With the Third Module’s Exercises I wish to introduce you and your horses to the concept of the Autonomy in Balance, Attitude, Straightness and Energy. Autonomy means that your horse will do whatever he likes and we will communicate with him what we wish him to do. First thing to remember here is that there is no Autonomy
With the third Module of our Riding Workshop we will take the next steps and enter the beautiful world of Engagement. When people think about Engagement in horse riding they usually think about the hind legs and how much they should step under the body of the horse; they think about collection, expression and advanced
Moving together in Calmness is like standing together in Calmness. It is based on Unity and on Calm Being Together. At the same time, Moving together in Calmness is a new experience for you, and to experience it you have to be very Calm and open. Maybe you have run before together with your horse, maybe
During the previous exercises you learned that Calmness opens the access to NA. You Calmed down by your horse to be able to trot or walk together with him. While trotting you Calmed even more when you opened for the canter NA, and your horse cantered. You also started to strip away all emotional and
We all know that horses are showing our tensions. They show us our tensions to help us to release them and to move on and grow. We also see that many times people want to explain what horse is doing in other ways. When a horse is nipping a treat bag, someone can say that
To be Calm, you have to BE. When you come to your horse, and you have any assumptions about what you will do, and what you will never do, you cannot BE. You create the false perception of you in your imagination, and you want to control the Reality to make this imagination real. It
When you are connected with yourself and you have literally no thoughts and no emotions in yourself – you always know what to do and you always act accordingly to the things that are happening around you. Sometimes you very decidedly yet calmly make your horse go away 2-3 steps away when he starts to
To Understand BodyMarc you have to understand what is Body Awareness. Awareness is everything that we can access, experience and use directly. We are aware of our hands, and we can move them. We do not ask them to move, we do not demand them to move, we just move them. We think that our
Your Body is a tool in the hands of your mind to connect to the Reality, and your Mind is an observing tool in the hands of your soul. When you observe the Reality in detail, and when you are very grounded in the Reality you start to understand who your really are; you can start to understand the
I would love to introduce you to the Calming technique, before our Clinic / Live Workshop starts. I want you to have time to really digest and understand our approach before you will try it with your horses. I want you to feel comfortable and not to hurry yourself. I’d love you to have time
