Becoming the kind of human a horse seeks to be with
Posted in Education, Horses, Humans, Imke Spilker, Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling on Aug 11th, 2011
In Chapter 2 of Dancing with Horses Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling (KFH) defines the essence of riding a horse as ‘communication and balance’. The corollary to this is that any form of interaction with a horse other than riding will at the very least necessitate communication, if not balance as well. He then goes on to […]
Posted in Education, Horses, Humans, Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling on Jul 20th, 2011
Like birth, a new beginning is abrupt. It is a leap, a wild, reckless leap from the safety of the familiar into the vast abundance of the unfamiliar. There are no guarantees. There is no back-up. Just a support base, which may be there if you need it. Or it may not. Or if it […]
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.