About Mane Partners

Locations 

Mane Partners’ is currently based in the Eastern Panhandle of WV.  Primary service area is the Central Atlantic states: Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania.  Occasional visits also in the Midwest – Kansas City region. Will travel to other states.  Email or call to discuss!

Horse Background 

Megan’s horse experience reaches back to teen years and includes handling all aspects of daily care, riding mostly English hunter/jumper, and dressage styles, doing some showing and exercising others’ horses.  Through clinics, self-study, and practice, she has built her skills in groundwork with horses as a tool for building their trust and confidence, and teaching new behaviors or managing difficult behaviors by building a new framework of communication with the horse.

Leadership Background

Megan has over 20 years of experience in experiential education, including senior leadership roles for schools such as Outward Bound. She has worked with lots of different groups, from corporate executives to troubled youth. She completed training in Equine Assisted Learning (EAL) with the Equine Experiential Education Association (E3A).

(Megan had noticed that rescue horses who have chronic issues preventing physical work often still desire to have a “job” and would be a great asset to programs involving people.)

Inspiration and Body Work Training

Body work training was inspired by a weekend workshop in the Masterson Method (mastersonmethod.com). Megan completed certification in Structural Integration through the Equine Institute (equineinstitute.org). This program is unique in that it is co-taught by a veterinarian, so students learn a vet’s perspective on health issues and on how to best collaborate between vet and body worker.

Megan offers equine body work, equine assisted learning programming, and horsemanship consultations with a heart-centered and task-oriented approach.