Becoming the kind of human a horse seeks to be with
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 […]
Posted in Equine Touch, Feldenkrais, Horses, Humans on Oct 6th, 2014
It’s been a while since my last post on this blog, and no, I did not disappear, but have been very, very preoccupied with matters that required all my attention. Study was one of those matters and my health was another, both have now been successfully “conquered”.
Posted in body awareness, Education, Equine Touch, Horses, Humans, Jason Wauters, Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling, liberty, Pip, Trust on Sep 15th, 2014
Here in the Netherlands we are currently blessed with a warm, sunny start to the autumn. As the trees begin to burn bronze at the edge and the first leaves parachute to the ground, the acorns and chestnuts are dropping while the season’s mushrooms and toadstools are springing up in their shade in time for […]
Posted in Equine Touch, Horses, Humans, Ivana Ruddock, Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling, Michael Bevilacqua, Pip on Jul 6th, 2014
As I contemplate riding Pip and the preparations required for this, I feel a pressing need to take stock of our achievements – my mare’s but predominantly mine – and to reassess the direction in which I am travelling in order to clarify the “big picture” within which these preparations are occurring and to adjust […]
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.