Now, when you know how to access the Energy, we can start Balance exercises with your horse. The base of the Balance Exercises for us will be our Finding and Extending Natural Balance of the Horse Book that I gave you access to when you joined the Advanced Class. I hope you all read it,
With this Module I would love to invite you to ask yourself this very important question: Why you ride horses? What is so special about this FOR YOU? Which moments of riding your horse you remember best? Which ones of them do you recall with the biggest smile? Horse riding is one of the most
In the previous Modules of our Workshop you experienced how it is to BE together with your young horse. This moments of the togetherness happened thanks to the Calmness. Now, we will use this very important experience of being together, and we will expand it into ACTING TOGETHER. Acting together starts from Being together. Being
You will need your horse to teach you about the Energy. During the following sessions remember that YOU ARE LEARNING something your horse KNOWS very well. Your horse will teach you the Energy ONLY if he wants to teach you this. We cannot force it to happen, and we cannot trick your horse to respond
To have direct experience of the Energy, we strongly advise doing BodyMarc and Calming Technique for at least two weeks. 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
Movement created by the Energy 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
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 our direct experience of our bodies. 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
I would love to introduce you to the Calming technique, before our 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 to ask questions
The more Calmness we have, the more Energy we can have. Calmness is creating space for the Energy. It is very important and very practical knowledge. When we want more energy from our horse, we will go deeper and deeper in our calmness. It is exactly the opposite of mainstream horse training. Many people think