Finding Joy

Finding Joy

I usually open my introductory clinics with the line “Horsemanship is more about a way of Being than a way of Doing “. There are many, many aspects to this way of being. In the introductory clinics I usually talk about being  Centered, and Grounded and...
BALANCE lunging cavesson

BALANCE lunging cavesson

I can highly recommend these lunging cavessons to help you develop your horse’s straightness and self carriage on the ground. Using  this cavesson has been a part of the ground work therapy program that I have been doing with my horses. These cavessons have been...
TRUE Horsemanship and the MAGIC of horses

TRUE Horsemanship and the MAGIC of horses

Horses are Magic – all horse lovers feel this and that is why they are drawn to them.  Horses symbolise and embody freedom, spirit, power, energy, speed, strength and athleticism. This is what makes them magnificent and within all of this power is gentleness, softness...
Engaging versus Training

Engaging versus Training

I was recently teaching at “Banyandah”, Jane Reid’s beautiful property at Howlong, NSW. On the first morning of the course we had our usual introductions and Jane shared with the group about a change she had had in her thinking about the word “training” horses. What...
Motivating Horses

Motivating Horses

Forever on my quest to find better ways to be with horses, I have been exploring better ways to motivate horses and ways to teach and explain to others how to motivate and inspire horses so that we can have happier, more enthusiastic and exuberant horses. When our...
What does it really mean to ride a horse ?

What does it really mean to ride a horse ?

Have you ever really considered what it means from the horse’s point of view to be ridden? You are asking them to turn loose completely, their minds and thoughts, their feelings, their balance and physical control of their body. When we saddle them and sit on their...