Chiara is a lifelong student of the horse, shaped by thousands of hours in the saddle and on the ground across multiple disciplines, including years of competitive training and eventing. Her foundation is not theoretical—it is lived, tested, and earned through real horses and real challenges.

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As her journey with performance horses deepened, Chiara sought out teachers who honored both feel and responsibility. She studied under Buck Brannaman and later went on to apprentice with Celeste Lazaris, where her work evolved to include a profound understanding of biomechanics, the nervous system, and the subtle language horses use to communicate safety, trust, and truth.

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Chiara is a rare bridge between natural horsemanship and modern somatic understanding. Her approach honors the horse as a sentient, lateral, neurologically complex being—while remaining deeply practical and accessible for humans who want to do right by their horses.

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Together with her husband and fellow horseman, Zak, Chiara runs Un-Natural Horsemanship, a business devoted to helping horses and humans find clarity, ease, and genuine partnership. Their work is rooted in creating learning environments where pressure gives way to understanding, and where both horse and human can soften into connection rather than brace against it.

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Chiara is especially known for her skill in blind-spot work—an often-overlooked but critical doorway into supporting a horse’s natural laterality. Through this work, she helps horses find safety in their own bodies and develop deep trust and resonance with their humans.

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Learning from Chiara isn’t about acquiring a new technique. It’s about learning how to listen differently—to the horse, to the nervous system, and to the quiet places where real partnership begins.