22. Nahshon Cook On Loving Horses Before You Love What Horses Do

Equestrian Perspective

In this episode, I was lucky enough to interview the amazing Nahshon Cook. Nahshon is a horse trainer based in America who predominately works to rehabilitate horses and has a strong focus on biomechanics and awareness.

He has such a beautiful way with words and I feel like anyone who listens to this podcast episode will get the medicine that they need.

Together we dive into:

-The different modalities he uses to rehabilitate horses

-The concept of surrendering

-How important it is to listen with your entire body and be guided by feel

-The importance of not needing to be right and being adaptable to find what the horse needs

- Channeling the wisdom from the horse

- How correct training shouldn't hurt horses

- Using how you see your horse move in the pasture to inform how you help them

- How arena work is only 10% of the whole process and environment plays a huge role in the horse's wellbeing

- Tapping into joy and allowing horses to feel safe expressing themselves

- Combining technique and love

- Teaching people how to use their breath to release tension and set intentions

- Prioritising the question "how can I help you?"

- How he feels about horses saying no

- What practices people can use to form a deeper connection with their horse

-Trusting yourself

-Using compassionate commands to allow people to tap into their intuition

-Being adaptable with your students and understanding that people and horses learn in many different ways

-Finding reference points where the other party feels safe and connecting from there

-Loving horses before you love what horses do

And so much more!

To connect further with Nahshon please find him on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/NahshonCookHorsemanship

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