Becoming the kind of human a horse seeks to be with
Posted in Island, Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling, Travel on Jun 25th, 2011
Watch! There he is in all his grace and power, dancing the stallion across the sunlit meadow. Resolute but gentle, he guides the muscles and hooves in a rhythmic flow above the grass. Eye to eye, horse and human celebrate life in a waltz that only they can dance together. We watch. The joy, the […]
Still playing catch-up. Wed., 4 May – Following payment of the shipping agent’s fee (very big ‘ouch’!) Anaïs is scheduled to leave Australia this evening. Laura, the barefoot trimmer, who has been helping us with Anaïs in Victoria, has let us know that, when she trimmed her hooves a few days ago, she ‘looked much […]
As we continue to play catch-up, what follows is another excerpt from my journal. There was a brief moment when I thought that I could parcel all of our experiences since arriving in the Netherlands into a single journal entry devoid of any reference to a specific day. Yet there are some occurrences which seem […]
Posted in Logistics, Travel, Uncategorized on May 23rd, 2011
Apologies to everyone for the long delay in between postings. The move to Europe has been the biggest move we have ever made in our lives and we have made many moves spanning four continents, so you may take our word that this one was massive. This has largely been responsible for the long delay, […]
Posted in Animals, Travel, Uncategorized on Apr 10th, 2011
Although a great deal of preparatory work is required for move to Europe, we decided to interrupt it to organise a second body awareness weekend on 12 and 13 March. ‘Body awareness’? What beast is this? Rather than explain it here, we have put together a website for each weekend, which will give you some […]
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.