Equine facilitated coaching makes use of experiential learning with horses. This approach focuses on sensing interactions with your environment through the body. To practice opening up to what presents itself creates a ‘sacred space of possibility’ in which you can experience here and now what is needed to function more fluidly in your life.

• Do you notice your relationships seem stuck in personal situations or at work?
• Do you feel like you’ve gotten off course in recent years?
• Would you like to know more about your emotions and why they arise?
• Are you looking for tools to live more consciously?
• Do you struggle with setting boundaries or saying no?

Coaching with horses can give you insight into behavioural patterns that are limiting – which in turn can help you adjust your boundaries and occupy the space you need to feel connected at any moment. One of the cornerstones of the Eponaquest® method, founded 20 years ago by Linda Kohanov, is learning to listen to your body as a sensor, amplifier and inner compass. I provide concrete exercises and tools to learn this.

Wondering what kind of interaction you’ll have with the horse?
Take a look at the frequently asked questions below.

I offer individual coaching sessions. A session lasts two hours and is built up around specific reflection/background material and a practical exercise with the horse. Some exercises focus on training concrete skills such as setting boundaries and others on freely exploring your own question or desire. We always start with an exercise to tune into the body. When coaching, I am assisted by Welsh Cob Igor, 24 years old. I have been his caretaker for over four years now. Igor lives in a beautiful green gem near the Haagse Bos on a paddock with walk-out stable.

A 2-hour session costs 180 euros excluding VAT (21%). This price* includes the hire of the horse and the site, coffee/tea and theory aids.

Special offer: 2-hour introductory session at 140 euros ex VAT.

* Inspired by herbalist Alexis J. Cunningfolk’s sliding scale, I ask my clients to pay according to their ability. If you can contribute a bit more, you make it possible for person with less financial means to experience this work. If you are tight at the moment, we can agree on a discount or exchange, in the spirit of gift culture. In this way, together we contribute to ensuring that no one is excluded from this work.

I am Sophie, an artist, nature and book lover. Born as middle sibling into a loving multilingual family. Travelling feels like home and rooting is a challenge – which gets easier as I age, I notice. I am driven and sometimes a tad impatient, close friends tell me…. I’m also a people person, and love to create connections between people, and encourage curiosity. I put this sensitivity to good use through equicoaching. Since childhood, I feel like a horse person deep inside. It took me a while to dare to embrace this intuition and to take it seriously. To read more, click here.

Training & professional horse coaching experience

• Nature of Wisdom, Eponaquest & Medicine Horse Way, 2021
• Level 1 Equine Facilitated Learning, 2023
• Éducation à pied (groundwork training), La Cense, 2023
• Level 2 Eponaquest Instructor, 2024
• 101 Connections Linda Kohanov, 2024
• Professional association member ‘Van en door paardencoaches’

My vision

Over the years, I have become convinced that horses are powerful teachers in the art of being present – to whatever presents itself. Horses are seen as messengers from the other world in many cultures. For example, the ‘wind horse’ is a flying horse that symbolises the human soul in shamanic traditions from East – and Central Asia. Recent research shows that 5500 years ago, a first period of co-existence with the ‘wild horse’ Equus Ferus Przewlaski took place in the Botaï region of Kazakstan.

At the same time, throughout history, domestic horses (descendants of Equus Ferus Caballus) have been used – and exploited – as means of transport, warfare, for status or as a hobby pet. Its first signs of domestication date back to 2200 BC in the North Caucasus. Still, scientific research on horses has only really taken off in the last few decades – with revealing DNA research on the origins of equidae as we know them today and new insights into the cognitive abilities of horses. Notions of animal welfare, non-verbal communication and natural herd behaviour first became known to a wide audience through the Natural Horsemanship method (Pat Parelli, Mark Rashid…). Coaching with horses allows me to play my part in deepening the human-horse relationship.

Are you curious what you can learn from horses in relation to (recurring) issues you are facing? Send me a message and I will contact you for an informal intake by phone of video call.

A glimpse of my network

• Medecine Horse Academy
• Like Horses
• Rosey Withey
• Sara Wiktorowicz, Horse Massage Therapist
• Paard zijn (Manoli Toret)
• The Art of Rewilding
• Paula Udondek
• Groei met paarden
• Cégéka Dévelopements
• Hélène Roche
• TAKH

Learning with H O R S E S
Sophie Krier (owner)

sophie@learning-with-horses.net
+31 6 14 24 28 78 (whatsapp)

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