Andrea Williams

Using a Holistic Approach to Communicate With Horses

Using a Holistic Approach to Communicate With Horses

About Andrea
– Andrea has a background in dressage, eventing and show horse. She is also a dressage specialist, trainer, coach and been a FEI dressage competitor.

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Andrea’s Favourite Inspirational Quote
– “We never, never, never, give up, we never know how close you are to success”
– “Proper Preparation Prevents Poor Performance (5 PPPPP’s)”
– “Train how you wish to compete and compete how you wish to train”

Who Has Inspired Andrea
– Andrea’s Mother
– David Quick
– Dr Raquel Butler

About This Episode
– Andrea discusses why looking and listening to your horse is important and give your horse the benefit of the doubt.

Time Stamps
00:58 – “We never, never, never, give up, we never know how close you are to success”
01:55 – “Proper Preparation Prevents Poor Performance (5 P’s)
02:13 – “Train how you wish to compete and compete how you wish to train”
03:00 – How Andrea’s Grandfather and Mother started her with horses
04:30 – How Andrea didn’t think she was good enough but after taking redundancy she is perusing her career
05:40 – True love of horses, the joy of working with horses, strong, resilient, commitment, being able to differentiate from everyone else.
07:29 – What makes Andrea different – taking a holistic approach, Stronger Straighter Suppler (SSS)
09:00 – Horses, meeting a lot of lovely people, speak up for the horse, the journey, watching horses develop
09:46 – How Andrea’s mother advised her to always look to yourself, the horse is always right and others who have inspired her.
12:05 – The half Arabian, who introduced Andrea to Dressage
14:12 – The Arabian with the amazing canter and reflecting on jumping
14:53 – Riding Prix St George – First time at dressage level. Winning & helping rejected horses
16:38 – Getting the courage to believe in herself
18:34 – Why having business skills is important
19:56 – Why listening to your horse is important. Horses communicate with us eg the look of pain on his face.
23:52 – How Andrea found the hip pain – shortness of gait, lateral work
26:27 – Books by Jane Savoie and Manold Mendez inspired Andrea
27:45 – More training, riding and writing a book
28:46 – Give every horse the opportunity to be the best they can be
29:13 – Contact: see details below

Andrea’s Contact Details
Phone: 0412 859 756 or +61
Email: arandth1@bigpond.com
Website: http://www.arandth.com.au
Facebook: Andrea Williams

Music
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