Becoming the kind of human a horse seeks to be with
Posted in dog, Forest Garden Estate, Horses, Humans, Magical Connection, Michael Bevilacqua, true connection, Trust on Jan 9th, 2013
So you have decided to live intuitively. You try to tune into what is presumably your destiny by observing the signs in and around you. Now is the time to do so, for the world is counting down to a new year. First you get an urge to take up a long-standing invitation to visit […]
Posted in Anaïs, Being, Eckhart Tolle, Eva Roemaat, Horses, Humans, Magical Connection, true connection, Uncategorized on Dec 24th, 2012
A few days ago while musing on what I had just heard from another human, a soft velvety puff of air touched my neck just below and behind my right ear spreading warmth through the crook of my neck and shoulder in the winter air. And suddenly I was alive to this gentle touch. It […]
Posted in Being, body language, Emile Voest, Equine Touch, Horses, Humans, Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling, Leadership, Magical Connection, Mark Rashid, Pip on Aug 15th, 2012
There are moments when an unintended occurrence compels you to consider what you are actually doing and what you feel you should be doing. Often though you see what is happening but you are not fully aware of the implications until someone you respect draws your attention to them. In the past week I have […]
Posted in Anaïs, Frédéric Pignon, Horses, Humans, Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling, Leadership, Magical Connection, Pip, true connection, Trust on Apr 30th, 2012
There are times when you may horse around with friends just for the fun of it and you may have a good time. Then there are times when you may embark on a course of interaction with another creature motivated by the noblest of intentions, yet with hindsight you may feel that you only ended […]
Posted in animal communication, Animals, dogs, Horses, Humans, Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling, Magical Connection, Travel, true connection on Mar 24th, 2012
Vicki and I have just returned from a trip to Germany, where we visited new and old friends. The trip was relaxing and most enjoyable, while the company was superb, overall ‘gemütlich’ as the Germans might say. The occasion has prompted me to share with you a few snippets of experience and information which are […]
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.