Mental Skills Coach, Teaching Riders, Improving Results
Mental Skills Coach
About Tonya
-Tonya is a Mental Skills Coach and author who works with riders all over the world. Tonya specializes in working with equestrian athletes from disciplines such as hunter/jumper, three-day eventing and dressage. Tonya’s book is called “Inside Your Ride: Mental Skills for Being Happy and Successful with Your Horse”. She also has a regular podcast by the same name on the Plaidcast show which is supported by Horse Radio Network.
Tonya’s clients range from youngsters just starting out in the pony divisions, to professionals competing at the international level. She conducts mental training clinics throughout the country and works with high school and university equestrian teams, including the Stanford, Smith and USC Equestrian Teams.
Tonya has presented at the U.S. Dressage Federation and the U.S. Eventing Association National Conventions, as well as the National Conference for the Association for Applied Sport Psychology. She has a regular column called “Inside Your Ride” in Practical Horseman magazine. Tonya is a frequent contributor to Bernie Trauig’s Equestriancoach.com and Equestrianprofessional.com. Tonya has appeared in a variety Equine Journal, iJump, Horse Showbiz, Equine Wellness, Paint Horse Journal, Riding, and Hoofbeats. For 4 years she wrote a regular column for Eventing USA, the official publication of the U.S. Eventing Association.
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Tonya’s Favourite Inspirational Quote
– Helping people focus, being aware, being in the moment. Practice both Mental and Physical skills. helping people support themselves. Trusting in yourself.
Who Has Inspired Tonya
– Sports people whose moments comes together – being in the moment.
Recommend your Book
– “Inside Your Ride: Mental Skills for Being Happy and Successful with Your Horse”
– Available on this Link “Inside Your Ride: Mental Skills for Being Happy and Successful with Your Horse”
About This Episode
– Tonya talks about mental skills needed to ride and become a better rider
Time Stamps
02:42- Tonya talks about mindfulness, and training the mental skills and not only the physical side
07:45 – How Tonya became a mental skills coach
11:00 – Motivation to become a rider
12:28 – What riders develop to be an elite rider
15:02 – Differences between disciplines, ages, levels
18:51 – When working with a client and their instructor as team is relevant
22:09 – Accomplishments of clients
23:33 – Why Tonya wrote her book
28:54 – This is what you do when you have a great ride
30:18- Contact: see below
Tonya’s Contact Details
Phone: (510) 418 3664
Email: tonyajohnston1@gmail.com
Website: https://www.tonyajohnston.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tonya
Twitter: https://twitter.com/tonya_john
Buy Tonya’s book on this link “Inside Your Ride: Mental Skills for Being Happy and Successful with Your Horse”
Music
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