MODULE 4 EXERCISES: From Engagement to Cooperation

True cooperation is something that I find almost entirely forgotten these days. True Cooperation means that both parties understand what they will be doing together and they commit in the action willingly and with 100% engagement. In our lives we tend to hurry ourselves and we always worry that we are “behind” and that some

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Materials Recapitulation: How to practice it in your everyday Life

I believe that training and being with horses can be a powerful source of personal growth and many happy moments. I believe that your horse can bring to your life

Boundaries

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

Autonomy, Calmness and Safety

There is no Autonomy without true Calmness and Safety. The true Autonomy always requires boundaries that keep all situations safe for you and your horse.  What is true Autonomy? How

Engagement and Satisfaction

I know that our second technique may be something very NEW to you today. Please don’t worry, give yourself time to read it few times and digest it. You will

Calming Technique

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

Horses’ Calming Signals in Practice

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

Emotions in Horse Training

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.

Teaching Techniques in Practice

During last hundred years we had many scientific discoveries on how people and animals learn new things. This is very broad subject and very well covered in the literature and

From Understanding to Partnership

True partnership is possible only when you know who you are. True partnership is based on promises and on stability. Stability and keeping promises are not possible if you don’t