Throw a Party for You and Your Horse — A Clinic with Nicole.

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          —Nicole Zoet-Oostermeyer, has dedicated her career to the study and practice of the core essential aspect of horsemanship; the balance between horse and man. Way beyond the constraints of discipline and equine culture, Nicole laid the fundamentals of what she defined as integrated horsemanship. A revolutionary... logic answer and practice that she formulated answering the eternal challenges, obstacles, and hurdles that people encounter on their path to the horse. 

         —As the harmony obtained by exceptional horse people has become a continuous pursuit for most humans working with horses, most people end up frustrated and incomplete. Unable to master this hard to grasp -and hold- magic in between an equine and its human partner has become a widespread everlasting subject of discussion, study, and observations leading to many opinions, disciplines, scientific research, theories, and even widespread charlatanism in which most people get lost and consider their attempts as failed or incomplete.

          Nicole Zoet-Oostermeyer –in stark contrast to what we have seen, read and experienced on the equine schene– defined an analysis way beyond interpretations, riding styles, and equine cultures. Her answer is both essentially compact as logic: she stated –already in a quite early stage– that it's all about balance and that every single person has his/her specific path to obtain this balance. She never propagates a certain style nor culture because her answer is clear that each approach is a path that answers one's personality, culture, etc. 

The outcome where horse people strive for is basically the same, a mutual understanding by a balance in which both the horse and the human being experience safety, contentment, and mutual synergy.

Nicole applied her philosophy and approach to many horsemen and -ladies and their relationship with the horse. Both in Europe as in the United States, in a wide variety of riding styles, disciplines, classes, both recreational as performance-related with beginners, seasoned horse people and professionals.