Natural Horsemanship Certification in India

Manjeev is an officially certified Monty Roberts instructor - the only one in Asia. He has spent extensive time working with and training horses, including wild mustangs in the US. He also got involved in mental health projects using horses to help war veterans with PTSD and troubled youth, among many others. Charlotte is a Monty Roberts advanced student. She is passionate about helping people bond with horses as well as build leadership and confidence skills through their relationships with horses. 

Both Manjeev and Charlotte are very keen polo players, having played in many countries around the world including Argentina, Mongolia, South Africa and New Zealand. They have brought both their passions together, polo and the well being of horses. They have been using natural horsemanship to train new, young horses to learn how to play polo as well as to help horses become brave, confident and thinking partners. 

Our volunteer programs offer the opportunity to learn about horses, their psychology and body language as well as the right way to work and communicate with them. The first part of the program will focus on teaching you the basics of natural horsemanship in theory and giving you the chance to implement it in practice with our horses who are all safe and trained. Once you develop confidence and start to master the techniques you will also get the chance to work with other horses. Most of our methods are groundwork but depending on the volunteer's abilities and confidence we will also go into riding. You will learn about the day to day runnings of a horse business and guest relations. Depending on your riding level you will get the chance to ride, go for hacks in the beautiful surroundings and of even learn how to play polo in our arena. 

We get very involved with our volunteers and want to make sure they have the best time possible, learning as much as they can as well as enjoying all the things we offer to our clients. This is why we don't take more than 2 volunteers at any time to make sure we can give the best quality time. 

If you stay a minimum of 2 weeks you have the option of getting an official certification from the US-based Monty Roberts Learning Centre. 

You will be staying with us, we live in an apartment in town (a 10min drive to the farm) walking distance from modern amenities such as Starbuck, cinemas and plenty of delicious restaurants and street food. You'll have your own room and bathroom. We have 9 rescued dogs as well as 4 rescued cats so you need to be comfortable with animals! They are very friendly and will give you plenty of purr/hug therapy! 

Although we run our program throughout the year, note that the best period is from October to March only as it is very hot in April-May-June and very wet (because of the monsoon) in Jul-Aug-Sept. If you're feeling brave (and it's been done!!) you are welcome during summer/monsoon!

The day to day depends on how busy we are with guests and horse training. On some days you will accompany us to see clients at stud farms or other equestrian centres as well as rescue centres where we work to rehabilitate the horses. 

If we stay at our farm, we start in the morning by cleaning the stalls and the horses as well as feeding them. We either do some ground work or riding, with the program depending on the need at the time. We take time to discuss natural horsemanship theory as well as some hitting practice, either on the stool or on the horse. 

After lunch is a rest period as we usually get up early. Mid-afternoon we go back to working with horses, do some more riding, possibly go for a hack or do some polo etc. We usually use spare time to do some more theory sessions on horse psychology. We end the day by feeding the horses and chilling at the farm, enjoying the starry sky and farm cooked food. 

You can go on walks and treks and there are yoga centres should you want to do that. If you want to take a day off to go visit Delhi, or the Taj Mahal, for example, we can help you organise that too. 

If you want to go anywhere we can call you a taxi or drop you in town or at the metro stations. There all sorts of activities that you typically find in big cities such as yoga, parks etc. You can also take a day to go and visit the Taj Mahal.