Natuurlijk Paardleiden

About Natuurlijk Paardleiden

Natuurlijk Paardleiden is a practice offering horse lessons and horse-assisted coaching in Witteveen. It offers lessons for children and tailored individual lessons for adults, as well as guidance with horses.

Horse lessons

Lessons for children aged 7 and over combine horse knowledge and horse skills with executive skills. There is also a group for preschool children, and lessons can be exchanged for mucking out.

• Horse knowledge, including body language, welfare and training methods
• Horse skills and safe handling of horses
• Executive skills, such as working together and coping with setbacks
• Liberty exercises and obstacle courses
• Courage training, mindfulness and care
• Theory lessons about hooves, natural behaviour and body language
• Creative activities and first aid for horse and child

Guidance and horse-assisted coaching

For adults, Natuurlijk Paardleiden offers tailored individual lessons and guidance. A session may include a conversation, a walk in nature, a session with horses or a combination of these.

• Horse-assisted coaching
• Walking coaching
• Tailored individual lessons

About Sylvia

Sylvia is a lifespan psychologist and recognized horse coach, specializing in animal-assisted learning. Her additional training includes psychodiagnostics, trauma-sensitive teaching and Acceptance and Commitment therapy.

Practical information

The practice is located on mr. J.B. Kanweg in Witteveen, Midden-Drenthe. Horse lessons are on Wednesday afternoons and Saturdays; cancellations can be made via WhatsApp or Signal.

• Lessons for children aged 7 and over
• Lesson days: Wednesday afternoons and Saturdays
• A lesson lasts two hours for two or more children, otherwise one hour
• A ten-lesson pass is valid for one year