Becoming the kind of human a horse seeks to be with
Posted in Anaïs, Equine Touch, Horses, Humans, Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling, Pip, vet on Dec 22nd, 2013
It is a wealthy continent with a rich history and arguably the most liberal political and personal freedoms in the world, yet it is also one whose so-called leaders, following largely in the footsteps of their US master, have a penchant for dictating what is right and wrong to the rest of the world, while […]
Posted in Anaïs, body awareness, Corroboree Equus, Equine Touch, Horses, Humans, Kaimanawa, Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling, Pip, spiritual awareness on Nov 17th, 2013
There are times when life takes you up in its active arms and hurries you along, depriving you of moments for reflection, as humans, horses or other creatures pass you by in ever-changing situations and new ones take their place until, in the midst of this wild whirl, this audio-visual kaleidoscope of jumbled colours, shapes […]
Posted in Horses, Humans, Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling on Oct 14th, 2013
Kate Long, one of the Australian students of Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling’s one-year schooling course has responded to my reply to the remaining one-year students’ letter (see my post entitled Reply to Hempfling’s One-year Students) in this public forum. It is a reply which seeks to open channels of communication and which raises important issues concerning […]
Posted in Horses, Humans, Jasmijn Wauters, Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling, Michael Bevilacqua, Noora Ehnqvist on Sep 26th, 2013
During the evening of Sunday, 15 September, Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling’s remaining seven one-year students sent me a public letter through the comments section of this blog. It is a letter which challenges some of the most fundamental principles and values which I have come to espouse through some of the developments that I have recorded […]
Posted in body awareness, Carolyn Resnick, Chuck Mintzlaff, Corroboree Equus, Frédéric Pignon, Friendship Training, Horses, Humans, Imke Spilker, Intuition, Jasmijn Wauters, Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling, Leadership, Mark Rashid, Michael Bevilacqua, Nevzorov, Noora Ehnqvist, spiritual awareness, Travel on Sep 14th, 2013
As we move into the latter half of September, I am acutely conscious of a convergence of developments which are inviting me to contemplate what is required of the human, if the latter is to become someone whom a horse wishes to be with. Not only does this question penetrate to the core of my […]
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.