Harnessing the wisdom of horses

I’m an animal lover if you overlook my fear of big spiders

So I was thrilled to film a world-class equine locomotion expert at a recent Alignment Horse Event in the Cotswolds.

Very topical having watched the incredible dressage events at the Paris Olympics.

Liz VanRoss harnesses the wisdom of horses.

AlignmentHorse is a revolutionary science-based approach to equitation. Riders will be taken on a journey starting with the anatomy of their horse and how this organises movement and informs how best to teach our horses about locomotion in Alignment. You will learn how to apply this knowledge for outstanding performance while safeguarding your horse’s wellbeing.

This knowledge is invaluable to owners, riders, handlers as well as equine therapists and equine professionals such as dentists, saddle-fitters, podiatrists, bitting specialists, nutritionists. Non-riders may attend as auditors for an opportunity to learn the theory and watch the action.

Liz developed the “AlignmentHorse” approach and uses it both to develop and rehabilitate horses. She has helped hundreds of horses with her work. The AlignmentHorse approach prevents occurrence and re-occurrence of debilitating equine conditions. Liz works closely with horse owners and riders at all levels up to Grand Prix and Four-star Eventing, to help them to work in better alignment and harmony, benefiting the horse’s mental, physical and emotional well-being.

And the incredibly skilled work she does is a great metaphor for how we can help clients as coaches, consultants or creators.

We have tools and techniques we can use as ‘the rider’ but that’s to no avail if we don’t quickly understand and work with the wisdom of our clients.

We should also get off our own high horse from time to time and work with mentors like Liz in our own chosen fields.

This episode was produced by Dave Bird of Small Biz Digital Media with thanks due to Sam Johnstone for the filming on-site.