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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 about the Green Gate Arabian Case where 83 horses were found severely neglected, 26 horses found homes through Love This Horse or watch video below:

* 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