Becoming the kind of human a horse seeks to be with
Posted in Equine Touch, horse rescue, Horses, Humans on Apr 1st, 2016
His glance is quick but sustained, if only momentarily, before he turns his head away dismissively, returning to his quest for companionship. The wall is high. He raises his muzzle to crest it. His neck strains. His back hollows. Where are the other horses? What little muscle he has left quivers under his smooth black […]
Posted in Anaïs, Equine Touch, health care, Horses, Humans, natural, Pip on Jun 3rd, 2015
When I started on this post it was exactly one month since I had left the Netherlands to spearhead our move to Spain. It is a move that has not been short of challenges, not for us and not for our horses. Physically, mentally and emotionally it has taxed all of us to varying degrees […]
Posted in energy, Equine Touch, Horses, Humans, Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling, Pip on Mar 18th, 2015
She’s back! The lady’s back in town and isn’t she just turning heads? Pretty, upright, light on her feet and a spring in her stride, whose head couldn’t she turn? The blind? They’d be deafened by her silence. The deaf? They’d be blinded by her beauty. Missed her, fellows? Just fall into line. Worried, girls? […]
Posted in Equine Touch, Horses, Humans, refuge centre on Mar 9th, 2015
Ruminating. This is perhaps the most graphic, if not accurate, description of the process that has gripped me since our return from Spain last week. The intellectual equivalent of chewing the cud, rumination has provided me with the opportunity to reflect on the journey from which Vicki and I have just returned and to try […]
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 […]
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.