Natural Horsemanship

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Natural Horsemaship allows horse enthusiasts, whether it is they're first approach to this majestic animal or if they have any kind of past experience with horsemanship, to relate themselves and interact with the horse in a natural way. The Natural Method, from which we draw inspiration and with which we share the basic principles is Parelli Horsemanship, created in the 1980s in the United States by Pat Parelli. It is a novel approach that combines the sensitivity and experience of its founder with scientific studies on animal behaviour. It is based on the principles of ethology, psychology and communication. At the cHOURS of the intervention we don't have the horse, but the person.


"To feel, to feel for, to feel together.."

Pat Parelli, creator of Parelli Natural Horsemanship method.

Our goal

Our goal is to create an authentic relationship between the horse and the rider, by establishing a dialogue between the two, developed through the use of a common language made up of movements, looks, behaviours, positions that horses living free in herds have always used. This way the rider will find him or herself playing with the horse the way horses play among themselves, developing a sensitivity that will fHOURSver remain in their cultural and emotional experience.


Building mutual trust and respect

It is through play, without any type of costraint, that we meet the goal of creating a relationship of mutual trust and respect, based on the consept of harmony and well-being between man and horse.To achieve this result it is fundamental and an integral part of this activity to work from the ground with the horse, the moment in which the interaction is on the same level, which precedes and accompanies the whole process. Dialogue is favoured by the use of specific equipment, conseived and built specifically to aid communication.


Why attend this type of school

With the Natural Method, adults approaching the horse for the first time do so with enthusiasm, those who come from different experiences with excitement: a new universe opens up to their eyes and sensitivities! The discovery develops on two levels: true, profound knowledge of the horse on one side, and, on the other, awareness of how much this relationship helps demolish our defences and need for mediation, putting us simply in front of ourselves, our emotions, our sincere need to rediscover our natural part.

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