Becoming the kind of human a horse seeks to be with
Posted in 2Moons, Education, Horses, Humans, Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling, Lungeing, Magical Connection, Petra Vlasblom, true connection on Feb 13th, 2012
I am more of a ‘hands on’ girl than ‘write down’ girl, which is the reason you do not see me very often here. I need fresh wind in my face rather than a keyboard under my fingers (unless it is a piano or a djembe..), but in order to let you know my side […]
Posted in 2Moons, Education, Horses, Humans, Intuition, Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling, Leadership, Lungeing, Magical Connection, Petra Vlasblom, true connection, Trust on Feb 10th, 2012
What is a true connection between a horse and a human? What does it involve? How can we recognise it? And why are some humans elated when such a connection occurs? These are just some of the questions that Vicki and I have been considering since the start of our two-week course with Petra Vlasblom […]
Posted in 2Moons, Anaïs, Education, Horses, Humans, Intuition, Leadership, Magical Connection, Petra Vlasblom, true connection, Trust on Feb 8th, 2012
He stands before me again, 2Moons. His stocky frame fills my view, cast golden in the morning light but still and ponderous like a heathen god announcing his presence, convincingly albeit in silence. I try to be casual, exude an air of nonchalance as though this is an everyday affair. The horse looks at me […]
Posted in 2Moons, Education, Horses, Humans, Imke Spilker, Intuition, Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling, Leadership, Magical Connection, Michael Bevilacqua, Petra Vlasblom, true connection, Trust on Feb 5th, 2012
Finally, he stands before me, the horse whose near-mythological story has mesmerised me from the moment I first heard whispers of it a month ago. Here he is, compact, muscled, his copper-toned bulk fringed with flaxen mane and forelock grounded to the sandy surface of the picadero. His gaze is firm, unblinking. 2Moons has announced […]
Posted in 2Moons, Anaïs, Horses, Humans, Imke Spilker, Intuition, Island, Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling, Michael Bevilacqua, Petra Vlasblom on Dec 22nd, 2011
There has probably been a time in your life – possibly more than one occasion – when a serendipitous collection of circumstances ignited a spark of acute awareness of what comes next. And if you had followed that spark, had lived it like a horse as unpremeditatedly as it had occurred, what would have happened? […]
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.