for putting up with my endless pursuit of following my heart and dreams, and the many friends, supporters and team that worked on making the project launch. Last, but far from least, I’d like to thank Petra Christenson for being integrated into the growth of ZennerYoga from early 2010 until now and Rhett Fincher, my Fiancé and best friend, for being an active and integrated partner in both Savvy Racing and ZennerYoga.
Theresa is a truly gifted teacher. She offers a very challenging Vinyasa workout that leaves me feeling healthy and cleansed. More...
Ann, Yoga Student
ZennerYoga LLC
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