A fresh, honest and empathic perspective on horse training and horsemanship.
What Clients of Emotional Horsemanship Say...
"Excellent Learning"
"...so much excellent learning, challenging of old ideas bad beliefs and a new way to progress. Highly recommended.
- A McLaren
"...communicate with complete honesty."
"Lockie breaks it all down into manageable chunks that not only make sense in theory, but in practice too... this technique strips away all the noise and allows your horse to communicate with complete honesty.
- W. DeDonato
"Amazing Experience."
"Amazing experience. There's just nothing else like it."
- S. Utton
Discover Our Team
Lockie Phillips
Horse Trainer, Riding Instructor, Clinician and Coach.
Lockie started Emotional Horsemanship after a decade of multi-disciplinary work experience with horses.
A dream of innovating training methods for the 21st century drives a strong teamwork approach and careful curation of a robust client community.
In high demand as a trainer, coach and clinician internationally, many of the methods taught by Lockie are unique to EH alone.
Influenced by a prestigious athletic career as a classical ballet and contemporary dancer (Polish National Ballet), Lockie holds a Swiss Diploma of Stage Dance, and a Trainers and Instructors Certification from his institute of study in Poland.
Rehab, Hoofcare, Horse-Keeping, Harmonious Seat, Selfless Riding, Non-Escalating Pressure, Autonomous Collection, Biomechanical Diversity, Human Movement, Lameness Recovery, Equine Nutrition, Anatomically Driven Postural Training, Emotional Neuroscience, Connection Techniques... these subjects and more form the foundation of Lockie's current teaching competency.
Lockie has consistently delivered over 1000 private and group services annually since 2021, and has been teaching equestrians since 2012.
You can follow Lockie on Youtube, FB and Instagram, and listen to his podcast "The Emotional Horsemanship Podcast with Lockie Phillips".
Lockie lives in Spain with his four horses, two cats and two dogs.
Michelle Knapp
Michelle is the first Associated EH Trainer, Instructor & Coach.
Michelle specialises in EH Foundations, consolidating skill sets, coaching for improved confidence, classical dressage, play and having humour in our horsemanship practice.
Michelle is a USDF L judge in dressage, has competed in multiple disciplines as a young trainer, including cattle work and beginner level eventing, and spent a long time in the Parelli institution before forging her own path to EH.
Michelle is a seasoned clinician, coach, instructor and trainer with decades of experience. She has a busy training and boarding business outside of EH in Wisconsin USA,
Michelle is passionate about supporting students within the Emotional Horsemanship student body who want Coaching or Instruction in a manner and way which complements what and how Lockie teaches, while still being her own authentic self, with her own unique style.
Michelle allows you to explore and feel empowered with your horse, creating a learning zone where you feel safe for all the aspects of you that appear around your horse.
Despite her background in Performance Horses, Michelle knows that horses only succeed when they know that the human cares about them, and that they are being considered in all that is being done with them.
She wants to teach for everyone who has a need to be heard, witnessed, for who they truly are, horse and human.
Michelle and her husband Troy steward (number) of personal horses and (number) of boarding horses and (number) of cats!
Kristy Foley
Kristy Foley is providing Energetic Balancing and Care Coaching for you and your horse with an EH Focus.
Being a pioneer in energetic translation, Kristy has created a balancing system. This system supports the horse and human who are heart centred to navigate this ever changing world with clear and clean energetics.
We do not use the term "Woo-Woo" to describe what Kristy does, because it is disrespectful to the skill, and repeatable success she brings to her specialised abilities.
Kristy is researched and confident in her Energetic Translation Services, and ensures that all clients who engage in her Energetic Translation services are ready, a good fit, and are in alignment with the work.
A student of Lockie since his very first clinic tour, Kristy begun working with the EH student body in late 2023 and exceptionally popular among our clients.
As an Energetic Translator, Kristy demonstrates a profound and helpful ability to bring horses and their humans together, to bring peace, validation and clarity to the modern horse owner.
Kristy has a large family and is the proud steward of her horse, Kid.
Kathrin Leuke
Kathrin has been working at the administrator for EH since January 2024. Kathrin has brought consistency and excellence to client communications. She assists all aspects of the business administration, from clinics, to courses, to client bookings and handling all enquiries.
Kathrin is friendly, qualified and knowledgable, and loves helping clients and enquirers any question they may have about EH.
Kathrin is also available for Tech-Assistance calls. Any client or prospective client who is concerned about using Zoom, Pivo or Internet for Lessons and Coaching, or navigating their Educational Materials, Kathrin can meeet with you to teach you about it and help you navigate it.
Kathrin is also an EH student and the proud steward of her horse!
Brie & Stuart
Husband and wife team, Brie and Stuart have known Lockie shortly after he moved to Spain in 2019.
Brie was offered employment with Emotional Horsemanship S.L as caretaker of the EH horses in 2023. Shortly afterwards, Stewart was offered employment as gardener and groundskeeper.
Together Brie and Stuart work on the farm each day making sure the horses are kept to an exceptionally high standard, and the farm continues to improve in function and beauty.
Brie and Stuart enable Lockie to have more time for developing training methods and working with clients. They have become an integral part of our lives.
Brie has kept horses all her life and has a special passion for senior horses. Lockie has trained Brie in hoofcare and together they ensure that the horses hooves are top notch. Stuart had a career in construction and building and has a passion for woodwork and gardening. Originally from the UK, Brie and Stuart live close to Finca de Sanson.
They are the quiet and confident support behind everything we do here. When Lockie travels for clinic tours, Brie and Stuart take care of the horses and the farm to a high standard.
The horses adore them!
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