Show Notes
“It’s never too late to change” 👉🏼 Click here to find out all about Andrea's Pure Liberty course: https://uu202.isrefer.com/go/pureliberty1/adh/
Andrea Wady has been riding since she was a child, competing in showjumping and endurance, and later running a successful horse tours company… but she always felt something was missing and wanted more in the relationship with her horses.
Moving to Costa Rica from the UK, Andrea’s journey took a turn down a path to find a way to connect with horses without coercion. Crossing the country of Costa Rica with fellow liberty trainer Elsa Sinclair (the creator of the Taming Wild movie series) they explored bonding with two very damaged rescue horses through movement and a liberty mindset.
Through this experience and years of study, Andrea found the missing piece in her horsemanship and the essence of creating relationship with horses. Andrea is now dedicated to helping others improve the relationship, trust, and bond with their own horses.
She is also the author of the newly released book ‘Crossing Bridges’ where she shares the enlightening journey of exploring Costa Rica on foot with the 2 damaged horses with the liberty mindset that she now teaches as ‘pure liberty’.
In this episode we discuss:
Andrea’s horsemanship journey from the traditional “make them do it” approach, to forming friendships with rescue horses across Costa Rica jungle Andrea’s realisations when she first attempted liberty with no equipment or treats Being open-minded, flexible, trusting yourself, and getting past your ego when being with horses How we as humans solve problems for our horses too much Listening to your horse as a basis for happy horse training Transcending physical cues in training horses What is the concept of Pure Liberty, and how to get involved in doing it with your horse The #1 mismatch between horses and humans Andrea’s book recommendations and her favourite horse-related purchase Why it’s never too late to change your path or approach with horses Plus so much more!
If you want to take a look at Andrea’s incredible online course ‘Pure Liberty’ you can find out all the details here: https://uu202.isrefer.com/go/pureliberty1/adh/____ FIND OUT MORE ABOUT ANDREA HERE: https://andreawady.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Andrea-Wady/100064153502724/
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Pure Liberty Course: https://uu202.isrefer.com/go/pureliberty1/adh/ _______
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