The MEA Way

Taking the "Natural" to a New Level

The Mirroring Equine Attitude (MEA) Programs focus on teaching owners/riders/handlers
to "fix" problems with their horse through education and understanding of the natural
horse and its language. There are no gimmicks and no special equipment required to
develop a true team partnership with your horse. As an example, a mare teaches her
newborn foal to stay at her side, and within a three foot space at all times. She uses no
equipment, halters, lead lines, lunge lines, whips, sticks, or round pens. And yet, within
only a few hours of birth, the newborn foal "lunges" circles around Mom, always staying
within that 3 foot space. By learning to speak and read Equus, you can teach your horse
anything in a short period of time PLUS gain willing response, trust, and respect from your
horse.

Marlis Amato founded the MEA programs after careful study of miles of video footage
observing the interactions and communication within her domesticated breeding herd of
Egyptian Arabians over the past 15 years. Through these observations, she has gained an
understanding of how the natural horse lives, thinks, learns, and communicates. The
horses are her teachers. She now specializes in translating the "Equus" language to human
language so owners can more easily elicit positive response and willing interaction from
their horse. Owners often spend time, energy, and money on having their horse
professionally trained, yet still have behavior and resistance problems. Marlis focuses on
teaching owners why specific behaviors appear, along with how to change them.

The Equus Language

Have you heard that old adage - "There are no problem horses, only problem owners?" This
is absolutely untrue. The problems for both horse and human arise almost exclusively
from communication errors. If you only speak English, can you readily communicate with
and understand a person who only speaks Spanish? The Equus language is a foreign
language, spoken silently, using short phrases ending only in periods and exclamation
points. There are no question marks.

Be sure to visit the Education page for information on common communication errors
between horse and human.