After the most recent Optimal Performance Program Clinic in The Netherlands, my husband Pawel told me that at one point during the Clinic he had thought about telling me not
As Optimal Performance Program PRO Trainer, you are going to work with clients’ horses, and not with the clients. This means that the Optimal Performance Program Relaxation Technique will be taught by you to the horse, and not to his owner or trainer. However, you will need to communicate with the client, and you will
When accepting the new horse in for the Optimal Performance Program Training, it’s very important for you to evaluate the horse’s tensions. How to evaluate the Horse’s Tensions? Ask the owner to send you a photo of the horse. When observing the photo of the horse mark areas of tensions in the horse’s body, address
Update from Piccolo’s Training Diary: OPP STARTER-KIT I am so pleased. I really feel we are moving in the right direction, and his improvements are happening in the speed of
Life is 3D, but sometimes we tend to forget about it and we only look ahead. Sometimes we are so occupied with achieving our goals, or wondering if we are achieving them
It’s already over A WEEK since arrival of our new PRE stallion, 4yo PICCOLO. PICCOLO was sent to us shortly after he was purchased by his new owner in order
Many people turn away from riding with the bit. We all can see how much abuse is happening in the today’s world connected with misusage of the bits, pulling and
Our next module is Come to Me and Walking on the Leash. These skills also emerge naturally from the state of relaxation your dog enters — and from the understanding that you are the provider of that relaxation. Many dogs, when they walk on the leash, see other dogs, people, movement, smells, sounds, and
“My horse doesn’t want to move forward” One of the most common signs of that the horse, even a very young horse, is suffering from the Digestive Tract tensions is