Becoming the kind of human a horse seeks to be with
Posted in Anaïs, Eckhart Tolle, Horses, Humans, Magical Connection on Nov 10th, 2017
Avoiding the boss mentality has really been a challenge to me. When I get an idea and am ready to implement it, I tend to want to act on it straightaway. It has to happen and it has to happen now. The fact that there is a live animal objecting to this, is not an […]
Posted in Being, body awareness, Eckhart Tolle, Horses, Humans, Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling, Noora Ehnqvist, spiritual awareness, Uncategorized on Jul 8th, 2013
Last month Vicki and I attended the first two days of a three-day horse and human clinic given in the Netherlands by Noora Ehnqvist, a young Finnish horsewoman and former student of and assistant to Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling, who has taken what she has learned from the master who dances with horses and others to […]
Posted in body awareness, Eckhart Tolle, Horses, Humans, Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling, spiritual awareness, true connection, Trust on Jun 18th, 2013
For the past two to three weeks I have been corresponding with someone who has been involved in ongoing discussions on Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling’s official Facebook page. Although the precise nature of these discussions varies, the debate can essentially be reduced to the question of what is required of an individual to become the type […]
Posted in Anaïs, Being, Eckhart Tolle, Eva Roemaat, Horses, Humans, Magical Connection, true connection, Uncategorized on Dec 24th, 2012
A few days ago while musing on what I had just heard from another human, a soft velvety puff of air touched my neck just below and behind my right ear spreading warmth through the crook of my neck and shoulder in the winter air. And suddenly I was alive to this gentle touch. It […]
Posted in Being, Eckhart Tolle, Horses, Humans, Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling, Travel on Nov 28th, 2012
As I grow older, I find myself becoming increasingly aware of the infinity of being but paradoxically the finite nature of time, mine that is. Years come and pass and we record their passing as a celebration or a commemoration of yet another anniversary. Some bring joy, others sadness. As the last week of autumn […]
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.