TTEAM/TTOUCH INSTRUCTORS

• Sarah Fisher
• Linda Tellington Jones
• Robyn Hood
• Edie Jane Eaton

• Debby Potts
• Bibi Degn
• Kathy Cascade
• Marty McGee Bennett

Sarah trained with Linda Tellington Jones and Robyn Hood and is the UK's highest qualified Equine and Companion Animal Instructor.

She runs the UK office for TTEAM & TTouch International, writes for national magazines and teaches one and two day workshops as well as working with private clients.

Sarah works with the Holly Hedge Sanctuary and Battersea Dogs Home. She also teaches staff workshops for many national animal charities including Wood Green, DogsTrust (NCDL) and the Thoroughbred Rehabilitation Centre.

Robyn Hood

Robyn Hood has been riding horses since before she could walk. She went through Pony Club and showed as a junior competitor in Alberta. She later attended and then instructed at the Pacific Coast School of Horsemanship in California owned by her sister Linda Tellington-Jones. Robyn competed successfully in hunter, jumper, three-day eventing, endurance, western events and more recently in gaited horses

In 1982 Robyn became involved full-time with the TTEAM and TTouch work which was developed by her sister Linda. For the past 17

years she has been the editor of the TTEAM Newsletter. Since 1986 she has been teaching TTEAM and TTouch on a full-time basis in Canada, the US, Europe and Australia and spends about 160 days a year traveling. Robyn has given demonstrations and lectures at various venues including Spruce Meadows; Equitana USA & Germany; University of Western Canada; International Humane Society Conference in Vienna and Murdoch University in Perth.

Besides teaching TTEAM and TTouch on the road and at her farm in Vernon, BC, she and her husband have been importing and breeding Icelandic horses since 1976. In addition to their Icelandic herd which numbers around 120, they also share their farm with their daughter Mandy and son Jesse, three cats, two dogs, three turtles and a very talented parrot named Frances.

Edie Jane Eaton

Born in New Zealand, Edie Jane spent much of her childhood living in Ireland where her father, a Canadian diplomat, was posted. One of her first priorities upon arrival in Ireland was to find a way to get near a horse, and eventually she persuaded her parents to buy her a pony to join the donkey, a lamb, and various cats, dogs and a hamster.

Edie Jane's interest in horses was never quite outgrown and when she settled in Canada, she started a small teaching and thoroughbred breeding stable. In 1980 Edie Jane became intrigued by the Feldenkrais Method, having seen it's influence on human recovery from physical and mental impairments. A Feldenkrais Practitioner told her about Linda Tellington-Jones and a weekend demonstration in Toronto began her involvement with TTEAM and TTouch. Edie Jane's fascination with the Feldenkrais Method - the principles of which underlie the TTEAM & TTouch work - led her to become a Feldenkrais Practitioner. She also travels the world as a TTEAM and TTouch Instructor. When not traveling and teaching, Edie Jane keeps busy with her private Feldenkrais practice and workshops, and delights in being at home with her friends, family and her garden.

Debby Potts

Debby brings a life long love of animals to her work with TTEAM and TTouch. As one of Oregon’s first board certified veterinary technicians, she has always been concerned with animal health and behaviour. TTEAM and TTouch have allowed her to extend that care to include improving the lives of animals and their people on a physical, spiritual and emotional level.

Growing up breeding and showing horses has given Debby an extensive background in working with many different breeds and disciplines. A filly born with severe neurological damage initially brought Debby to TTEAM and TTouch after the veterinarians had done all they could for her. The amazing progress the filly made inspired Debby to make this her life’s work. Also passionate about helping companion animals, Debby has studied with many well respected dog trainers and has been a speaker at various

international dog conferences. Debby travels much of the year teaching workshops and working privately with individuals in the United States, Europe and Japan. She lives near Portland, Oregon with her human family, dogs, cats, horses and llamas.

Bibi Degn

TTEAM and TTouch Instructor, Bibi Degn was born and raised in Austria. Her involvement with and dedication to animals began early on. Colonel Neufellner was her riding instructor in her childhood. Bibi earned the Bronze Reitabzeichen at the State Stallion Stable Paura. She participated at western trainings with Jean Claude Dysli. Her other accomplishments in the equine world include: she is a trail ride leader; she participated actively and successfully at several fox hunts and long distance races, and won and placed second at several long distance races both on the national and international levels.

Bibi earned a degree in studies Pedagogic as a elementary school teacher and she studied, extensively, veterinary medicine and Psychology without a degree.

Bibi also owned/managed a breeding and boarding stable for Arabs in Austria and kept the mare book for the Arab breeding club. The dog breed, Magyar viszlas from Hungary, was another specialty of Bibi's. At her farm, she took care of many horses and dogs and other species for many years.

During 1985 and 1986, Bibi stayed in Andalusia, Spain while she learned dressage and established many contacts in the riding style of southern Spain. Here too she participated in long-distance races and long trail rides.

1987 was a banner year for Bibi when she first came in contact with TTEAM during a long distance ride in the USA. She met the TTEAM Practitioner Tina Hutton with whom she spent many weeks during the following years. Bibi was introduced to Centered Riding and started incorporating this as well as TTEAM to her training. Bibi participated in many TTEAM Trainings, mainly with Linda Tellington-Jones in Germany and in the USA.

In 1996 Bibi took over the TTEAM Gilde Office in Germany and continues to manage it. She organizes the Practitioner training programs for dogs and horses in Germany and she teaches many courses for dogs and horses.

Bibi was awarded the TTEAM Instructor level for dogs and horses in 2002. She lives today with her partner Jossy Forberg and her three children at her farm in Westerwald with 10 Arabs, two dogs of mixed breeds and four cats.

Kathy Cascade

Having graduated from Oregon State University with degrees in Health and Physical Education, Kathy has been teaching in one form or another for over twenty years. In 1984 she began a career in Physical Therapy, where she has helped people from all walks of life in their efforts to overcome disease and injury and reach their full potential.

Kathy has a keen interest in neurophysiology and the role of stress and traumatic experiences on health and behaviour. She has completed post graduate training in Biofeedback, Sensory Integration, Myofascial Release, and Cranial Sacral Therapy.

Kathy's introduction to dog training began in 1991 when a slightly wild and wonderful Alaskan Malamute puppy came into her life! Kathy and Spirit's partnership lead them to the obedience ring, participation in flyball, agility, and as a visiting Therapy Dog/Handler team in hospitals and nursing homes. Searching for a truly respectful and gentle approach to working with animals, Kathy and Spirit attended their first Tellington TTouch workshop with Linda Tellington-Jones in 1994. The work resonated so much with Kathy that she went on to complete the first two-year TTouch Practitioner Certification Program, graduating in October 1996.

Kathy has since become an instructor in the program and has shared her creative and humorous teaching style in TTouch Trainings and workshops throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe. Her compassionate and skillful approach to working with dogs with aggression issues has been a tremendous help to many people. Kathy currently resides in Stillwater, OK on a 40 acre "mini-farm" which is home to two dogs, three cats, and five horses.