Horsemanship Breakthroughs Podcast. Your Questions were Answered!

In this episode, I answer your questions that you have submitted inside the free connection & communication mini-course. I cover topics such as:

• Best groundwork for a 4yo dressage horse

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Horsemanship Breakthroughs Podcast: The Way of The Horse, Believing in Yourself, and Working With The Horse You Have Today with Skye Liikanen

Equitana Australia 2022 The Way of The Horse Winner: Skye Liikanen!

Skye grew up riding horses and was very competitive to National level in Dressage and showing, being a member of the QLD Young Rider Squad and a HOTY winner.  She spent over four years as a trick rider/performer at the Australian Outback Spectacular.

Skye had the opportunity to move to Tom Price in WA for two years, before following her passion for horses to North America. 

After spending time working with horses in Canada, Skye had the amazing opportunity to work as assistant trainers for Dan and Elizabeth James of the Australian Equine Performance Center in Midway, Kentucky. 

Working for Dan James gave Skye many unique opportunities and the experience of working with a large range of horses, including Warmbloods, Thoroughbreds, Quarterhorses and Mustangs.

While in the USA Skye’s took part in the Retired Racehorse Project Thoroughbred Makeover.  Training her Thoroughbred ‘Brumby’ over six months they won the Dressage Championship & placed 4th in the Freestyle in a field of one hundred.

More recently Skye was the Equitana Australia 2022 The Way of The Horse winner having competed again two other female trainers working with an unhandled horse over 4 70-minute sessions.

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Horsemanship Breakthroughs Podcast: Trusting your intuition, finding your purpose, and connecting with yourself and your horse on a deeper level with Matthias Geysen

From a young age Matthias has been interested in unravelling the mysteries of life and sharing these insights with other people. Matt has realized that we are all actually chasing the same dream but that we all have to follow our own path in getting there. 

For the past 10 years Matt has been a professional horse trainer which enabled him to explore the world, explaining the insights horses have taught him throughout the years.

His goal was to get people in touch with their intuition, “using” horses as a medium. 

Recently Matthias left this chapter behind to focus on a new adventure, which you will hear about in this episode.

You can find out more about Matthias and his new platform at www.matthiasgeysen.com

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Get a list of all the books & resource recommendations mentioned in the podcast here: https://www.amaliadempsey.com/booklist

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“It’s an internal softness that you take with you in everything that you do”

Horsemanship Breakthroughs Podcast: Internal softness, Martial Arts, and ‘Horses Aren’t People’ with Mark Rashid

Mark Rashid is an internationally known author and horseman known for his ability to understand the horse’s point of view and solve difficult problems with communication rather than force. 

He began working with horses at age ten, when he met the “old man,” who taught him to work with horses, not against them, and to listen to what the horse is trying to say. 

Mark’s clinics are structured as one-on-one work with horse and rider and are immensely popular with people around the world.

When Mark decided to study the martial art of aikido as a way to improve his horsemanship, he brought the same quiet determination to it that he exhibits in his work with horses. 

Mark worked full-time on ranches for many years gathering herds, managing stock, and training horses. When time permits, he still enjoys working on ranches near his home in Colorado as well as playing guitar professionally with his friends.

Mark is the author of fourteen books, with his latest titled ‘for the love of the horse’

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Links to Mark Rashid's Books:

Mark Rashid Books:

• A Good Horse Is Never A Bad Colour

• Whole Heart, Whole Horse (my personal favourite Mark Rashid book)

• Finding the Missed Path

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Get a list of all the books & resource recommendations mentioned in the podcast here: https://www.amaliadempsey.com/booklist

How would you like to improve your rider biomechanics through unmounted exercises? Sign up for 10 Free Rider Specific Exercises to improve your riding at: https://www.amaliadempsey.com/exercises 

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Horsemanship Breakthroughs Podcast: Building Confidence & Relaxation Through Horsemanship Fundamentals with Bek Suhard

Bek Suhard is a vet nurse, mum, and wife, who returned to riding horses in her early 30s. After an unfortunate fall, Bek realised that what she was doing with her horse wasn’t working and she started to look for different approaches.

If you're the sort of person who has had a break from horses and you’re not as confident as you used to be, or if people are telling you to do things a certain way and it's just not working or doesn't sit right- then you will be inspired by this episode!

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Horsemanship Breakthroughs Podcast: Understanding Horses With Gabi Neurohr 

“What matters is to really understand the horse’s mind”

Gabi doesn't like to be put into a box, have the stamp of a “Method”. She believes good Horsemanship – good Horsemen/women – usually share the same principles. Their techniques might be different, but principles remain the same. You will see Gabi playing on the ground, at Liberty, riding dressage, jumping a cross country course, riding endurance, riding bareback and bridleless and sometimes you might even see her in a western saddle. 

Gabi’s goal for every horse, every session is to find the connection to the horse and make him/her feel proud of his achievements. A happy, healthy horse that loves to do stuff with his human partner – no matter what the discipline!

Gabi Neurohr loves to learn, educate herself, be open and look at other aspects of horses. Over the years she has gained a huge knowledge about the following areas of expertise:

• Natural Hoof Care – Hoof Boots and corrective trimming

• Horse Nutrition – Natural Feeding and special cases

• Phytotherapy for Horses

• Natural Horse Boarding

• Healthy Biomechanics for the riding horse

• Basic saddle fitting

You can purchase Gabi's book 'Understanding is the Key' here: https://amzn.to/3ZggAOT

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Get a list of all the books & resource recommendations mentioned in the podcast here: https://www.amaliadempsey.com/booklist

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Horsemanship Breakthroughs Podcast: How being a physiotherapist has influenced my horsemanship journey 💪🏼🐎

| Equestrian Rider Biomechanics Series |

Some of you may know that as well as a horsemanship coach, I am a physiotherapist! 

I often get asked questions drawing from my knowledge and experience in this field and how it applies to horses and riding, so I created a whole episode outlining some of my thoughts.

I talk about the similarities between the two industries and how my work in this area has changed my perspective on some horse-related topics, including pain, pathology, posture, movement, and biomechanics.

I also mention the 8 Week Rider Specific Exercise Program designed to help riders become more symmetrical, balanced, fit, strong, coordinated,a and flexible. You can find out more about the program and sign up here: 

8 Week Rider Specific Exercise Program:

https://www.amaliadempsey.com/8-week-rider-specific-exercise-program

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🐴🎙 Horsemanship Breakthroughs Podcast: Evidence-Based Worming with Jude Matuesiewicz

In this episode I talk with worming expert, Jude Mateusieqicz all things evidence-based worming! 🐛🪱

Jude worked in the field of prevention of increasing resistance to anthelmintics by parasitic worms in horses.

Jude is very knowledgeable on a range of horse-related topics and has a Master of Animal Science from Charles Sturt Unviersity.

She has dedicated a portion of her career to educating horse owners about worm resistance in their horses, and helping them to learn how to undertake faecal egg counts on their own properties with the aid of her DIY manual - Count Your Eggs Before They Hatch. 

Jude has written for Horses and People magazine, and is a member of the Australian Society for Parasitology.

Jude's other interest area is in horse tack - specifically bridling - bitted and unbitted bridles and, has also undertaken research with an Australia-wide survey of equestrians about their bridle choices- which we will speak about, along with Jude’s horsemanship journey, in another upcoming episode.

👉🏼You can get the Seasonal Guide to worming here: https://www.amaliadempsey.com/evidence-based-worming

👉🏼And here is the link to the Internal Parasite Control Guidelines: https://aaep.org/guidelines/internal-parasite-control-guidelines

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Get a list of all the books & resource recommendations mentioned in the podcast here: https://www.amaliadempsey.com/booklist

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“Listen to your horse!”

🎙🐴 Horsemanship Breakthroughs Podcast: Putting Your Horse First and Helping Your Horse Feel Confident & Proud with Ella McBain

Ella is a horsemanship coach from South East Queensland. She does a lot of freedom-based work including liberty, free riding, & trick training. She describes her approach as centred around creating a proud, willing and confident equine partner who feels seen and understood. She loves helping people to understand their horses in a meaningful way, in order to build a deeper trust and connection, and have fun together.

Find out more & connect with Ella on Instagram @ellamc.horsemanship

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How would you like to improve your rider biomechanics through unmounted exercises? Sign up for 10 Free Rider Specific Exercises to improve your riding at: https://www.amaliadempsey.com/exercises 

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🎙🐴 Horsemanship Breakthroughs Podcast: Horse “Personality” And Getting To Know Your Horse As An Individual

In this episode, I discuss:

• Anthrapamorphising and why it doesn’t need to be a dirty word

👉🏼Please let me know what your biggest takeaway (or breakthrough😉) was from this episode! 

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