Becoming the kind of human a horse seeks to be with
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 holistic horse-humanship, Horses, Humans, Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling, natural, natural horsemanship on Dec 4th, 2015
It was close, so very close. Vicki and I stood poised to cut short our visit to Australia and rush back to Spain to deal with what at first glance appeared to be a major emergency affecting our mares. The decision had already been taken. Reflection following a good night’s sleep suggested that this was […]
Posted in energy, grounding, Horses, Humans, Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling on Oct 28th, 2015
Who would not jump at the opportunity? A trip to Mallorca, all expenses paid, you would have to be seriously crazy to turn this offer down, right? So okay, there is a catch to it. You would have to accompany your sister-in-law to travel a little under 900 km from Andalusia to Valencia in a […]
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.