First Do No Harm

This is part 1 of a 4 part series with Warwick where he takes us on the journey he's been through over the last couple of years working with horses from a place of relaxation and connection first, training second.  You can listen to Warwick's podcast here: The Journey On Podcast You can watch Warwick's trainings on YouTube here: Warwick Schiller You Tube Channel Check out his membership, 7 da...

Are you worried, nervous, anxious or scared at the thought of riding or handling your horse?   Are you been trawling Youtube university looking for answers for why your horse bucks, bolts, rears, bites, kicks..... etc.   In this podcast I discuss how I have worked with horses from the doggers pens to be able to look after beginner riders, started horses for beginner and intermediate stud...

Our horses chill factor doesn't come from moving their feet, submission based training, 20m circles or laterals. It comes from them feeling safe and securely attached within their environment, their herd, themselves and with us!! Need the process laid out for you? Check out our membership: https://www.equestrianmovement.com/trainability

Today we're talking to Kait Cruz from Hn'H Santuary and Purposeful Cowgirl on her journey into horse ownership and unravelling big emotional and physical traumas in her horses. This experience lead her to starting her own animal sanctuary as she realised how big the need is in the industry.    You can go check her out at:  The HNH Sanctuary www. TheHNHSanctuary.org   Purposeful...

Today we're talking to Anu from Chetak horses about working with our horses compassionately and how they help us to do the work on ourselves. We also talk about compassion for our industry peers and how the sport can be quite alienating. Anu also shares her experience with racism in the sport and how we can keep working to make the space more inclusive.  You can listen to more of Anu's work o...

Today on the podcast we are talking to Jane from Evoke Aromatics about all things emotional self regulation, relaxation and being the best person for your horse. I have attached a YouTube training on relaxation cues with our horse and you can get in contact with Jane on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EvokeAromatics Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/janeatevokearomatics/

Check out this podcast to here MY trials and tribulations in horse ownership. Being able to manage yourself emotionally is a key tool that isn't spoken about enough when it comes to working with our horses. In this episode I talk about the different things I learnt about managing myself emotionally from animals. Because, lets face it, they're the only ones we will listen to critique us on our faul...

We have had quite a few questions come through on different training scenarios and how to address them. In this show we will be applying the Equestrian Movement philosophy to: - Desensitisation vs confidence through curiousity - Introducing new environments.  - What to do on the ground to build a relationship with our horse before riding - Moving your horses feet for relaxation vs developing...

In todays episode we are talking to Pam from the horse and human wellness project about the journey she has been on with getting to know her horse Stella. It is a story I'm sure a lot of horse owners will be familiar with as we bump along hiccup after hiccup trying to get to know our horse, understand and meet their wants and needs so that we can come together on a common ground and start working...

This is a bit of a complex training for audio alone so check out our additional youtube training here I often see a lot of confusion and debate about what the term "over the back means" so I thought I'd do a training on what I'm looking for when I teach it with one of the horses going through our green to self carriage trainings where he's just learning how to let go and swing through the back. Re...

This week we are chatting with Georgie from Master saddle fitters international. We talk about how the way the rider sits and the position of the rider maintains and the places their weight is distributed through the saddle affects the horses way of going.  When it comes to saddle fitting you have 3 elements that all have to work in relation to one another and you have the saddle that is an i...

Everyone has a trick to getting their horse to "accept" contact and "work in a frame" but not all tricks were made equal. Some ways that we can be asking a horse into a frame can be just as detrimental as riding hollow if not more so. In this podcast we discuss submission to contact vs acceptance of and working in to contact and our tricks for getting our horses to accept and work into contact.&nb...

This episode has been published and can be heard everywhere your podcast is available. Join us in todays episode where we discuss trying the hoof for long term limb soundness and management of conformational deformities with Lisa Agius-Gilibert from the glorious hoof. Lisa has also kindly put together a bonus video training on postural alignment starting with hoof balance.    To get your...

In todays episode we talk about how to achieve relaxation and swing in the saddle. We discuss how to get physical relaxation we first need mental relaxation.  If we want to work with a horse that isn't shut down, is emotionally engaged in what we are asking, is learning from our cues and connecting with us so we can ask more challenging ask of them, we need them to have confidence in their jo...

In todays chat with equine consultant Frances Dixon we chat about equine psychology and her 4 main pillars of horsemanship: Nutrition, behaviour, management and training. If you want to learn more about Frances and how she works with horses you can check her out on: Website: https://francesdixon93.wixsite.com/website Instagram: fdequineconsultant Facebook: Frances Dixon IEC And her free facebook g...

Get your bonus training video here https://www.equestrianmovement.com/blog/musculoskeletal-canterleads If you've ever struggled with getting the correct canter lead with your horse you will know how frustrating it is and how nerve wracking it can be when you're at a competition! Over the last 20 years of riding hundreds of different horses and training hundreds of different students, I've lea...

If you find this episode helpful and you think you and your horse would benefit from this kind of training, visit https://www.equestrianmovement.com/trainability to learn more about what our training trainability program can do for your relationship with your horse.

We have so many great questions come through when we host our free stronger bond workshop in our facebook group, you can join us here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/5dayimprovehorserelationship Join us in this podcast as I answer a few of them. 5 min 30: I feel like my horse and I don't connect.  10 min 20: I don't feel like I'm the right person for my horse. I don't know how to teach them...

In this episode I share with you how to watch different trainers styles and techniques for training their horses and decide what you want to implement and if it aligns with your values. Specifically we talk about the natural horsemanship technique of getting our horse to "hook on" or "join up" and how I've used this in the past with my training but now prefer to use connection training.  Chec...

This weeks episode we talk about how it can be easy to end up with accidentally having our horse shut down with traditional methods of training and even more so the more experienced you are. We share with you some tips on how to keep your horse engaged, willing and consenting throughout the training process so that we are working with mentally, emotionally and physically sound horses that can comm...

This week's episode of First Do No Harm we delve into how the Equestrian Movement cofounders Sarah Gallagher and Katie Boniface came together with a mutual passion for working with our horses holistically to support their mental, physical and emotional soundness. A common theme in our discussions that come up in our fb community "The Stronger Bond community" is being uncomfortable with traditional...