To have direct experience of NA, we 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
NA is a new concept in your Life. Understanding of NA will be blocked by your thinking and imaginations. When new information comes to us, our brain is trying to interpret it. Ego starts to “protect” us from the new things and it labels this information as “good” or “bad”. We always have to know if we agree
Energy is the word that means something. Energy creates movement, power, mass, etc. Energy allows things to happen. What we see as the movement of the mass, the muscle workout, the speed and the power is in fact the outcome energy, and not the Energy itself. I am aware of the fact that you probably have already heard a lot about
We discussed earlier, and you also experienced it thanks to our preparatory exercises, the benefits of starting to introduce new Cues through the Body Yielding Cues, and then transferring them to the hand aids, in this case in preparation for the turns and circles. We supported this experience with the Half-turns on forehand and haunches
NA has infinite power and infinite intelligence. Using NA is effortless and natural, it is like opening the window and enjoying the sun. You do not need to “support” or “curry” the sun. It is just there and is shining. You can smile and enjoy. When you want, you can close and open the window.
In this module, you will learn how to engage really in doing some actions and how to engage your horse in these actions with you. It is crucial for you now to really understand the exercises from the previous Modules. First of all, always remember that we do not teach the horse to do something, we
