Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling Borderline Demonstrations Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling is at the forefront of new ideas on working and interacting with horses. The basis of his work is consideration for the horse’s psyche, communication via a body language that is understood by the horse and interaction with them in accordance with nature. The development of [...]
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At the dawn of the 21st century, horses are breaking out of their roles as beasts of burden, yet they’re far from obsolete. As horses are no longer required to work in our fields and carry us to war, they’re doing something arguably more important: working on us. Founded in 1997 by author, lecturer and [...]
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EEL is an educational model, and at Epona we employ the emotional message chart, the false self/authentic self paradigm, the body scan, the boundary handout and other tools to assist the clients in their personal awareness of feeling states, body sensations, boundaries and intrusive destructive thoughts. At Epona we teach individuals, through the Way of [...]
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In this exclusive recording for HorseConscious Members, Anna Twinney interviews Kathy Pike and asks her all about how she came to marry together her lifelong love of horses with her background in life coaching to form her own mind-body method approach Members login to view this content. (Not a Member? Join [...]
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These clips portray the foundation behind this new kind of horsemanship: to stop causing pain for control in exchange for cooperation from the horse. All rights on the pictures are reserved by Lydia Nevzorov and the Nevzorov Haute Ecole  
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  An extract from the Alexander Nevzorov’s interview for the French journalists. Seeing daily the terrible human stupidity and cruelty towards horses around him, Alexander came to the conclusion that there must be a way to work with horses in another manner, to understand them and to behave in such [...]
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Alexander Nevzorov brought Hаute Ecole to the new, humane level. He managed to do what was considered impossible several years ago. He teaches horses to perform the most difficult elements of Hаute Ecole, not only without any constraint, punishment, bridles and bits, that is looked upon as a norm in modern Haute Ecole, but he [...]
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Click Language of Equus to open the pdf version of this article First published by www.holistichorse.com   Maybe you’ve had a rough start to the day. You’ve had an argument with your spouse. You are going to lose your job and finances are bad. You can’t find a solution to a never-ending problem. So, you [...]
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Klaus has the ability to “know” a horse within a few seconds and within a few minutes of the first meeting, he establishes a relationship so firmly that anything after that is completely based on trust. In his Borderline Demonstrations he transforms dangerous, nervous, traumatized, any kind of horse into cooperative companions. They recognize him [...]
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You will find Hempfling’s way described in the books ‘Dancing with Horses’ and ‘What Horses Reveal’. He says that he never practises dressage, even when he rides on a highly collected level, because all the exercises we can see in dressage are originally movements of the free horse executed in nature. Klaus is, in his [...]
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This is from Carolyn’s original Liberty Training video made in the 80’s and which was used by many, many students to train themselves and their horses. A new DVD version will be due out soon.  
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This article is for those people who enjoy increasing their connection, performance and horsemanship from the direct experiences they share with their horses. If you don’t have a good relationship with your horse, all you need to do is change your viewpoint, step back and start at the beginning. 1. Do what you can do. [...]
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Mother of six, grandmother of seven, Liz Mitten Ryan, artist, writer and horse breeder, and her architect husband Kevin Ryan, made a decision that would change their lives. They moved onto 320 secluded acres in the hills of the Nicola Valley, British Columbia, and built a solar home/barn, which they share with their family of [...]
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Here is an excerpt from Carolyn’s wonderful book Naked Liberty read by Liz Mitten Ryan. You can buy the book and the audiobook over on the Products page. Enjoy!
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Lots of people have lots of problems with feeding treats to their horse. This video explains the right way to do it and why.  
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