Becoming the kind of human a horse seeks to be with
Posted in Being, closeness, friendship, Horses, Humans, Pip on Jan 14th, 2018
Liberty with a human may be a traumatic experience for a horse that has been denied the opportunity to live as one. This is the very first thing that Pip showed me. I had taken her into a large jumping arena, just the two of us, on our first day together. When I removed all […]
Posted in Being, energy, grounding, Horses, Humans, liberty, Martín Contreras, true connection on Dec 27th, 2016
If you are a very ordinary horse person just as I am and your goal is to achieve a magical connection with your horse, one that will see your equine friend actively seeking to be with you while at absolute liberty to leave you to eat, drink or do anything other than be with you, […]
Posted in Being, horse rescue, Horses, Humans, Magical Connection, Michael Bevilacqua, spiritual awareness, true connection, Trust on Sep 2nd, 2016
She draws back, steps away. Peering from the top of the worn, weathered slope of her brown face, her eyes are drawn to the hand resting on the high, curved, ochre wall. Her hesitant gaze reveals her doubt. It is a dual-ended magnet to her this hand of mine, either attracting or repelling her depending […]
Posted in Being, energy, Horses, Humans, Uncategorized on Jul 22nd, 2016
Have you ever experienced it? You and your horse are walking side-by-side. It may be on a forest path, a hill track, anywhere. Your horse’s breath is raspy and warm against your forearm in the cool of the morning, comforting almost. You relax into an even stride. The four-beat rhythm of the hooves scuffing the […]
Posted in Being, Horses, Humans, Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling, love on Oct 13th, 2015
Navy blue, that is the colour of the ceiling of the ambulance. Or so it seems just before the door closes out the last bit of natural light cutting through the space across my left shoulder. My name, I hear you call it, your voice wet with tears, “I love you!” Desperate to see you, […]
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.