Maya has an extensive and varied background with horses, her main focus having been racing and hunting. Her path with Monty started in 1998 and she was a member of the Monty Roberts International Learning Center development team and in 2000 became one of the first six people to become a Certified Instructor. Maya was based in Dorset, England where she ran her own business working with young horses for starting, remedial horses, racehorses and hunters. In 2007 she became the Head Instructor for the MRILC at Flag is Up Farms and moved to California where she was an integral part of the whole farm and educating hundreds of students in Monty’s methods. In 2012 Maya was recognized as one of Monty’s six Master Instructors around the world. In 2014 after seven and a half years at the farm, Maya journeyed out into America with her horses, it started with 6 months at a large QH breeding operation in Montana working with some great horses and now 2015 has brought Maya back to North East California where she is living on a large cattle ranch and working with many horses. Maya is certified as a Monty Roberts Master Instructor and she is a member of our Instructor’s Committee. She is in a position to offer training or help with your horses.

Kasia Tomaszewicz (Roether) has been involved with Monty Roberts’ organization since 2001. Born and raised in Poland, Kasia spent 5 years at Flag Is Up Farms and went through very intense training out there, both at the Thoroughbred barn and Monty Roberts International Learning Center. She also achieved her therapeutic riding instructor’s diploma and successfully used her knowledge at Taylor Made, one of the most famous Thoroughbred farms in Kentucky. Kasia shares her experience with Polish horsemen, organizes classes on non-violent training and implements those concepts helping with human to human relations. After 7 years of training foals and sales preparation at one of the premiere Thoroughbred farms in Central California, Kasia once again is involved into teaching and training with groups and individuals. Kasia has been certified with Monty Roberts since 2004 and is a Master Instructor.

Courtney grew up in Pony Club in North Carolina and has dedicated her life to her passion for working with, and understanding, horses. After competing in hunter/jumpers through college, she graduated from ECU with a degree in Psychology, skills that help her when working with the human aspects of our beloved horse world.

Courtney became a Monty Roberts Certified Instructor in 2011 and moved to California to work as a resident instructor at the MRILC and eventually resident Head Instructor in 2012, mentoring many other instructors since then. In California she fell in love with the western culture, particularly cow horses.
Courtney’s passion for working with horses, and understanding their behaviors, has since taken her from competing and working with high level cow horse trainers, to managing a world-renowned Arabian breeding operation, to Thoroughbred sales in Europe, to working as a tech handling horses at the acclaimed Alamo Pintado Equine Medical Center.

Through consulting calls, video assessments, and on-site coaching, Courtney uses her wide-spread experience and connections in the horse industry to help people take the frustrations out of their horse-human relationships.

Rachel’s passion for horses started at a young age. With a family history of horse trainers, and horse lovers, it was almost inevitable that Rachel would follow in the footsteps of her grandfather. Rachel first learned of Monty Roberts in 2001 and since has used his methods internationally backing, handling and producing horses for a number of professional international riders giving the horses a solid foundation for their ridden career. Working in many spheres of the horse industry, such as racing, show jumping, polo and eventing, Rachel has a board range of experience with horses.

In 2016 Rachel became a Certified Monty Roberts Instructor and will continue spreading Monty’s word by running courses in the UK and in the USA. Alongside this, Rachel will use her BA in Childhood Practices to run clinics for children and young people as a way to develop attachments, build trust, confidence and promote self-esteem.

Simon became the first Monty Roberts Certified Instructor in Africa in August 2018. He is also one of the Lead-Up® Instructors in the ground-breaking Monty Roberts program that has been scientifically proven to reduce violence in at-risk youth.
Simon, in partnership with Kris Robins (a Horse Sense & Healing program developer), has created and piloted Equ-Us™. Their Equ-Us program uses the combination of two closely paralleled techniques, and the healing power of horses, to help those currently seeking help in an addiction recovery program.

The Monty Roberts International Learning Center in California helped secure a visa for Simon to work at the MRILC in 2020. Although no longer resident on the continent, Simon is working to grow the instructor base across Africa to further spread Monty’s non-violent concepts. A number of instructors are available to hold courses in South Africa and other African countries for those interested in learning the concepts.

Additionally several of Simon’s South African students are working towards their goal of being newly certified in Monty’s concepts.