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Feedback & Testimonials

We asked our clients for their comments on the workshops, this is what they said:

"Very well run and organised, very pacey - kept my interest all though.  I feel as if a big cloud has been lifted and I can see a clear way to a confident future."  Beverly Bottomley

"I knew I needed a new direction - the two days has given me a huge uplift and now I know which way I want to go.  A very inspiring 2 days!  Now I have so much to look forward to."  Sue Isherwood

"Will put NLP in to practice when I get home - I am hoping for great things.  Strider illuminating!"  Lindsay Oldfield

"Was very sceptical at start but not at end - you WON by a K.O!!"  Graham Glendening

"A thought provoking set of ideas which have already made a big difference.  Strider has made more of a difference to my riding in 40(?) mins than is possible to imagine - I can't wait to get home and put this into practice!!"  Katie McCallan

"Although I wanted to move forward I had no idea how - other than to tell myself to "get a grip" - which obviously doesn't work.  Now I have a tool box of ideas to try so I can move on from where I am."  Laura Glendening

"I left feeling so psoitive that I had somewhere to go and so many things to try : can't wait to get on my horse and make a difference both emotionally and as a rider."  Caroline Hallows

"Leaving feeling positive and certain now I can start to change old habits and move forwards."  Jane Caisley

"Very interesting course with a good mix of activities.  Hope to use my skills list to enjoy my horse EVEN more!"   Pat Smith

"A fabulous combination of mind and body training; thought and feel; science and art.  An opportunity to acheive a better balance - essential in horse riding and in life generally." Caroline Byatt

"Pitched perfectly, time went so quickly, very emotional.  Thank you!  Melissa

"Really enjoyed the course."  Melanie Cohen

"Throughly enjoyed course, trainers and meeting participants.  Enjoyed course content; relevant to my problems.  Strider excellent."  Sharon Stewart

"I think I may have found the answers that I have been searching for - which were within me the whole time - I just never knew how to access them - BRILLIANT!!!  I can finally get on with life and enjoy it!  Thank you to both of you."  Jo Delahunty

"Very relaxed and friendly which I thought was important.  Becky you made me feel you really know your stuff.  You are a great confidence giver yourself."  Kath Baker

"Insightful, inspiring, relaxing, awakening of awareness."  Chris Chapman

"Throughly enjoyable : very relaxing."  Joanne Claxton

"Excellent training both Becky and Pete, I now can't wait to move onwards and upwards, to prove to everyone, including myself, that I am good!!!"  Stacy Garner

"Very interesting and made a lot of sense.  Noticable bonding with other members of the group."  Bindy Dixon

"Easy to translate into everyday life...fantastic feeling to have...Two days feels like a two week holiday - I am so relaxed!"  Catherine Howells

"A very big insight...mind training for benefit of riding and life skills."  Christopher Morris

"Very satisfied...enjoyed it...thank you."  D J Truman

"This course has moved boxes for me and has resuced me from falling over the edge - which I think I was about to do.  I can see myself using the tools kit within my work, private life, and more importanly with my horse.  Thank you Pete and Becky."  Jane Bareham

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"A life changing and empowering experience.  I shall not look back now!"  Jo Best

"Excellent course - some great ideas to work on." Caron McLure

"Well run, helpful, goals met.  Thank you profoundly.  Strider session v.useful." Anna Gordon-Redmond

"I had a fantastic time and have got far more out of the workshop than I thought possible.  I've left feeling like a new person and was overwhelmed by the support from everyone in the group"  Lucy Turner

"Techniques are powerful resources, just feel empowered - yet relaxed and clam.  What you are doing is special - so thank you for allowing me to partake of both of your immense abilities and gifts."  Shirley Merrin

"I was totally overwhelmed having been a bit sceptical before attending. A fantastic and enjoyable day. Thank you."  Kim Booty

"Very effective teaching technique, really useful day, plenty to take away to work on." Katie Tann

"Enjoyed the voyage!"  Helen Horvath

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"Simulator really interesting, relaxed, informal session and welcoming, helful stratagies"  Libby Smith

 
"Friendly and relaxing." Natalie Gale

"Positive & friendly" Denise Mayhew.

"Calmness & humour" Maria Degiorgio

"Very positive, relaxing atmosphere, making it easier to take in content"  Tilly Jones

"Relaxed atmosphere allowing lots of questions, but retaining focus"

 
"I feel like a huge weight has been lifted and I have more of a focus for my future." Jayne from Worcester.

"A great opportunity to explore hypnotherapy in a relaxed atmosphere with like minded people." Janet from Suffolk.

"The course was pitched at a good level and contained the right ingredients for building confidence both personally and in riding." Lorraine from Essex.

"Motivational without being O.T.T." Liz from Essex.

"Fantastic  weekend! I'm leaving Ashen Equestion Centre feeling excited at the thought of putting it in to practice all that I have learnt. Feeling very positive about myself, my riding and my future! And thanks Pete for the pain relief." Catherine

"Confident Rider Workshops - Very well presented clear and concise. Reinforced what I've read (Mary Wanless, Sally Swift) by actually doing and seeing results, not just on myself but others too. Nice general camaraderie." Jenny"

I have been given bags of tools to improve my confidence and the level of success is now up to me. The session on Strider was valuable and shows areas for improvement and those that were ok." Roz

"Hi Becky. Thank you and Pete so much for the mind blowing weekend! It was a really emotional journey. the rather prompt test was Mondays 12 mile ride! No biting off of husbands head in the morning as I stressed about loading (trailering/riding etc (usually unheard of). Loaded, drove trailer for an hour and ten mintues with a beam on my face and no tension in my shoulders (usually clinging for dear life to the steering wheel - wow!). Had 3 canters (the first instigated by me - my friend nearly fell off her horse at this point)! We did some lovely trotting in my new position down huge expanses of stubble(!) I'm totally blown away by it all. Thanks again." Sharon

"Really enjoyed the course, the skills learnt with Pete have opened my eyes to possibilities. Work with the Strider and Becky has helped to really feel how I am able to change position issues, to really help my horses." Catherine

A good light hearted weekend meeting people with similar issues, very useful advice with the mounted session and classroom. Gained tools, I hope will help in reality. Tutors very friendly and approachable without coming across as, “above you”. Eleanor

Loved working with Becky and strider realised my position wasn’t as bad as I thought it was, but it was good to change what needed changing. Pete gave me some very good tools for releasing negative thoughts.Ann Very, very enjoyable 2 days and very interesting.Susie

I have had a great 2 days with lots of positive ideas and tools to take home to use with my horse(and every day life) Feel more confident already enjoyed meeting you both and lots of new people. Emma

"Really useful approach with like minded people. Added some 'tools' to use in stressful situations. I feel very positive about moving forwards, not just for riding". Anna

"Good constructive information. Realistic goals. Everything explained in an understanding way. Fun, relaxed." Helen

"Nice and relaxed, lovely people, will be back." Kate

Excellent, lots of positive things to take away in an easy to understand way.Jennifer

Really enjoyed the two days, very useful, both the NLP techniques and the Strider sessions. Karen

"Will have to come back for more - with my horse." Cathy

Completely and utterly awesome!!! Much better than I could have ever imagined. Amazing. Amazing self learning and development. Fantastic leaders! Good sense of humour, natural! Kerry

"Both trainers very inspirational, plenty to take home and try, not just a one stop solution for confidence feel other things suggested to try and combine". Terese

I left feeling so positive that I had somewhere to go and so many things to try. I can't wait to get on my horse and make a difference both emotionally and as a rider. Caroline

.Although I wanted to move forward I had no idea how, other than to tell myself to get a grip, which obviously doesn't work. Now I feel I have a tool box of ideas to try so I can move on from where I am. Laura.

A thought provoking set of ideas which have already made a big difference. Strider has made more of a difference to my riding in 40 minutes than is possible to imagine. I can't wait to get home and to put this into practice!! Katie.

I was sceptical at first, but not in the end. You won by a KO (Knock out)!! Graham.

I will put the NLP into practice when I get home, I am hoping for great things. Strider sessions  illuminating. Lindsay.

Although I was reluctant to fit the course in as I had a very busy schedule, I knew I needed direction, the two days have given me a huge uplift and now know which way I want to go. A very inspiring two days! Now I have so much to look forward to.Sue.

Very well run and well organised. Very pacy kept my interest all through. I felt as though a big cloud had been lifted and I can see a clear way to a confident future.Beverly.

Very interesting course with a good range of activities. Hope to use my new skills to enjoy my horse even more!Pat

Leaving feeling positive and certain now I can start to change old habits and move forward. It was fun, well organised and all ran smoothly. Jane.

See September's

Horse and Rider Magazine

for their feedback on

The Confident Rider Workshop!

Via email following Workshops -

"Becky and Pete,  At last I have sorted through the mass of information and changes that coming onto the Confident Rider Course/s has made.  When I first embarked on the course I didn't have a horse I could ride and my objective was to try to prepare for the day I could ride again.  My history with horses parrelled my life which was actually rather weird!  However, riding confidently again was what I hoped to achieve.  Without wanting to sound too poetic the first course was life-changing not only for my riding and my confidence with horses but also in my personal life.  I started the course full of "stuff" and left with a rather nice space in my brain from which to build a different perspecitve both in riding and in life.  Thank you is not adequate...  That process breathed new life into my time with horses and my enthusiasum returned!  A very fascinating journey and I know that my being open to possibilities was the key to the success  I now feel in my riding.  I can acturally ride!!  Having spent years not beleiving I could be a force for change in terms of the behaviour of my horse I am now a believer and what a difference it has made...  The follow-up course using an actual horse was a very important turning-point.  I was able to ride my wonderful new horse Blake with a confidence I have not felt for years.  The fact that i was able to focus completely on the riding and not have negative thoughts worming thier way into my now rather spacious brain was a joy!!  AND STILL IS....................  That's the extraordinaly thing - which is why I have waited to say thank you - it's long-lasting and real, so to both of you - thank you so much, the difference you have made is profound and I will be eternally gratefull xxxx and so will Blake."  Lorraine

"Hi Becky, Thank you and Pete so much for the mind blowing weekend!  It was a really emotional journey.  The rather prompt test was Monday's 12 mile ride!  No biting off of husband's head in the morning as I stressed about loading / trailering / riding etc. (totally unheard of.)  Loaded, drove trailer for an hour and ten minutes with a beam on my face and no tension in my shoulders (usually clinging for dear life to the steering wheel - wow!)  Had 3 canters (the first instigated by me - my friend nearly fell off her horse at this point!)  We did some lovely trotting in my new position down huge expanses of stubble(!)  I'm totally blown away by it all!  Thanks again!"  Sharon

"Hi Becky, I thought you'd like to know how I've been getting on since the Confident Rider Workshop.  There have been some pretty massive changes.  When I got home I took Sadie for a short hack on her own.  We don't do much hacking out alone as she can be quite difficult...After the Workshop I felt totally calm, knew it didn't matter what Sadie did because I could cope and as a result she...decided that even though it was scary she would walk...We've also been jumping...putting the jumps up feels fine...In the past I would have totally panicked...I stayed totally calm and focused.  It's all very weird, in situations where I would have been scared before I'm just not and I'm really enjoying doing more.  It's amazing, I'm so glad I didn the Workshop :0)  Thanks very much to you and Peter.  See you on the next course."   Helen

"Hi Becky and Pete, I had some good reflection time on the long car journey home...I settled into a feeling of optimism that I realised had been missing from me for a while...I went to see my boy and formulated a plan to get back on board...after a break of 2 1/2 years...this feels like a great step forward!  I must tell you that I went for my regualar lesson...i managed some canter before doing some jumping!!!!!  Do you realise what a big (I mean HUGE!!) statement this is?!  Proper jumping, short stirrups...the whole 9 yards...I haven't jumped for 3+ years!!  And I had a ball!  I am so pleased to have attended your workshop, and am enthused to continue my confidence building work.  Thank you both for what you have done for me...I am now looking to do an equine Reiki course too (something I've been thinking of for a while but keep putting off!)  Bloody empowering stuff this confidence"    Jayne