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Natural horsemanship or conscious horsemanship
You will see the term natural horsemanship a lot these days. Less commonly, you will see people discussing conscious horsemanship. I consider myself a student of the horse, and a follower of conscious horsemanship. Here are what I…
Saddles? Bridles? Cordeos? Let East West dress your horse!
How did East West end up in the tack business… East West Equestrian Arts is focused on conscious horsemanship, wellness, and preservation of the critically-endangered Jilfan Sitam al Bulad Early American Foundation Malabar Arabians. Ancient horse breeds and rare breed…
Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) for healing
Emotional Freedom Technique, or EFT, is a major tool in my toolbox for myself and my animals. To quote Garry Craig, “EFT stands for Emotional Freedom Techniques (sometimes called Tapping) and, in essence, it is an emotional version of acupuncture,…
Carolyn Resnick’s Chair Challenge, bliss, and character
Doing Carolyn Resnick’s Chair Challenge! Four weeks of learningI took 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…
Liberty horsemanship
I’ve had some folks ask me how I learned to work with my horses at liberty. Below are resources to check out and my own process of learning this new path. Each person and horse will do this a bit…
How Mr T got his 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…
Are you being rude to your horse? Energy fields and politeness…
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…
Turning from the core, from the horse’s viewpoint
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 a lot to learn. We covered staying balanced and…
Riding lessons, taught by the horse
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…
About ego and 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…
