“Where in this world can you find nobility without pride, friendship without envy, beauty without vanity? Here where grace is laced with muscle and strength by gentleness confined…..He serves without servility; he fought without enmity. There is nothing so powerful, nothing less violent; there is nothing so quick, nothing more patient…”

The Journey to a Better Way
Horsemanship is a journey and everyone’s path is different.  I believe that the journey begins with gaining a solid foundation in the fundamentals of horse keeping and care. My journey began that way.  I worked in exchange for rides because my family couldn’t afford horses.  I didn’t grow up on a ranch and my father didn’t train race horses.  I pretty much grew myself into a horsewoman through great passion and hard work.  I learned how to jump and I learned Dressage.  I took a stab at ranch roping and working cattle.  I was lucky enough to have some amazing teachers. 
Somewhere along the road to self discovery, I found my real talents lie in fostering communication and understanding between horse and human and teaching students to consider the whole horse when training.  Many trainers attempt to mold the horse into the perfect physical athlete and stop there.  That is where I begin.  I believe the missing link; the forgotten piece in horse training is the development of the horses mind in conjunction with building his body.   I am not a psychic, or a whisperer. I am a horsewoman who simply has a way with horses.

Although I have made it a point of becoming proficient in many styles of training, I must say that my success has its roots deeply entrenched in the art and science of true Classical Horsemanship. 
I have noticed that every century or so a master emerges who makes a real mark in the horse world.  The greatest masters never seek to destroy the work of those who came before them. He or she seeks instead to ad priceless pearls to the already timeless string of traditions passed down from generation to generation. If you study the Great Masters from Xenophon to La Gueriniere, Pluvinal to Baucher, with all of their philosophical differences, there is a common thread throughout.  Every one of them without exception considers the horse first and foremost.
 
 I find that my philosophy and beliefs have also been influenced by a most recent and unlikely master horseman who showed up in the early part of the 20th century in the shape of a quiet unassuming cowboy.  He showed us a kinder, softer way to train horses. With him, Natural Horsemanship was born. It is not a system as many believe, but a philosophy and way of being with horses.  

Unfortunately, what started as a softer kinder way to start and train horses has grown into an industry with techniques and methods and trainers, some of which that have taken a very wrong turn.  Much the same has happened to Classical Training. It isn’t immune to exploitation and has not survived the centuries unscathed.  It too has its imposters.