PROFILE
Experienced, certified Energy Therapy practitioner, Horsemanship Coach, Trainer and Equine Trauma & Behavior Specialist with over 20 years of experience with (problem)horses in and outside of Europe.

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EXPERIENCE
HEAD TRAINER| Love This Horse Equine Rescue, Rosamond California
January – October 2020

  • Training and rehabilitating of seized, abused and traumatized (Arabian) horses
  • Training of appr. 50 horses and lead and oversee other trainers
  • Assessing new horses, groundwork and under saddle
  • Starting horses under saddle
  • Equine Energy Therapy treatments
  • Gentling of feral horses
  • Assisting the vet and farrier
  • Matching horses to adopters

* Click to read my interview with Hoefslag Magazine, July 18th 2020
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ASSISTANT| Silver Horse Retreat, San Diego, California
​– September 2018

  • assisting during a Nature/Horse Constellation week in the wilderness of San Diego, with a group of participants from Japan and Canada

* Click to read my blog about my stay at Silver Horse Retreat
 
NATURAL HORSEMANSHIP INSTRUCTOR| Freedom Ranch Equestrian Connections, California
January 2019 - October 2020
  • NH Instructor/Coach
  • Training of school horses 
  • Coaching riders with a disability
  • Demonstrations
  • Animal Handler (horses on set)
  • House sitting (ranch + animals)
HORSETRAINER & VOLUNTEER| Wild at Heart Horse Rescue, California
June 2017 - October 2019
  • Training and rehabilitating traumatized horses
  • Matching horses to adopters
  • Managing the property 
  • Reschooling off-track Thoroughbreds
  • Equine Energy Therapy
  • Parelli NH lessons and training


*Click to read the article from Bit Magazine, introducing me as Bit Vlogger

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OWNER| Stal van Mourik, Gelderland
June 2007 - Januari 2017
  • Training and rehabilitating abused horses
  • Lessons and birthday parties
  • Boarding horses 
  • Managing stall/property 
EDUCATION
Inner Joy Coaching
2021 | IET Advanced & Master Instructor (current study)
2017 | IET Basic, Intermediate & Pets certificate

Civas
2020 | Life Coach certificate

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KEY SKILLS​
young horse handling – stallions – behavioral problems – problem solving – ground work – tackless riding – liberty groundwork – English and Western riding – reschooling – rehabilitating – coaching - energy healing - wild & feral horses
VISUALS