Becoming the kind of human a horse seeks to be with
Posted in Anaïs, Equine Touch, health care, Horses, Humans, Pip, The Smudge, vet on Dec 11th, 2014
It is an image which many, if not most or all of us who have anything to do with horses greatly appreciate. “Equus is stepping out nicely.” You can almost feel the energy of the movement conveyed in that utterance. It implies robust health, a vigorous stride and an energetic attitude reflecting physical well-being. The […]
Posted in Being, Dubu, Education, Frédéric Pignon, Horses, Humans, Imke Spilker, Intuition, Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling, Leadership, Michael Bevilacqua, The Smudge, Trust on Jul 23rd, 2012
Take a year off and go and sort yourself out. This is the kind of advice that Vicki and a number of friends and acquaintances received from Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling while studying with him at his Akedah International school on the island of Lyø in Denmark. And this is precisely what we did. We took […]
Posted in Animals, dog, Dubu, Emile Voest, Horses, Humans, Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling, Noora Ehnqvist, The Smudge, vet on Dec 10th, 2011
Another possibly more appropriate title for this post could have been Humans Learning to Be More Human from Their Horses and Dogs, although this would have been so long as to throw the layout of this page out of kilter. Still, sacrificing accuracy for brevity and the integrity of the layout does not change the […]
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.