Becoming the kind of human a horse seeks to be with
Posted in Cruelty, Education, Equine Touch, Horses, Humans, Michael Bevilacqua, Travel on Jun 18th, 2012
Bit. It is a bit of an odd word, don’t you think? It is what we unashamedly did to the apple with Adam or Eve (depending on your point of view), what we unashamedly put in a horse’s mouth to control it, and what we use to describe what we do not have much of. […]
Posted in Education, Equine Touch, Horses, Humans, Ivana Ruddock on May 31st, 2012
We have just returned from another Equine Touch study trip to England, where the message that was as enthusiastically delivered as it was received tied in so closely with a video documentary series on wild horses which we are in the midst of viewing, that I can only conclude that it is loud and clear. […]
Posted in Being, Education, Eva Roemaat, Horses, Humans, Intuition, Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling, Leadership, Lungeing, Magical Connection, Michael Bevilacqua, true connection, Trust on Mar 12th, 2012
So what is that additional element which marks a true as opposed to a mechanical connection between a horse and a human? Which differentiates a connection between a horse and a Monty Roberts or a Pat Parelli, on the one hand, from that between a horse and a Michael Bevilacqua, Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling, Frédéric Pignon […]
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 […]
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.