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Emotional Horsemanship by Lockie Phillips

Helping deeply caring equestrians create emotionally balanced horses with science, empathy and feel
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23/08/2024

What are you saddled with?

Saddled with guilt? Shame? Lack of self care?

Are you saddled with your past? Are you saddled with inability to find new information that helps you, that resonates?

Are you saddled with patterns that you cannot stop? Are you saddled with lonliness?

Too often, I have found that today's horse person, goes and rides their horse not as an exercise in equitation, but as an exercise in self discovery. And while I think this is good in general, if riding becomes only a tool for ourselves, we circle right back to the problems we tried to avoid in the first place.

Forgetting the horse.

If we choose to saddle up and go try this thing, what is our motivation? Why do it? Why try? It is so hard to do on our best days, and many even wonder, if it is natural or possible for horses to do it at all.

It has been my experience, that once we have rebuilt our internal world, that saddling up to go ride can be a place of deep connection and mutual fulfillment for the horse person AND the horse.

Have you ever sat on a horse and really felt that they were happy to be there?

21/08/2024

Ideally, a horse should maintain all their basic physical health needs... outside of training.

But that is an ideal. We do not live in an ideal world. Sometimes, this will not be possible. Sometimes, due to our boarding/livery arrangements, the cultural scene surrounding us, financial and logistical restrictions, our horses lose their physical health unless we implement trainings to manage that.

What physical health elements do I refer to exactly?
I refer to
- Their Body Condition Score (Overweight, Underweight, Ideal)
- Their physical fitness to move comfortably and naturally
- Their nutritional needs (More than gross caloric intake; is their diet balanced, not just sufficient calories)
- Mental and emotional stimulation
- Sufficiently rested and energized

I use training for horses whose cup overflows with well-being. Caveat, I only train a horse at the level of physicality, if their cup overflows from their life. And they are abundantly WELL. So well, that they line up at my arena, or present themselves, motivated to work. Because they are well rested, well fed, well mobilised, well socialised, that their systems start to zing with an effervescent vitality. Once they are presenting vitality, I will welcome that overflow into my arena and ask them;

"What have you got?"

If I am using training as repair and recovery, I firstly realise that I am doing so because something in that horses life is out of balance. I use the training, not as training, but as rehab and support, while simultaneously focusing all my efforts on discovering the source of the problem in their life, and putting majority of my focus and reserves into resolving that.

E.G. if a horse is reluctant to move, and I discover they are reluctant to move because their lifestyle lacks ability, or motivation to move, then I fix their lifestyle. I don't force them to move in training. I want to increase vitality that is already there. Not force vitality through what I feel is an inappropriate and invasive overstep beyond. A rolling stone gathers no moss. A body in motion, stays in motion. Because it has a relationship to movement. If they are reluctant to move because they are sore or uncomfortable, or because they are illuminating inner work I have to do on myself before they will share their body with me like that, I listen to that. And implement the solutions, outside of the arena.

It is a hill I will die on. Low-key (High-key) refusing to use training as a cover-up for problems in my horse keeping. And I have had a long and illustrious relationship, affiliated with very, very, very poor and inappropriate horse-keeping environments. Because I did not have access or ability to give them better. I did the best that I could. And then yes, used the training to make up the difference.

But I was aware that the training was making up the difference. I was aware that when I do this, I am on borrowed time. And it is a sure fire way to burn a horse out.

So, because I lived this, I now am aware of how important it is to resolve training issues, outside of training, as much as is humanly possible for us to do so.

20/08/2024

When your projections control your perceptions, you’re emotionally hijacked enough to overlook the truth.

Close your eyes. Picture an equestrian tool you personally dislike. Make a list of three ways you hate that piece of kit. Now imagine the human holding that tool. Boogie man them. Tell a story about who they are.

Now open your eyes. You see the same tool. But the tool is held by … not the boogie man. You try to see the human in front of you. But the air between your eyes and their body is bent, like a carnival mirror. You can’t see them.

What you see instead is an avatar of yourself. Do you hold deep shame around how you used to cause harm to horses? It’s possible you’ll project that shame onto others who step into your field as symbols of that shame. Whether or not they are actually doing the thing you think they are doing is irrelevant. Your emotions are meaning making mechanisms. Your point of reference is narrow to That Thing Plus This Thing Equals That Outcome, Because That’s What The History Was For Me.

As if the human in front of you is a reflection of you.

I was taught as a kid to put myself in the shoes of another. At age 11, my primary school hand picked me and a couple of friends. They trained us as ‘Peer Mediators’. And, gave us a table in the playground, where 2 days per week, children who fought within their friendship groups could come to our table, and be mediated through their conflict with us present as Peers. Super progressive stuff when I think of it.

I was taught to understand someone else. Not to try and relate to them. Relating to them very quickly becomes trying to find yourself in them. I wanted to find them. Not me. Finding myself was my inner work alone.

So with a horse, and with horse people, with training methods and with tack, I look at things and people and horses for what and who they are. Not what they are… to me.

I personally dislike whips. I think their potential to sting, even in the best of hands, even by accident, is high. Same reason I dislike bits. Same reason I dislike spurs. But I occasionally use a bit. Because it’s the only tool that can access directly internal smooth muscles and fascia… directly. So, once in a blue moon, I have a bit season over here. Then that phase cycles out and I return to the bulk of my work, without them.

I had an email this week. Delightful.

I paraphrase; Hello, I am unfollowing you because you use rope halters and they are damaging your horses you are bad to your horses so I’m unfollowing you and you won’t listen to me or care.

I supported their choice to unfollow. I don’t know this person or who they are. They are not a client. And this was their first contact with me.

It did not affect me negatively. I was curious. How bent the air was between their eyes and my photos. How thick the projection was.

I am a walking projection field. I show up, in jeans and a hat, and before I say anything, onlookers who uphold white male privilege entitle my identity to be “qualified” to speak to them. A women who followed next to me, in the same clothes, saying perhaps the same thing, wouldn’t be listened to. If I showed up in that same place, perhaps in my blue jodhpurs and tall boots, they would be skeptical.

You heard it here first, next year, all clinics I will wear a full covering spandex body suit, in aquamarine or tangerine (because laundry day), in an effort to side step the projection field. And hopefully be allowed, permitted, to be in spaces where there’s no projection working against us, in order to simply serve and support others.

This is so much true that years ago, I had to wear different costumes when traveling to different barns when I was a traveling instructor. Not because I liked to. But because I knew that folks mostly work off shallow symbolic triggers and projections. This is the sobering reality of our world. Very seldom will someone meet you for who you are, without all that projection on you.

Are you aware of your projections? Can you catch them before they leave your body and hold them tenderly in your care? They illuminate wounded parts of you and deserve your attention.

19/08/2024

Love this story.

17/08/2024

The difference between a trusting horse, and a horse who doesn't trust us yet, is that they will be quiet in their discontent.

This is a double edged sword. Because if we are not also quiet, still, selfless and adaptable, the trusting horse will not make it easy for us to hear their concerns.

How do we measure consent? How do we measure motivation? I do not think it is accurately measured by how quickly a horse says yes. Because we now understand, that manipulative training can easily talk a horse into giving us what we want, and that it can look really good. It can look like consent. But the horse actually, had no recourse to effect change over their life. We know that powerfully harsh training steamrolls a horses ability to say No, sure. But so does quiet, manipulative, covertly dominating training.

So I have found, that the only way we can accurately measure, if a horse remains fully in consent to our activities for them, is if we regularly receive quiet No's. Disobedience is a data point, ostensibly that might be used to actually measure consent.

A horse feels they have a choice, when they regularly exercise that choice to contradict us and what we want them to do. When that happens, we can be confident they felt that they could.

But we confuse this easily. We believe that disobedience is dysregulation. That the horse said No, and it was MY FAULT, because I wasn't correct enough... good enough... or worthy. As if the horse doesn't have their own life going on. As if they are a pure reflection of our own skill, and not bringing their own self to the activities. Sometimes, a horse can say No Thank You, and it has nothing to do with you, your skill, your technical abilities or talent. In fact, talented and technical handlers can manipulate a horse out of anything. It takes a lot of reserve, gumption and bravery, for talented and technical handlers to know that they can make it happen, and make that look good, and decide not to.

To pick up the horse with soft and simple techniques only, use the techniques lightly, and believe the next thing the horse does as genuine. Every time. Always. So far, for me this is the best formula I have to be absolutely certain when I say;

"My horses love to train with me. AND they regularly disagree with me."

But when they disagree, they do it calmly. Gently. Safely. Lovingly. With a huge amount of respect and rapport for me. And even, (I am discovering this summer) for my students too.

My job is to listen. Let go of the Latestagecapitalisthellscape that tells me to Make It Happen. Prevent my personal wounds of my inner child that wants the horse to fill their void, from running my horses life as a long-form therapy. Leave that behind. And focus solely on horsemanship through the lense of an authentic life long partnership with these incredible creatures we are blessed to care for, and know.

16/08/2024

I wish to invite you to watch and listen to my conversation with Temple Dr. Temple Grandin

You can listen wherever you get your podcasts, or even watch in this special video episode, via the link in the comments below.

Temple is a hero of mine and someone whose body of work, I believe, comes second to none.

14/08/2024

What is stopping you, from feeling your feelings?

Do you have the ability for introspection? Do you know what is moving inside you?

Are you allowed to feel?

Are you allowed to feel, now, here?

Are you ashamed of what you feel?

Are you scared to know your feelings?

If we want to train with feel, we need to in fact, allow ourselves to feel.

Let me know below. I want to hear from you.

13/08/2024

Sounding the Alarm.

Recently, I had a day at work where two clients, back to back, announced to me that their horse was just diagnosed with ECVM. ECVM is a genetic disorder of the lower neck bones (C6-C7) and the first thoracic (T1). Early indications point to an extremely large population of domestic horses, have this. It is a proven post-domestication event. Meaning, created by in-breeding. If early researchers are correct, we could be facing a reality that 40-60% of all domestic horses, are living with dysfunctional bodies that are difficult to diagnose.

Dysfunction in the lower neck causes severe pain; nerve, muscular and fascial, it causes major problems with movement. Inability to be trained without HUGE pressures "holding them together". Behavioural issues in some of these horses correlate to aggression, some to apathy and anxiety. It is a very serious diagnosis.

I just got off the back of chatting with Dr. Temple Grandin, one of the world top Animal Scientists. Her primary concern; poor breeding practices creating non-functional animals. That good handling doesn't matter, if the horses cannot be handled (Or trained) because their bodies are sore, or they are lethargic from being born into a broken body.

If Temple is concerned, I am terrified. The ramifications are huge.

We are facing a potential reality, where our horses are non-functional, and it will be hard to find functionally bred bodies. We are facing dysfunction in a region of their bodies notoriously difficult to scan, and even harder to diagnose even if the vets know what they are looking for.

Inattentional Blindness; a scientific phenomena where you will not find something that you're not looking for.

I am concerned that once we start looking for it, we are going to find it everywhere.

That we are going to see a slide backwards towards inhumane handling, training and treatment of animals as persons who are either unaware or uncaring of the animals protests, escalate to force compliance on animals who are trying to tell us that they WANT to, but they just cannot.

I am concerned that we may lose a generation of Horse Sense. As able bodied, resourced, passionate and kind hearted horse people step back from developing their higher equitation skills and instead become full time nurses to equine disease and dysfunction. And it is barely the fault of anyone we know. It is the result of a slow, multi-generational mistake, as we over select horses for size, early maturity and hyperextension, we also accidentally bred ticking time bombs. Horses who not only don't have collarbones like humans do, to stabilise their enormous torso's, but now don't even have properly formed spines these torso's hang from... and that we want to sit on.

The tsunami is here. Sounding the alarm.

I want to lead on this issue. Not by becoming an expert on the diagnosis of this issue. But an expert in long term management and support of owners who steward horses with chronic health issues for whom "correct" training... no longer applies.

Because with these horses, it rarely does. Do not decompensate these horses. Their compensations are holding them together. Our classical ancestors, had healthier horses to train... they could stick to firmer rules and stricter protocols. Not all of these rules apply now. We are going to need to be flexible, adaptable, smart. We need to outsmart the sh*tty genetics these horses were cursed with and find ways to help these animals not just survive, but thrive. While we also double advocacy work to spread awareness of genetic malformations and poor breeding practices, and start breeding these problems out.

A few of my podcasts guests who have been sounding the alarm for years;
Becks Nairn, Unbridled LLC with Kim Hallin, EQ Therapeutics, Plateau Equestrian / Caballo Holistico la Meseta just to name a few.

Recently my colleague Mills Consilient Horsemanship has been retroactively going through her past client horses, and announcing the physical diagnosis that informed their behavioural problems, one by one.

Actually, all my podcasts guests have been sounding the alarm for years.

The horses have been too!

It is time we listen and we start implementing real on-going support and leadership for the owners (stewards) of horses who through no fault of their own, are born to bodies that fail to thrive.

11/08/2024

I agree entirely.

10/08/2024

Slow down! There is no time to rush.

I am sighing at my computer. I know that it is course season, (A season of my life when I settle down into creating new coursework) when I am finding myself at my desk annoyed at my computer.

A really important video recording that I want to use in my upcoming program, was large and heavy. Both my cloud (2 terabytes) and my bandwidth (100+MBPS) were struggling to get it pushed through the airdrop from phone to the computer. Sitting there watching the load, inch on by, it was like watching paint dry.

Impatience. The minute I had to sit and watch the file being sent for more than 5 seconds I apparently lost my mind. I immediately started making lists of all the things I have to do on this day and that don't include baby-sitting these digital overlord devices to just hurry the (bleep) up. I don't have time for this. I would rather be outside with my horses. On a session with a client. Doing something constructive.

So while the file was being sent, I got other stuff done on the computer. Which messed up the bandwidth, which meant the file sending failed. I repeated this madness three times.

I eventually realised I was being impatient and actually making this go longer than it needed. So I instead, tried again, and walked away. I went outside. Watered my plants. Checked the horses. Came back and it was done. No problem.

So many of us are doing this with our horses.

We hustle things along. But that hustle causes side hustles upon side hustles. We create our own mess, we are then too impatient to then clean up patiently. It is a mess.

Instead of just stopping. Waiting. Doing it once, properly, patiently. And then moving on.

Slowing down is speeding up. Say that in the morning ten times before you start your day.

But to (bleep) with computers man. Such a love hate thing I have to computers!

09/08/2024

I have nothing to hide.

None of the techniques I am teaching are so volatile that they can harm horses when applied incorrectly. They just won't be effective when applied incorrectly. But they won't cause harm.

The way I have set up emotional horsemanship is so that the adult private horse owner can explore feel, empathy and science backed techniques and understanding in a self paced appropriate way. There is no leverage. No force. No urgency. None of the techniques we teach, are harmful, in the hands of a beginner.

For that, I am very relaxed about my clients making mistakes. Or people studying this work without me having to directly coach or control them. Of course the training is better, more effective, more enjoyable when you're applying these techniques correctly. But if you're stuck, lost, or implementing them wrong, I am confident there will be no serious harm done. We designed it that way.

Of course accidents can happen to the best of us. But if I discover a technique that is advanced, volatile or potentially harmful when applied incorrectly, guess what I do with that technique?

I do not teach it. Period.

I do not practice it. Period.

I love the fluidity and feel of a creative horse who joyfully interacts with me in the training. I dislike the corset of deep concern while applying techniques in a manner of someone trying to disarm a bomb; against the clock, catastrophic fail can be at any moment, and don't cut the blue wire!

Nah man. That's not my bag. If a technique is volatile, I don't teach it.

I have nothing to hide.

Come and watch a full 2 days of a clinic. Start to finish. 7 hours of recordings. 7 hours of teaching. Come and see how innovating training isn't weird or dangerous. It is calm and harmless.

Link below if you're interested to see the whole thing!

08/08/2024

Have you caught up on the powerhouse guests that have been on the podcast recently?
KIM Unbridled LLC with Kim Hallin (Episode 21)
ELISSE EQ Therapeutics (Episode 23)
TOMORROW, CLAIRE Plateau Equestrian / Caballo Holistico la Meseta (Episode 24)

Kim- Equine Experiential Learning Facilitator, Boundaries Coach, and Equine Advocate
Elisse- Human and Equine Osteopath and up and coming Dissectionist
Claire- Saddle Fitter and Archeologist

All these incredible women are personal friends and colleagues I enjoy collaborating with. Most of the time I totally forget we are recording, so you can expect super authentic and relaxed conversations, even on really tough issues!

Find these episodes wherever you get your podcasts. Claire's episode comes out tomorrow!

08/08/2024

Remaining focused on innovating training and horsemanship.

Key words are
- Focused
- Innovate
- Training

And yet, curiously, this focus requires a bit of a side hustle. The side hustle is to facilitate and hold space for the human experience.

A mentor said to me this morning in my coaching session (Because all coaches need coaches, and those coaches need coaches... etc)
"We must grow as humans to step up to the emotional intelligence of the horse"

Bingo. That right there. All the lights went on in my head. Something profound shifts in the human spirit as soon as we step away from horse-breaking, and mechanical training, and what I am referring to lately as Tap-Tap-Tap training (Where horses are "forced" through consistent quiet micro-aggressions over time, rather than singular blunt forces). When we step back from these modalities, we are faced with a situation where the horse shows us not only their truth, but ours.

As we come to view and feel the horse clearly, perhaps for the first time, we meet ourselves there too.

Imagine walking across a field and the horse meets you in the middle. They don't run to the gate. They don't run away, they meet you in the middle. You're not only meeting the horse, you're meeting with yourself there too.

It is horsemanship as a spiritual practice. As as important as this is, I have not become intoxicated by my own personal spiritual journey. Which I mostly keep private and to myself or inner circle of clients / family.

I remain focused on innovating TRAINING. How we teach horses to do things with us, and how they teach us to do things with them.

Escalating pressure had its hey-day. It is time for non-escalating pressure and the training associated with it, to experience a rise. A rise in expertise, teaching, coaching, mentoring and practicing.

06/08/2024

The issue of blue tongues as reported by the FEI, calling into question winning rides as they concede the photos showed “Scenes of harm” to animals.

This story is breaking through to Reuters, one of the largest, most legitimate and trusted news agencies in the world.

Please make no mistake. Many of the rides present at this years Olympics were not competition legal.

I am thrilled to hear Reuters announce that the FEI is studying the photos and taking a zero tolerance policy, potentially over riding judges?

Is this a turning point for the positive?

Let’s hope so!

https://www.reuters.com/sports/olympics/equestrian-governing-body-finds-blue-horse-tongues-dressage-review-2024-08-06/?utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+Trending+Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwY2xjawEfCZJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHVJ0ElFTWsRQm9VDwo6jMdR27SD_pxVxSQPZEIGHa58--QZvu1eHIyk2HQ_aem_2SyvlJWjOs17ilUijaTenA

06/08/2024

Retreats 1, done!

For the last 4.5 days, we welcomed Sue, Laima, MJ and Veronique onto our farm for a long weekend of learning, relaxation, hospitality and connection.

All long-term clients and lovely people who were a pleasure to have in our home, they came from Canada, Australia/UK, and Latvia to visit us and the horses.

We explored what the first steps with a non-mechanical horse are like, how to transfer from a handler the horse knows to a handler they don't, how different saddles and tack operate and feel, how horses bring up our inner selves, but that doesn't have to stand in our way towards improving our skill, the importance of rest, how mistakes are essential to growth, and a lot more.

We catered 1 main meal per day on the farm, but had a constantly available tapas table with plenty of snacks, refreshments and local Spanish food.

They stayed in our local village hotel, 4 minutes drive away, and had a mixture of group work, theory discussions and private lessons while here.

In two weeks, we welcome another group here for Retreat 2. We are so looking forward to welcoming the next group, we had a lot of fun with the first group. Thank you!

If you might be interested in coming to my home to learn with me and my horses, I have sign ups for next year already open, with a couple of spots on reserve. As usual, interest free payment plans are available if that helps you.

05/08/2024

Editing past practices. In reading a book considered one of the "Bibles" of true classical dressage recently, I came across the following, I quote below...

"Once in the saddle, if the horse wants to try any defense whatsoever, the rider should immediately prevent it by an "effet de'ensemble' on the spur, and here is how to practice the effect:
The first condition of success is: do not let the horse's head change position. The rider must therefore have short reins. It is preferable and more certain, as we have already said, to use the curb reins for this effect. But it is essential to not give (the reins) so that the rider can prevent any movement towards the extension of the horses head. At the same time, the calves close with force and, immediately after their energetic grip, the rider applies both spurs very frankly. The hand continues its opposition until this vigorous, graduated, and simultaneous pressure of the legs and the spurs pushing the mass onto the bit, which acts as a barrier, has produced immobility, or has re-established the regularity of the gait if the horse is moving and the rider judges it not usful to immobilize the horse. "

Later, mere paragraphs later, this guru of dressage who is respected to this day, teaches:
"Hand without leg-leg without hand-"
Despite a few paragraphs earlier, advising riders to use maximum hand and leg simultaneously to stop a horse from defending itself.

In between these two very contradictory paragraphs they write:
"Proceed with extreme graduation. Follow a wise progression. No surprises; no strong action with the leg.
First gain the confidence of the horse."

I have been urging my students lately to not totally eschew or eliminate all their past practices. Because there are probably absolute pearls of true horsemanship and beauty in the tool kits that they left behind in their journey towards something kinder for the horse.

Two things can be true. Someone of the past can be an absolute horsemaster, understand how to communicate with horses, understand that they must be developed in confidence, kindness and gradual progression. And they can also practice and espouse absolute trash.

This is why the times we find ourselves in are so difficult. Very, very few numbers of people are inherently evil. Most people have more redeeming features than they don't. Most riders and trainers that some of us struggle to watch, could also teach us a few things, and vice versa.

So how do we stop yelling at each other. And start finding good ways to integrate?

I do not think boundary-less connection to all is the solution either. But I am taking a position that it is on me to look at past practices, salvage what I can, re-integrate it into today's practices and see where this takes us.

Hopefully to a better place.

03/08/2024

I will just come right out with it.

In my opinion, the Equestrian aspects of the Olympics have absolutely failed to implement broad spectrum improvement in the demonstrable welfare of the horses presented in competition.

The FEI has spent millions on outreach, PR, Marketing and behind the scenes apparent doubling down on their welfare regulations. And what do we get?

We got a new-age slogan, and Snoop Dog in Jodhpurs. If they throw Snoop Dog and Martha Stewart in equestrian cosplay at us, they throw people off the scent. Look over here, snoop dog is in a tailcoat!

Don't look at the vanishing toplines, signs of stress, overtly misused equipment, clear violations of classical principals and their own welfare regulations.

Like many of you, I am sick of it. I can't watch it.

We are watching the beginning of the end of equestrian as a sport. It is now just a matter of time.

So what now? What's next?

Should we throw up our hands and stop training? Stop riding?

For some of us, yes. We/they, should. Stop. Just stop.

For some of us, we need to continue. We need to innovate training, and build new regulations for ourselves. New ways to interpret this ancient past-time.

It is really as simple as stopping ourselves. In our tracks. And making a new choice.

So I am going to continue my imperfect practice trying to help imperfection be more beautiful and vital. I will continue showing up. With a saddle. With a dream. With a horse. And doing my utmost to represent something else.

If we don't, nobody will. And who better to lead a change in riding than the folks who remain conflicted and concerned about it?

Or, we just stop. Altogether.

02/08/2024

New podcast episode out today with Elisse Miki from EQ Therapeutics. We explored some deeper data points into equine physical health, how training connects with a horses physical health and talked about Elisse’s desire to begin a Canadian chapter in dissection work.

Elisse is a powerhouse professional and a friend I admire greatly.

Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts!

https://podcasts.apple.com/es/podcast/the-emotional-horsemanship-podcast-with-lockie-phillips/id1734206321?i=1000664071134

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Does your horse make space for you? Do you make space for them? Interested to learn more about Emotional Horsemanship? I encourage everyone to start at the beginning in order to build a strong foundation. That's why I offer my appropriately-titled "Foundation Course." In it, you'll learn the basics of Emotional Horsemanship and begin looking at partnership with your horse in a whole new way. Link in bio for access or visit emotionalhorsemanship dot com, click on Online Courses and select "Emotional Horsemanship Foundation Course" at the top of the list. #horsetraining #bitlesshorse #spain #horsetrainer #paard #lovehorses #naturalhorse #ranchy #chevaux #hearthorse #freehorse #cavallo #horsesofinstagram #equestrian #horsemanship #emotionalhorsemanship #ridinghorses #horseriding #ridingcoach #ridinginstructor

Interested to learn more about Mother-Foal Bonding and Emotional Horsemanship? I encourage everyone to start at the beginning in order to build a strong foundation. That's why I offer my appropriately-titled "Foundation Course." In it, you'll learn the basics of Emotional Horsemanship and begin looking at partnership with your horse in a whole new way. Link in bio for access or visit emotionalhorsemanship dot com, click on Online Courses and select "Emotional Horsemanship Foundation Course" at the top of the list. #horsetraining #bitlesshorse #spain #horsetrainer #paard #lovehorses #naturalhorse #ranchy #chevaux #hearthorse #freehorse #cavallo #horsesofinstagram #equestrian #horsemanship #emotionalhorsemanship #ridinghorses #horseriding #ridingcoach #ridinginstructor

A question for those who believe horses aren’t capable of connecting, of feeling… Those who have the stoic fairy tale that life must be hard, that you must grimace while riding and fight… How’s that working for you? Interested to learn more about Emotional Horsemanship? I encourage everyone to start at the beginning in order to build a strong foundation. That's why I offer my appropriately-titled "Foundation Course." In it, you'll learn the basics of Emotional Horsemanship and begin looking at partnership with your horse in a whole new way. Link in bio for access or visit emotionalhorsemanship dot com, click on Online Courses and select "Emotional Horsemanship Foundation Course" at the top of the list. #horsetraining #bitlesshorse #spain #horsetrainer #paard #lovehorses #naturalhorse #ranchy #chevaux #hearthorse #freehorse #cavallo #horsesofinstagram #equestrian #horsemanship #emotionalhorsemanship #ridinghorses #horseriding #ridingcoach #ridinginstructor

As horse people, we understand that sometimes a lot of effort is put in with very little reward… but we love horses enough to find value in the little things. Interested to learn more about Emotional Horsemanship? I encourage everyone to start at the beginning in order to build a strong foundation. That's why I offer my appropriately-titled "Foundation Course." In it, you'll learn the basics of Emotional Horsemanship and begin looking at partnership with your horse in a whole new way. Link in bio for access or visit emotionalhorsemanship dot com, click on Online Courses and select "Emotional Horsemanship Foundation Course" at the top of the list. #horsetraining #bitlesshorse #spain #horsetrainer #paard #lovehorses #naturalhorse #ranchy #chevaux #hearthorse #freehorse #cavallo #horsesofinstagram #equestrian #horsemanship #emotionalhorsemanship #ridinghorses #horseriding #ridingcoach #ridinginstructor

Preparing to bring your young horse further into training? Here are some suggestions on where to start. For even more guidance, check out the Emotional Horsemanship Video Library where you'll find a variety of video resources (over 170 videos to be exact, with new videos being added each week!) for you to learn Emotional Horsemanship and begin looking at partnership with your horse in a whole new way. Link in bio for access or visit emotionalhorsemanship dot com and click on the Video Library Page. #naturalhorse #horsetrainer #cavallo #freehorse #bitlesshorse #paard #spain #chevaux #myhorse #equestrian #horsesofinstagram #horseriding #trail #caballo #lovehorses #ranchy #soulhorse #hearthorse #drafthorse #besthorse

Translating what you’re feeling to understanding can be challenging, which is why Emotional Horsemanship is here to guide you. Interested to learn more about Emotional Horsemanship? I encourage everyone to start at the beginning in order to build a strong foundation. That's why I offer my appropriately-titled "Foundation Course." In it, you'll learn the basics of Emotional Horsemanship and begin looking at partnership with your horse in a whole new way. Link in bio for access or visit emotionalhorsemanship dot com, click on Online Courses and select "Emotional Horsemanship Foundation Course" at the top of the list. #horsetraining #bitlesshorse #spain #horsetrainer #paard #lovehorses #naturalhorse #ranchy #chevaux #hearthorse #freehorse #cavallo #horsesofinstagram #equestrian #horsemanship #emotionalhorsemanship #ridinghorses #horseriding #ridingcoach #ridinginstructor

Do you film yourself with your horse? Building observation skills are just as important as all other skills. Interested to learn more about Emotional Horsemanship? I encourage everyone to start at the beginning in order to build a strong foundation. That's why I offer my appropriately-titled "Foundation Course." In it, you'll learn the basics of Emotional Horsemanship and begin looking at partnership with your horse in a whole new way. Link in bio for access or visit emotionalhorsemanship dot com, click on Online Courses and select "Emotional Horsemanship Foundation Course" at the top of the list. #horsetraining #bitlesshorse #spain #horsetrainer #paard #lovehorses #naturalhorse #ranchy #chevaux #hearthorse #freehorse #cavallo #horsesofinstagram #equestrian #horsemanship #emotionalhorsemanship #ridinghorses #horseriding #ridingcoach #ridinginstructor

Should you feed your horse during transportation? I like to feed my horses the EXACT way I would any other day (trailering is not the time to try something new), but also increase their water consumption (such as making their supplements a watery mush) and their electrolytes, such as salt. Want more trailering insights and guidance? Check out the Emotional Horsemanship Video Library where you'll find a variety of trailering video resources as well as over 170 other videos (with new videos being added each week!) for you to learn Emotional Horsemanship and begin looking at partnership with your horse in a whole new way. Link in bio for access or visit emotionalhorsemanship dot com and click on the Video Library Page. #naturalhorse #horsetrainer #cavallo #freehorse #bitlesshorse #paard #spain #chevaux #myhorse #equestrian #horsesofinstagram #horseriding #trail #caballo #lovehorses #ranchy #soulhorse #hearthorse #drafthorse #besthorse

Dealing with separation anxiety? My go-to exercise to build a relationship and develop trust is Mother-Foal Bonding. (Go back to watch part 1 and hear my checklist for things to review first!) Interested to learn more about Mother-Foal Bonding and Emotional Horsemanship? I encourage everyone to start at the beginning in order to build a strong foundation. That's why I offer my appropriately-titled "Foundation Course." In it, you'll learn the basics of Emotional Horsemanship and begin looking at partnership with your horse in a whole new way. Link in bio for access or visit emotionalhorsemanship dot com, click on Online Courses and select "Emotional Horsemanship Foundation Course" at the top of the list. #horsetraining #bitlesshorse #spain #horsetrainer #paard #lovehorses #naturalhorse #ranchy #chevaux #hearthorse #freehorse #cavallo #horsesofinstagram #equestrian #horsemanship #emotionalhorsemanship #ridinghorses #horseriding #ridingcoach #ridinginstructor

Want step-by-step instructions on how to pick up your horse's hooves so they can maintain their balance? I'll show you! I have an entire course dedicated to this, managing your horse barefoot, and trimming barefoot hooves. It's called Barefoot Basics and it's all about heavy hooves, taught in easy-to-understand English, with basic information and no need to have a professional background. You'll get: - Comprehensive Hoofcare Theory - UNIVERSAL hoof trim Practical Techniques - 6+ hours of tutorials, PDFs, Research cited, and more Link in bio for access or visit emotionalhorsemanship dot com, click on Online Courses and select "Barefoot Basics" within the list. #horsetraining #bitlesshorse #spain #horsetrainer #paard #lovehorses #naturalhorse #ranchy #chevaux #hearthorse #freehorse #cavallo #horsesofinstagram #equestrian #horsemanship #emotionalhorsemanship #ridinghorses #horseriding #ridingcoach #ridinginstructor

Planning to transport your horse? No matter if you’re doing a long haul or a short trip, it’s important to review any potential triggers that could make loading or hauling a not-so-pleasant experience and practice them ahead of time. That could include stepping up, walking up or back down a ramp, being in a confined space, etc. Check out the Emotional Horsemanship Video Library where you'll find a variety of trailering video resources (**including how to practice if you don’t have a trailer available to practice with!!) as well as over 170 other videos (with new videos being added each week!) for you to learn Emotional Horsemanship and begin looking at partnership with your horse in a whole new way. Link in bio for access or visit emotionalhorsemanship dot com and click on the Video Library Page. #naturalhorse #horsetrainer #cavallo #freehorse #bitlesshorse #paard #spain #chevaux #myhorse #equestrian #horsesofinstagram #horseriding #trail #caballo #lovehorses #ranchy #soulhorse #hearthorse #drafthorse #besthorse

Dealing with separation anxiety? Before you begin to work on any exercises (which I’ll give a hint to in part 2), it’s important to review things like “are their basic needs met? Are they living a species appropriate lifestyle?” Etc. Watch for part 2 in a few days for my go-to separation anxiety exercise. Interested to learn more about Emotional Horsemanship? I encourage everyone to start at the beginning in order to build a strong foundation. That's why I offer my appropriately-titled "Foundation Course." In it, you'll learn the basics of Emotional Horsemanship and begin looking at partnership with your horse in a whole new way. Link in bio for access or visit emotionalhorsemanship dot com, click on Online Courses and select "Emotional Horsemanship Foundation Course" at the top of the list. #horsetraining #bitlesshorse #spain #horsetrainer #paard #lovehorses #naturalhorse #ranchy #chevaux #hearthorse #freehorse #cavallo #horsesofinstagram #equestrian #horsemanship #emotionalhorsemanship #ridinghorses #horseriding #ridingcoach #ridinginstructor

Need help with your trailer loading? Check out the Emotional Horsemanship Video Library where you'll find a variety of trailering video resources as well as over 170 other videos (with new videos being added each week!) for you to learn Emotional Horsemanship and begin looking at partnership with your horse in a whole new way. Link in bio for access or visit emotionalhorsemanship dot com and click on the Video Library Page. #naturalhorse #horsetrainer #cavallo #freehorse #bitlesshorse #paard #spain #chevaux #myhorse #equestrian #horsesofinstagram #horseriding #trail #caballo #lovehorses #ranchy #soulhorse #hearthorse #drafthorse #besthorse

Want step-by-step instructions on how to pick up your horse's hooves so they can maintain their balance? I'll show you! I have an entire course dedicated to this, managing your horse barefoot, and trimming barefoot hooves. It's called Barefoot Basics and it's all about heavy hooves, taught in easy-to-understand English, with basic information and no need to have a professional background. You'll get: - Comprehensive Hoofcare Theory - UNIVERSAL hoof trim Practical Techniques - 6+ hours of tutorials, PDF's, Research cited and more Link in bio for access or visit emotionalhorsemanship dot com, click on Online Courses and select "Barefoot Basics" within the list. #horsetraining #bitlesshorse #spain #horsetrainer #paard #lovehorses #naturalhorse #ranchy #chevaux #hearthorse #freehorse #cavallo #horsesofinstagram #equestrian #horsemanship #emotionalhorsemanship #ridinghorses #horseriding #ridingcoach #ridinginstructor

Hostility will not welcome change. If you want to learn a method and join a community that is part of the change, welcome. I encourage everyone to start at the beginning in order to build a strong foundation which is why I offer my appropriately-titled "Foundation Course." In it, you'll learn the basics of Emotional Horsemanship and begin looking at partnership with your horse in a whole new way. Link in bio for access or visit emotionalhorsemanship dot com, click on Online Courses and select "Emotional Horsemanship Foundation Course" at the top of the list. #horsetraining #bitlesshorse #spain #horsetrainer #paard #lovehorses #naturalhorse #ranchy #chevaux #hearthorse #freehorse #cavallo #horsesofinstagram #equestrian #horsemanship #emotionalhorsemanship #ridinghorses #horseriding #ridingcoach #ridinginstructor

To be part of the change, start with where you are. Start with one horse. Start with your horse. You can watch the entire clinic that this clip was taken from (which is over 6.5 hours of recordings, filmed over two days) from wherever you are in the world! Spontaneously recorded in Longmont Colorado in April 2024 (Thank you Magda!) we have carefully put these recordings together for you to watch in a seamless way, on a professional platform, with captions/subtitles too. You can sign up for this anytime, watch it at your own leisure, and have lifetime access to it guaranteed. Link in bio to check it out! #horse #horseadvice #horsetrainer #horsekeeping #horsefacts #equine #hoofcare #barefoothorse #paddockparadise #horselove #horsemanship #emotionalhorsemanship #naturalhorse #horsekeeping #horsetraining #horsetrainingadvice #equinescience #empathy #kindness #happyhorse #horseofinstagram #equineentrepreneur #horsegoals #horsebackriding #horsefarm #barngoals #drafthorse #spanishhorse #clinic

What is the difference between quickly cleaning your horse's hooves and asking them to hold their hoof up longer for handling or trims? Their balance. I have an entire course dedicated to this, managing your horse barefoot, and trimming barefoot hooves. It's called Barefoot Basics and it's all about heavy hooves, taught in easy-to-understand English, with basic information and no need to have a professional background. You'll get: - Comprehensive Hoofcare Theory - UNIVERSAL hoof trim Practical Techniques - 6+ hours of tutorials, PDF's, Research cited and more Link in bio for access or visit emotionalhorsemanship dot com, click on Online Courses and select "Barefoot Basics" within the list. #horsetraining #bitlesshorse #spain #horsetrainer #paard #lovehorses #naturalhorse #ranchy #chevaux #hearthorse #freehorse #cavallo #horsesofinstagram #equestrian #horsemanship #emotionalhorsemanship #ridinghorses #horseriding #ridingcoach #ridinginstructor

We can't use violence to stop violence. If you want to learn a method and join a community that is part of the change, I encourage everyone to start at the beginning in order to build a strong foundation. That's why I offer my appropriately-titled "Foundation Course." In it, you'll learn the basics of Emotional Horsemanship and begin looking at partnership with your horse in a whole new way. Link in bio for access or visit emotionalhorsemanship dot com, click on Online Courses and select "Emotional Horsemanship Foundation Course" at the top of the list. #horsetraining #bitlesshorse #spain #horsetrainer #paard #lovehorses #naturalhorse #ranchy #chevaux #hearthorse #freehorse #cavallo #horsesofinstagram #equestrian #horsemanship #emotionalhorsemanship #ridinghorses #horseriding #ridingcoach #ridinginstructor

It's time we start to understand each other. Only then can we begin to make change. If you want to be learn a method and join a community that is part of the change, I encourage everyone to start at the beginning in order to build a strong foundation. That's why I offer my appropriately-titled "Foundation Course." In it, you'll learn the basics of Emotional Horsemanship and begin looking at partnership with your horse in a whole new way. Link in bio for access or visit emotionalhorsemanship dot com, click on Online Courses and select "Emotional Horsemanship Foundation Course" at the top of the list. #horsetraining #bitlesshorse #spain #horsetrainer #paard #lovehorses #naturalhorse #ranchy #chevaux #hearthorse #freehorse #cavallo #horsesofinstagram #equestrian #horsemanship #emotionalhorsemanship #ridinghorses #horseriding #ridingcoach #ridinginstructor

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My name is Lachlan but please call me by my nickname, Lockie. I am the Expat Equestrian. This means that I live in a country not of my birth, and I live and breath horses! I was born in Australia and horses were a part of my early life. But I had two passions and dance was the other. Being a suburban kid, horses were simply not accessible and as I grew older dance became the main focus of my life. I showed talent for dance, but also had a strong work ethic given to me from my incredible Mum and Dad and my early dance teachers. Long story short at the age of 18 I left Australia and found myself in Europe. I graduated with a 3 year Swiss Diploma of Stage Dance in less than 2 years and started working in German State Theaters. Soon, I found myself working at the largest Opera House in Europe, the Grand Theater of Warsaw. I was the first Australian to gain contracted employment by the famous artistic institution. Job security in dance gave me the luxury of looking for a hobby. It took about 2 seconds for me to remember my childhood passion for horses. I looked for a while to find a school of horses that had the horse as first priority, with ethics, gentleness and love of the animal. Within a few years I became an associate trainer at this school, the Horseway Foundation in Poland. I graduated with a trainers license and for a while I was both dancing, and training horses at the same time. I spent my summers in Spain, where I met my horse, Sanson. In 2018 I took my training business full time. Since then I have also worked in Treeless Saddle Fitting, Barefoot Trimming and M0untain Horseback Trekking in the Spanish Sierra Nevada. In January 2020 I went public with my training protocol for horses, EMOTIONAL HORSEMANSHIP. I am growing, changing and developing everyday. I am not a perfect horseman or human, but I will never stop working towards unobtainable perfection. Better is coming. Stay tuned! Thank you for being here with me. :)

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