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<\/span> Irena Gubina<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/h1><\/div>
<\/span> Riding Instructor<\/span>Head of Equine Training and Co-therapist in Youth Health Resort Rakitna<\/span>Nature lover and authentic relationship seeker<\/span>Researcher of holistic approach to horse training and riding<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/h6><\/div>
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Irena Gubina is nature lover and authentic relationship seeker. This principle is interlaced into her love of horses and her training or teaching approach.<\/p>\n

Her first contact with horses happened in teenage years at the Struga Equestrian Club in Oto\u010dec. These majestic responsive animals enchanted Irena so much that she dedicated most of her youth time to them. Growing up she was involved in several equestrian disciplines: show-jumping, galloper and trotter training, trail riding, and dressage (last at the Lipica Stud Farm).<\/p>\n

Within these disciplines Irena learned different approaches to horse training. These approaches, though, didn\u2019t involve a holistic view of the horse or the subtle communication and mutual relationship between rider and horse. Equestrianism, more often than not, regards the horse as a biological machine, a prop to be brought to obedience with different repressive methods in order to attain personal goals and make profit, at the expense of the horse\u2019s health and nature.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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In 2007, Irena has moved to a farmstead in Seno\u017ee\u010de, where she started to breed her own herd of Lipizzaners. Breeding young horses took her on the path of self-learning and researching a different approach to horse training and riding. This has developed also thorough research of literature and video material on biomechanics, classical dressage training, and seminars on equestrianism both in Slovenia and abroad.<\/p>\n

In the last 20 years, Irena has developed a Holistic Approach to Horse Training and Riding Instruction, using bitless bridles and a subtle approach to the horse, through which the student\u2019s personality is also subtly awakened and shaped during their learning process.<\/p>\n

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