Becoming the kind of human a horse seeks to be with
Posted in Anaïs, dog, health care, hoof care, Horses, Humans, Pip, refuge centre on Aug 7th, 2015
Leaves swirl in the thicket as branches bend and rustle. The horses swing their heads towards the disturbance and freeze. They peer through the rays of the early morning sun, straining to catch a glimpse of what it is that is causing the commotion. Our eyes follow theirs. The leaves are still or so it […]
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 […]
It is in a plane that I write this, a shuddering roar of power streaking up towards the light of the southern sun bouncing off storm clouds before they close in and obliterate the view of the fading flat landscape that has been home to me and the woman I love for the past few […]
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 Anaïs, Equine Touch, health care, Horses, Humans, Pip on Nov 21st, 2014
She stands in her small enclosure and stares out over the fence across the expanse of the sand paddock that separates her from the herd chomping hay from improvised slow feeders lining the opposite fence line, peering closely intent on capturing a glimpse of her equine mate. Anaïs, where are you? Why are you not […]
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.