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Roxanne works with horses and people to improve their horsemanship, horse riding skills, and communication. Roxanne strives to help people with their self-awareness and be the best version of themselves for their horses. She loves helping people have a better connection, better communication, and better bond with their horses.

Roxanne Milson artist and horsemanship instructor

Who is Roxanne?

Roxanne has been a horse riding instructor since early 2017 and has developed a love for learning from horses. She teaches people of all ages and abilities, and has a focus on confidence building, horse communication and using the foundations of dressage to ride our horse effectively and with consideration.

What Does Roxanne Teach?

Horsemanship

Roxanne teaches horsemanship from the ground up including horse care, tending to sore bodies, desensitising, lunging, lateral movements and more. Set you and your horse up for success from the moment you meet them at the paddock gate.

Groundwork

Groundwork is where all the problems are fixed and success is set up for not only your horse, but you as well. Learn how to connect with the horse's head, front feet and back feet from the ground before you get on their back. It's easier to see and feel what's happening with feet on the ground.

Don't run before you can walk.

Communication

What is your horse trying to say?

Learn how to listen to your horse and make the two of you a team and not a dictatorship. Gain trust and respect from your horse and show them you are listening.

Ridden Work

Once groundwork is established, then we can work on how to translate those skills and communication to up on their back. Still focusing on the head, the front feet and the back feet, we want to connect ground to saddle. From here, you'll learn how to build upon the basics and use patterns, poles and transitions to improve you communication and connection.

Breathing

Who knew breathing wasn't quite as involuntary as we all thought? Roxanne focuses on using breath work not only to remain calm and relaxed for you and your horse but also as a simple aid for riding, leading and lungeing.

Foundational Dressage

This kind of dressage is the stuff all riders use, not just the Grand Prix sport kind. These skills translate to any equestrian discipline including jumping, western sports, and especially "simply trekking out". This is the riding basics to get you and your horse working together no matter what.

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"I had a serious fall when I was younger which knocked my confidence significantly in riding. But not a day went by where I didn’t miss it. After talking to a friend of mine who recommended Roxanne, I finally jumped at the opportunity to learn again.

Jumping on a horse again, I was most nervous about not communicating with my horse properly, therefore letting him down as I’d lost a lot of basic knowledge. Roxanne brought me right back to the basics and taught me true horsemanship using a very kind hand. She provides a very safe space to make mistakes and will do absolutely anything to make it a comfortable experience for both rider and horse.

Roxanne has a beautiful way of helping me understand my horses buttons so I get the most out of my lessons and is an advocate for talking to your horse using your breath and body language before anything else, which I admire massively."

Briar A. Papamoa

Who can Get These
Horsemanship Lessons?

Roxanne's teaching style and what she focuses on would benefit people:

With their first horse
Have gotten their kid their first horse
With young/green horses
Getting back into riding and horse ownership
Wanting to improve their horsemanship and groundwork
Overcoming nerves and fear of horses/riding
Wanting to understand their horse better
Learn self-awareness and how to slow down

If you're ready to get a better relationship with your horse and gain some skills in your groundwork and riding, then email Roxanne about lessons today by emailing roxanne@horseridingtauranga.com