What to Expect from Coaching with Martha
My focus on training encompasses the synergetic relationship between mental, emotional and physical interactions between horse and handler/rider.
There are seven essential elements in play that affect the quality of horsemanship
Human Body Human mind Human emotion Horse's Body Horse's Mind Horse's Emotion The Environment
Thankfully we can truly control only two of these, our minds and our bodies! The rest we choose to either respond to or wish to evoke a response from. It is our responsibility as horse handlers and riders to learn how they all interact with each other and how we enable them to work synergetically instead of chaotically.
Simple....... but not easy!
With this in mind, each session is tailor-made to suit the rider/horse relationships presented. As you can imagine, this covers a huge range of possibilities; for example, learning a simple practical skill such as backing a horse up, leading him or shoulder-in, feeling safe around horses, wishing to develop a deeper bond with your horse, learning how to read a horse's body to speed up training, why your horse behaves in a certain way or how your horse reflects your body stiffness, learning how to get in rhythm with your horse.
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Any one session will use the essential elements above, with help from the key questions below, to discover how to improve one aspect of training.
As I've developed my skills in the horse world and through my own healing process from a serious injury, My joy in coaching comes from seeing people challenge themselves and change in a positive way, more than just seeing a horse simply moving better.
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There are seven essential elements in play that affect the quality of horsemanship
Human Body Human mind Human emotion Horse's Body Horse's Mind Horse's Emotion The Environment
Thankfully we can truly control only two of these, our minds and our bodies! The rest we choose to either respond to or wish to evoke a response from. It is our responsibility as horse handlers and riders to learn how they all interact with each other and how we enable them to work synergetically instead of chaotically.
Simple....... but not easy!
With this in mind, each session is tailor-made to suit the rider/horse relationships presented. As you can imagine, this covers a huge range of possibilities; for example, learning a simple practical skill such as backing a horse up, leading him or shoulder-in, feeling safe around horses, wishing to develop a deeper bond with your horse, learning how to read a horse's body to speed up training, why your horse behaves in a certain way or how your horse reflects your body stiffness, learning how to get in rhythm with your horse.
.
Any one session will use the essential elements above, with help from the key questions below, to discover how to improve one aspect of training.
As I've developed my skills in the horse world and through my own healing process from a serious injury, My joy in coaching comes from seeing people challenge themselves and change in a positive way, more than just seeing a horse simply moving better.
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Tips to get the most out of your training
- for both horse and rider!
To help you become your own trainer start asking yourself these five questions, whilst training on your own or whilst being taught - and, if you can, in this order!
What, Why, When, Where and How.
What do I want to do/learn/achieve?
Why do I want to do it? Why is it good for my horse/me? Why do it at all? etc
When is safest/ easiest/fairest/healthiest/most enjoyable to do? etc
Where is the safest place? where will it help the horse/ where will it give the most physical/emotinal health benefit to me/my horse?
How can I achieve it? How does my body/mind do this? How should the horse be moving/responding?
Remember that somewhere in the answers, an element of pure joy makes all the difference.
It is a powerful emotion and puts the icing on the cake!
What, Why, When, Where and How.
What do I want to do/learn/achieve?
Why do I want to do it? Why is it good for my horse/me? Why do it at all? etc
When is safest/ easiest/fairest/healthiest/most enjoyable to do? etc
Where is the safest place? where will it help the horse/ where will it give the most physical/emotinal health benefit to me/my horse?
How can I achieve it? How does my body/mind do this? How should the horse be moving/responding?
Remember that somewhere in the answers, an element of pure joy makes all the difference.
It is a powerful emotion and puts the icing on the cake!
