Trainings that take place at the walk are my favorite ones. I love the slowness of this gait, and the meditation aura it creates for the horse and the rider. Many things are blocked for riders and horses, because they are done in disconnection. One of the first signs of disconnection is hastiness. When the horse is
Today, I want to share with you the very special experience. We have been speaking to you about the skills, spontaneously appearing whenever our awareness grows, since the beginnings of OneHorseLife and BodyMarc, but I have never experienced it so directly and powerfully as last Sunday with Cadeau de Dieu. It is very common that when
Collection is the new movement pattern. People and horses’ move on the every day basis through the movement pattern of falling down. This is the most efficient movement pattern that allows to save a lot of energy. In this movement pattern the centre of gravity moves outside the balance, and the legs move forward to
Strength, balance and girth are expressions of Life. Strength is the effect of the ability to engage muscles. Generally, when working with horses to support the development of strength and balance, people focus on growing muscles. In fact, muscles even if they are not very visible can be still very strong when they are fully engaged.
Riding outside can be beautiful, light and fun. This is always my great pleasure to invite my students to ride our horses in the forest, as it allows them to see the power, the balance and the degree of relaxation of our horses trained through Calmness. It also allows them to see how active, powerful
Hello my dear, Let me invite you to see the second part of my latest talk for JoinAnna: “OneHorseLife is a group that unites all group”. I met with Sari on the following day, right after we recorded our meeting on her beautiful Portuguese land. Sari had some questions regarding what I was speaking about
Many people are afraid of entering new groups. We feel stressed when we go to the new school, to the new University, when we change the job or when we change the place we live in. People are afraid of joining groups, but at the same time they want to belong to some place, and
First times are usually the times that we remember the best and for the longest time. It is connected with the stress and excitement that rise naturally when something new is happening. This stress, even a subtle one that you may feel for example when you didn’t ride subway for a long time and then
When you take your young horse out first time after the too-long winter, the best thing that you can do is to avoid problems. Take it slowly, focus on Calmness, create moments of connection. Focus on positive moments and create possibilities for them to keep on re-appearing. And that’s all you should do. Problems or
In our Life we can experience many things. Normally we judge our experiences as good and bad. We are happy when good things are happening and sad when bad things are happening. We don’t see that the good and bad is just our perception of the situation in a given moment. When people are in