conscious horsemanship
Humility & Horses
In my experience, there is no better teacher of humility than a horse. IF you have a heart open to hearing. This point was driven home for me the other day by my mare Sugar. Sugar (Miss Doc Alena) is…
Week 3 of the Chair Challenge from Carolyn Resnick
Third week of Carolyn Resnick’s Chair Challenge!I’m taking an online class with Carolyn Resnick called the Chair Challenge. I have used her methods before a bit with the herd, and love learning more from her. She’s my favorite conscious horsemanship…
Week 2 of chair training with Carolyn Resnick
Second week of Carolyn Resnick’s Chair Challenge! I’m taking an online class with Carolyn Resnick called the Chair Challenge. I have used her methods before a bit with the herd, and love learning more from her. She’s my favorite conscious…
Train your horse with only a chair and a reed
Doing Carolyn Resnick’s Chair Challenge! First week of experiences I’m taking an online class with Carolyn Resnick called the Chair Challenge. I have used her methods before a bit with the herd, and love learning more from her. She’s my…
A new riding lesson from Lucky – turning
Lucky enjoying some TTouch on his back before we ride. You may remember that Lucky suggested that he should give me riding lessons. Our first session set the groundrules (no tack at all) and also established that Lucky feels I have…
What’s in a name?
Words have power. Names have extra power. The meaning of a name reflects on, and influences, the owner of that name. In many cultures, children are given a temporary name at birth. Later, an adult name is chosen, usually in…
The best riding instructor ever!!!
I’m taking riding lessons again. With a new twist. My instructor is a horse. Lucky has decided to take me under his hoof and teach me the fine art of equitation from a horse’s point of view. And he had…
What herd do YOU run with?
written by Carrie Eastman, Tabby M., Bodhi (equine) and Salty (equine) In the past, my blog posts have usually been written by me (though I suspect a guiding hand or hoof behind many of them).Recently, I shared an experience with Jeep,…
Exploring teamwork with Jeep and Lucky, the horses
Lucky (left) and Jeep Well, as you may have gathered from my posts, I have been exploring working with horses as thinking, conscious feeling beings with opinions of their own, and the right to say no. This has been an…
Are you being rude to your horse? Energy fields and etiquette
Every living being has an area of personal space around them. This space can actually be measured and photographed using a technique called Kirlean photography. Another term for this space is aura, or auric field. http://www.hauntednorthamerica.org/article.aspx?id=58 In my experience, horses…
