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Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling will this year be offering a brand new kind of workshop, called Pure Practical Performance. You will spend 8 days in the company of a master horseman and not only watch him as he gets to know each of the horses but to follow along as he starts to [...]
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Filed in General Content, Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling
Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling, with his professional background in communications has shaken up the international horse world. He 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 [...]
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Filed in General Content, Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling
I am very fortunate. When I look back over my life, for the most part, I have always wanted to get out of bed, welcome the day, and witness what life has in store for me. It’s the thought of those every day wonders about to happen right in front of my eyes [...]
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Filed in Anna Twinney, General Content
You are very lucky to have this opportunity. Horses prefer being with horses in the wild. The carrot of freedom and self-direction and community of the herd is stronger than anything you have to offer her at this time. I would not feel hurt but rather be overjoyed that I could give my horse this [...]
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Filed in Carolyn Resnick, General Content
Biting is one of those problems that all horse lovers come across at one time or another. It can be a very frustrating challenge to tackle, not to mention a dangerous one. A biting horse can be a real concern for not only the owner but the barn staff, grooms, other boarders, pretty much [...]
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Filed in Anna Twinney, General Content
This last month I tested a theory that I teach. The horses’ way is to be in a herd. It is only in a herd that they thrive. They watch over each other when sleeping, find food, protect the herd from predators, and bond through grooming and play. A solo horse cannot live like this. [...]
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Filed in General Content, Kathy Pike
Through many synchronicities Excalibur, a 9-month old slate buckskin Mustang colt, came into my life. He arrived on my birthday this year and was my dream horse. I can honestly say that because I literally dreamt him into life! For more than a decade I have studied Natural Horsemanship, animal communication [...]
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Filed in Anna Twinney, General Content
This a replay of one of Kathy Pike’s private Wild Herd calls, which also features Stormy May, producer of the film documentary ‘The Path of the Horse’. Members login to view this content. (Not a Member? Join today!)
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Filed in Audio, Member Content, The Path of the Horse
Here are some tips on how to connect with your horse on a daily basis so that you can warm up the working bond between you before you ride. 1. Before you get to the barn remember to clear you mind and make a mental outline of all the things you are going to do [...]
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Filed in Carolyn Resnick, General Content
“I don’t want to exasperate the issue”, my client pronounced a few hours prior to her private lesson with me. She expressed concern that the desensitizing lesson may be less than helpful to her at a time where she needed it most to progress to the next level dressage, involving a high-level movement called [...]
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Filed in Anna Twinney, General Content
Imagine a land where love is the guiding principle, where one’s consciousness and connection to Earth is the ultimate goal. A land where miracles are commonplace and spontaneous healings, connections, and a clear understanding of one’s life journey are natural occurrences. E.A.R.T.H. stands for Equine Assisted Re-connective Therapy and Healing. Come experience Gateway 2 Ranch [...]
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Filed in General Content, Liz Mitten Ryan
Cajun, the wildly spotted appaloosa featured in the chapter titled, ‘Come Together’, of my most recent book, Hope from the Heart of Horses, tore his digital tendon in his rear right leg in July. His owner cared for him after the surgery but unfortunately he injury became infected. He came to my ranch September 4th. [...]
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Filed in General Content, Kathy Pike
The 11 years old PRE stallion Harmón was participating in the September programme 2009. The owner, who had done her very best to help him and treated him very gently and soft, had not been able to really heal the deep emotional wounds this stallion suffered because of wrong treatment, and she still had many [...]
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Filed in General Content, Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling
Creating a business based on the innovative and untried concept of authentic interspecies community, during a major worldwide financial crisis no less, was a research project extraordinaire, and I have much to share in this regard that you’ll likely be reading about this time next year when my fourth book is scheduled to be published. [...]
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Filed in General Content, Linda Kohanov
In part two, we learned about Kaogi’s story. His is only one example that shows how I choose my horses. And we can make conclusions, how nerve-wracking this process can be. But … everything could happen another way … LIPISINA Lydia found her Lipisina in far-away drunk village, where there was no food for [...]
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Filed in Alexander Nevzorov, General Content
I often hear clients say, “I am not a creative person,” or some other variation of that sentence with a similar meaning. This has become a source of amusement for me. When I hear these statements the detective in me emerges and I become curious to find the creative side within that person. Every single [...]
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Filed in General Content, Kathy Pike
A little while ago I began a series of articles with one entitled “Primum non nocere – Do no harm”. The aim of this series is to re-evaluate what we’re doing with horses. This way each person can have the information they need to decide whether or not they want to continue in a traditional [...]
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Filed in General Content, The Path of the Horse
KAOGI – When I bought Kaogi, he was approximately 4 years old. Unfortunately, numerous farmers had already covered mares by Kaogi as they decided to make him a breeder. Looking at Kaogi any fool could say that he was not well put together, badly-developed, with angular movements and dystrophied muscles of the neck, shoulders, and [...]
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Filed in Alexander Nevzorov, General Content
I can surely say that even if we use the most serious approach in choosing our horses, even if we put an incredible amount of reliance on the hippological, veterinary, behavioral and bio expertise advice, the “main” horses in our lives are not “chosen”, they just “happen”. This rule applies even when we must choose [...]
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Filed in Alexander Nevzorov, General Content
Inspiration It has been almost twenty years since the first research was done to study the hooves of mustangs living in the US. This research shed light on what is possible for domestic horses to achieve if given the correct environmental inputs – beautiful healthy hooves capable of covering many miles a day over the [...]
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Filed in General Content, Miscellaneous Contributions
As every one knows, I had an unusual life growing up in the desert with horses. Our horses were able to run free most of the day in a herd and go where they wished. They were loose and there were no fences to keep them in from doing exactly what they wanted to do. [...]
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Filed in Carolyn Resnick, General Content
In part one we discussed the sensation of a saddle with a rider on a horse’s back and some of the damage this can cause. In part two we will continue that discussion as it relates to NHE and what we have learned through our research. CONFESSION Let’s frankly confess that the Nevzorov Haute [...]
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Filed in Alexander Nevzorov, General Content
If riders took the Hippocratic oath required of physicians, the horse world as we know it today would immediately cease to exist. Primum non nocere – do no harm. The best fitting saddle can only achieve one thing, it can evenly distribute the pressure of the rider and saddle on the horse’s back. Horse magazines, [...]
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Filed in General Content, The Path of the Horse
Alexander Nevzorov brought Haute Ecole to the new, humane level. Haute Ecole is a French term for high school. It is classical dressage stemming from the cavalry with complex moves by the horse including airs above the ground such as capriole, courbette, and levade. He teaches horses to perform the most difficult elements of Haute [...]
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Filed in Alexander Nevzorov, General Content
UNDERSTANDING A HORSE IS AN EXACT SCIENCE. 100% of a horse’s feelings have absolutely precise physiological, biomechanical, myological, psychological and other characteristics that can be understood by man. Thank god, everything is known. Everything is more or less clear. The School mount of a rider, which is the topic of our conversation, is developed from [...]
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Filed in Alexander Nevzorov, Member Content
Creativity is one of the essential ingredients to success in life—whether you aspire to be a great educator, business executive, parent, counselor, equestrian, or leader/innovator in any number of other fields. “Reclaiming your innate ability to imagine and manifest, to express the deepest yearnings of your soul, these are revolutionary acts of self-empowerment,” Linda Kohanov [...]
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Filed in General Content, Linda Kohanov
HorseConscious is delighted to present the Horse As Teacher Teleseminar Series The Horse as Teacher Book Series is dedicated to providing thought-provoking books for individuals who love horses and want to experience the extraordinary relationship possible between species. In this special Teleseminar Series featuring all the authors from the first Horse As Teacher book, [...]
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Filed in General Content, Miscellaneous Contributions
If you lead in the moment a horse feels a companionship connection, it inspires a horse to follow your lead like music inspires a dancer to dance. I have focused my life on figuring out how to get a horse to accept my friendship as strong as the friendship he shares with other horses. From [...]
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Filed in Carolyn Resnick, General Content
I’ve often been asked whether wild and domestic horses are the same or different from one another. Here’s my take on it Gifted animal communicators who work with wild animals are focused on making the same connection and follow the same rules of communication that my Waterhole Rituals are focused on. Your connection and leadership [...]
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Filed in Carolyn Resnick, General Content
This week’s painting, “Awareness”, has always been an evocative piece for me. There is a phrase that refers to the expression horses have called “The Look of Eagles” – and is often referred to as when a horse gazes into the distance with an air of knowingness. All their senses are tuned on some distant [...]
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Filed in General Content, Kim McElroy
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