Becoming the kind of human a horse seeks to be with
Posted in Education, Equine Touch, Horses, Humans, Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling, Michael Bevilacqua, Pip, riding, Trust on Feb 15th, 2014
February is hurtling along at a pace of knots, my days are fiercely full, and I am flying on a high. How is this remotely possible, you might ask, if you learn that we are coursing through what may go down in the statistics as one of the warmest, wettest winters in recorded memory, experiencing […]
Posted in body balancing, Corroboree Equus, Equine Touch, Horses, Humans, Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling, Pip, riding on Aug 16th, 2013
Here in the Netherlands we have been enjoying the most amazing summer with temperatures well into the twenties and even the lower thirties, making up for a long cold winter with snow on the ground way past when we would normally expect it. The silly season is upon us, which means that we have a […]
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.