So when you walk into the field that your horse knows as home, do they come to you unasked? Perhaps they come to you when you call? And does your horse then walk freely with you to the gate? So if your horse chooses not to come to you, does this say something about your […]
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Posted in Chuck Mintzlaff, friendship, Horses, Humans, Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling, Leadership, Mark Rashid, Michael Bevilacqua, natural horsemanship, Uncategorized on Jun 24th, 2017
“You have a leadership problem with your horse. Your horse does not recognise you as a leader.” Your trainer may have said this to you on occasion or something similar to it. As a result, you may have shrunk into your shell and seized the first opportunity to slink off quietly to find a quiet […]
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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 […]
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In 2010 Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling published a book called It is Not I Who Seek the Horse, the Horse Seeks Me, in which he rejects conventional and natural horsemanship, proposing instead a way which facilitates the free development of the horse. Ten years earlier Mark Rashid had already done the same in essence, when he […]
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Posted in Being, body language, Emile Voest, Equine Touch, Horses, Humans, Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling, Leadership, Magical Connection, Mark Rashid, Pip on Aug 15th, 2012
There are moments when an unintended occurrence compels you to consider what you are actually doing and what you feel you should be doing. Often though you see what is happening but you are not fully aware of the implications until someone you respect draws your attention to them. In the past week I have […]
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