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About meNice to meet you !My name is Sietske Nobel, I was born in 1978 in Holland. My partner an I moved to Australia in 2009, bought an old farm near Bridgetown WA, put a lot of work into it and brought it back to life. 
I've always been involved with horses, I can't imagine life without them. After finishing my animal
management and para-veterinaire course in 1998, I traveled around the world for about 2 years. I lived in Australia
for a year and spent six months on a gaited horse stud in Canada. When I went back to Holland, I started a Natural Horsemanship center including a riding school and holiday camps for kids. I bred gaited horses and established training facilities. I also sold treeless saddles and bitless bridles. Over the years my approach to horses has changed a lot. I grew up in a world where you didn't know any better than to pull the reins to steer and stop, hit your horse with the whip if he didn't do what you asked him to and I didn't know better than that horses were happy in stables. It never felt quite right, but that was how you learned. Natural Horsemanship
I got involved in Natural Horsemanship in 1991 after seeing Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling giving a demo in Holland.
Since that demo I started reading and learning more about Natural Horsemanship.Inspired by horseman like Klaus Hempfling, Monty Roberts, Pat Parelli, Emiel Voest, Klaus Hempfling, Chris Irwin, Alexander Nevzorov, Linda Tellington Jones and many more, I developed my own way of working/communicating with horses. I've spend a lot of time studying about natural behaviour, I had a chance to see the wild prezwalski horses in Mongolia and the 'wild' horses in National Parks in Holland. I would like it to be the horse's choice to work together with me and like to have a relationship with the horse that is build on trust and respect. 
Equine Body WorkerIt's always been my dream to help horses more than just with training or being a vet nurse. In 2009 my dream came true when I started studying to become a qualified Equine Body Worker. Since then I have completed and qualified for different modalities. (see "Body Work").Qualifications & experiences1998 graduated in 'animal management, specialization horses'1998 qualified veterinary nurse 1998/1999 traveled through Australia and New Zealand 2001 lived in Canada and got introduced to gaited horses 2001 started my own business in Holland including a riding school, breeding program gaited horses, training center NH workshops, team building and management courses with horses, kids holiday camps 2001 qualified horse riding instructor 2003 qualified stress counselor 2004 started selling Barefoot treeless saddles and changed to bitless riding 2005 studied homeopathy and aromatic oils for animals 2008 Epona course 2008 started using Centered Riding Techniques 2009 we moved to Australia 2010 senior first aid 2010 qualified Equine Bowen Therapist for Horses and Small Animals 2010 qualified Equine Body worker 2010 studied Equine nutrition 2010 qualified Photonic Red Light Therapist 2011 started using Young Living Essential Oils on animals 2011 dissection & biomechanics with Sharon May-Davis | |