Confidence Building for Horse and Rider
Are you looking to build your or your horse's confidence? If the answer is yes then the National Horse and Pony Network is able to offer you and your horse the following 4 choices:-
Plus coming soon we aim to offer Confidence Building for Horse and Rider as an on-line resource in a modular format. This is curently in development and as soon as it is made available we will contact the network members with more information including cost.
The Day Course format has proved to be very successful, with very possitive feedback from people who attended. "I found the one to one support most helpful" "Excellent through out" "The whole day was enlightening"
The day course is available to groups min 5 people and max 10 within the UK. Our aim is to run the course at economical rates. For this we are happy to run the course at your yard / community venue etc... If you are interested in a course coming to your area please take a bit of time to complete our on-line form, click here to go to the form.
On the Introduction to Confidence Building for Horse and Rider day course you will receive:-
The Introduction to Confidence Building for Horse and Rider day course will offer you the opportunity to explore your and or your horse’s confidence issues and how this affects your partnership and limits you both. The day course examines how by using natural horsemanship and cognitive behavioural techniques you can take steps in overcoming these issues. (Click here for more information about Cognitive Behavioural Techniques) Along with planning for success by putting together a personal step by step plan.
The Introduction to Confidence Building for Horse and Rider is not a replacement for professional support and should be used to compliment lessons with an experienced instructor. As when horses suffer from confidence issues, anxiety and fear they can become unpredictable and sometimes dangerous animals.
You will be provided with useful insights into the simple guiding principles that underpin the approach used when working with horses with the aim for you to take away my ideas and see if you can apply them to not only your horsemanship but to your life in general. These guiding principles include: How to maximize your learning, identify and use your and your horse’s learning styles, recognize and build upon your comfort zones, developing equine compassion and empathy, the importance and value of patience, the impact of our energy and emotion, how to apply simple consistency and practice to our work, being aware of chasing moon beams and spiky profiles within learning, the importance of health to us and our horse and the impact of physical and emotional environments in building confidence.
The day course offers you the opportunity to find out how you and your horse can build a stronger partnership, become more confident and start to tackle your anxiety and fears. Participants to the course will learn about anxiety, fear and confidence, have the chance to use a range of interactive exercises, take part in discussion and debate and receive one to one support. Along with this each participant will take away with them a copy of Introduction to Confidence Building for Horse and Rider Work Book to help them build on what they have learnt on the course. To register your interest please use the on-line form, (click here to go to the form) or click here to contact us or e-mail nathorseandpony@googlemail.com
Day 1 the same format as the Day Course, click here for details. Day 2 is practical and will enable you to work with Vicki Jayne Maris BA Hons to start with building your and or your horse's confidence. Therefore the venue needs to have access for working safely with horses. The day course is available to groups min 5 people and max 10 within England. Our aim is to run the course at economical rates. For this we are happy to run the course at your yard. If you are interested in a course coming to your area please take a bit of time to complete our on-line form below or click here to contact us or e-mail nathorseandpony@googlemail.com
The Confidence Building for Horse & Rider course will offer you the opportunity to explore your & or your horse’s confidence issues. How this affects your partnership & limits you both. You will learn how to take steps in overcoming these issues. Along with planning for success by putting together a personal step by step plan. The day course is run for a small group (maximum 10 people) to ensure each participant receives quality support. One to one practical lessons can also be booked to compliment the course. A course is planned for Warwickshire this spring.
§ Introduction to the course. § What is confidence? § Discover your comfort zones & learn to use them.
Session 2 § Cognitive behaviour techniques. Click here for more information.
§ What fuels your lack of confidence? § How to take steps to gain control.
Session 3 § Equine compassion & natural horsemanship. § Confidence & ability. § Relaxation & concentration. § 5 steps to problem solving. § Develop an action plan.
Sessions 4, 5 & 6 Guiding principals for confidence building & horsemanship Patience is a virtue. Energy & emotion. Simple consistency & practice. Layers of practice. The perfection stick. Chasing moonbeams & spiky profiles. Healthy horse & human. Environment. Deal with the horse that turns up. Learn to read the questions your horse asks. Struggling & learning. Do the same get the same. Be open minded – are you ready to try a new approach? Pressure. Sands of experience. Move subconscious to conscious. The people who make a difference. One at a time - You can’t fix it all at once. Safety. Avoidance & evasion. Trust & belief. Prepare to push. Heavy load – let it go. Make it fun.
Session 6 will also cover § Maintaining progress § Celebrate & congratulate
The Introduction to Building Confidence in Horse and Rider aims to help you understand human and equine confidence, what causes a lack of confidence, and tips to help build confidence. This book should not be used as a replacement for professional support. Horses are big, strong and fast animals that when they lack confidence, become anxious or fearful can become very dangerous.
The contents in this book are based upon using guiding principals that support any natural horsemanship technique combined with cognitive behavioural techniques. Click here for more information on cognitive behavioural techniques. There are many excellent practitioners of natural horsemanship and this book will not examine natural horsemanship in detail. However it will make reference to practitioners and further reading. The book will cover an overview of cognitive behavioural techniques in relation to horsemanship, with the aim to support horse owners and riders to utilize a very valuable resource within ourselves for working with horses and to help with day to day life challenges. The topic of cognitive behaviour is vast and there are many in-depth publications on this subject, however until now none that I am of aware off with an equine context set within the natural horsemanship approach.
The Introduction to Confidence Building for Horse and Rider Work Book is packed full of information and interactive exercises. The exercises are designed to stimulate thought and help you question your thinking or approach and in turn enable you to understand your or your horse’s lack of confidence, what fuels the lack of confidence and how to take planned steps to work through your lack of confidence.
The contents of the book cover:- Part One - Guiding Principals § How to maximise your learning § Learning styles § Comfort zones § Empathy and develop equine compassion § Compatibility – The equine and human relationship
§ Patience is a virtue § Energy and emotion
§ Simple consistency and practice
§ Layers of practice § The perfection stick § Chasing moonbeams and spiky profiles
§ Healthy horse & human
§ Environment
§ Deal with the horse that turns up
§ Learn to read the questions your horse asks
§ Struggling and learning
§ Do the same get the same
§ Be open minded – are you ready to try a new approach? § Pressure
§ Sands of experience § Move subconscious to conscious § The people who make a difference § One at a time - You can’t fix it all at once § Safety
§ Confidence and ability § Avoidance and evasion § Trust and belief § Prepare to push § Heavy load – let it go § Relaxation and concentration § Make it fun Part Two - Cognitive Behaviour Techniques § An unfair label? § Negative inner dialogue
§ What is confidence? § What is low self-esteem? § What is the anxiety response? § What is stress? § What is panic? § What is fear? § Do you feel the fear? And should you do it anyway? § Warning signals § 5 steps to problem solving § Develop an action plan § Maintaining progress § Celebrate and Congratulate Cognitive behavioural techniques can help you to change how you think (cognitive) and what and how you do things (behaviour). By understanding and using cognitive behavioural techniques will help you to understand how the way you think affects you physically and emotionally. How you think about situations / difficulties / problems will in turn dictate how you feel, what you do and the outcome. Why is cognitive behaviour useful when building a good relationship with a horse? What are the benefits of using cognitive behavioural techniques? - It can help you to make sense of overwhelming problems - You can challenge negative thinking - Help you understand biological responses in relation to stress, anxiety and fear - Challenge common thinking distortions - Consider more useful ways of dealing with difficulties - Plan for success, with realistic aims that are in line with your values - Be aware of your strengths, skills and talents - Become more purposeful - Skills learnt you can apply in a number of settings not just with horses - Builds confidence and self esteem
Vicki Jayne Maris BA Hons
National Horse & Pony Network Managing Director & Inspirational Horsemanship Tutor
Tel 07930605544
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