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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, Pearblossom, 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, Palmdale, 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, Zelhem, 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

Silver Horse Retreat
2021 | Shamanic Journeying: Soul Retrievals (current study)
2020 | Shamanic Journeying: Spirit Guide Retrieval & Spirit Animal Retrieval 

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