Becoming the kind of human a horse seeks to be with
Posted in Animals, Travel, Uncategorized on Apr 10th, 2011
Although a great deal of preparatory work is required for move to Europe, we decided to interrupt it to organise a second body awareness weekend on 12 and 13 March. ‘Body awareness’? What beast is this? Rather than explain it here, we have put together a website for each weekend, which will give you some […]
Since the beginning of the year but particularly in the past month much of our time and energy has been devoted to the vexing question as to what to do with our animals as we prepare for a lengthy sojourn in Europe. We had already decided to have our mare join Vicki for the year-long […]
We know so much about horses but have such little understanding of the horse. Understanding the horse’s nature allows us to pursue choice rather than control, connection instead of coercion, communication as opposed to conditioning. This is a reality that I now experience with my own horses. A path to the horse is open to all of us. Simply discover the power of being with horses. Is it not time to be fully human … for them, for ourselves?
I have learned to listen to horses speak through their movements, their expressions and ultimately their energy along with much that has been recorded about them. Listening to horses speak has changed my life and taught me a great deal. This book contains a little of what I have learned from horses while listening to them speak. And much of it is startlingly different from what we take for granted.
Urgently in need of a meaningful change of life, a man decides to cross the world together with his wife, a horse and a dog to spend a year training full-time with Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling , arguably the most popular horse trainer in the world based on social media statistics. He expects it to be life-changing. It is. These are his reflections.