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The Art of Teaching Your Horse to Read and Write
An excerpt from Soulful Horsemanship: Horses are fluent in the spoken language of the horse. Any movement that you ask your horse to perform is something he already does naturally. The horse can...
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Communicate Clearly with Your Horse: Ride from the Heart
Why do you ride? Is it because you love horses? I think that we need to keep that love in mind when we are working with the horses. We need to get out of our heads and into our hearts. Riders tend...
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Ridden Meditation Part Three: Explore the Dynamic Connection between You and...
Riding can be a form of moving meditation. In this article you will learn how to feel the connection between you and your horse. You impact your horse’s movement and this exercise will teach you to...
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How is Soulful Horsemanship Different from Natural Horsemanship?
Natural horsemanship revolutionized the way that we interact with horses. Even if you do not follow one of the big natural horsemanship methods, you likely have some knowledge of them. I think that...
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Horse Training 101: Catch Them When They’re Good
What are you focused on as you ride? Are you anticipating your horse’s next spook? Are you feeling for the moment your horse comes above the bit to correct him? Are you looking for resistance? This...
View ArticleWhere my Horse Journey Began
Look back at our struggles for freedom, Trace our present day’s strength to its source; And you’ll find that man’s pathway to glory Is strewn with the bones of the horse – Author Unknown My journey...
View ArticleDeveloping Power Over Others
As my riding education continued, I learned how to control and dominate a horse. I also learned the language that I could share with others to teach them the illusion that what we were doing wasn’t...
View ArticleTwo Chances
The barn that I used to show out of was called Two Chances Farm. As in, you have two chances to win: slim and none. What I now recognize is that we also gave the horses two chances. As in, do it my way...
View ArticleRiding Out of the Ashes
I believe it is time to take our work with horses to the next level. While we used to rely on the horse for our basic needs, our relationship has shifted over the years and can now be one of seeking...
View ArticleA Critical Look at Equestrian Equipment
The methods and equipment used to dominate the horse have become more evolved and complex overtime. We still use this equipment today: corals, ropes, halters, bits, bridals, saddles, girths, whips,...
View ArticleReconsidering Horse Training Basics
Disempowerment in the horse does not only stem from the tools that equestrians regularly use. We also rob their freedom of movement and power through the way that we train and handle them. Let’s say...
View ArticleOur Aids are Demands
Sitting on the back of a horse is a very sacred space of honor. Often, we forget just what a feet this act is – two very different animals coming together to ride and be ridden. For both the horse...
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How Relevant is the Prey-Predator Dynamic with Your Horse?
An oft talked about idea in horsemanship is the interplay between predator and prey. Humans are predators trying to train a prey animal to work for us. This dynamic can cause all kinds of reactions in...
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A Feminine Approach to Working with Horses
Last week, I wrote about the predator-prey relationship that we have with our horses – or, more to the point, don’t have to have. Instead of looking at our working relationship with horses through the...
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Empowered Partnership with Horse
I believe that it is time that we take our relationship with the horse to the next level. It is time to move beyond the black and white concepts of training through punishment and reward; pressure and...
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Is Riding Horses Humane?
The ethics of horseback riding is a topic that I have been considering for quite some time. While I cannot even begin to pretend to have the answer, I think it is an important discussion for us to...
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The Six Cs of Nonviolent Horsemanship
The Buddha was once asked by a disciple, “Would it be true to say that a part of our training is for the development of love and compassion?” The Buddha replied, “No, it would not be true to say this....
View ArticleHow to Overcome a Disagreement with Your Horse in 4 Steps
Let’s face it – sometimes your communication with your horse goes haywire. You want one thing to happen and your horse is just not having it. This is the moment when you can begin waging war against...
View ArticleImprove Behavioral Issues with Your Horse through Your State of Mind
Horses respond to your emotional and energetic way of being. They are capable of seeing patterns within you that you may not even be aware of in yourself. They can sense what is happening within you...
View ArticleApproach Communication with Your Horse as You Would any Conversation
Do you ever feel frustrated that your horse isn’t listening or that your communication and connection seems to be amiss? One of the blocks to effective communication with your horse comes down to a...
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