Horses Are a Wonderful Therapy For People Who Live a Stressful Life
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Horses Are a Wonderful Therapy For People Who Live a Stressful Life
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This interview was previously published in 2018 Rena Figueredo (262)
About Rena
– Rena is a dressage specialist, competitor, trainer and coach. She also is schooling and breaking young horses.
Rena’s students have won up to Royal Level in Showing and State Level Pony Club Dressage and competed up to Elementary Level Dressage.
Rena has also bred Warmblood horses that have been successful in all equestrian fields.
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Rena’s Favourite Inspirational Quote
– Horses are made to be horses
Who Has Inspired Rena
– Judy Peel (026) & (184LC)
– Bob Cameron
Recommended Books
– ‘Horses Are Made To Be Horses’ by Franz Mairinger
– ‘101 Dressage Exercises for Horse & Rider’ by Jec Aristotle Ballou
About This Episode
– Rena discusses why perseverance, understanding and kindness are important, also why it is important to use your core strength and not to ride leaning forward.
Time Stamps
01:04 – Horses are made to be horses
02:20 – Being thrown off her pony when she was 3 years old and getting back on and then riding around the roads with her sister in Sydney
03:28 – Coaching at pony club, she loved teaching the kids
04:40 – Perseverance, kindness and understanding of the horse
05:50 – Dressage principles are relevant to all styles of riding
06:30 – Students understanding the principles on how and why to do something
08:10 – How Bob Cameron and Judy Peel have inspired Rena
09:00 – Core strength, position and softness
10:08 – The Warmblood bred by Medalion
14:20 – When Rena’s daughter won at the Sydney Royal on a homebred horse
15:48 – Breeding Temperment – 50% from the mare and 50% from how you handle thte foals
22:20 – Rider leaning forward – position and core strength
24:45 – ‘Horses Are Made to be Horses’ & ‘101 Dressage Exercises’
27:30 – Vienna, visiting a Spanish riding school and working with a warmblood horse
29:00 – Horses are wonderful therapy for people who live a stressful life and good for both children and adults
30:26 – Contact: see details below
Rena’s Contact Details
Phone: 0418 468 758 or +61 418 468 758
Email: levipark1@bigpond.com
Facebook: Rena Williams
Music
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