6 LEVEL COURSE            

Join Dr. Penny Lloyd in person for 6 powerful experiential sessions exploring Connection Medicine and creating vibrant health with the animals and land you love!! Learn foundational skills to deepen connection, heighten awareness and awaken win-win ways between the species. With practice, the most ordinary human-animal activity can become a playground of extraordinary rejuvenation. Thrive together like never before!

Upcoming Live Events

Hoku Lio Farms, Oahu, HI

• Location: Hoku Lio Farms, Waimanalo, HI
• Date: Saturdays, Jan 24 – Mar 7
• Time:  8:15 AM–12:15 PM. No horse experience required
• Cost: Holiday Special $80 or 6 for $400
• Earlybird: $50 each. (Ends Jan 31)
• Bring: Closed toe shoes, water bottle, snacks, lawn chair, and a smile!
• Registration:  Events And Classes — Hoku Lio Farms

Kauai, HI

• Date: Saturday & Sunday, Mar 14-29, 2026.
• Registration: Coming Soon

Contact us if you would like to host an event at your horse farm.

You may attend any session, but taking the course in sequence will maximize your skill development. See details for each session below.

About the Course

Animals are good for us!  Those of us who love them don’t need anyone to tell us that.  There is growing research to prove just how beneficial – by simply hanging out together.   Just imagine what might be possible if we cultivated a few skills.  So that not only people reap rewards.  Animals can too!

This course is designed to benefit both.  We explore key ingredients for animals and people to not only survive but thrive together.  Learn tools to raise the quality of your life together.  As we practice these skills, the most ordinary human-animal activity can become a playground of extraordinary rejuvenation. Various species augment wellbeing in ways we have yet to discover.   

Our focus is on enjoying life with friends.  Making new ones.  And growing what is possible with our expanding support network.  Experience the joy of a deeper connection with people and animals you already know.  And learn to relate to new species more fluently than you thought possible.  How do you make friends with a praying mantis?  Join us to find out.  You will know you are on the right track if it feels great.  After all, connection is the best medicine! 

With Dr. Penny’s extensive medical background, it is not surprising that layers of wellness have been written into the course.  Connection Medicine is the practice of creating vibrant health with the animals and land you love.  This course is designed to heighten awareness and awaken win-win ways between the species. Those who care deeply for animals lead the way to a brighter and healthier future for humans, animals and our planet.

A win-win way to be
With friends of land and sea
To benefit not only them
But also, you and me.
~Dr. Penny

Session Details

Level 1, Jan 24 & Feb 1: A Bond to Benefit Both Use the principles of mind-body medicine as a foundation to healthy interaction.  Learn 3 key skills to deepen your bond with animals and nature.  We also explore what horses need to thrive and a team approach to health care.  “Open the Gate” Exercise: Practice connection skills with horses and share experience to benefit others.

Level 2, February 7: The POWER of YES Use the principles used in acupuncture to restore healthy balance and chi flow throughout the body.  Learn 3 levels of alignment to operate more like a coordinated team of horses.  Enjoy the ease and synergistic potential of being part of a team. “Boss Mare” Exercise: Practice sovereign leadership skills with horses and share our experience.

Level 3, February 14: The POWER of LOVE Release a shot of revitalizing neuropeptides into your system with a healthy focus on those you care for the most.  Learn 3 levels of awareness to increase the therapeutic potential of the human-animal bond.  Everything you do together can rejuvenate both. “Valentine’s Day” Exercise: Practice co-regulated care with horses and share experience.    

Level 4, February 21: Sacred Geometry Titrate boundaries and heighten energy awareness to find your fengshui with animals.  This balanced deeply aware state is where highest quality action arises from.  It can be used as a treat. “Find your Fengshui” Exercise: Practice skills to find your best position within the herd to actively participate in how horses rejuvenate standing up. Share experience.

Level 5, February 28: Therapeutic Grooming Paint a Rembrandt instead of getting the job done.  Learn quality touch as you discover how to “go with the chi flow” in human-animal interaction.  Hands that know how to both talk and listen will find the effortless flow that augments each other. “Egg & Spoon Groom” Exercise: Practice skills to rejuvenate both in grooming.  Share experience.

Level 6, March 7: Movement Medicine Leading a horse out to pasture will never be the same.  Learn how to let the body lead and refine that wisdom as you interact with horses.  Synch up, breathe into tight areas, modify movement patterns slightly to find what feels best … together. “Shall We Dance?” Exercise: Discover therapeutic games with horses and share experience to benefit others.

• Basic Skills: Self Aware, Connection, Coherence, Congruence, Energy Aware, Still Point
• Intermediate Skills: Both Aware, Boundaries, Quality Touch, Reciprocal “Chi” Energy Flow
• Advanced Skills: All Aware, Movement Medicine, Interspecies Synergy, Therapeutic Games.

• Receive a complimentary “Thriving Together” book at your first session.
• After completing all 6 levels of the course, you are eligible for apprenticeship.