Have Empathy For Your Horse, When Things Don’t Work Then Try Something Different
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Have Empathy For Your Horse, When Things Don’t Work Then Try Something Different
By Popular Demand we have re-published this episode. Each weekend we are choosing the most listened to and commented on episodes for you to enjoy.
This interview was previously published in April 2018 (Lisa Finn) (186)
About Lisa
– Lisa is a Level 1 dressage coach and is also a delivery provider for the Ready Set Trot program with Equestrian Australia. For years she had her own business although her ambition was always to be a coach and dressage rider.
Her current horse won Horse of the Year last year with the Adelaide Hills Dressage Club. Lisa still has her original horse that she bought when she was 22, this horse is now 26! Lisa says that she sort of fell into owning a riding school and loves that she has made it her business and passion.
From teaching children and using the same pony/horse for different riders Lisa noticed that the horse behaved differently for each rider and she could see how much we are mirrored in the horse. Lisa loves that the horse helps you to recognise good leadership qualities. She has a horse business in Equine Assisted Therapy with a focus on self development.
Lisa has two children, her youngest child has the horse bug and is becoming a successful little rider. Lisa says that her daughter is definitely her hardest student!
On Saturdays Lisa has up to 10 young kids that hang around and help at the riding school. Even though she doesn’t need them all, she loves that she can provide a friendly environment for these children, as it is the type of environment Lisa wished for as a child.
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Lisa’s Favourite Inspirational Quote
– Hard work beats talent when talent does not work hard
Who Has Inspired Lisa
– Heather Currie
Recommended Books
– ‘Dancing with Horses: Communication with Body Language’ by Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling
– ‘Dancing with Horses’ by
About This Episode
– Lisa discusses be coming a coach and teaching from home. She also talks about having empathy for your horse and when things don’t work then try something different.
Time Stamps
01:00 – Hard work beats talent when talent does not work hard
02:07 – Riding bareback on a white pony and riding in the outback in the Northern Territory
03:54 – When Lisa started taking lessons at 22 and then eventually getting her coaching qualification
05:26 – Starting her riding school when her daughter’s friends come over
06:39 – School schedule and Ready Set Trot
07:33 – Persistence, resilient, be able to take criticism
09:03 – Working from home, enjoy making riding a great experience
10:23 – How Heather Currie inspired Lisa
12:13 – How the 2 year old horse picked Lisa and taught her living in moment and to be forgiving
13:17 – Daughter Isobel (12 years old) rode a 17 hand horse
14:25 – Lucky to own her property and running a school
15:47 – About the children’s riding program
16:10 – Humanisation of the horse letting the horse coming into your space
17:23 – How not to humanise the horse
17:47 – ‘Dancing With Horses’
19:59 – Teaching students and riding a a medium young horse
23:22 – When things don’t work, try something different. Have empathy for your horse
22:12 – Contact: see details below
Lisa’s Contact Details
Phone: 0414 903 989 or +61 414 903 989
Email:
Website: KoolyangarraEquestrianCentre.com
Facebook: Lisa Finn
Music
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