NLP SKILLS FOR HORSE OWNERS

Why NLP?

Horse training programmes (such as Parelli or clicker training) are primarily people training programmes. So you need to be as interested in your own thinking and behaviour as you are in your horse's.

This unique course gives you the skills you need to accelerate your progress with your horse by concentrating on your own personal development.

If you look at the Parelli reading lists you'll see few books that are directly about horses. Instead, you'll see NLP books, and other books about the human mind.

The ability to understand and manage our own thoughts and behaviours is as important as our knowledge of the horse's thinking and behaviour.

What is NLP?

NLP ("Neuro Linguistic Programming") is about controlling what goes on in your mind, to enhance your experiences and your performance.

The basis of NLP is that what goes on in your mind (in particular what you experience as a result of real and imagined things that you see, hear and feel) has a structure and is therefore controllable. This is in contrast to the way many people live their lives assuming that their thoughts and emotions are to a large extent outside their control and dictated by external events.

NLP is also sometimes defined as "the study of what works in thinking, language and behaviour, or a way of coding and reproducing excellence". Many of the NLP tools and techniques have arisen from observing people who are excellent in their fields, and working out (or "modelling") what is going on in their heads which allows them to get such good results. Other people can then use the same approach and also achieve excellent results. Abilities which may look like magic (or just innate talent) can be broken down into understandable component parts and taught to others. In fact, in NLP terms the Parelli program is a huge modelling project of Pat Parelli's abilities with horses.

How is this relevant?

To progress fast and have fun with your horse, you need to:

The Parelli program involves modelling Pat's abilities with horses, to allow students to achieve similar results.

• Be able to get yourself into a good "state" – positive, confident, etc
• Control what is going on in your mind – the images you make, what you say to yourself, etc. The horse can pick up on these things
• Be an exceptional communicator (with your horse and yourself)
• Be able to coach yourself through the tough times amd get back on track when things go wrong
• Be an exceptional learner

These are precisely the skills NLP can teach you.

The Program and the Tutors

This is a one day course, away from your horse, where we teach you the core NLP skills you need to progress with your horse.

An NLP practitioner course takes at least seven days. We take the bits that are the most important for your horsemansip and distill them into one day.

The tutors are Roz Watkins who is an NLP Master Practitioner and Louise Trevatt who is an NLP Trainer. They are both quaified coaches so bring additional coaching techniques to the program.

Roz has trained with a number of natural horsemanship trainers and clicker trainers. She has a 4 year old Andalusian who she is clicker training through the starting process. He loves to play!

Louise has an ex-racehorse, Monty, who was destined for the meat market. He is beautiful and intelligent but a little "challenging". Louise also has the lovely Guinness, given to her by the Parelli Instructor Rachael Moreland. (Words can't express how grateful Louise is for that!)

In our experience, most serious horsemanship students want to be the best they can be, for their horses. They also realise that this endeavour is not just about horses, and is potentially a lifetime's work.

This course supports and helps you on your own path, whatever that might be.

Contact us for dates and venues of the next course.