Whisper Training

Training in
Warrenton, VA

I started riding at age 13 & started teaching riding lessons & offering week long day camps to kids when I was around 15 yrs old. Throughout college & working "regular" jobs I continued to teach & train horses on the side. Finally in 2013 I took the plunge, started Whisper Training, & went into the horse business full time and have enjoyed meeting so many amazing people since then & helping them learn to understand their horses better & achieve their horsemanship goals and dreams.... (read more)

My business name comes from an article I read years ago (which incidentally has absolutely nothing to do with the term "horse whisperer") very early on in my own learning which was very influential in the style of training I decided to pursue. It was written by a natural horsemanship trainer (unfortunately I do not remember who wrote the article) & the quote was "If you teach your horse to respond to a shout, they will never respond to a whisper." In other words most people don't even give their horse a chance to respond to subtle cues.

They may not mean to, but they immediately start doing the equivalent of "shouting" at their horse through overly strong body language, greatly underestimating just horse sensitive & perceptive horses can be. This can cause horses to feel panic, confusion, overwhelmed, or upset, which can be misinterpreted by their humans as being dangerous, uncooperative, stubborn, or unpredictable - when in fact it is the human causing this behavior in the first place.

I teach people how to communicate with subtle body language & energy & learn to read the horse's subtle body language & energy so you & your horse can truly work as one - & the horses greatly appreciate it! No one likes to be shouted at & learning to communicate this way can take your partnership to a level you wouldn't have thought possible.

Whisper Training combines Natural Horsemanship, Equine Psychology, and Classical Dressage to help you & your horse achieve an amazing, trust-based partnership! Learn how to motivate & inspire your horse & have more fun! I offer virtual horsemanship coaching to horse lovers throughout the USA.

Website: whispertraining.net

Specialized Disciplines

Beginner, Dressage, English Pleasure, Foundation, Ground, Lesson, Natural Horsemanship, Problematic, Trail Riding, Troubled, Gentle Horsemanship, Horse Training, Parelli, Foundation Training, Colt Starting, Virtual Coaching, Video Coaching

Services Offered

Training: Whisper Training combines Natural Horsemanship, Equine Psychology, and Classical Dressage to help you & your horse achieve an amazing, trust-based partnership with healthy biomechanics! Learn how to motivate & inspire your horse & have more fun! I teach horsemanship to both english & western riders of all disciplines.

I offer virtual horsemanship coaching to horse lovers throughout the USA. I can teach you to communicate with horses in their natural language and become an expert at reading body language so you can truly understand your horse and have stress free and fun riding and training sessions.

Learn how to inspire your horse to WANT to do things for you and want to participate as a partner in the riding or training session, so that they enjoy it as much as you do.

I can also help you improve your riding skills to become the balanced, sensitive, effective rider your horse has dreamed of.

Whisper Training offers video coaching, beginner to advanced riding lessons (on my horses or yours), & foundation training for young, un-started, or "problem" horses (Note: in-person training currently suspended due to pandemic...head over to my website to book a video coaching session instead!).

Trainer: Rebekah Nelson

Other Services: Riding Lessons, Riding Clinics, Has a Riding Arena