HorseCentred.

I was born on a farm in the Highlands of Scotland, into a family whose history has long been interwoven with horses. Growing up, I was drawn to horses for freedom and friendship.  They were part of the world of nature that surrounded me; they were my salvation too.
A lot of my educational years were spent away from home, so holidays were a blissful time where horses filled my days.

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At 21, I took the leap and formally committed to being in the horse industry, beginning with Instructor training in the British Horse Society, which developed over 15+ years into horse-training, eventing, coaching, stable ownership and facility management in Great Britain and in North America.

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In my late 30’s ‘Natural Horsemanship’ came into my life giving me tools for a new depth of teaching and training and eventually guided me to a deeper understanding of myself, leading to a realization that I had a fascination for psychology and human/horse behaviour.

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In 2005 a big ‘left turn’ in my life took me in a completely new direction, carrying me forward to attending three years of intensive training with Linda Kohanov, at the Epona Center near Tucson AZ - to become an Advanced EponaQuest Instructor.  These groundbreaking methods, drawing on centuries of equine wisdom as a means of understanding others and ourselves, turned my world inside out and upside down for a while.

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Over the last decade the horses have become my teachers, guides and mentors in crafting an intuitive, heart-based style of training and coaching. Through experimenting, gathered knowledge, living with the horses and embodying these techniques, I now feel like my insides match my outsides!! I am standing, feet firmly planted on terra firma again, probably for the first time since those early childhood days.

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“The Clarity of the Child with the Wisdom of the Crone”!!

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Now that my foundation feels solid, my personal focus in this continuum is “self carriage” - called “collection” in the horse world.  My horses continue to ‘mine’ me for more transparency and clarity in order to share their teachings both in my facilitator/mentorship role, and in refining and embodying these advanced heart-based horsemanship tools and skills in the horse world.

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My transformation with the horses is continuous and it sets me on fire with a passion to share and support others on their journey.