Becoming the kind of human a horse seeks to be with
Posted in Anaïs, body language, communication, connection, energy, Farinelli, Horses, Humans, Trust on Dec 30th, 2020
So what do you do if you need to store hay and other supplies before the forecast rain comes but the horses are blocking the entrance to the feed rooms, as they bask in the sun after a yummy lunch. Chase them out of the way? Put a halter on and lead them to another […]
Posted in Anaïs, behaviourist training, body language, energetical, Horses, Humans, liberty on Aug 23rd, 2020
Whenever anyone tells me an extraordinary – by ordinary standards – story about their horse’s ability to understand and communicate with them in the absence of any training or trained (conditioned) behaviour, I usually encourage them to share it with other horse people. My thinking goes along these lines: the more we humans realise what […]
Posted in Being, body language, Emile Voest, Equine Touch, Horses, Humans, Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling, Leadership, Magical Connection, Mark Rashid, Pip on Aug 15th, 2012
There are moments when an unintended occurrence compels you to consider what you are actually doing and what you feel you should be doing. Often though you see what is happening but you are not fully aware of the implications until someone you respect draws your attention to them. In the past week I have […]
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.