Some years ago behaviourists used to think that animals are passive. But animals are active, they have their own goals and aspirations. We have to be aware of this fact. I wrote before that during clicker training we reinforce not only behaviours but also decisions our horse makes. In this PreWorkshop material I will show

Calming signals is a term introduced by Norwegian dog trainer Turid Rugaas (2005) to describe the behaviors that dogs show when trying to calm a situation. For animals living in groups, ways of communication, that can discharge the potentially tense situation, are extremely important. Calming signals are signals that all herd animals use in order to communicate with each

I would love to introduce you to the Calming technique, before your experience of NA 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 to ask

You can find further sets for expanding body awareness in our BodyMac Book & Video Set  

You will need your horse to teach you about NA. During the following sessions remember that YOU ARE LEARNING something your horse KNOWS very well. Your horse will teach you NA ONLY if he wants to teach you this. We cannot force it to happen, and we cannot trick your horse to respond to your NA.

To have direct experience of NA, you strongly advise doing BodyMarc and Calming Technique. You also have to prepare your horse. You need to remove all physical and emotional pain your horse can have now. Please check if your horse moves willingly during the training. That means that your horse starts to trot in a calm

Movement created by NA is free from any tensions. The horse is moving in the most relaxed and calm way. In this movement, a horse can explore and expand his body awareness. It is a very great gift we can give our horses: We can give them an opportunity for a very calm movement that will

Here we would love to share with you the BodyMarc program for expanding body awareness. 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

Body Awareness is one’s direct experience of one’s body. The more you can experience your body, the bigger your awareness can be. Expanding body awareness is the same as expanding awareness. You can expand your awareness by expanding your body awareness. Body awareness goes much beyond the simple feeling of the muscles and how they move the

The more Calmness we have, the more NA we can have. Calmness is creating space for NA. It is very important and very practical knowledge. When we want to open for more NA with our horse (when we want more energy from our horse), we will go deeper and deeper into our Calmness. It is exactly the