About me
Miriam Sherman
Dear visitor
A very warm welcome to you and thank you for taking the time to visit my website.
My name is Miriam Sherman and I am a certified Straightness Training Instructor by Marijke de Jong and Seat Instructor by Hanna Engström. I call myself a coach rather than a trainer as my approach is very individual. I specifically address his and his horse’s needs.
"Communication comes first"
What is the current state, what do you want to change, learn, where do you want to go?
There is no pattern F for me. Each horse owner / horseman as well as the respective horse, is unique and requires different, individual approaches, therefore I only teach individually and not in groups. I also find it important to be able to work live and in direct contact with horse and rider, because we feel, we experience horses. I prefer to be present, in the same moment with horse & rider, in order to be able to grasp the situation in its subtleties more directly and to be able to convey appropriate impulses, actions-reactions just as directly without delay. A positive and respectful atmosphere is an important prerequisite for learning with joy and without shyness. Communication is paramount to even being able to learn something new with a horse. We often misunderstand our horses because we feel and act from a human perspective, but not from the horse’s perspective. For this reason it is important for me to understand the horses and to know their natural behavior and needs. And this is before we ask something of them that they probably neither understand nor can physically perform.
"The horses should keep their dignity and pride".
My goal is to make horses and riders happy. I want to help build a healthy horse/human relationship that makes horse training interesting and fun. The horses should be allowed to keep their dignity and pride and gladly seek the company of their human. In my opinion, this is the only way to achieve a true, honest and sustainable horse training, starting in advance and continuously getting involved with the horse and learning to understand it.
Without the theory, the practice will always be uncertain
Both are equally important and also have their fixed place with me. My motto is: I can best pass on fully what I have experienced and lived through myself. Because talking without doing is like theory without practice.
If you are interested in lessons, organizing a workshop or just want to have a first look, possibly with one of my school horses, I am here for you.
About me
I grew up with ponies as a young child. My parents, who were quite inexperienced with horses, bought my older sister a Welsh pony, and the second followed very soon, as one cannot keep one alone, of course. My father built a nice little open stable behind our house and asked neighboring farmers for a few meadows. We quickly learned how to keep and care for horses properly, but how to train or ride horses appropriately was still in the stars for us.
As time went on, we grew more and more naturally with our horses, did a lot of orienteering and trail riding, and just loved the freedom and exploring nature with the horses. The need to experience freedom, nature and some adventure together with the horse remained over the years and even today, I still try to give this important aspect the necessary space.
2016
Certification and licensing ST Instructor
In 2016, I became one of Marijke de Jong’s first certified and licensed ST instructors (Level III).
2021
Training courses
- Regular lessons with Hanna Engström
- Masterson Method Home Study Course
- Active participation in the weekend course in Studen, Switzerland with an MMCP (Masterson Method Certified Practitioner).
