Bridging the seen and unseen to strengthen our bond with animals and awaken greater empathy and wonder for the world we share
The following three articles about how to bring conscious awareness, intuition, and energy molding to horsemanship are the foundation of a subtler, more connected way of being around horses that it not taught in most horse facilities.
They were published in “Holistic Horse Magazine” in 2019.
Awareness Horsemanship I
Understanding and directing your energy. During lessons, clinics, and seminars, teachers will often talk about bringing up your energy to get the horse to move, but they seldom tell their students how exactly to do that. This is where Awareness Horsemanship comes in. Following are some easy-to-use tools to help you use your innate energy…
Awareness Horsemanship II
In the last issue, we learned how to become more aware of our energy and how to use our Intention and Energy Shapes to speak to our horses. Tool #3: Mindfulness To be mindful is to stay in the moment, observing the inner and outer world without judging. Mindfulness is a great tool to develop,…
Awareness Horsemanship III
Free Up Tension and Emotions to Ride and Live Your Best. In our first two installments, we learned: Intention is used to clearly state what we want Energy Shapes help focus our intent and set our boundaries Mindfulness allows us to become aware of thoughts, feelings and stay in the moment Body Awareness helps us…