Becoming the kind of human a horse seeks to be with
Posted in Anaïs, energy, Farinelli, Gulliver, Horses, Humans, livery, Pip on Jun 3rd, 2017
For anyone intent on living intuitively, it is essential to be observant of and sensitive to what is happening within the range of one’s senses, understanding and, above all, gut feeling. Sometimes, if not frequently, it is difficult to make sense of the apparent jumble of utterances and occurrences of everyday life that inundate and […]
Today I celebrate the fifth anniversary of one of the most special moments in my life, the day when my mare, Pip, formally entered into my life. And as I celebrate that moment and the joy which I have been privileged to experience with this horse, I reflect on some of the lessons that she […]
Posted in Equine Touch, Horses, Humans, Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling, Michael Bevilacqua, Pip, saddle fitting, Stormy May on Jun 4th, 2016
Insistently he paws the ground, his strong black neck rounded down to a bulging shoulder, a hint of the powerful magnificence he once must have epitomised as a stallion. “Surely you cannot leave before I have you again?!” Is this what his powerful posturing means? She inclines her head gently in his direction. He snorts […]
Posted in Horses, Humans, Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling, Michael Bevilacqua, Pip, riding on Apr 26th, 2016
Halfway up the hill the energy, hers, pulsing through my legs and loins suddenly surges and I am immediately conscious of a change of pace. We are trotting. No, I have not asked this of her yet I feel no need to slow her down. Clearly, she is more comfortable with this. And if she […]
Posted in acceptance, Anaïs, Horses, Humans, Pip on Feb 12th, 2016
The shutters, they are rattling … the balcony … bugger, someone’s trying to break in. Banging … it’s the glass doors. They must be bloody serious. And now the bed. The whole bloody thing is shaking. No, don’t tell me. I slide a foot down to the tiles. Oh, bloody hell, the floor is shuddering […]
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.