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LESLIE
HAMMEL-TURK Leslie Hammel-Turk
has been working professionally with horses for over 30 years. Leslie earned
Riding Instructor and Riding Master Certificates from Meredith Manor in 1977.
Since then, she has dedicated herself to mastering the traditions of the true
horsemen of the world by using the horse as teacher to strive for a
centaur-like union. While respecting tradition, Leslie is forging a unique
style of horsemanship, that integrates contributions from her human teachers,
including Tom Dorrance, Ray Hunt, Mary Wanless, and Dr. Deb Bennett. |
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The highest levels
of riding require a partnership of both an advanced horse and rider. This horse
will have training to enhance its natural physical strength and suppleness;
willingness and energy to perform; and thoughtful instruction to promote the
attention, confidence, and skill necessary to execute the requested tasks. The
human partner must understand how a horse thinks, learns, communicates, and
interacts within its herd environment; how nature intended the horse to
function; and how to use their own body as an instrument of communication with
the horse. When all aspects meld, they form a communion between horse and rider
that is the basis for achieving the highest performance, and having a safe and
enjoyable riding experience. Leslie Hammel-Turk's riding instruction stresses
control of the rider's body and sensitivity to the horse's body language.
Because every time you ride it is another piece of the developing relationship
between you and your horse, we feel that "Every time you ride, you are
training the horse - good or bad".
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TRAINING The
education of a horse begins at birth. From the moment a foal hits the ground
it enters a period of intense education. The foal immediately begins learning
to stand, walk, find the udder, nurse, lay down, follow mom, to name but a
few of the tasks he will need to learn in order to survive his first day. In
fact, within the first week of life, he has learned the rudiments of every
maneuver needed throughout life including those desired by a rider. This
period is a beautiful illustration of how the horse is a creature that
mindfully adapts and adjusts to changing situations. This
is the basis of our work with horses, being careful to recognize that horses are
thinking creatures, that only become reacting creatures when they feel
threatened. We strive to present the training horse with non-threatening
situations that are the most productive learning environments. As in
relationships with people, we find it important not to force our demands on
the horse, but instead to communicate our wishes so that they become the
horses' idea. To accomplish this, we use the horses' own sophisticated means
of communication, involving body language, facial expressions, and eye
contact, and the natural hierarchical structure of the herd that all horses
understand. We are seeking to become the most important and dominant member
of the horse's herd, so our work begins when our foals are only 30 minutes
old. In this way they are introduced to humans at a time when the new becomes
the familiar. When done with sensitivity and tactful persuasion, even with
older and mature horses, the horse understands and feels comfortable with his
position in the horse/human relationship and becomes a willing partner rather
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CLINICS AND
INSTRUCTION WITH LESLIE HAMMEL-TURK
Are you are a
rider who has watched the clinician work your horse, only to return home
without the necessary tools to be able to replicate the results? Give yourself
the opportunity to work with an instructor who uses a holistic approach to
reveal the specific feel that remove the blocks to higher horsemanship. Leslie
Hammel-Turk has developed an instructional program that addresses the three
areas of knowledge that are integral to higher horsemanship (See Drawing).
PURPOSEFUL
AND DYNAMIC USE OF THE RIDER'S BODY.
Use your body in a very specific way to eliminate your need to brace against
the horse's power. The best riders have the body awareness not only to enable
profound communication with the horse, but also to avoid interference with the
horse. The feel and the balance of riding are integral to higher horsemanship.
FUNCTION OF THE HORSE. Learn how nature intends the horse to function. This allows the rider to achieve high levels of control while avoiding harm to the horse. A horse that is in pain is an unwilling partner, whereas a horse that works in a balanced fashion will happily unlock its inherent natural abilities.
PSYCHOLOGY
OF THE HORSE.
Approach the horse from its own perspective, and you will be astonished by how
much can be accomplished from the horse's own ideas. Everything that you want
from your horse is already there. Our profound lack of understanding of these
wonderful creatures is the basis of all of our problems with our horses. The
timing and balance of our communication with the horse is what creates the
understanding of what we expect from our partners.
As the rider
gains knowledge in each of the areas they begin to be able to operate in the
areas represented by the intersecting areas of the circles. True horsemanship
may begin when all three areas of expertise begin to blend and the rider
operates at the intersection of all three circles. At that point the rider has
the necessary tools to make successes out of "problems" and find the
true simplicity of horsemanship.
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For
more information, we can be reached at:
Leslie Hammel-Turk
Turk Arabians
505-454-8073